Meet the artist

Silvia Karamfilova
2004 – 2005Obtained a Master in Business Administration Degree, Cyprus International Institute of Management, Nicosia, Cyprus
1994 – 1998Obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, USA
1990 – 1994Completed First English Language High School, Sofia, Bulgaria.
 Completed Secondary Polytechnic High School No. 149, Sofia, Bulgaria
1987 – 1990Studied painting at the National Academy School of Fine Arts with the National Academy of Design, New York, NY, USA (in these years, the school was associated with programs for study of the arts with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Manhattan)
1976Born in Sofia, Bulgaria
Silvia Karamfilova
Silvia Karamfilova Bulgarian Institut

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021Fine Art Exhibition “Stories”, Online presentation
2019Fine Art Exhibition, Ancien Cinema Cultural Club, Vianden, Luxembourg
2018Fine Art Exhibition, Wallonie Bienvenue, Arlon, Belgium
2017Fine Art Exhibition, Maison de la Laïcité, Arlon, Belgium
 Fine Art Exhibition, Foyer Europeen, Luxembourg, under the auspices of the European Court of Justice
 Fine Art Exhibition “The World Around Us”, Cultural Institute of Bulgaria, Budapest, Hungary
2016Fine Art Exhibition “The City”, Fest;tisztit Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
 Fine Art Exhibition “The World Around Us”, Ancien Cinema Cultural Club, Vianden, Luxembourg
2013Fine Art Exhibition “The year of the horse”, Private Equestrian Club, Mirepoix, France
2011Fine Art Exhibition, Kito Bookstore, Sofia, Bulgaria
2010Fine Art Exhibition, Kempinsky Hotel Zografski Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2009Fine Art Exhibition “Trees and Flowers in Time”, Lucky Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2004Fine Art Exhibition “Easter”, Bulgarian Eastern-Orthodox Church, Budapest, Hungary
 Fine Art Exhibition, KPMG Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria
2002Fine Art Exhibition, “Neighbors”, Aula Gallery, Izmir, Turkey
2001Fine Art Exhibition, “Words”, Lucky Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2000Fine Art Exhibition, “The Balkans – Captured Moments”, Vitosha Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Silvia Karamfilova Exhibition Hall

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015Group Exhibition, Gallery 88, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2009“Impresia” International Art Exhibition, Art Fair, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
 Group Exhibition, Slantsa (Suns) Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2008“Impresia” International Art Exhibition, Art Fair, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2007“Impresia” International Art Exhibition, Art Fair, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2006“Impresia” International Art Exhibition, Art Fair, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2005“Impresia” International Art Exhibition, Art Fair, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2004Group Exhibition, Lucky Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
 “Impresia” International Art Exhibition, Art Fair, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2003General Exhibition of Bulgarian Painters, Kempinsky Hotel Zografski, Sofia, Bulgaria
 Group Exhibition under the motto “Mirrors and Paintings”, Lucky Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
 “Impresia” International Art Exhibition, Art Fair, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
 Group Exhibition, Arts and Crafts Fair, Varna, Bulgaria
2002Group Exhibition under the motto “Spiritual Messages”, Kempinsky Hotel Zografski, Sofia, Bulgaria
 Group Exhibition of Bulgarian Painters in memory of Maximilian Kirov (a Bulgarian Art Historian), Otechestvo Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
 “Impresia” International Art Exhibition, Art Fair, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
 Group Exhibition under the motto “Christmas”, Lucky Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2001Group Exhibition under the motto “Spring-Summer”, Lucky Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
1988General Exhibition of the Schools in Manhattan, New York Central Gallery, New York, NY, USA

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Silvia has worked seven years in various international companies implementing projects in the area of non-financial real estate investment and development (industrial, commercial, residential and agricultural real estate); six years in a Big 4 firm; five years in an insurance broking firm and a dairy-processing and export company. She has also been a sworn translator in the Bulgarian and English languages for public administration organizations, commercial companies, and private individuals in Bulgaria for a little over a decade.