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NASCO PELEV

44 Emerson Avenue
Toronto, ON, Canada
M5H 3S8
(416) 516-3505 × Fax: (416) 694-6508
cr.np@ca.inter.net

EDUCATION 1981-87 Master of Fine Arts
Nicolai Pavlovich University of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
1974-79Ilya Petrov School of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
SELECTED SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
2002Earthly Delights
James Baird Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
2000Recent Works
Foundation Philomuses, Paris, France
2000Digitally Modified
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1999Feast
Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, USA
1998Nectar
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1998Paintings
MEG Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1997Known & Unknown Territories
Galerie L'Autre Equivoque, Ottawa, Canada
1995Imbalance
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1994Fragments
Galerie Mireille Brisset, Montreal, Canada
1993Recent Work
Gallery 7, Toronto, Canada
1992Paintings
Galerie Mireille Brisset, Montreal, Canada
SELECTED GROUP
EXHIBITIONS
2004Recent Works
Kabat Wrobel Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1999H20
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, Canada
19996 + 6
Meg Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1997Group show
Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, USA
1996Gallery Artists
Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, USA
1994Faculty Exhibition
Saidye Bronfman Center for the Arts, Montreal, Canada
1994Gallery Artists
Galerie L'Autre Equivoque, Ottawa, Canada
1994Across the Borders
Johnson & Montgomery, Atlanta, USA
1993East-thetics
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1992Medium: Street Junk
Stornaway Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1992Four Emerging Artists
Arts Sutton Gallery, Sutton, Canada
1991Bulgarian Artists
Rotterdam, Netherlands
1991Petits Formats
Galerie D'Arts Contemporains de Montreal, Canada
1991Images
Resource Center for the Arts, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
1990Bulgarian Artists
City Hall, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
1989Paintings from the Nicolai Collection
Hamburg, Germany
1989International Competition for Young Painters
Sofia, Bulgaria
1989National Competition for Young Painters
Sofia, Bulgaria
1989National Exhibition of Bulgarian Artists
Smoljan, Bulgaria
1989Two Painters
Municipal Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
1988International Painting Exhibition
Kobe, Japan
1988National Portrait Competition
Pazardzik, Bulgaria
1988Man and Art
National Exhibition, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1987The Earth and the People
National Exhibition, Tolbuhin, Bulgaria
1986Young Painters
National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria
COLLECTIONSNational Gallery of Bulgaria
Sofia, Bulgaria
American College of Surgeons
Chicago, USA
Nicolai Collection
Hamburg, Germany
NorShield Corporation
Montreal, Canada
Westcliff Management
Montreal, Canada
Cara Operations
Toronto, Canada
Promis Corporation
Toronto, Canada
Also represented in private collections in the United States, Canada,
England, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and Tunisia.
AWARDS1994Official Portrait Commission
American College of Surgeons, Chicago, USA
1993Second Prize, Student Portrait Competition
Nicolai Pavlovich University of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
1982 - 85Alexander Beshkov Stipend Scholarship
Nicolai Pavlovich University of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
REVIEWSHeather Solomon, "Art Scene"
Canadian Jewish News, Montreal, Canada (September 1994)
Mona Hakim, "Comment se portent les galeries"
Le Devoir, Montreal, Canada (March 1994)
Evgeni Dainov
The Insider, Sofia, Bulgaria (November 1993)
Mona Hakim, "Different, revelateur, vivifiant"
Le Devoir, Montreal, Canada (July 1993)
Dimiter Grozdanov, "The Portrait Competition"
Art, Sofia, Bulgaria (September 1988)
TEACHING1991 - 94Painting and Drawing Instructor
Saidye Bronfman School of Arts, Montreal, Canada
1987Painting, Drawing and Composition Instructor
Ilya Petrov High School of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
AFFILIATIONSFassbender Gallery
Chicago, USA
Dominion Gallery
Montreal, Canada