ANTONIA GURKOVSKA
EXHIBITIONS
2011
Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Manifest Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
Union League, Chicago, IL
Art Chicago, New Insight, Chicago, IL
MFA Show, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Irritable Abstraction, Julius Caesar, Chicago, IL
Collect, Carrousel Space Project, Chicago, IL
2010
Untitled at Autumn Gallery Space, Chicago, IL (solo)
All The Best, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Midnight Snacks, 1366 Space. Chicago, IL
2009
Alter Egos, Siragusa Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Wall to Wall” Project, comissioned by the Italian Embassy in Sofia – “Dante Alighieri” Mural
“Don’t look back in Anger” – exhibition at the ‘Red House’ Center for Contemporary Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
2008
“No Place Like Home / No Home Like Place” – Exhibition at the ‘Red House’ Center for Contemporary Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
“Shipka 6” Gallery – Selected Outstanding Works, Graduation Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria
"Syngenta” Mural Painting comission, Sofia, Bulgaria
2007
“Cultural Identity exhibition” - Sofia Press Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Tzaritza Joanna Hospital - Mural commission, Sofia Bulgaria
2006
Mural co- projects, private commissions, D.C. Maryland, USA
Painting co-project, Canakkale, Turkey
2005
Summer Painting Project, Arbanassy, Bulgaria
2004
British Council Art Exchange Exhibition between Sofia and Bath, Sofia, Bulgaria
2003
Summer Painting Exhibition at Yellow Barn Studio, Maryland, USA
City of Bath – Exhibition at the Guild Hall, Bath, England
Selected Paintings Exhibition, Gainsborough Building, City of bath College, Bath, England
2002
“You are Here” Bath-Sofia Co-exhibition at the Cultural Center in Sofia, Bulgaria
“Shipka 6” Gallery – High School for Fine Arts Exhibition
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2011
George and Ann Siegel Fellowship, Art Institute of Chicago
2009 - 2011
Fulbright Scholarship recipient
2009 - 2011
Thanks to Scandinavia Scholarship recipient
2009 - 2011
Merit Scholarship, School of Art Institute of Chicago
2008
“Ceresit” National Art Competition – First Place
2007
Onsekiz Mart University Fellowship for a co-project in Canakkale, Turkey
2005 - 2006
ERASMUS students exchange grant - at the University of Hertfordshire, England
2005
National Academy of Arts, Sofia - Best Portrait Award
2004
National Academy of Arts, Sofia - Drawing Competition Award
2003
Full Annual Scholarship to complete a course of Foundation Art and Design at the City of Bath College, England
2003
High School Graduation Award for Outstanding Achievements in Painting - First Place
EDUCATION
2011 - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Master of Fine Arts - Painting and Drawing
2008 - National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria - BFA Painting/Mural Painting
2005 - 2006 - University of Hertfordshire, England - Painting and Drawing - Erasmus Exchange
2003 - City of Bath College, England - Painting - Diploma in Foundation Studies Art and Design
2003 - High School of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria - High School Degree Diploma in Fine Art