Curriculum Vitae
Maja Spasova has been presented at international exhibitions and festivals such as Venice Biennial, ARTEC Nagoya, Dak’art Senegal.
She has more than 100 solo shows at art museums and galleries in Europe and overseas. The artist has realized numerous art projects in urban public space and is represented in public and private collections all over the world.
Education:
The High School of Fine Art, Sofia 1974 – 78
The Academy of Fine Art, Sofia 1979 – 84
Guest-student at The Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm, 1986 – 87
Grants, awards and AiR:
Sweden
Bildkonstnärsfonden
IASPIS
The City of Stockholm
The Swedish Institute
Liljevalchs konsthall Stockholm
Längmanska kulturfonden
Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse
Göran Lagervalls stiftelse
Stockholm County Council
Härke Konstcentrum
Filmpool
The Swedish Church Culture Award
Germany
Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe
City of Berlin
BBK-Berlin
Kebbel Villa
Swedish Embassy, Berlin
USA
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, VA
Djerassi, CA
The Bogliasco Foundation, NY
Ragdale Foundation, IL
Vermont Studio Center, VT
Hambidge Art Centre, GA
Swedish Embassy, Washington DC
Austria
Niederösterreichische Kulturszene
The City of Salzburg
Belgium
Frans Masereel Centrum
Finland
SUMU, Turku
France
DRAC, Marseille
Malta
St James Cavalier Center for Creativity, Valletta
Spain
Espacio Menosuno, Madrid
Can Serrat
Swedish Embassy, Madrid
The Netherlands
EKWC, Den Bosch St James Cavalier Center for Creativity, Valletta, Malta
UK
Blast Theory, Brighton
Exhibitions and projects:
2023
HOUSE & CHAIN, urban performance, 13festivalen, Gothenburg, Sweden
Milchhof, Artothek Berlin, Germany
QUESTION MARK, site-specific urban installation, Kollektivet Livet, Stockholm, Sweden
SCHERZO IN YELLOW, Kebbel Villa Bayern, Germany
SUCHE KUSCHELBÄR, DÄR GERN KÜSST, LACHT UND LIEBT, site-specific urban installation, Salzburg, Austria
I HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT... urban project, Gothenburg, Sweden
Gallery KC-Väst, Gothenburg, Sweden
SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT, Salzburger Kunstverein, Austria
2022
I HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT..., urban project, Berlin, Germany
HOUSE & CHAIN, urban performance, Wandern - Ein weites Feld, Neuruppin, Germany
QUESTION MARK, site-specific urban installation, Wallstreet Art Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
Sundsvall Art Association, Sweden
2021
WATER COLUMN, site-specific urban installation, Salzburg, Austria
News From Nowhere, SEAS Brighton, UK
Gallery BAG, Bordeaux, France
CNEAI - Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers, France
Gallery KC-Väst, Gothenburg, Sweden
2020
Sundsvall Art Association, Sweden
BELIEF, Ahlbergshallen, Östersund, Sweden
Sollefteå Art Association, Sweden
Psychasthenia Online, UK
Videoart Festival Berlin, Germany
Stadtgalerie Salzburg, Austria
2019
Architectural Wo/Anders, CNEAI, France
Limbo, SEAS Brighton, UK
FILjA, London, UK
Bientot Deja Hier, Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, Belgium
Contemporary Prints, KC Härke, Sweden
Mitt-Salong, Exercishallen Östersund, Sweden
Gallery KC-Väst, Gothenburg, Sweden
2018
HOUSE & CHAIN, urban performance, Stockholm, Sweden
SheSHOWS, Leyden Gallery, London, UK
MOVING BORDERS, urban performance, Östersund, Sweden
HOUSE & CHAIN, urban performance, Salzburg, Austria
B/W, site-specific urban installation, Norrtälje konsthall, Sweden
Sign of the Times, Hambidge Art Centre, GA, USA
Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, Belgium
2017
Lass Struggle, FILjA, London, UK
City 1, (X)Sites, Boberg Power Station, Sweden
Midsummer Madness, Leyden Gallery, London, UK
2016
Imagistic, Cardiff, UK
CALLING YOUR NAME, performance, Djerassi Foundation, CA, USA
I HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT..., urban project for Art In Odd Places, NY, USA
Zeppelin 2016, Barcelona, Spain
HISTORIA, performance. Palazzo Flangini, Venice, Italy
Dites 33, CNEAI & TRAM, Paris, France
2015
ProCreate Project, Goldsmiths University London, UK
Musée du dessin et de l’estampe originale, Gravelines, France
TO AND FROM, performance, the crypt of Lund Cathedral, Sweden
TO BE A HEART, site-specific sound installation in the crypt of Lund Cathedral, Sweden
THE GOLDEN BRAID, urban site-specific installation, Lund Cathedral, Sweden
RUBY, site-specific installation, Vandalorum Art Museum, Sweden
ATTENTION! YOU ARE LEAVING THE HUMAN ZONE, urban installation, Vandalorum Art Museum/Varnamo, Sweden
2014
On Screen, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
HISTORIA, performance, Museum of Public Art, Lund, Sweden
DRAWINGS, Museum of Public Art, Lund, Sweden
L'art en lieux, Artotheque du Limousin, France
BINDU, urban performance, Durbar Square Kathmandu, Nepal
лук [luc]: onion, The Bogliasco Foundation, Italy
2013
Gallery Factory-Art, Berlin, Germany
BRIGHT SHINY ME, site-specific installation for VCCA and UVA, VA, USA
Imagistic, Cardiff, UK
Project NOTES, in progress in several countries
CIAC, Bourbourg, France
Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris, France
2012
Project 35W, site-specific urban installation, Minneapolis, USA
Project MY DARLING, site-specific urban sound installation, Stockholm Culture Festival, Sweden
THE MASK – ongoing interactive video project, Stockholm Fringe Festival, Sweden
Hambidge Art Gala, GA, USA
Museum of Public Art, Lund, Sweden
2011
THE ELBOWS OF ZEN, installation, Vermont Studio Center, USA
PSSST, urban video installation for European Culture Capital, Turku, Finland
Studio SUMU, Turku, Finland
Espacio MenosUno, Madrid, Spain
Hambidge Fall Festival, GA, USA
Gallery Titanik, Turku, Finland
2010
MediaLab Prado, Madrid, Spain
MIGRATIONS AND ENCOUNTERS, site-spcefic installation, Palacio de la Mosquera, Arenas de San Pedro, Spain
Foundation Ricard, Paris, France
2009
Artotheque du Limousin, Limoges, France
Zeppelin 2009, Festival of Sound Art, Barcelona, Spain
THE DIAMOND OF SANCY, site-specific outdoor installation, Murol, France
Kronprinzenpalais, Berlin, Germany
WHITE MEADOW, site-specific outdoor installation, Ragdale Foundation, Chicago, USA
Museum of Public Art, Lund, Sweden
Gallery Signal, Malmö, Sweden
CD-album “Maja af Svea”, published by Olof Bright, Sweden
2008
Gallery Gösta Bergman, Stockholm, Sweden
2007
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden
Art Museum Gothenburg, Sweden
I HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT..., urban project for Stockholm Culture Festival, Sweden
Lange Nacht der Museen, Berlin, Germany
N. O. Gallery, Milano, Italy
Res Publica, Stadthaus Zürich, Switzerland
2006
Sonoric perspectives, Art Museum Ystad, Sweden
Art Feminism, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Hälsingland Museum, Hudiksvall, Sweden
Art au fèminin, Auxerre, France
Projekt GEHEIMNISSE, Berlin, Germany
Outdoor installation at Hackeche Höfe, Berlin, Germany
BED AND BREAKFAST, site-specific urban installation, off Biennial Dak’art, Senegal
2005
Art Feminism, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden
European Ceramic Workcentre – EKWC, Den Bosch, Netherlands
2004
Art Museum Borås, Sweden
schwEDEN, Swedish Embassy, Berlin, Germany
Lange Nacht der Museen, Berlin, Germany
CONFESSION FUNNELS, 10 outdoor installations, Stockholm, Sweden
HEAVEN AND EARTH, permanent installation, Helsingborg, Sweden
THE ARCH OF THANKS, outdoor installation, Helsingborg, Sweden
Cajarc, Centre d’art contemporain Georges Pompidou, France
Spring Salon, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Project SECRETS, Liljevalchs konsthall/The Blue Gate, Stockholm, Sweden
INSTALLATION, The Church of Sofia, Stockholm, Sweden
2003
Spring Salon, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
THE GARDEN OF SENSES, permanent installation, Pankow, Berlin, Germany
Project SECRETS, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2002
NAUGHTY ANGELS, permanent interactive installation, Stockholm, Sweden
Postfuhramt, Berlin, Germany
THE LAST JUDGEMENT, urban performance, Berlin, Germany
2001
European Ceramic Workcentre – EKWC, Den Bosch, Netherlands
THE ARCH OF THANKS, site-specific urban installation, Alexanderstrasse, Berlin, Germany
World Festival of Works on Paper, Ljubljana, Slovenia
THE WALL OF DREAMS AND HOPES, permanent urban installation, Linköping, Sweden
2000
Grosse Kunstausstellung, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
THE LAST JUDGEMENT, urban performance, Stockholm, Sweden
Art Museum Borås, Sweden
1999
THE DREAMS’ PLACE, permanent urban installation, Linköping, Sweden
Zwei aus funfundzwanzig, DW Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
PERFORMANCE for Swedish PEN, Stockholm, Sweden
1998
WINGED, permanent installation, SOS-centre, Stockholm, Sweden
THE DIARY OF LAUGHTER, project on the Internet
THE TOWER OF LAUGHTER, site=specific urban sound installation, Klangturm, St. Pölten, Austria
Centre national de l’estampe et de l’art imprimè, Paris, France
THE GAP OF TRUTH, site-specific interactive sound installation, The Church of Revelation, Stockholm, Sweden
MIRROR, MIRROR, interactive sound installation, Centre Culturel Suédois, Paris, France
1997
Impossible projects, Chicago, USA
Medium 4, St. Gheorghe, Rumania
1996
Orte, book project, Germany
Gratias, L’atelier parisien, Paris, France
A ROMANTIC TOUR ON SEINE, performance, Paris, France
Dessein de desseins, Heartless, Paris, France
Video and sound installation, Centre Culturel Suédois, Paris, France
1995
On board, Aperto, Venice Biennial, Italy
Artec, Nagoya, Japan
Multimediale 4, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany
The Grey Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
CREATIONS, site=specific installation at the Church of Kestad, Sweden
1994
RIX, Linköping, Sweden
ArsBaltika, Sweden
AnnArtFestival, Rumania
WHO WANTS TO EMBRACE ME, urban performance, Riddarholmen, Stockholm, Sweden
1993
Spurlos, Potsdam, Germany
Sublima små stunder, The National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
KLING-KLANG-PLAN, sound installation, Central Railway Station, Stuttgart, Germany
Rund um die Kuppel, Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany
Flags, Lidköping, Sweden
BIRD MIRRORS, sound installation in Trädgårdsföreningen, Linköping, Sweden
MEINER ZEIT IN SOLITUDE, book project, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
1992
THE COCTAIL PARTY, site-specific installation, Stavanger Speculum Festival, Norway
Jönköping Museum, Sweden
Stockholm Water Festival, Sweden
Tegel, Bohusläns Museum & Art Gallery, Uddevalla, Sweden
Art Fair, Hamburg, Germany
1991
THE PLEASURE GARDEN, site-specific installation at Gallery Enkehuset, Stockholm, Sweden
KLING-KLANG-PLAN, site-specific interactive sound installation, metro station Odenplan, Stockholm, Sweden
Project RIKSGATA-FÂGELGATAN, Stockholm, Sweden
1990
Art Museum Borås, Sweden
Sommer Atelier, Hannover, Germany
THE LABYRINTH, site-specific urban installation, Art Museum Borås, Sweden
1989
TRAVELLING LIGHT, performance on Lake Mälaren, Strängnäs, Sweden
Kronhuset, Gothenburg, Sweden
PERFORMANCE in the metro, Stockholm, Sweden
THE TEMPLE, site-specific urban installation at Fristadstorget, Eskilstuna, Sweden
The National Museum, Struga, Macedonia
Gallery Konstcentrum, Gothenburg, Sweden
1988
HAPPENING IN THE BAY OF SÖLVESBORG, site-specific project, Baltic Sea, Sweden
Gallery Diana, Stockholm, Sweden
Mini Print International, Barcelona, Spain
City Gallery, Halmstad, Sweden
Wadköpings Konsthall, Örebro, Sweden
1987
HAPPENING PLAZA CALLAO, site-specific installation, Madrid, Spain
1986
Nordic Art Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland
1984
Youth Theater, Sofia, Bulgaria