Biography

SILVIA VALENTINO

Born 1970, Varna, Bulgaria

Education

Present Masters of Fine Arts, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
1996 Masters of Arts, English Philology, Kostantin Preslavsky University, Shumen, Bulgaria
1994 Masters of Arts, Bulgarian Philology, Kostantin Preslavsky University, Shumen, Bulgaria

Training

2003 Emphasis in portraiture and human figure, Watt's Atelier, Encinitas, California
1999 Nature in Oils, Plein air training, Columbus, Ohio

Scholarships and grants

2007 Windgate Scholarship, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
  International Research Scholarship, San Diego State University, San Diego, California

Solo exhibitions

2007 Visits, Expressions of Mexico, Chula Vista, California
2006 A Tribute to My Muse, 4 Design Gallery, San Diego, California

Group exhibitions

2008 7th Annual Juried Art Exhibition and Auction, Everett Gee Jackson Gallery, San Diego, California
2007 16th Annual Juried Exhibition at the Athenaeum, La Jolla, California, Juror: Arthur Ollman, former Director of MPA, San Diego, Director of School of Art and Design, SDSU
  MFA Graduate Review Exhibition: Better Than the Getty, Everett Gee Jackson Gallery, San Diego, California
  6th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition and Auction, Everett Gee Jackson Gallery, San Diego, California
  Untitled, Four Walls Gallery, San Diego, California
2006 MFA Graduate Review Exhibition, Flor y Canto Gallery, San Diego, California
  15th Annual Juried Exhibition at the Athenaeum, La Jolla, California, Jurors: Stephanie Hanor, Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California and Roman de Salvo, artist
  Adorn Art and Design Gallery, San Diego, California
2005 Andrea Rushing Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, California
  Hamilton Street Exhibitions, Hamilton Street Lofts, San Diego, California
  Mixture Art and Design Gallery, San Diego, California
2003 St. Cyril and Methodius Foundation National Competition, Shipka 6 Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
1999 Columbus Community Festival, Columbus, Ohio
  Hallways, Clintonville Academy, Columbus, Ohio
1998 J.A.Z.Z., Stauff's Exhibition Space, pencil, ink, and music show, Columbus, Ohio
1996 Transitions: The New Face of Bulgaria, Herson Cinema Hall, Shumen, Bulgaria
1994 Symbol and Form, Shumen University Art Gallery, Shumen, Bulgaria
1992 Color, Shumen University Art Gallery, photography exhibition, Shumen, Bulgaria
1990 Small Genres: Haiku, The Art Cafe, Shumen, Bulgaria
  Art and Poetry, Shumen University Art Gallery, Shumen, Bulgaria

Publications

2006-2007 Nostalgia: a visual and verbal relic, The Pacific Review: A West Coast Arts Review Annual, San Diego University Press