Aksiniya Peicheva (b. 1990, Kyustendil, Bulgaria) lives and works in Sofia. The focus of her work is the process of ‘visual translation’ where she explores possible ways of moving pieces of information between different fields of knowledge ‘how one or several scientific fields can be combined in order to answer a question only important to art.’She often collaborates with scientists, and her projects are also accompanied by a theoretical part, the result of a long study on certain topics, which include the topic of the visual translation of music or pain. She holds a Ph.D. from the National Art Academy, Sofia. Among her solo exhibitions are: 'Metropolis of Mistakes' (2024) at Gallery Atelier 28, Sofia, curated by Martina Stefanova; Process Anatomy: Tales of the Limit (2022), curated by Vasil Vladimirov, Structural Gallery, Sofia; 'Tales of the Limit (2021) at Heerz Tooya Gallery, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria; BioRecontstruction (…of a Future Moment) (2019), ICA- Sofia Gallery, curated by Nedko Solakov, Trauma Mapping (2018), ICA-Sofia Gallery, curated by Luchezar Boyadjiev. Her works are shown at Manifesta 14, Kosovo; Drugomore Gallery, Rijeka, Croatia; Ars Electronica Festival 2019, Austria. She is a member of the Institute of Contemporary Art - Sofia since 2020.
EDUCATION
2015 – 2019 - PhD at National Art Academy, Sofia;
2017 - School4Artists, post-graduate education at Institute for Contemporary Art, Sofia;
2015 – 2013 - MA in Mural Art, National Art Academy, Sofia
2013 – 2009 - BA in Mural Art, National Art Academy, Sofia