NASCO PELEV
education
1981-87
Master of Fine Arts
Nicolai Pavlovich University of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
1974-79
Ilya Petrov School of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
selected solo exhibitions
2008
New Work
Tinku Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2005
TWOandBETWEEN (Earthly Delights series)
Kabat Wrobel Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2002
Earthly Delights
James Baird Gallery, St. John's, Canada
2000
Recent Works
Foundation Philomuses, Paris, France
2000
Digitally Modified
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1999
Feast
Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, USA
1998
Nectar
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1998
Paintings
MEG Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1997
Known & Unknown Territories
Galerie L'Autre Equivoque, Ottawa, Canada
1995
Imbalance
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1994
Fragments
Galerie Mireille Brisset, Montreal, Canada
1993
Recent Works
Gallery 7, Toronto, Canada
1992
Paintings
Galerie Mireille Brisset, Montreal, Canada
selected group exhibitions
2010
Ricochet
Rakursi Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2009
Three-Person Show
Canadian Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada
2007
Addresses
Raiko Alexiev Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2003
Scattered Seeds
James Baird Gallery, St. John's, Canada
2002
Recent Works
Jadite Galleries, New York City, U.S.A.
2001
Scattered Seeds
Shipka 6, Sofia, Bulgaria
1999
H20
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1999
6 + 6
Meg Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1997
Group show
Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, USA
1996
Gallery Artists
Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, USA
1994
Faculty Exhibitions
Saidye Bronfman Center for the Arts, Montreal, Canada
1994
Gallery Artists
Galerie L'Autre Equivoque, Ottawa, Canada
1994
Across the Borders
Johnson & Montgomery, Atlanta, USA
1993
Rast-thetics
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1992
Medium: Street Junk
Stornaway Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1992
Four Emerging Artists
Arts Sutton Gallery, Sutton, Canada
1991
Bulgarian Artists
Rotterdam, Netherlands
1991
Petits Formats
Galerie D'Arts Contemporains de Montreal, Canada
1991
Images
Resource Center for the Arts, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
1990
Bulgarian Artists
City Hall, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
1989
Paintings from the Nicolai Collection
Hamburg, Germany
1989
International Competition for Young Painters
Sofia, Bulgaria
1989
National Competition for Young Painters
Sofia, Bulgaria
1989
National Exhibition of Bulgarian Artists
Smoljan, Bulgaria
1989
Municipal Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Municipal Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
1988
International Painting Exhibition
Kobe, Japan
1988
National Portrait Competition
Pazardzik, Bulgaria
1988
Man and Art
National Exhibition, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1987
The Earth and the People
National Exhibition, Tolbuhin, Bulgaria
1986
Young Painters
National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria
reviews
Leah Sandals, "At the Galleries: Rooms to Grow"
National Post, Toronto, Canada (February 2009)
Mike Landry, "Nasco Pelev: Crossing Borders"
Things of Desire, Toronto, Canada (October 2008)
Stefania Yanakieva
Izkustvo / Art Magazine, Sofia, Bulgaria, (August 2001)
Diana Popova,
Cultura, Sofia, Bulgaria (July 2001)
Nina Vassileva, "Parigi e la Bulgaria"
Gospark: La Guida Internet l Mondo Dell'Arte, Milan, Italy (October 2000)
Heather Solomon, "Art Scene"
Canadian Jewish News, Montreal, Canada (September 1994)
Mona Hakim, "Comment se portent les galeries"
Le Devoir, Montreal, Canada (March 1994)
Evgeni Dainov
The Insider, Sofia, Bulgaria (November 1993)
Mona Hakim, "Different, revelateur, vivifiant"
Le Devoir, Montreal, Canada (July 1993)
Dimiter Grozdanov, "The Portrait Competition"
Art, Sofia, Bulgaria (September 1988)
collections
National Gallery of Bulgaria
Sofia, Bulgaria
American College of Surgeons
Chicago, USA
Nicolai Collection
Hamburg, Germany
NorShield Corporation
Montreal, Canada
Westcliff Management
Montreal, Canada
Cara Operations
Toronto, Canada
Promis Corporation
Toronto, Canada
Also represented in private collections in the United States, Canada,
England, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and Tunisia.