Vlado Mitrev was born at the end of the 20th century in Sofia. Today he lives and works in Basel.
He have studied Fine Arts at Universität der Künste Berlin and Wimbledon School of Art, London.
The field of his work ranges from painting to the moving image.
He have been awarded and nominated for the Golden Cube, Monitoring, 25. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und
Videofest, Kasseler Kunstverein; 14. Marler Video-Kunst-Preis, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl;
Expanded Media Award, Stuttgarter Filmwinter (2017 and 2024); Award for Media Installation of the 14th
International Video Festival Videomedeja, Novi Sad and others.
He was also awarded a two years Studio-Grant of the Karl-Hofer-Gesellschaft, Berlin, and was Artist in
Residence at Kulturkontakt, Vienna, as well as NICA Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, Art College,
Pittsburgh/USA.
His works have been shown at various international exhibitions, including Museum of Contemporary Art in
Krakow; Palazzo Reale, Milan; Eesti Kunstimuuseum, Tallinn; German Historical Museum, Berlin; Kunsthalle,
Vienna; Benaki Museum, Athens; Webster University, St. Louis, USA; Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad; Center
for Contemporary Art, Plovdiv; Glaskasten Sculpture Museum, Marl; Electrohaus Hamburg and others.
Education
2003–2004 Meisterschüler at Universität der Künste, Berlin
2003 Graduation in Fine Art at Universität der Künste, Berlin
2001 Studies Fine Art at Wimbledon School of Art, London
1997–2003 Studies Fine Art at Universität der Künste, Berlin
Grants, awards etc.
2024 Nomination for Expanded Media and Network Culture, Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart
2017 Nomination for Expanded Media, Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart
2016 Nomination for the Videoart Award George Papazov, Sofia
2015 Artist talk, „Glocal (Hi)stories“, Kunsthistorisches Institut, Freie Universität Berlin
2012 ArtUP! Media Art in Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, Project of the Goethe Instituts in Ankara, Athens and Sofia
2012 Artist talk at Webster University Department of Art, St. Louis/USA
2010 Award in the category Media Installation of the 14th International Video Festival VIDEOMEDEJA, Novi Sad/Serbia
2010 Nomination for the Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for New Bulgarian Art, Sofia
2010 Nomination for the 14. Marler Video-Kunst-Preis, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl
2008–2010 Studio-Grant of the Karl-Hofer-Gesellschaft, Berlin
2008 Nomination for the Golden Cube, Monitoring, 25. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel
2008 Artist in Residence at Kulturkontakt, Vienna
2004 NICA Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, Art College, Pittsburgh/USA
Public collections
Belvedere Museum Wien, Ursula Blickle Videoarchiv, Vienna
Donauschwäbisches Zentralmuseum, Ulm