Maria Dundakova bio.

Maria Dundakova

 

dundakova@gmail.com

www.dundakova.net, www.videokunst.ch:

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Education: 1969-70 Body Language and Performance Art Course with Jerzy Grotovski in Polish Laboratory Theatre, Wroclaw, Poland. 1968 Scholarship for textile design at University for Applied Arts, Prague, Czech Republic 1960 – 1967 National Academy of Art Sofia, Bulgaria, Master Class: Public Art, Art and Architecture Space. Diplom Master of Art

 

Project and ParticipationSince her early days her work has focused on cyclical projects such as “Communication Art” (1975), “The ways of the shaman” (1983), “Le Sacre du Printemps” (1986), “The farmhouse project” (1989) and the still ongoing major project “Sun Rite” project. “ Sun Rite” is a cyclical work of art, a “flowing forum” that already comprises several subprojects: “Baptism”, “La Memoire du Geste”, “Solstice”, “The core and the fruit”, “Berlin-Tides”, “Rhythm”, “What’s your name?”, “Hey Wave!”, Sunsong score , Monolith song, Stone Rite, among  many others. Like the journey of life itself, the individual projects are connected to places in space and time:

 

“Sun Rite” started in 1991 at the lowest point under sea level, the Dead Sea. The project continued in the then Cultural Capital of Europe, Dublin, and at the 21st Sao Paulo Biennale. It was further developed as part of the United Nations Cultural Programme at the Rio de Janeiro Conference on Environment and Development in 1992, and at the Cultural Capital of Europe, Luxembourg, in 1994-5.

 

Further recent work has been shown at the following events:

Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, South Korea, 2006, 2009, 2012; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2014 - Pensamento Tropical Residence in Brasil 2014 Biennale Buenos Aires; Tropical flow Project; In 2015 - The Special Exhibition of Geumgang Nature Art Pre-Biennale.; Biennale Paper Art Urban life project Sofia, Bulgaria; Drawing Biennale ,From Stone Rite project Melbourne, Beijing international Biennale , China National Art Museum. The farmhuse landscape” Wind& silence” 2016 -Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, Breathing Art, South Korea; From Lausanne to Beijing’ 9th International Fiber Art Biennale „How old is the wind? Guan Shan Yue Art Museum. Now Shenzhen, China. 2017- CICA Museum, South Korea Concept 2017: the 3rd International Exhibition on Conceptual Art with project „Atlantic song “. 2018 - Exhibition “Unlimited”, Winterthur and “Dimension. Print “Brug, Switzerland; Geumgang Nature Art Biennale 2018, The video exhibition „Wind “, South Korea ,2019 Experimental Art Event Teleported from Korea to Brooklyn to Promote Culture for Fluidity. New Platform for Nomadic Artists in the Changing Global Art Scenes; Reserva Cultural Niteroi EIXO Arte, Rio de Janejro; International Exhibition „Singulier Pluriel“  5th Annual ON PAPER international printmaking Award 2019 Asturias, Spain

2019 8 Beijing international Art Biennale, Selected Work:  Painting „The source“im China National Art Museum, Beijing

2020 Reserva Cultural Niteroi EIXO Arte, Rio de Janejro; International online, large size painting

2020-21International Oil Painting Biennale, Shenzhen, 2022 Museum of art Solothurn Switzerland “Balance”Exhibition    

 

Prizes and residency

2021-Canton Solothurn, Switzerland. Award for Multinmedia Art.  2015- Honorary Mention, 8th International Drawing Biennale, Melbourne Australia 2014- Artistic Residency/Itacare – Ba – Brasil Pencamento Tropical Art Center, Project “Tropical flow 2012- The Cabarron Foundation: New York, Walladolid, Murcia, Barcelona. International public sculpture competition for the future Parque de Levante in the city of Murcia, Spain. 2012 Yatoo Artist in Residence 2009 Korea South 1992- Cultural Foundation UBS Switzerland for video Project “Sun Rite – for Anna Livia”, Homage to James Joyce,

 -1971, Prize of the City of Paris for painting, France