born in Sofia, Bulgaria. Lives and works in Paris, France

Among the other international prizes NINA Kovacheva is awarded

2002 -The 2002 UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts, Paris, France (together with Valentin Stefanoff)

    selected personal exhibition

  • 2021 - OFF and ON and on and on / Structura Gallery / Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 2020 - Paradise is Temporarily Closed, GOD / KULTUM, Graz, Austria /
  • 2020 - From the Sublime to the Ridiculous (online exhibition) / Structura Gallery / Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 2018 - The Temptations of ninavale / Sofia Arsenal - Museum for Contemporary Art / Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 2018 - 0 for Black 1 for White / Sofia City Art Gallery / Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 2017 - The temptations of ninavale / National Gallery of Macedonia, Skopje, Macedonia /
  • 2016 - Gold and Nails / Galerie Heike Curtze und Petra Seiser / Vienna, Austria
  • 2015 - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell / Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Saint-Etienne, France /
  • 2012 - The Crying Game / Galerie Heike Cutrze, Vienna, Austria /
  • 2012 - Physics and Metaphysics of the Dark Spot / Arosita Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria /
  • 2010 - Surplus Enjoyment / Museum of Contemporary Art / Taipei, Taiwan
  • 2008 - Au-delà du Visible, video installation / pont Alma / Paris, France
  • 2007 - Play for Two Hands and Black / facade of the National Academy of Fine Arts / Sofia,   Â Bulgaria
  • 2005 - Au-delà de ce qui est visible / National Museum of Contemporary Art / Bucharest, Romunia
  • 2005 - Phases of Accumulation and Extraction in a Limited Space / National Art Gallery / Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 2004 - Au-delà de ce qui est Visible / outdoor video installation / Paris, France
  • selected group exhibition

  • 2023 - Beyond All Reason. In the Mirror of Surreal Time Hotline Series / Structura Gallery / Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 2021 - Herbarium Collection / Sofia Arsenal – Museum for Contemporary Art / Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 2021 - To Collect Contemporary Art, collection of Vladimir Iliev / National Art Gallery Sofia. / Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 2020 - Dualism / ONE Gallery / Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 2019 - Family Matter / DomMuseum, Vienna, Austria /
  • 2019 - Intriguing Uncertainties / ParkView Museum / Beijing, China
  • 2019 - The Other Eye, Portret of Friend / Sofia City Art Gallery / Sofia Bulgaria
  • 2019 - VULGATA. 77 zeitgenössische Zugriffe auf die Bibel / Dommuseum / Mainz, Germany
  • 2018 - Intriguing Uncertainties / Parkview Museum / Singapore, South Korea
  • 2018 - Von Manschen und Tieren / Galerie Heike Curtze / Vienna, Austria
  • 2018 - Von Manschen und Tieren / Galerie Heike Curtze / Vienna, Austria
  • 2017 - Körpersprachen / Galerie Heike Curtze, Vienna, Austria /
  • 2017 - Distinction / Guo Zhong Art Museum, Beijing, China /
  • 2017 - A Theory of the Present / Gaia Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey /
  • 2017 - Forms of Coexistence / Structura Gallery, Sofia / Structura Gallery, Sofia
  • 2017 - Vulgata 77 Zugriffe auf die Bibel / Mariahilferplatz 3, Graz, Austria /
  • 2017 - Aging Pride / Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria /
  • 2016 - Intrigantes Incertitudes / Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de St.Étienne / St.Étienne, France
  • 2016 - Die Kunstmesse in der Burg Perchtolsdorf / galerie Heike Curtze, Vienna, Austria /
  • 2016 - The Repetition of the Good, The Repetion of the Bad / New Synagoge Berlin – Centrum Judaicum, Germany /
  • 2015 - Why Graphics? Works from the Graphic Fund of the Sofia City Art Gallery / Sofia City Art Gallery / Bulgaria
  • 2015 - Art for Chanage 1985-2015 / Sofia City Art Gallery / Sofia Bulgaria
  •   - Wahrheiten müssen robust sein / Ausstellungsansicht Haus der Katholischen Kirche / Stuttgart, Germany
  •   - Reliqte – Reloaded / Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten / Graz, Austria
  • 2014 - The Collection. New Acquisitions 2012-2013 / Sofia Art Gallery, Sofia /
  • 2013 - Der Mann – Nackt / Kulturstiftung Schloss Britz, Berlin, Germany /
  • 2013 - Seelenwäsche / Center for Art, Graz, Austria /
  • 2012  - Why Duchamp? From object to museum and back / Sofia Arsenal Museum of Conteporary Art / Sofia,                           Bulgaria
  • 2012 - A Possible History. Bulgarian Art Through the Sofia City Art Gallery Collection / City Art Gallery / Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 2012 - The Naked Man / Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz / Austria
  •    - Promenade Project – Place Value in Contemporary Art / KogArt / Budapest, Hungary
  • 2011 - Drawing in the Age of Fragility / Cabinet de Dessin, Solaris – Fondatione delle Arti, / Parma, Italy
  •    - Central Europe Re-visited Nr.3 / Esterhazy Foundation / Austria
  • 2010 - Close Encounter / - Jeju Museum of Art / South Korea
  •     - Shortlist 2009, nominated artist / The Gaudenz B. Ruf Award /
  • 2009 - Involvement / Galerie Heike Curtze / Berlin, Germany
  • 2008 - Shifting Identity / Li Space / Beijing, China
  •    - Mediation Biennale / National Museum / Poznan, Poland
  •    - Micro-Narratives / Musée d`Art Moderne de St. Etienne / St. Etienne,France
  •    - European Attitude / Zendai Museum of Modern Art / Shanghai, China
  •      - 4eme Biennial d’Art Contemporain de Québec / / Québec , Canada
  •    - Face / ZONE Contemporary / New York, NY, USA
  •  2007 - Micro-narratives / October Salon / Belgrade, Serbia
  •    - Art Project / Gallery Yvon Lambert / Paris, France
  •   - Desire and Resistance Determine the Motion / Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain / Strasbourg,                         France
  • 2006 - Voiler/Dévoiler, Villa de Parc / Centre d`Art Contemporain / Annemasse, France
  •    - Phases of Accumulation and Extraction in a Limited Space / Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain /                         Strasbourg, France
  • 2006 - Important Announcement / City Art Gallery / Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 2005 - Two Asias, Two Europes / Duolun MOMA / Shanghai, China
  •    - Cosmopolis, 0.039225 / Macedonian Museum of Art / Thessaloniki, Greece
  • 2004 - Au-delà de ce qui est Visible / Nuit Blanche / Paris, France
  • 2003 - One, Several, Many Odyssey – video installation / The Museum of Cinema / Thessaloniki, Greece
  • 2002 - My Beauty and My Beast / Musée de l'Erotisme / Paris, France
  • 2002 - In the Out – video installation / 4th Biennial for Contemporary Art / Cetinie Montenegro
  • 2000 - Book as object / The National Museum of Women in the Arts / Washington DC, USA

Works in the collections of:

ParkView Museum, Singapore / Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria / Musée d'art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Etienne, France / The French National Library, Paris, France / Esterhazy Foundation Schloss Esterházy, Eisenstadt, Austria / Dom Museum, Collection Otto Mauer Contemporary, Vienna, Austria / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK / IZIKO National Museum of Art South Africa / The National Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria / The City Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria / Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan / European Investment Bank, Luxembourg / KULTUM Collection, Graz, Austria / Goethe-Institute – Munich, Germany / Museum for New Arts, Detroit MI, USA / Bulgarian National Film Archive, Sofia, Bulgaria and others as well private collections.