Veneta Karamfilova Artworks Photography Sofia, Bulgaria

 

Veneta Karamfilova

Sofia, Bulgaria

100 sounds of solitude - Limited Edition 1 of 3

Photography, 259 W x 100 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova                Bulgaria

 

A dialogue of silence - Limited Edition 1 of 3

Photography, 100 W x 100 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova             Bulgaria

 

Ash and diamonds I, Limited edition 1/25

Photography, 30 W x 30 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova      Bulgaria 

 

Ash and diamonds II, Limited edition 1/25

Photography, 30 W x 30 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova               Bulgaria 

 

Ash and diamonds III, Limited edition 1/25

Photography, 30 W x 30 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova             Bulgaria 

 

Ash and diamonds IV, Limited edition 2/25

Photography, 30 W x 30 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova             Bulgaria 

 

Ash and diamonds V, Limited edition 3/25

Photography, 30 W x 30 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova               Bulgaria 

 

Ash and diamonds VI, Limited edition 2/25

Photography, 30 W x 30 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova             Bulgaria 

 

Ash and diamonds VII, Limited edition 1/25

Photography, 30 W x 30 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova        Bulgaria 

 

Ash and diamonds VIII, Limited edition 1/25

Photography, 30 W x 30 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova           Bulgaria 

 

Ash and diamonds IX, Limited edition 1/25

Photography, 30 W x 30 H x 0.1 D cm

 Veneta Karamfilova               Bulgaria 

 

Banished - Limited Edition 1 of 3

Photography, 100 W x 100 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova          Bulgaria

 

Dream of a Thousand Feathers - Limited Edition 1 of 3

Photography, 124 W x 100 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova                 Bulgaria 

 

Dreaming in silence, 1/3, Limited edition

Photography, 100 W x 100 H x 0.1 D cm

 Veneta Karamfilova            Bulgaria

 

Flowers 4, Limited edition 2/25

Photography, 30 W x 30 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova              Bulgaria 

 

Flowers 36, Limited edition 2/25

Photography, 30 W x 30 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova         Bulgaria 

Flowers 85 - Limited Edition 2 of 25

Photography, 30 W x 30 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova               Bulgaria

 

Flowers 100 - Limited Edition 2 of 25

Photography, 30 W x 30 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova                  Bulgaria

 

Keeper of names - Limited Edition 1 of 3

Photography, 100 W x 100 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova              Bulgaria

 

Listening to the sound of wings - Limited Edition 1 of 7

Photography, 62 W x 50 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova            Bulgaria 

 

Mistress of death - Limited Edition 1 of 3

Photography, 100 W x 100 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova               Bulgaria 

 

Memories of spring, 1/3, Limited edition

Photography, 100 W x 100 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova                Bulgaria 

 

Memories of spring II, 2/3, Limited edition

Photography, 239 W x 100 H x 0.1 D cm

 Veneta Karamfilova       Bulgaria 

 

Mistress of dreams - Limited Edition 1 of 3

Photography, 100 W x 100 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova            Bulgaria

 

 

Mistress of memories - Limited Edition 1 of 3

Photography, 100 W x 100 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova        Bulgaria

 

Summer is long gone, 1/10, Limited edition

Photography, 35 W x 35 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova               Bulgaria 

 

 

 

The cloak - Limited Edition 1 of 3

Photography, 100 W x 100 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova     Bulgaria

 

The whisper of autumn, 1/7, Limited edition

Photography, 50 W x 50 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova         Bulgaria 

 

Waiting in vain, 1/3, Limited edition

Photography, 100 W x 100 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova               Bulgaria 

 

Winter shades, 1/3, Limited edition

Photography, 100 W x 100 H x 0.1 D cm 

Veneta Karamfilova           Bulgaria 

 

To me photography is an exploration of the mind. A kind of fiction, offering a glimpse of a co-existing reality. A way of seeing a world floating between unspoken dreams yet-to-be and the endless nostalgia for the time that has never been, with a surreal motif.
Since photography is born in a split-second, I find it being the perfect medium to show a fraction of a supposed reality. A fraction that does not describe, but merely suggests. A fraction that has no beginning or an end, but is bound to have an afterlife, long and rich as the viewer’s memory.
The two main subjects I explore are women and flowers, as flowers are often associates with women and feminine.
My woman is a silent inhabitant of an alternative place that provides an escape from the passage of time. She is both strong and fragile. The center and only a fragment of something greater; a suggestion for something more.
Flowers are usually associated with women because of the idea of new life; a rebirth after the winter. Yet since they fade quickly, flowers are also linked with death. In my photographs a slice of this birth-to-death shift is suspended in time.

 

 BA in Photography, New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria

 

AWARDS:
2021 - PX3 2021 COMPETITION - Profesional; Honorable Mention; Nature/Flowers
2021 - Hahnemühle FineArt Bulgaria printing contest - Finalist
2021 - Fine Art Photography Awards - Non-Professional; Fine Art; Nominee
2020 - Budapest International Foto Awards - Non-Professional; Nature; Silver
2020 - Budapest International Foto Awards - Non-Professional; Fine Art; Bronze
2019 - Fine Art Photography Awards - Non-Professional; Nature; 1ST PLACE WINNER
2018 - Fine Art Photography Awards - Non-Professional; Abstract; Nominee
2017 - Tokyo International Foto Awards - Non-Professional; Fine Art – Abstract; Honorable Mention
2015 - Px3 People's Choice awards - Non-Professional; Fine Art - Digitally Enhanced; 1st PLACE WINNER
2014 - Px3 2014 COMPETITION - Non-Professional; Fine Art, People Category; Bronze Winner

FEATURED IN:
2019 - Create! Magazine - "Studio Sunday" - interview
2019 - Genre: Urban Art - short article

 

2021 The Other Art Fair - Virtual Editions (Selected Artist)
2019 - "Fabric of reality", group show, Inter Expo Center, Sofia, Bulgaria
2019 - "Pilot", PxP Contemporary, online exhibition, group show
2018 - Tokyo International Foto Awards 2017, ICA Gallery, Tokyo
2017 - "Photo Akademica 2017". Official opening of Month of Photography, Sofia
2016 - "Photo Akademica 2016. Review of photography in Bulgaria 2001-2015", group show, National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria
2015 - group show, “Alfa Art Gallery”, New Brunswick, N.J, USA
2014 – group traveling exhibition, Gallery of Union of Bulgarian Artists “Shipka 6, Sofia, Bulgaria; “Alfa Art Gallery”, New Brunswick, N.J, USA; Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in New York, NY, USA
2014 - " Photo of the Year - Bulgaria 2013 ", an exhibition, organized by Canon Bulgaria, National Art Gallery, group show, Sofia, Bulgaria
2012 - "L'essence de la vie" - a collection of photography pieces, "DADA Cultural Bar", group show, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011 - "20 Years New Bulgarian University" - an exhibition of selected works marking the anniversary of the university at the National Theatre "Ivan Vazov", group show, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011 - "Looks"- exhibition, honoring Europe’s Day, part of the project „Blue nights”, "DADA Cultural Bar", group show, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011 - Biennial " PHODAR " - art gallery " Elijah Beshkov ", group show, Pleven, Bulgaria; art gallery" Red House ", Sofia, Bulgaria
2009 - Biennial "PHODAR" - art gallery "Elijah Beshkov", group show, Pleven, Bulgaria