bifocal: árpád forgó & anikó robitz

nonsofia and liszt institute sofia teamed up once again to bring about our best in-house show of the year so far: hashtagbifocal – a duo exhibition by contemporary hungarian artists árpád forgó and anikó robitz. after decades of touring across the planetary continents, both artists came to bulgaria for the first time to present some of their latest works.

the exhibition, financially supported by the national culture fund of bulgaria, took place at nonsofia gallery & archive between 13 june and 22 september, and included a series of guided tours and workshops for children.

viktor vlaesku: poetry of the absolute

26 april - 9 june, nonsofia gallery & archive

supported by the national culture fund of bulgaria.

horizonta23 at nonsofia gallery & archive

the exhibition to the fourth edition of bulgaria's national forum for geometric abstraction was officially opened on 11 january 2024 and featured the works of eight contemporary artists: 

boyan chakarov, erdem kucukkoroglu, georgi dimitrov, georgi georgiev, ivan shumanov, kamen kalev, maria chakarova and viktor vlaesku.

along with the show horizonta23, financially supported by the national culture fund of bulgaria, included artist presentations, as well as a series of guided tours and workshops for children.

georgi yanakiev: silent diversion

nonsofia's latest exhibition – one of the nicest and busiest shows we have had so far – honoured the memory of bulgaria's most prominent post-war non-objective artist georgi yanakiev (1933 – 1998). the commemorative initiative, part of our 2023 cultural programme, was once again made possible thanks to fondation gottfried honegger and the kind courtesies of mr aleksandar yanakiev and mrs valentina shishkova. 

export: bulgaria 3, vasarely museum

in the summer of 2023 we experienced the unique pleasure to materialise nonsofia's most significant international breakthrough so far, i.e. the third edition of export: bulgaria – a showcase of contemporary geometric art produced solely by bulgarian-born artists. the works of twelve painters, born between 1933 and 1989, were exhibited at the vasarely museum, budapest – one of europe's most important geometric strongholds. 

our sincere gratitude goes to all dear friends from the osas collective, liszt institute sofia, the participating artists and everyone involved in this truly historic initiative. special thanks to dóra maurer, barna benedek, andrea bodis, szandra miskedi, krisztina kopp and the whole bunch of friends who travelled to budapest for our wonderful hungarian adventure.

export: bulgaria 3 included a workshop for children of the bulgarian community in budapest and featured the works of: adriana czernin, boyan chakarov, georgi dimitrov, georgi georgiev, georgi todorov, georgi yanakiev, ivan shumanov, kamen kalev, maria chakarova, mina stoyanova, petar dochev and viktor vlaesku. 

focus: hungary – manifold

the collaboration between nonsofia and osas, which officially dates back to the first edition of orthogonal: international forum for constructive art, has led to another fruitful partnership with liszt institute sofia, and resulted in the debut edition of nonsofia's brand new exhibition format – focus. 

our great friendship with artist/curator barna benedek and gallerist andrea bodis made this fabulous initiative happen at its best. thirteen hungarian contemporary artists were presented in two separate shows at two different venues – the galleries at 16 aksakov st. and 36 dondukov blvd. 

the exhibition, part of our 2023 programme, has been made possible thanks to the heartfelt support of fondation gottfried honegger. it featured a number of guided tours and workshops for children. 

participants: andrás wolsky, árpád forgó, barna benedek, bertalan varga, dóra maurer, györgy varga, istván haász, istván halmi-horváth, jános saxon-szász, judit horváth lóczi, judit nemes, katalin haász and levente bálványos.

above: views from focus: hungary – manifold at nonsofia gallery & archive.