1974

Born in Sofia, Bulgaria

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

2000-2001

Temple University, Graduate Program in Art History, Philadelphia, PA

2000

Tyler School of Art at Temple University, M.F.A. in Painting, Philadelphia, PA

1997

Goucher College, B.A. in Philosophy, Baltimore, MD

Selected Exhibitions

2018

“Constructions,” Frederic Snitzer, Miami, FL

2016

Ameringer |McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY (catalog)

Frederic Snitzer, Miami, FL

2015

Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY

ACME, Los Angeles, CA

2014

Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY (catalog)

Samson Projects, Boston, MA

2013

“Spill/Frame,” ACME., Los Angeles, CA

Galerie Stefan Roepke, Cologne, Germany

“Iva Gueorguieva: Reinvigorating Prints,” Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, Washington, D.C. (catalog)

2012

“Recoiling Earth,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA

Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY

2011

“A Stitch in Graft,” Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY

“Cut,” Bravin Lee Programs, New York, NY

“Prefiguration,” Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2010

“Betekenen,” Kunstcentrum Signe, Heerlen, Netherlands

“Aumgn,” Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, CA

2009

“A Rough End to a Stony Sleep,” Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2008

“Drawing & Sound Installation,” Stichting OutLine, Amsterdam, Netherlands

“School of the Adjusted Plan,” Electric Works Gallery, San Francisco, CA

“Pan,” Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2007

“Project Series: 34 “New Paintings,”” Pomona College Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)

“Gyre Carling,” Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2006

“How to Make Love to a Gasmask,” Carl Berg Projects, Amsterdam, Netherlands

“New Paintings,” Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY

2005

“Vectors in the Wounded Plane,” Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2004

“RUN,” Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2003

Draka Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

2002

Kolektiv Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Johnson State University Art Gallery, Johnson, VT

2001

Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2000

Temple University Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Group Exhibitions

2019

"The light touch," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Scarfone/ Hartley Gallery, The University of Tampa, curated by Brancesca Bacci

2018

“Shaping Color,” LA Louver, Los Angeles, CA

“Only Poetry”, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA curated by Amy Pleasant

“Portal”, two-person exhibition with Dona Nelson, Sophia Contemporary, London, UK

2017

“The Reflection in the Sword of Holofernes,” Galveston Artist Residency, Galveston, TX

“Shifting Landscapes,” Sophia Contemporary, London, UK

2016

“The Conversation: Joaquin Boz and Iva Gueorguieva”, Steve Tuner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

“Cult of Color”, curated by Arthur Pena, Circuit 12 Gallery, Dallas, TX

“The Rock Cried Out”, curated by Carl Baratta, TSA LA, Los Angeles, CA

2015

“Between the Eyes” curated by Laurel Sucsy, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN

“Bloody Red Sun of Fantastic L.A.”, PIASA, Paris, France

2014

“Making Sense: Rochelle Feinstein, Iva Gueorguieva, Dona Nelson, Deborah Grant” curated by Margaret Miller, Director of the Institute for Research in Art; USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL

“Variations: Conversations in and around Abstract Painting”, curated by Franklin Sirmans, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA, CA

“Graphicstudio: Uncommon Practice at USF,” curated by Jade Dellinger and co-organized by USF Contemporary Art Museum and the Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL

2013

“It’s New/It’s Now: Recent Gifts of Prints and Drawings,” Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN

“Art for Art’s Sake,” Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA

“LAndscape,” Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL

2012

“Art, Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation,” curated by Billie Milam Weisman, Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, CA

“Iva Gueorguieva and Rebecca Morales,” Bravin Lee programs, New York, NY

“To Live and Paint in LA,” curated by Max Pressneill, The Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

2011

“Vertical Hold,” two person show with Julie Weitz, Electric Works, San Francisco, CA

“Goldmine: Contemporary Works from the Collections of Sirje and Michael Gold,” California State University, Long Beach University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA

2010

“Five From L.A.,” Galerie Lelong, New York, NY

“Desire: Six Los Angeles Artists,” Pasadena Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA

“Art in Embassies Series,” American Embassy, Sofia, Bulgaria

“Forever Now,” Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

“Challenging the Myth of the Painter,” Outline Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2009

“New Weather: Diana Al-Hadid, Robyn O’Neil, and Iva Gueorguieva,” USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL (catalog)

2008

“The Humorous and the Unruly,” Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

“Looky See,” Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College, Los Angeles, CA

“I-35 Biennial,” Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

2007

“Struck,” Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL

“The Fluid Field: Abstraction and Reference,” Temple University Gallery, Philadelphia, PA curated by Dona Nelson

“No Coast, No Sea,” Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL

“When Worlds Collide,” Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2006

“Plex,” The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA

“Drawings from L.A.,” Carl Berg Projects, Amsterdam, Netherlands

“New York Styles,” Angell Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2005

“Off My Biscuit, Destroy Your District,” Samson Projects, Boston, MA

“The Seismologist,” Sara Nightingale, Southampton, NY

“Le Desert de Retz,” Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York, NY

“From the Fruit to the Root,” Alona Kagan Gallery, New York, NY

“More than Dirty South,” Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL

“Motion/Stasis,” Carroll Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

2003

“Sentimental Favorites: Abstract Painting,” Triple Candie, New York, NY

“Louisiana Biennial,” Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA (catalog)

2002

“2002 Faculty Show,” LSU Union Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA

2001

“Just Ripe,” Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

“Not Yet Housebroken,” Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1999

“MFA Student Exhibition,” Tyler School of Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Residencies

2019

Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY

2016

Graphicstudio and Institute for Research in Art, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

2015

Graphicstudio and Institute for Research in Art, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

2014

Graphicstudio and Institute for Research in Art, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

2012

Graphicstudio and Institute for Research in Art, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

2011

Graphicstudio and Institute for Research in Art, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

2006-2007

Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2005

Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine

Awards & Grants

2019

Finalist for the Howard Foundation Grant

2017

Nominated for an Anonymous is a Woman Grant

2012

Orange County Contemporary Collectors Fellowship Award

Mid-career fellowship award, California Community Foundation

2006

Artist Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation

2005

Artist Residency Scholarship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

2003

Artist Mini Grant, Louisiana Council on the Arts

2002

Individual Creative Artist Special Opportunity Stipend, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

1999-2000

University Fellowship, full tuition and monthly stipend, Temple University

1999

Rome Fellowship, full-tuition grant to attend a seminar in Rome Italy

1993-1997

Trustee’s Scholarship, full-tuition, room and board for four years, Goucher College

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2020

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2019

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2017

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2016

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2015

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2014

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2013

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2012

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2011

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2010

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2009

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2008

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2007

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2005

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2004

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2003

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Public Collections

Art, Design and Architecture Museum at UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

The Cohen Family Collection, NY, NY

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA

Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA

University Art Museum California State University Long Beach, CA

The von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL

Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, MN