Exhibition Duration: March 17th – May 1st, 2015
Opening Reception: March 28th, 2015 – 6:30PM
About this Exhibition
Alfa Art Gallery will be hosting a special solo exhibition of the gallery’s founder, Vesselin Kourtev. The opening of “Footprints in Space” will be held on March 28th, 2015 at 108 Church Street, New Brunswick, NJ.
This exhibition will display a retrospective of paintings exemplifying Kourtev’s evolution as an artist over his 20-year career. With chosen works from his portfolio of artistic cycles, the exhibition will include oil paint, watercolor, and mixed media. Kourtev’s art has been described as impressionistic abstraction due to his unique colorist approach. Specific works personify these qualities such as his intricate face imprints, and the manipulation of oil paint as a transparent instrument.
Admission to this event is free and open to the public. The exhibition will host live music and refreshments will be served.
Some of the artworks included in the exhibition are featured below:
A Feeling of Spring I
A Feeling of Spring II
A Feeling of Spring III
About the Artist
Born and raised in Bulgaria, Vesselin Kourtev received a high school degree in Fine Art from the Fine Art school in Kazanluk, as well as his MFA degree from The Faculty of Fine Art at the University of Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria. From 1989 until 2002, Vesselin worked for the National School of Stage and Film Design in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. In the years following, he remained active within the Bulgarian art community and participated in a large number of national and international exhibitions and competitions. He founded the Alfa Art Gallery in 2007 after moving to New Jersey five years prior and is now head Art Director and Resident artist at the gallery. In 2008, Vesselin and his work was featured in The Good Living Magazine from Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick.
