Iva Gueorguieva
Iva Gueorguieva (b. 1974, Bulgaria) received an MFA from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia in 2000.
Select Solo Exhibitions
Forthcoming solo exhibition at UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles (2021). Recent solo exhibitions include Frederic Snitzer, Miami, FL (2016, 2018); Ameringer/McEnery/Yohe, New York, NY (2011, 2012, 2014, 2016); ACME, Los Angeles, CA (2013, 2015); Samson Projects, Boston, MA (2014); Galerie Stefan Roepke, Cologne, Germany (2013); Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, Washington, D.C. (2013); Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA (2012); Bravin Lee Programs, New York, NY (2011); Stichting Outline, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2008); and Pomona Museum of Art, Claremont, CA (2007).
Select Group Exhibitions
Notable group exhibitions include: Constellations, David Lewis Gallery, NY, NY (2020); Emergency on Plant Earth, UTA Artist Space, LA, LA (2020); The Light Touch, Susanne Vielmetter, Los Angeles, CA (2019); Shaping Color, LA Louver, Los Angeles, CA (2018); Two-person exhibition with Dona Nelson, Sophia Contemporary, London (2018).Variations: Conversations in and around Abstract Painting, curated by Franklin Sirmans, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (2014); Making Sense: Rochelle Feinstein, Iva Gueorguieva, Dona Nelson, Deborah Grant, curated by Margaret Miller, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL (2014); Graphicstudio: Uncommon Practice at USF, curated by Jade Dellinger, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL (2014); It’s New/It’s Now: Recent Gifts of Prints and Drawings, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN (2013); Desire, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA (2010); Five from L.A., Galerie Lelong, New York, NY (2010)
Collections
Her work is held in public collections such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA; University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA; Art, Design and Architecture Museum at UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA; and Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA.
Grants
Gueorguieva was a finalist for the Howard Foundation Grant in 2019 and was nominated for the Anonymous is a Woman grant in 2017. She is the recipient of the Orange County Contemporary Art Collectors Fellowship for 2012, the California Community Foundation mid-career fellowship for 2010, and the Pollock-Krasner Grant for 2006. She is 2019 Yaddo fellow and a Hermitage Artist Residency 2020 fellow.
Iva Gueorguieva
Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1974
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Education
2000-01 Temple University, Graduate Program in Art History, Philadelphia, PA
2000 Tyler School of Art at Temple University, M.F.A. in Painting, Philadelphia, PA
1997 Goucher College, B.A. in Philosophy, Baltimore, MD
Residencies
2021 Hermitage Artist Residency, Sarasota, FL
BijlmAIR residency in cooperation with CBK Zuidoost, Bradwolf Projects and Stedelijk Musuem, Amsterdam, NE
2019 Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2011 Graphicstudio and Institute for Research in Art, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida [recurrent residencies in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016]
2006-07 Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2005 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
Solo Exhibitions
2021 “Trampoline this word that accidentally got so excited”, UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming fall 2021)
2020 Artist Project, UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles, CA
2018 “Constructions,” Frederic Snitzer, Miami, FL
2016 Ameringer |McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY (catalog)
Frederic Snitzer, Miami, FL
2015 Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY
ACME, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY (catalog)
Samson Projects, Boston, MA
2013 “Spill/Frame,” ACME., Los Angeles, CA
Galerie Stefan Roepke, Cologne, Germany
“Iva Gueorguieva: Reinvigorating Prints,” Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, Washington, D.C. (catalog)
2012 “Recoiling Earth,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY
2011 “A Stitch in Graft,” Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY
“Cut,” Bravin Lee Programs, New York, NY
“Prefiguration,” Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2010 “Betekenen,” Kunstcentrum Signe, Heerlen, Netherlands
“Aumgn,” Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, CA
2009 “A Rough End to a Stony Sleep,” Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 “Drawing & Sound Installation,” Stichting OutLine, Amsterdam, Netherlands
“School of the Adjusted Plan,” Electric Works Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Pan,” Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2007 “Project Series: 34 “New Paintings,”” Pomona College Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
“Gyre Carling,” Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 “How to Make Love to a Gasmask,” Carl Berg Projects, Amsterdam, Netherlands
“New Paintings,” Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
2005 “Vectors in the Wounded Plane,” Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 “RUN,” Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2003 Draka Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2002 Kolektiv Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Johnson State University Art Gallery, Johnson, VT
2001 Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2000 Temple University Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibitions
2020 Emergency on Planet Earth, UTA Artist Space, LA, CA (forthcoming fall 2020)
Constellations, David Lewis Gallery, NY, NY
2019 Scarfone/ Hartley Gallery, The University of Tampa, curated by Brancesca Bacci
2018 “Shaping Color,” LA Louver, Los Angeles, CA
“Only Poetry”, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA curated by Amy Pleasant
“Portal”, two-person exhibition with Dona Nelson, Sophia Contemporary, London, England
2017 “The Reflection in the Sword of Holofernes,” Galveston Artist Residency, Galveston, TX.
“Shifting Landscapes,” Sophia Contemporary, London.
2016 “The Conversation: Joaquin Boz and Iva Gueorguieva”, Steve Tuner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Cult of Color”, curated by Arthur Pena, Circuit 12 Gallery, Dallas, TX.
“The Rock Cried Out”, curated by Carl Baratta, TSA LA, Los Angeles, CA.
2015 “Between the Eyes” curated by Laurel Sucsy, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
“Bloody Red Sun of Fantastic L.A.”, PIASA, Paris, France (November 3 – 11, 2015)
2014 “Making Sense: Rochelle Feinstein, Iva Gueorguieva, Dona Nelson, Deborah Grant” curated by Margaret Miller, Director of the Institute for Research in Art; USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
“Variations: Conversations in and around Abstract Painting”, curated by Franklin Sirmans, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA, CA
“Graphicstudio: Uncommon Practice at USF,” curated by Jade Dellinger and co-organized by USF Contemporary Art Museum and the Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
2013 “It’s New/It’s Now: Recent Gifts of Prints and Drawings,” Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
“Art for Art’s Sake,” Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
“LAndscape,” Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2012 “Art, Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation,” curated by Billie Milam Weisman, Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, CA
“Iva Gueorguieva and Rebecca Morales,” Bravin Lee programs, New York, NY
“To Live and Paint in LA,” curated by Max Pressneill, The Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2011 “Vertical Hold,” two person show with Julie Weitz, Electric Works, San Francisco, CA
“Goldmine: Contemporary Works from the Collections of Sirje and Michael Gold,” California State University, Long Beach University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
2010 “Five From L.A.,” Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
“Desire: Six Los Angeles Artists,” Pasadena Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA
“Art in Embassies Series,” American Embassy, Sofia, Bulgaria
“Forever Now,” Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
“Challenging the Myth of the Painter,” Outline Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2009 “New Weather: Diana Al-Hadid, Robyn O’Neil, and Iva Gueorguieva,” USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL (catalog)
2008 “The Humorous and the Unruly,” Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Looky See,” Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College, Los Angeles, CA
“I-35 Biennial,” Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2007 “Struck,” Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
“The Fluid Field: Abstraction and Reference,” Temple University Gallery, Philadelphia, PA curated by Dona Nelson
“No Coast, No Sea,” Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
“When Worlds Collide,” Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 “Plex,” The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
“Drawings from L.A.,” Carl Berg Projects, Amsterdam, Netherlands
“New York Styles,” Angell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2005 “Off My Biscuit, Destroy Your District,” Samson Projects, Boston, MA
“The Seismologist,” Sara Nightingale, Southampton, NY
“Le Desert de Retz,” Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York, NY
“From the Fruit to the Root,” Alona Kagan Gallery, New York, NY
“More than Dirty South,” Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
“Motion/Stasis,” Carroll Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2003 “Sentimental Favorites: Abstract Painting,” Triple Candie, New York, NY
“Louisiana Biennial,” Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA (catalog)
2002 “2002 Faculty Show,” LSU Union Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2001 “Just Ripe,” Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Not Yet Housebroken,” Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1999 “MFA Student Exhibition,” Tyler School of Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Bibliography
Conversation with Joey Soloway, “Trampoline this word that accidentally got so excited”, LALA Magazine, 2020 summer issue, p. 102-105.
Al-Hadid, Diana. The Women Artists Who Deserve Our Attention, According to 9 Leading Artists, Artsy, March 01, 2020.
Brewer, Gary. “Translator of the Senses”. Art and Cake. June 14, 2017
Gueorguieva, Iva. “Interview with Roya Karimi”. Tandis Visual Arts Magazine, August, 2016. Tehran, Iran.
Dambrot, Shana Nys. “Artist Profile: Iva Gueorguieva,” Art Ltd., May/June 2015
Ollman, Leah. “Iva Gueorguieva’s Paintings Exude Simultaneity and Sensuality at ACME,” Los Angeles Times, September 23, 2015
McQuaid, Cate. “Dense, Elastic Narratives of interruption.” The Boston Globe, May 14, 2014, G 3.
Campanaro, Pam. “Chaos Controlled: A Constructivist’s Memoir.” Art New England Online, June 10, 2014.
Fellah, Nadiah. “Iva Gueorguieva’s Surface-Effect.” New American Paintings, 18 Feb. 2014.
Williams, Sarah Bay. “Iva Gueorguieva’s Projector Compressor.” Artslant, 9 Feb. 2014.
Pena, Arthur. “Gueorguieva, Iva. Interview by Arthur Peña”. ArtHaps.com, 9 Feb. 2014.
Hoelscher, Jason “Pattern and Deregulation: Beauty and Non-Order in Contemporary Painting.” ArtPulse Magazine #17 Volume 5, Year 2013, 22 - 26
Knight, Christopher “Iva Gueorguieva is Showing Chaos” Los Angeles Times, Friday, September 13, 2013 p. D-13
Friedman, Julia. “Artforum Critics’ Pick: Iva Gueorguieva.” Artforum.com, September 2013.
Black, Ezra Jean. “Iva Gueorguieva.” Artillery Magazine, November 2013 p. 50
Spaulding, Trevor. “Seen in LA: Iva Gueorguieva: Spill/Fame, ACME.” Abstractcritical.com, 10 October 2013.
Jenkins, Mark. “Iva Gueorguieva: Review.” The Washington Post, Friday, April 26th, 2013 page C-8.
Ollman, Leah. “Energy Zings to and fro.” Los Angeles Times, Friday, July 20, 2012, p. D-8
McCarthy, Gerard. “Iva Gueorguieva: Review.” Art in America, October 2011.
Shuster, Robert. “Best in Show, Iva Gueorguieva “A Stitch in Graft” and “Cut.” VillageVoice, May 4-10, 2011, p. 26.
Bookhardt, Eric. “Paintings by Iva Gueorguieva.” The Gambit Weekly, October 4, 2011.
Garza, Evan J. “Spotlight: Iva Gueorguieva.” New American Painting #91, December/ January 2010, p. 8-12.
Pagel, David. “Broken Lines of Loss and Yearning.” LA Times, Friday April 30, 2010, p. D-15.
Buscemi, Lauren. “Iva Gueorguieva at LUX Art Institute.” Art Ltd Magazine, March 2010
Pincus, Robert L. “Iva Gueorguieva: Color, Complexity Make a Big Splash.” San Diego Union Tribune, February 14, 2010.
Ollman, Leah. “In the Studio: Unrest on Canvas.” Los Angeles Times, Sunday, December 27, 2009, p. E-9.
Frank, Peter. “Iva Gueorguieva: A Rough End to a Stony Sleep.” THE: LA Monthly Magazine for the Arts, May 2009, p. 41.
Der Borg, Lucette. “Een Kwast Als Een Tovenaarsbezem.” NRC Handelsblad (Netherlands) November 7, 2008.
Scortino-Rinehart, Natalie. “Review of show at Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans.” Artforum.com/critics ‘picks May 2008
Bookhardt, Eric. “Primordial Colors.” Gambit Weekly May 20, 2008.
New American Paintings #73, “Juror’s Pick” Alma Ruiz MOCA Los Angeles curator, p. 64-67
Maine, Steven. “Review: Iva Gueorguieva at Carl Berg Gallery.” Art in America, p. 221.
Myers, Holly. “Menace Lurks Amid the Colorful Chaos.” Los Angeles Times, March 30, 2007, p. E-23.
Harrison, Helen A. “Landscapes: Fantastic, Elemental or Formal.” The New York Times, November 13, 2005.
Calas, Terrington. “Technique and Meaning.” The New Orleans Art Review, Sept./Oct./Nov. 2004, p. 28-30.
Bookhardt, Eric D. “Born to Run.” The Gambit Weekly, August 17, 2004.
MacCash, Doug. “Energetic Abstraction.” Times Picayune (Lagniappe), August 13, 2004, p. 14-16.
Bookhardt, Eric. “Review: Louisiana Biennial.” Art Papers Magazine, Nov-Dec, 2003.
MacCash, Doug. “Competitive Edge.” Times Picayune (Lagniappe), Friday August 8, 2003, p. 20-24.
Awards and Grants
2019 Finalist for the Howard Foundation Grant
2017 Nominated for an Anonymous is a Woman Grant
2012 Orange County Contemporary Collectors Fellowship Award
2012 Mid-career fellowship award, California Community Foundation
2006 Artist Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation
2005 Artist Residency Scholarship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2003 Artist Mini Grant, Louisiana Council on the Arts
2002 Individual Creative Artist Special Opportunity Stipend, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
1999-2000 University Fellowship, full tuition and monthly stipend, Temple University
1999 Rome Fellowship, full-tuition grant to attend a seminar in Rome Italy
1993-97 Trustee’s Scholarship, full-tuition, room and board for four years, Goucher College
Public Collections
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
The von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
University Art Museum California State University Long Beach, CA
Art, Design and Architecture Museum at UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, MN
The Cohen Family Collection, NY, NY