Lina Ivanova is an artist working with photography, sculpture and installation. Her autobiographical practice is process-led, exploring social narratives of migration, family, history, heritage and displacement. Concerned with appropriation of the archive and found objects, Lina uses industrial materials to negotiate the nature and transformation of the photographic image in space, through the notions of individual and collective memory.
tsvetelina-ivanova@hotmail.com
PGCE Art & Design, Canterbury Christ Church University 2018
BA Photography , University of Portsmouth 2015
EXHIBITIONS
2022
Orbits, Revolv Collective 5th year anniversary, Seen Fifteen Gallery
Blue House, Flat 2G, Eardley Road
2021
A Cohesion of Light, Peckham 24
Leap into the Void, Goethe Institute, Bulgaria
2020
8 street locations, South Bermondsey Art Trail
TRAIA PHOTO LAB X PINSHARP MAG
F O R M, Seen Fifteen, Peckham
2019
Representation on the Line II: (Un)framing our Identities, RPS, Chelsea
Photography and Sculpture, AMP Studios, London
Intro:spective, Seen Fifteen, Peckham
2018 - 2015
4UZHBINA, Phoenix Brighton, Brighton Photo Fringe
Showcase, Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury
Portfolio, Turner Contemporary, Margate
Преход, Night of the Museums, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Archive as Medium, Four Corners Gallery, London
Saint Clement of Ohrid, Ashford School, Ashford
Bohemian, Number 28 Albert Road, Portsmouth
Work In Progress, Unit 23, Park Mall, Ashford
Platform 2015, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
WORKSHOPS/TALKS/PUBLICATIONS/COMMISSIONS
2023
Desire Paths, Turf Projects Commission
Terra Firma Magazine, issue 8 - Anxiety
Collaboration with Sophie Willison
2022
East Meets West, FORMAT Masterclass
Revolv Award - a year long mentorship programme
Cyanotype Workshops - Bomb Factory Arts Foundation
2021
East Meets West, FORMAT Masterclass
Cyanotype Workshops - Bomb Factory Arts Foundation
Cyanotype Workshop - Peckham 24
2020
F O R M Public programme, Seen Fifteen, London
Online Portfolio Reviews - Revolv Collective
2019
Panel: Exhibiting your work: Relevance, Reality + Sustainability; Life Framer x Metro
Homeland Panel Discussion with Martin Seeds and Dafna Martin, London
Homeland Book Workshop, London
Intro:spective Artist Crit, Seen Fifteen Gallery, London
Zine It Up! workshop, BA Photography, LCC, London
2018
Roots or Routes public zine workshop, Brighton Photo Fringe, Phoenix Brighton
Artist Talk, Brighton Photo Fringe, Phoenix Brighton
On Collaboration, Talk and Artist Crit, University of Brighton
Salt Printing Workshop, Folkestone Darkroom Collective, Salt Festival, Folkestone
Photography as a collaborative action, University of Portsmouth, Menier Gallery, London
Portfolio Reviews, University of Portsmouth, Menier Gallery, London
One Year, Open call, Exhibition, App and Google Extension launch and Portfolio Reviews, SafeHouse, London
Artist Talk, First Mondays, Brighton Photo Fringe, Phoenix Brighton
Art World Survival Kit, Talk, BA Fine Art, CCCU, Canterbury
2017
Photocatalyst, Zine workshop, Four Corners Gallery
Artist Crit, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
2016
Alumni Talk, University of Portsmouth
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES/FUNDING
The Richard and Siobhan Coward Foundation Analogue Photography Grant 2022
Turner Contemporary Portfolio Prize, 2018
Kent Creative Awards Shortlist, 2017
Artist in Residence, Ashford School, Kent 2016/17
Aspex Platform Graduate Award Shortlist, 2015
Strong Island Creative Graduates to Watch Award – Photography, 2015