born in Sofia, Bulgaria. Lives and works in Paris, France
Among the other international prizes NINA Kovacheva is awarded
2002 -The 2002 UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts, Paris, France (together with Valentin Stefanoff)
selected personal exhibition
* 2010 – Surplus Enjoyment / Museum of Contemporary Art / Taipei, Taiwan
* 2008 – Au-delà du Visible, video installation / pont Alma / Paris, France
* 2007 – Play for Two Hands and Black / facade of the National Academy of Fine Arts / Sofia, Bulgaria
* 2005 – Au-delà de ce qui est visible / National Museum of Contemporary Art / Bucharest, Romunia
* 2005 – Phases of Accumulation and Extraction in a Limited Space / National Art Gallery / Sofia, Bulgaria
* 2004 – Au-delà de ce qui est Visible / outdoor video installation / Paris, France
selected group exhibition
* 2012 – Why Duchamp? From object to museum and back / Sofia Arsenal Museum of Conteporary Art / Sofia, Bulgaria
* 2011 – Drawing in the Age of Fragility / Cabinet de Dessin, Solaris – Fondatione delle Arti, / Parma, Italy
* – Promenade Project – Place Value in Contemporary Art / KogArt / Budapest, Hungary
* 2010 – Close Encounter / – Jeju Museum of Art / South Korea
* – Central Europe Re-visited Nr.3 / Esterhazy Foundation / Austria
* 2009 – Involvement / Galerie Heike Curtze / Berlin, Germany
* – Shortlist 2009, nominated artist / The Gaudenz B. Ruf Award /
* 2008 – Shifting Identity / Li Space / Beijing, China
* – Mediation Biennale / National Museum of Poznan / Poland
* – Micro-Narratives / Musée d`Art Moderne de St. Etienne / St. Etienne,France
* – 4eme Biennial d’Art Contemporain de Québec / / Québec , Canada
* – European Attitude / Zendai Museum of Modern Art / Shanghai, China
* 2007 – Micro-narratives / October Salon / Belgrade, Serbia
* – Art Project / Gallery Yvon Lambert / Paris, France
* – Face / ZONE Contemporary / New York, NY, USA
* – Desire and Resistance Determine the Motion / Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain / Strasbourg, France
* 2006 – Important Announcement / City Art Gallery / Sofia, Bulgaria
* – Phases of Accumulation and Extraction in a Limited Space / Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain / Strasbourg, France
* 2006 – Voiler/Dévoiler, Villa de Parc / Centre d`Art Contemporain / Annemasse, France
* 2005 – Two Asias, Two Europes / Duolun MOMA / Shanghai, China
* 2004 – Au-delà de ce qui est Visible / Nuit Blanche / Paris, France
* – Cosmopolis, 0.039225 / Macedonian Museum of Art / Thessaloniki, Greece
* 2003 – One, Several, Many Odyssey – video installation / The Museum of Cinema / Thessaloniki, Greece
* 2002 – In the Out – video installation / 4th Biennial for Contemporary Art / Cetinie Montenegro
* 2002 – My Beauty and My Beast / Musée de l’Erotisme / Paris, France
* 2000 – Book as object / The National Museum of Women in the Arts / Washington DC, USA
Works in the collections of:
European Investment Bank, Luxembourg; Esterhazy Foundation, Austria; Museum for New Arts, Detroit MI, USA; The French National Library, Paris, France; “Art Dialogue”, Paris, France; National Museum of Women in Arts, Washington, US; Art in Motion collection, Austria; The National Art Gallery, Sofia; The City Art Gallery-Sofia: Other galleries and museums in Bulgaria; MTel Collection for Contemporary Art, Sofia, Bulgaria, many private collections
