Beyond the Surface
Sofia Paper Art Biennial
Selected Artists and Artworks

As part of Sofia Paper Art Fest 2026, the Sofia Paper Art Biennial will be presented through 10 exhibitions organized in two panels. The Biennial will feature over 150 artists in curated, exchange, and solo exhibitions.

The selection for the exhibition at NDK will present 57 artists from 11 countries:

ARGENTINA
Leticia Burgos: Ghost Forest

BRAZIL
Аngela Barbour: Layers of Distant Mafer
Eliana Anghinah: Atmosphere
Andréa Barbour: Carne Viva
Catharina Suleiman: Winged Seed
Cildo Oliveira: I'm from Pernambuco; I am the Lion of the North
Jacqueline Aronis: Cosmos
Luciane Kunde Borges: Untitled
Mario Fiore: Mapa 1; Mapa 3
Nineta Rabner: Repetition

BELARUS
Ana Tikhonova: Inside Dance; Cloud Time

BULGARIA
Andriana Nedkova: Pa-Pa-Papier
Alexandra Cholakova: Crowd of readers
Desislava Deneva: Objects In Box
Ekaterina Hristova: Dance / Samodiva and Karakondjul
Emanuela Krumova: After the impact
Elena Belova: Quiet Synergy
Galya Bukova: Burial cloth
Hristina Andreeva: Skinface
Laura Dimitrova: Taming
Margarita Dopcheva: Material transition
Michael Artamontzev: “Cast your bread upon the waters...” I, II
Maria Johneva: Through the water
Pavlina Sarbova: Portrait; Secret garden; Window
Siana Damyanova: Wheat field II
Silvia Artamontzeva: Pier
Simona Yordanova: Beneath the surface; Invisible borders
Stefan Artamontzev: Dreamcatcher I, II
Stefan Gadzhovski: Sciography
Veselka Nikolova: Enigmatic variations III, II
Violeta Apostolova: The Silence Within Me
Zlatka Andreeva: Two Bodies blue

BULGARIA / CHINA
Phenix Varbanov: Structure/Apparence 1, 2, 3

FRANCE
Marselle Benhamou: Why this path rather than another? 1, 2, 3, 4

GERMANY
Jutta Barth: Vielseitig / varied 1, 2, 3
Larissa Nod: Love & Piece
Manuela Mordhorst: Rhythm & Movement I, II, III
Peter Schlangenbader: Duup; Bawol; Lixu
Ursula Schroer: Fall; Flat

JAPAN
Kakuko Ishii: Hogo-Shi
Kaori Arai: Signs of the Rhythm of Structure
Kaori Kato: Series of Fine Folding
Kenji Sato: Layered Horizon
Mayumi Tsukuda: Into Knots
Mayuko Kume: Flowing I, II
Minoru Goto: Ichigo Ichie (Treasure Every Encounter)
Noriko Amano: Bountiful Fruit
Shinichi Ishihara: Work 53; Work 54
Toru Kurita: Metamorphosis #5, #6, #7
Yasuko Iyanaga: A Gift from the Sea – Air

POLAND
Maria Matyja-Rozpara: Shroud III, IV, V
Miroslawa Truchta-Nowicka: Sheaf I; Transformations; You got it – Hope

SERBIA
Bojidar Plazinic: From the “Fractals” Series
Branko Nikolov: Presence

TURKEY
Sirin Yilmaz: Probability of a Spatial – Where; Possible thing; The road
Sukran Tumer: Gold unwearable clothing; Silver unwearable clothing; Copper unwearableclothing

NORWAY
Eva Sjowall: Veer; Strata; Fissure

Sofia Paper Art Fest 2026 is реализира with the financial support of the “Visual Arts ’25” Programme of the Ministry of Culture, the “Creation” Programme of the National Culture Fund, and the Cultural Calendar of Sofia Municipality for 2026.