Location: Czech Republic
The artist Bistra Bakalova was born in Bulgaria and graduated from the Sliven High School of Art, Bulgaria, then she studied painting on the Faculty of Fine Arts, Veliko Tarnovo State University, Bulgaria. In 1988-1992 she graduated from the Kiev Academy of Art, Ukraine.
She moved to Prague, Czech Republic, in 1992.
Exhibitions:
1992 First exhibition in Prague, Obecný dům
Exhibition in Gallery Slovart, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1993 Exhibition in Gallery Carolinum, Prague
1994 Exhibition in Gallery Carolinum, Prague
Exhibition in Gallery K&B, Prague
1995 Exhibition in Gralla, Austria
Exhibition in Gallery Alten Brennerei, Ennigerloh, Germany
Exhibition in Guttmann Gallery, Bad Pyrmont, Germany
1996 Exhibition in Aardenburg, Holland
1997 Exhibition in Gallery Celetná, Prague
1998 Exhibition in TVM, München, Germany
1999 Exhibition in LeonArt Gallery, Basle, Switzerland
2001 Exhibition in LeonArt Gallery, Basle, Switzerland
2003 The 2nd European Meeting of Women Painters and Sculptors, Wimereux, France
2003 Exhibition in LeonArt Gallery, Basle, Switzerland
2004 Exhibition in Gallery Dans&Art, Geneve, Switzerland
2004 Participation in Salon d’Autumne, Paris, France
2006 Exhibition in LeonArt Gallery, Basle, Switzerland
2006 Participation in Salon d’Autumne, Paris, France
2007 Open Art 2007 exhibitions in Villepinte and Rueil Malmaison, France
2008 The Art Ladies October 2008, LA, U.S.A.
2009 Solo Exhibition in Gallery Alphonse D’Heye in Knokke,Belgium
2010 InterArt 2010 Greifswald, Germany, group exhibition
2011 Solo exhibition in Gallery Heubar, Basel, Switzerland
2012 “Kunst an der muba”, Basel, Switzerland
2012 InterArt 2012 Greifswald, Germany, group exhibition
2013 “Kunst an der muba”, Basel, Switzerland
2014 “SmArt” Art Fair, Aix-en-Provence, France
2014 Solo Exhibition in Gallery Alphonse D’Heye in Knokke,Belgium
2015 “Kunst an der muba”, Basel, Switzerland
2015 “Other Art Fair” London, UK
2016 Solo exhibition in the Platinium Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
2016 Solo Exhibition in Gallery Alphonse D’Heye in Knokke,Belgium
Contacts: Bistra Bakalova, Soubezna 977, 252 29 Dobrichovice, Czech Republic
phone: +420-603-743529, email: bistra1@hotmail.com, www.bistrabakalova.com
there are my memories from childhood expressed in this series of my work.