NADEZHDA OLEG LYAHOVA (1960)

Herbarium Collection - Artists - Nadezhda Oleg Lyahova

Nadezhda Oleg Lyahova was born in 1960 in Sofia. She lives and works in Sofia. In 1984 she graduated from the National Academy of Arts. For a time she devoted herself to painting and stage design. It was about 1995 that she appeared on the alternative art scene with sculptures and installations of hand-made paper.
The artist is well-known for her ability of “catching”, and reproducing the most delicate, often invisible states, of objects, people, and human relationships. Her talent to perceive what the others cannot see, to “draw out” nuances from a daily situation, or from the most ordinary event, proves her as one of the most sensitive contemporary artists.
Among her most important solo exhibitions are: On the kitchen table, Little Bird Place, Sofia, 2020; Ctrl Z , Arossita Gallery, Sofia, 2016; „Frames“, Sofia City Art Gallery, 2013; “eco stories”, Склада, Sofia, 2011; Globally and on a Long-term Basis the Situation Is Positive, Sofia City Art Gallery, 2009, Moderate Optimism, 6 September Street, No.9, Sofia, 2008; Nadezhda Oleg Lyahova, Centre for Contemporary Art, Pancevo, Serbia, 2008; The Lions of Sofia, Artists’ Association fabs, Warsaw, Poland, 2006 and the Goethe Institute, Sofia, 2005; Vanitas, Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan, 2004. She is the winner of the Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for 2009.

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The Herbarium project explores the work environment in contemporary culture in which ideas are created and exchanged. The focus of Herbarium is to compile a collection of sealed creative energy in boxes (40х40х10, 40x20x10 or 20х40х10) of different generations of artists around the world. The contents of each box are accompanied by a description and a sound file with the artist's voice. The artists, invited by the curator of "Herbarium" could choose two new participants - so the project traces the exchange of creative energy in the artworld. The development of the collection has no time limits, it grows exponentially with each new participant until the final exhibition is announced. The H Talks series (video portraits of the artists) are shot during the preparation of each presentation of the Herbarium collection in the artists work environment and studios. All the information, gathered in the process of developing the collection, will be available to all researchers, curators, gallery owners, students or art lovers who are interested in the less visible mechanisms through which contemporary culture functions.

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NADEZHDA OLEG LYAHOVA (1960)

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