Zhivka Marinova
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Zivka Marinova was born in 1979 in Sofia. She finished her secondary education at National School of arts "Acad. Iliya Petrov", Sofia in 1997. In the period 1997 - 2003, she studied painting in the class of Academician Svetlin Rusev at the Academy of Arts, Sofia. Zhivka has had six solo exhibitions: at Astry Gallery, Sofia (2009, 2016, 2022), an exhibition at Sofia-Press Gallery, Sofia (2013), an exhibition at Vidima Gallery, Sevlievo (2016), and others. She has participated in numerous collective exhibitions and competitions, some of which: "Format 30/30" in Astry Gallery, Sofia (2022-2023), group exhibition in Aspect Gallery, Plovdiv (2010), collective exhibition in Teddy Gallery, Varna (2013) , Plein air and general exhibition "The Bridges of the Balkans Speak", Berat, Albania (2014), National Exhibition "Landscape", Gallery "Shipka 6", Sofia (2017), Joint exhibition of teachers from the National Academy of Fine Arts and the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing "The Silk Road: From Tradition to Modernity" Imperial Art Museum, Beijing, China (2018), exhibition in Largo Gallery, Varna (2023), etc. Winner of 6 national awards. She lives and works in Sofia.