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Project NOTES in progress since 2013













April 2024


The Studio as Art, HAUS A REST, issue 48 features Maja Spasova's project I HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT... and the series MY BEDS

​https://www.instagram.com/p/C5TvMtJou3l/

https://www.haus-a-rest.com/




March 2024


In Celebration of Women,  HAUS A REST, issue 47 features the video performance LIPSTICK CRUCIFIXION

​https://www.instagram.com/p/C4PuusTIoeS/

https://www.haus-a-rest.com/



January 2024


Stadt Salzburg acquires two works by Maja Spasova.

HANDS, 2021 and the artist bookMERCI, 2022 are now in the public collection of contemporary art 




December 2023


Series of wall drawings by Maja Spasova

SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT @salzburgerkunstverein
16 Dec 2023 - 04 Feb 2024
Opening 15 Dec 8 pm
Curator: Mirela Baciak

https://salzburger-kunstverein.at/jahresausstellung2024



Art auction at Salzburger Kunstverein as part of the exhibition SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT
16 Dec 5 pm
The money from the sale of the artworks will be donated to good causes.
Maja Spasova participates with the work
HANDS, 2021

​https://salzburger-kunstverein.at/



Rörelse

​Group exhibition at Gallery KC

2 - 17 Dec

Erik Dahlbergsgatan 6, Göteborg

​https://www.konstnarscentrum.org/vast




November 2023


ProjectI HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT... in Gothenburg, Sweden

​16, 17, 18 Nov

The performance takes place along Avenyn each evening 18:00 - 22:00

Swedish Radio, P1:
https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/konstverk-i-goteborg-aterberattar-dina-drommar
Swedish Radio, P4:
https://sverigesradio.se/play/avsnitt/2272977#5984




July 2023


Project SUCHE KUSCHELBÄR, DÄR GERN KÜSST, LACHT UND LIEBT commissioned by Stadt Salzburg
The work can be seen in public space in Salzburg and Grödig 27 - 31 Aug 2023

www.kultur.stadt-salzburg.at




June 2023


The urban installation QUESTION MARK is in Stockholm in collaboration with https://www.kollektivetlivet.se/

Stadsgardsterminallen Slussen, 116 45 Stockholm

1 June - 30 Sep 2023



1 June - 15 July Maja Spasova isArtist-in Residence at https://www.kebbelvilla.de




May 2023


Group exhibition at Pavillon Milchhof Berlin, organised by Artothek Berlin




January 2023


Performance HOUSE & CHAIN in Gothenburg! 

From Central station to Konstepidemin, 7 January 12:00 - 13:40

https://13festivalen.com/




December 2022


Maja Spasova has been awarded a new Artist-in-Residence:

The international exchange program at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, USA

https://www.vcca.com/




November 2022


Project I HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT... in Berlin!

The performance takes place on 25 and 26 Nov

Neukollner Oper, Rathaus Neukolln, Hermannplatz 17:00 - 21:00

Support by Stadt Berlin, Bezirksamt Neukölln Fachbereich Kultur

https://www.berlin.de/kunst-und-kultur-neukoelln/




October 2022​​


Performance in urban space HOUSE & CHAIN, Neuruppin, Germany

Wandern - Ein wetes Feld, Frauenmuseum Berlin

​https://www.frauenmuseumberlin.de/2022/10/01/wandern-ein-weites-feld/




August 2022


Urban installationQUESTION MARK, Art Festival Wallstreet Stockholm

Östgötagatan 100, 11692 Stockholm

​https://wallstreetstockholm.se/project/maja-spasova/

https://whitearkitekter.com/se/nyheter/whites-kontor-smyckades-av-konstverk-under-wallstreet-stockholm/




January 2022


Review in the leading Swedish art magazine Volym, 28 Jan

https://www.rvn.se/sv/Sarprofil-delplatser/volym/recensioner/maja-spasova-pa-sundsvalls-konstforening/



Review in Sundsvalls Newspaper, 20 Jan:

https://www.st.nu/2022-01-20/fran-den-internationella-konstscenen-till-sundsvall--maja-spasova-oppnar-varen-hos-konstforeningen



Solo exhibition at Sundsvalls Art Association

21 - 31 Jnauary

Trädgårdsgatan 20, 852 31 Sundsvall, Sweden

https://sundsvallskonstforening.se/




December 2021


Maja Spasova is Artist-in-Resident at Blast Theory UK

https://www.blasttheory.co.uk/person/maja-spasova/

https://www.blasttheory.co.uk/air-maja-spasova/



LIGHT - group exhibition atGallery KC-Väst, Gothenburg

4 - 19 Dec, 12:00 - 16:00

Konstnärscentrum Väst, Erik Dahlbergsgatan 6, 411 26 Göteborg

https://www.kc-vast.se/se/index.php/kcvast-utstallning




November 2021


HAUS A REST, Issue 19 - LAND ART

The zine features Maja Spasova's site specific installation BRIGHT SHINY ME

https://www.haus-a-rest.com/issue-19-exhibition-land-art




​October 2021


The Swedish Arts Grant Committee / Konstnärsnämnden awards a grant to Maja Spasova 

​https://www.konstnarsnamnden.se/




July 2021


WATER COLUMN, installation in public space commissioned by City of Salzburg

29.7.2021, 10:00 am

Stadtbibliothek, Schumacherstraße 14, Salzburg

https://www.stadt-salzburg.at/index.php?id=47575




June 2021


NEWS FROM NOWHERE, the second part of the exhibition THE FACE OF THE OTHER

features Maja Spasova's film MIGRATIONS

Socially Engaged Art Salon (SEAS)
BMECP 10/A Fleet St.
Brighton BN1 4ZE, UK


https://www.seasbrighton.org/post/news-from-nowhere-maja-spasova




May 2021


​Interview with Maja Spasova published in the Artist Book UMRISS by Kollektiv X-Embassy, Berlin

https://xembassy.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/umriss_publikation_kollektiv_x-embassy_2021-2.pdf




April 2021


Group exhibition Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire
Gallery BAG

Bordeaux

France
https://bakeryartgallery.com/2021/04/01/les-reveries-du-promeneur-solitaire/




March 2021


Thomas Millroth: Artists’ books from a Swedish point of view with special attention paid to the contributions of Denmark and GDR 
600 pages, 650 images, language: English and Swedish
Graphic design: Johan Melbi
Publishers: Elleströms, Malmö and Tragus, Stockholm



February 2021


HAUS A REST, Issue 10 - Activism

https://haus-a-rest.com/




January 2021


Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers
à partir des collections du cneai =

41, rue Lécuyer
93300 Aubervilliers

France
+33(0)1 53 56 15 90

info@leslaboratoires.org

https://www.leslaboratoires.org/en/projet/la-collection-multiple-du-cneai-aux-laboratoires/




December 2020


10 Jahre AIR 

Rückblick und Gegenüberstellung – Eine Werkschau
07.12.2020 - 26.02.2021

Stadtgalerie Salzburg

Mozartplatz 5, Salzburg

Austria

https://www.stadt-salzburg.at/termine/stadtgalerie-mozartplatz/ausstellungen-2020-in-der-stadtgalerie-mozartplatz/10-jahre-air-artists-in-residence/




November 2020


Cancelled due to Covid-19

Group show at Ahlbergshallen, Sweden

28.11 - 20.12.2020

www.harkekonstcentrum.se




September 2020


Videoart Festival Berlin

26 September | 20:00 - 23:00 

Kurt Mühlenhaupt Museum

Fidicinstraße 40 | 10965 Berlin

https://vimeo.com/440926670



Home

Group exhibition contemporary prints

26 Sep - 11 Oct

Opening 26 September at 12:00

Härke KC

Härkevägen 5, 832 96 Frösön, Sweden

http://www.harkekonstcentrum.se




February 2020


Review in Volym:

https://www.rvn.se/sv/Sarprofil-delplatser/volym/recensioner/vi-ar-alla-nagons-barn/



BELIEF, solo show at Ahlbergshallen

15 Feb - 1 March

Rådhusgatan 42, 83134 Östersund, Sweden

Opening: 15 Feb, 12:00 - 16:00, Artist Talk at 14:00

https://www.ostersund.se/uppleva-och-gora/kultur/stadsmuseet-ahlbergshallen.html

http://www.harkekonstcentrum.se




January 2020


Group show at  Sundsvall Art Association

24 Jan –2 Feb

Opening  24 Jan, 16:00  –19:00

Trädgårdsgatan 20, 852 31 Sundsvall, Sweden

https://sundsvallskonstforening.se



Artist presentation at The Future for West Yorkshire’s Regional Democracy

DAI Hall, Victoria Ln, Huddersfield HD1 2QF, UK
Friday, 31 January, 2020 at 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM



​​Review in VOLYM

https://www.rvn.se/sv/Sarprofil-delplatser/volym/recensioner




November 2019


The Critical Fish, a new critical and research-led Arts Journal features Maja Spasova's project The Last Judgement.
Issue 2, release 22 Nov 2019
https://thecriticalfish.co.uk



DRAWINGS, group show at Konstnärscentrum väst/ Galleri KC

Opening 30 Nov, 12:00 - 16:00

Erik Dahlbergsgatan 6
411 26 Göteborg
www.kc-vast.se




October 2019


The project The Heart Room receives a grant from Region Jämtland Härjedalen Kultur, Sweden

https://www.regionjh.se/




September 2019


Maja Spasova receives a grant from Filmpool, Sweden for her project The Heart Room

www.filmpool.net




July 2019


Maja Spasova is awarded a research residency at Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium

https://fransmasereelcentrum.be




May 2019


ARCHITECTURAL WO/ANDERS

10 mai - 30 juin 2019
CNEAI HORS LES MURS 
1 avenue Aimé Césaire
93500 Pantin

France
www.cneai.com



The Critical Fish, a new critical and research-led Arts Journal features Maja Spasova's work

Issue 1, release 16 May 2019

https://thecriticalfish.co.uk



LIMBO

SEAS - Socially Engaged Art Salon UK

4 May - 2 June, 09:00 - 17:00

10/a Fleet St, Brighton BN1 4ZE, UK

https://seasbrighton.com



Contemporary prints at Harke Art Center, Sweden

4 - 19 May, 12:00 - 17:00

Härkevägen 5, 832 96 Frösön, Sweden 

http://www.harkekonstcentrum.se/




April 2019


Mitt-Salong, Exercishallen, Sweden

6 April - 12 May 

Infanterigatan 30, 831 32 Östersund, Sweden

Opening: 6 April, 13:00 - 17:00

http://lat63.se/sv/

https://www.facebook.com/lat63/



Extreme Views Think Tank,  Art Gene, UK

4 - 7 April, Art Gene, Bath St, Barrow-in-Furness LA14 5TY, UK

www.art-gene.co.uk/project/extreme-views/




March 2019


Stadt Salzburg acquires artworks by Maja Spasova.

The objects and the drawing from the performance HOUSE & CHAIN as well the series B.E., 2018 become part of the permanent art collection of Stadt Salzburg.

https://www.stadt-salzburg.at/internet/websites/kultur.htm




February 2019


The documentary film HOUSE & CHAIN Stockholm Dec 2018 is presented at Folk och Kultur, Eskilstuna Sweden: 

6 - 9 Feb  https://www.folkochkultur.se/folk-och-kultur-2019




December 2018


Performance HOUSE & CHAIN in Stockholm, Sweden

Start: Sergels torg, 16 Dec at 12:00



Premiere of the film House & Chain at SHESHOWS, Leyden Gallery, London, UK

7 Dec at 19:30

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sheshows-tickets-53190672734

https://www.facebook.com/events/261477211388417/




November 2018


Projekt MOVING BORDERS has a premiere in Ostersund, Sweden

Performance in the urban city space 15, 16, 17 Nov 12:00 - 13:00

Support by Härke Art Center and Hej Främling

www.harkekonstcentrum.se

https://sv-se.facebook.com/hejframling



October 2018


Maja Spasova receives the Härke Art Centre Award

Awarding ceremony on 12 Oct at 3 pm 

Härke Art Center, Härkevägen 5, 832 96 Frösön, Sweden
Phone +46.63431 57 

www.harkekonstcentrum.se



Maja Spasova becomes a honorary member of the Printmaking Association at Härke Art Centre

www.harkekonstcentrum.se




September 2018


A new documentary film HOUSE AND CHAIN on Youtube, camera and editing: Andre Leubner

Support: Stadt Salzburg and Virginia Centre for the Creative Arts, USA

https://youtu.be/x61pP8-3Zaw



Performance BINDU

6 September 12:00 - 13:00

Domplats 1, Salzburg, Austria




August 2018


HOUSE AND CHAIN on Youtube

Documentary film of the performance House and Chain, camera and editing: Wolfgang Richter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RlMptnyky4



Performance HOUSE AND CHAIN

23 August 2018, 17:00 - 18:00, duration 1 hour

Start Mozart Platz, Salzburg

Support by: Stadt Salzburg, AT and Virginia Centre for the Creative Arts, USA

https://www.stadt-salzburg.at/internet/service/aktuell/aussendungen/2018/schwedisch_bulgarische_kuenstlerin_maja_472329.htm



Maja Spasova is awarded A-i-R in Salzburg, Austria by Stadt Salzburg and the international exchange program VCCA, USA.
https://www.stadt-salzburg.at/internet/websites/kultur/kultur/kultukontakte.htm
https://www.vcca.com




July 2018


Art Reveal Magazine publishes a review about two monographs on Maja Spasova's art:
http://www.artrevealmagazine.com/maja-spasova-monographs/




June 2018


B/W, diam 5m, PVC-tarpaulin - a new installation by Maja Spasova.

B/W is part of Konst i An organized by Norrtälje konsthall, Sweden.

Inauguration Friday 29th June at 12:00

https://kultur.norrtalje.se/web/arena/konst-i-an



Helge Ax:son Johnsons foundation, Sweden awards grant to Maja Spasova to support her upcoming art projects.

http://haxsonj.se/www/




May 2018


Art Reveal Magazine, 39th issue, publishes interview with Maja Spasova: 

https://issuu.com/artrevealmagazine/docs/39/72

​​ISBN 9781388420147




April 2018


Julie Scouflaire from CENTRE DE LA GRAVURE, Belgium presents Maja Spasova's work UN VOYAGE ROMANTIQUE SUR LA SEINE:  https://www.facebook.com/qlturcfm/videos/594385160915528/UzpfSTEwMzAzMTQ4MDM4MToxMDE1NTQ1OTI5MTM0NTM4Mg/



The triptych Un Voyage Romantique sur la Seine is on display at Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, Belgium

www.centredelagravure.be




March 2018


Maja Spasova shows work at the group exhibition Sign of the Times, organized by Hambidge Art Centre, USA

www.hambidge.org



The Museum dedicated to Contemporary Printmaking in Belgium, Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée,          acquires the triptych Un Voyage Romantique sur la Seine by Maja Spasova.

www.centredelagravure.be




February 2018


Maja Spasova is awarded art grant and international Artist-in-Residence by VCCA, USA

www.vcca.com




October 2017


Maja Spasova shows work at the exhibition LASS STRUGGLE during the feminist conference FILjA.

Opening 14 Oct 11 am, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London  WC1H 0AL   

 


  

August 2017


The site-specific installation CITY 1 at Boberg Power Station in Falkenberg, Sweden opens on 5 August.

CITY 1 is part of (X)sites, organized by KC-Vast and supported by numerous organizations

http://www.landart.se/index.php/LandartProjekt/xsites-kattegattleden 




July 2017


Maja Spasova is awarded art grant by Stockholm County Council for her upcoming project Borders.




June 2017


The video performance Lipstick Crucifixion part of Midsummer Madness at Leyden Gallery, London

Saturday 24th June from 6:30 pm

Leyden Gallery 9 Leyden St, London E1 7LE

www.leydengallery.com



Leonardo, volume 50, issue 3 features the projects I worked on during my Artist-in-Residence at Djerassi Foundation in CA, US July-Aug last year

https://www.leonardo.info/journal-issue/leonardo/50/3




May 2017


Art Museum Vandalorum acquires work by Maja Spasova. The series Unborn, 4 silkscreen prints on paper, enters the museum's permanent collection.

www.vandalorum.se




January 2017


​Maja Spasova in interview with Melissa C. Hilborn and Dario Rutigliano, LandEscape Art Review, Anniversary Edition

e.issuu.com/embed.html#7112024/42619333




December 2016


Maja Spasova performs HISTORIA at ​Palazzo Flangini, Venice

16 December 2016 6:00 - 9:00 pm

http://www.itsliquid.com/opening-contemporary-venice.html




November 2016


Interview with Maja Spasova in Peripheral ARTeries Art Review, special edition 

https://issuu.com/artpress/docs/pp2016




October 2016


NYLASER

Leonardo Education and Art Forum (LEAF) Rendezvous Event

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/laser-talks-in-nyc-tickets-28194975932
Where: LevyArts: 40 E 19th St #3-R, NYC
When: Sunday, October 23rd, from 4:00 – 7:00 pm

NY LASER is a series of lectures and presentations on art and science projects, in support of Leonardo/ISAST’s LEAF          initiative (Leonardo Education and Art Forum). Former LEAF Chairs Ellen K. Levy and Patricia Olynyk co-direct these            presentations on behalf of the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts and Washington University in St. Lous          respectively. Space is limited, so please rsvp by sending an email to levy@nyc.rr.com or olynyk@wustl.edu. There              will be feature presentations by Rebecca Messbarger, Hannah Star Rogers, Maja Spasova, Matteo Farinella, and                  Adam Zaretsky.



ARTFULL HARVEST at Djerassi Foundation, CA

Sunday, 16 October 3 pm - 7 pm

Maja Spasova shows a new series of drawings

http://djerassi.org/artfulharvest.html




October 2016


Performance I HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT... in NYC!

6 - 9 October, 14th Street from Union Square to Hudson River

www.artinoddplaces.org




December 2015


CNEAI, Paris show work by Maja Spasova in the group exhibition Dites 33 at TRAM

11 Dec 2015 - 20 feb 2018

http://tram-idf.fr/dites-33/

http://www.cneai.com




November 2015


Maja Spasova receives the Swedish Church Cultural Award for the project AND JESUS LOVES YOU.

The jury's verdict:
Maja Spasova's project takes as its starting point the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean. With a series of short films          and sound installations Spasova explores and depicts the fleeing man's existential conditions. Reality and                          documentary material are mixed with mythology and fiction. In her works Maja Spasova shows a great social                    commitment - the issues she touches have a rare ability to be filtered by life itself. By acting in the public space                Spasova invites all of us to become involved. At the same time art becomes more unprotected and the situation                vulnerable, a fact that Spasova uses in both a poetic and conceptual way.

www.svenskakyrkan.se



October 2015


Maja Spasova gives an artist talk at Gallery Krognoshuset, Lund, Sweden Thursday 15 Oct at 19:00 

www.krognoshuset.se



Maja Spasova stages the performance TO AND FROM in collaboration with Barbro Westling in the crypt of Lund Cathedral, Sweden Saturday 17 Oct at 17:00

www.lundsdomkyrka.se




September 2015


TO BE A HEART, sight-specific sound installation in the crypt of the Cathedral of Lund, Sweden 19 Sep - 19 Oct 2015

www.lundsdomkyrka.se
www.facebook.com/lundsdomkyrka



THE GOLDEN BRAID, urban sight-specific installation, the Cathedral of Lund, Sweden 19 Sep - 19 Oct 2015

www.lundsdomkyrka.se

www.facebook.com/lundsdomkyrka



DJERASSI AiR, CA, USA invites Maja Spasova to participate in the Scientific Delirium Madness session August 2016.

www.djerassi.org




August 2015


Segments from the upcoming artist book LUCID NIGHTS - SEA-QUENCE, a collaboration between Maja Spasovaand the poet Ivy Alvarez are published in the 44th issue of the Welsh poetry magazine Roundyhouse.




June 2015


Solo exhibition at VANDALORUM 13 June - 30 August 2015

www.vandalorum.se



ATTENTION! YOU ARE LEAVING THE HUMAN ZONE in the city of Värnamo is the inauguration of the project. The project will run in numerous countries. 




April 2015


Stiftelsen Langmanska Kulturfonden, Sweden awards a generous grant for the publication of the upcoming monograph "BINDU and other works by Maja Spasova," text by Thomas Millroth and Maja Spasova. Book release later this year.

 www.langmanska.se




December 2014


The project ATTENTION! YOU ARE LEAVING THE HUMAN ZONE is developed during Maja Spasova's AiR at The Bogliasco Foundation. 

www.bfny.org




November 2014


Performance  BINDU, Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal, 14 Nov 2014.


                                         


October 2014


Museum of Public Art, Lund, Sweden shows drawings and film by Maja Spasova till October 19.

www.skissernasmuseum.se



Museum of Public Art, October 8, 7 p.m. - see Maja Spasova's performance HISTORIA, actors: Maja Spasova and Barbro Westling, www.skissernasmuseum.se



NEW BOOK! The monograph "Maja Spasova, Drawings" with text by Elisabet Haglund and Maja Spasova presents selected drawings from 1984 till 2013 and is published by Bokforlaget Arena, Sweden 2014.                                        ISBN 978-91-7843-436-7

Book release October 8, 8 p.m. at Museum of Public Art, Lund, Sweden. 




September 2014


Maja Spasova is invited to participate in the limited invitational competition, Scottsdale Public Art, Arizona, USA.



Maja Spasova receives invitation by Farhang Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, USA.




July 2014


​Maja Spasova is nominated for Scottsdale Public Art, Arizona, USA.



Maja Spasova is awarded AiR at Bikalpa Art Center, Kathmandu, Nepal.

http://www.bikalpaartcenter.org/




June 2014


​Maja Spasova is awarded a grant by Stiftelsen Langmanska Kulturfonden, Sweden.

http://www.langmanska.se/



Artotheque du Limousin, France shows works by Maja Spasova in the exhibition L'art en lieux 21 June - 27 August.

www.artothequelimousin.com



May 2014


Maja Spasova receives the prestigious Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship, NY, USA. The Bogliasco Foundation offers one-month residencies to individuals of all nations who can demonstrate notable achievements in the Arts and Humanities.

www.bfge.org




April 2014


The multimedia installation BRIGHT SHINY ME by Maja Spasova and Luis Hilario Arevalo has been selected for the Round 2 Showcase ArtSlant Prize 2014. BRIGHT SHINY ME was comissioned by VCCA, US and shown at University of Virginia, US June 2013.
www.artslant.com




January 2014


Maja Spasova's installations THE DIAMOND OF SANCY, QUESTION MARK, BLACK THOUGHT & GREY THOUGHT appear on screen with other works at The Saatchi Gallery, London.

Address: Duke of York's HQ, King's Rd, London SW3 4RY




December 2013

The project THE MASK has a new website:
www.themask.me
Showing the project's most recent videos and still images, the website is powered with free software by Onlink.



​November 2013


NEW BOOK about Swedish contemporary art featuring among others Maja Spasova's performance art:
"Contemporary Art for Ordinary People" by Thomas Kjellgren, Bengt Adlers, Jacob Kimvall, Kolbjörn Guwallius, Anders Olofsson, Inger Bergström, Sara Arrhenius, Magdalena Dziurlikowska, Irene Berggren, Mårten Medbo, Magnus Bärtås, Gertrud Sandqvist and Linda Fagerström. Publisher: Sveriges Konstföreningar, Sweden 2013 ISBN 978-91-637-3454-0