Exibitions

📅 June 5 – 25, 2025

📍 San Stefano Gallery, Sofia

👉 Opening: June 5 (Thursday) | ⏰ 18:00 – 20:00

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BEEYOND THE FORM

No, it’s not a typo. “BEEyond the FORM” is exactly what Pavlin Radevski wants to say. One extra “E” hints that here, the form is influenced, intervened upon, cohabited with an unexpected co-author – the bees.

In his new solo exhibition, Radevski moves beyond traditional sculpture by creating works in collaboration with a swarm. In his studio in Elin Pelin, beehives are not objects of observation, but laboratories for a new kind of art. He places sculptural forms made of pigmented wax into active hives, where bees build upon, transform, and complete them – not by instruction, but guided by their own inner rhythm.

In this exhibition, Radevski introduces a new visual and material layer – the use of colored wax. Color here is not merely an aesthetic gesture; it is a provocation for the bees, a new form of dialogue through which they “translate” his forms into their own language. This approach adds another layer of unpredictability to the process and raises questions about perception, interpretation, and interspecies co-creation.

The result is hybrid forms where human intention and nature intelligence intertwine. These works are at once created and surrendered, completed and left open. A dialogue that does not seek control, but coexistence.

BEEYOND THE FORM is an invitation to view sculpture not as a static object, but as a process – living, organic, and unpredictable.

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Pavlin Radevski (b. 1975) is a sculptor and co-founder of DEPO SCULPTURE – a platform supporting emerging sculptors and fostering public debate about contemporary art in Bulgaria. His works have been exhibited in Bulgaria, the UK, China, and Turkey, and are part of the collections of the National Gallery and private galleries.“

Only one week left until the opening of the exhibition of contemporary Japanese calligraphy by Sensui Oikawa!

September 18 – October 2

Official opening: September 18 (Wednesday), 6:00 PM

The contemporary master of Japanese calligraphy, Sensui Oikawa, has a rich creative biography with numerous national and international exhibitions, including in Paris, Los Angeles, Vienna, and others.

Her first visit to Bulgaria was in 1981 as the youngest member of a Japanese delegation of specialists in classical Japanese literature. At that time, Sensui Oikawa presented her calligraphy exhibition in the National Library and donated her works to its collection.

37 years later, in 2018, Sensui Oikawa visited Bulgaria again to showcase the exhibition "The World of Genji Monogatari" (the most representative work in classical Japanese literature).

After a break due to the COVID pandemic, she will return to Bulgaria to present her new works on the theme "Japanese Family Crests" at San Stefano Gallery.

Workshops:

September 19 (Thursday), 4:00-4:50 PM and 5:00-5:50 PM

Free participation with prior registration at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Free entry

Organized by: Embassy of Japan in Bulgaria

With the support of: Geotechmin

Link to the event:

San Stefano Gallery | Sofia

30 April – 30 May

We’re proud to present a solo exhibition by Snejana Simeonova - the latest winner of the prestigious Ivan Lazarov Award for Sculpture.

Through bold abstraction and delicate balance, Simeonova’s works speak in quiet volumes — sculpting motion, memory, and stillness into form. This is a celebration of material, mastery, and the invisible forces that shape us.

Join us in honoring one of Bulgaria’s leading sculptural voices on April 30th from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Vernissage: 21 February 2023, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

San Stefano Gallery is launching a new exhibition this February – a solo show of the prominent Bulgarian sculptor Boris Gondov. The show is comprising of 100 artworks from bronze, wood and drawings, selected for their mastery and form by the living legend of Bulgarian sculpture - Boris Gondov.

Boris Gondov (b.1935 in Sofia) graduated the National Academy of Arts in 1959 with a major in Sculpture. From 1987 until 1992 he was rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia.

The solo show of professor Gondov will be on display from February 21 - March 21 at San Stefano Gallery.