Valio Tchenkov

Valio Tchenkov was born 1966 in Svishtov, Bulgaria. He lives and works in Munich, Germany and Oresh,
Bulgaria. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia and the Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste, Munich.
Tchenkov has participated in various exhibitions such as “...in a trice and for a while...”, and “A Sunny Day:
Sandpaper on One’s Back” at Sariev Contemporary, “Poesie Summer Watou”, Belgium, curated by Jan Hoet;
”Fuori Uso”, Pescara, Italy, curated by Agnes Kohlmeyer; “Sweet Case Eluminated”, MAC/VAL Museum Paris,
curated by Katia Angelova (a.o.); and ”Conviction”, Dafen Art Museum, China, curated by Wenie Wong (a.o.). In
Bulgaria, he has been nominated for the M-tel Unlimited Contemporary Bulgarian Art Award (2011) and
participated in the exhibition “Why Duchamp? From Object to Museum and Back (125 years)”, curated by Maria
Vassileva (SAMCA, 2012). Sariev Contemporary represents Tchenkov since 2012.

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