Draft:Maria Vassileva

Maria Vasileva is a bulgarian curator, critic and art historian.

Biography
Maria Vassileva is born in 1961 in Sofia. Daughter of the bulgarian writer Dimitar Vassilev. She graduated in Art History from the National Art Academy, M.A. in 1984. She got her PhD in Art History in 2007 with a dissertation on "Jules Paskin and the general artistic processes of the early twentieth century".

She specialized at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1998), at the Institute of the History of Art at the University in Rochester, the USA (1999), at the Central European University in Budapest (2002), at the International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York (2002).

One of the founders of the Institute of Contemporary Art – Sofia. Curator of the “8th of March” Group. Former chief curator at the Sofia City Art Gallery (1998-2015), where she established the collection of “Contemporary art and photography” in 2006. 2016-2017 Chief curator at the National Gallery in Sofia.

Since 2010 she manages the “Edmond Demirdjian” foundation, established to support young artists promoting their work. The Foundation presents an annual Edmond Demirjian Painting Award for promising development and dedication to the art. Maria Vassileva initiated several programs and awards for young artists, “Meeting Point” and the BAZA Award for Contemporary Art among them.

She curated a number of solo and group exhibitions with Bulgarian and international artists. Published several books on modern and contemporary art and a number of essays and articles in catalogues, magazines and newspapers.

Director and founder of Structura Gallery.

Member of the International Association of Art Critics and the International Association of Curators

Publications
Мария Столарова, Български художник, 1988; Димитър Буюклийски – Мичи, Издателство Мая, София, 1993 https://www.academia.edu/49418836/Димитър_Буюклийски_Мичи; Dimiter Buyukliiski-Mitchy, Maya Publishers, 1993 https://www.academia.edu/49418640/Dimiter_Buyukliiski_Mitchy; Менините на Пикасо, Меридиан прес - EМ, 1995 ISBN 954-488-007-0 https://www.academia.edu/17719440/Менините_на_Пикасо; Обсебване. Изложба на група 8-ми март в Централната минерална баня, София, 2000 / Obsession. Exhibition of the women's group The 8th of March, Central Mineral Bath, Sofia 2000; EXPORT-IMPORT. Съвременно изкуство от България / Contemporary Art from Bulgaria, 2002, СГХГ ISBN 954-91223-1-x ; Едмонд Демирджиан / Edmond Demirdjian. Каталог. София: ИДА – К. Г., 2009 ISBN 978-954-92416-1-7 ; The Big Wave. catalogue of The Big Wave exhibition, Varna, Bulgaria, August in Art, 7 August-7 September 2010 ISBN 9 789549 244267 ; Контакт София. Работи от колекцията съвременно изкуство „Контакт“ / Kontakt Sofia. Works from the Kontakt Art Collection, СГХГ, 2011 ISBN 978-3-902673-07-7 ; ИЗБОРЪТ (The Choice). 43 изкуствоведи-43 художници (43 art historians-43 artists) Куратор Мария Василева (Curator Maria Vassileva), СГХГ 2012, ISBN 978-954-92735-2-6 ; WHY DUCHAMP? From object to museum and back (125 years), 2012, National Art Gallery, Sofia https://www.academia.edu/17615556/WHY_DUCHAMP_From_object_to_museum_and_back_125_years_2012; ЖУЛ ПАСКИН и художествените процеси от началото на 20-и век, Сиела, София, 2013 ISBN 978-954-28-954-28 ; Жул Паскин. От Видин до Париж / Jules Pascin. From Vidin to Paris, Сиела Норма АД, 2013 ISBN 978-954-28-1375-0 ; Група 8-ми март. Кратка история на изкуството през последните 25 години в текстове и картинки, 2014 / The 8th of Mach Group. A Brief History of Art in the Last 25 Years in Texts and Images, 2014ISBN 978 619 7004 06 9; Изкуство за промяна / Art for Change 1985-2015 “Art for Change 1985-2015”, СГХГ, 2015 I SBN 978-619-7004-07-6; Сашо Стоицов. Пробив, изложба в Националната галерия, София, 2016 / Sasho Stoitzov. Breakthrough, exhibition at The National Gallery, Sofia, 2016; Иво Биcтрички. Сградите в нас / Ivo Bistrichki. The Buildings Within Us, Structura Gallery, Sofia, 2021 ISBN 978-619-91962-0-5 ; Георги Папазов. Галерия Структура, София, 2021 ISBN 978-619-90949-5-2 ; Georges Papazoff. Galeria Structura, Sofia, 2021 ISBN 978-619-90949-7-6 ; Georges Papazoff, Structura Gallery, Sofia, 2021 ISBN 978-619-90949-7-6