EXHIBITIONS / EVENTS

Iskra Ivanova

Art Statement

"In our time of industrialization, clay is one of the few materials, which can be described as  “Romantic.”  My work references the human intangible nature. Emotions are expressed through the clay, parallel to mythological sources, where the earth is the matter o creation of humans. My goal is to include the viewer in an active way, using both representational art and performing art. This creates multidisciplinary artwork, which has no “high” or “low” hierarchy, similar to that of primitive art."

Exhibition Participation

• Hanson Galleries, juried show, September 15-October 30, 2009
• Cy- Fair Community College Art instructors exhibit, Sep. 10-September 25, 2009
• Richard J. Daley Center, Chicago, May 15, 2009
• “Casa de la Cultura”, House for the Culture, Santiago, Dominican Republic representation of the work of the film director Binka Zeliazkova, March 9, 2009
• Houston Foundry, December 12, 2008
• Montrose Area Blvd. Houston, Public Art Exhibit, August 2008
• Art Residency in Ceramics, Kecskemet, Hungary, July 2008
• Cy Fair Community College Art Gallery, July 20, 2008
• Elder Street Gallery, July 12,  2008
• Master’s thesis show at Blaffer Gallery at the University of Houston, April 11, 2008
• Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, juried show, Clay and Fiber, April 5-May 15, 2008
• Public display at Fine Arts Department at University of Houston, 2008
• Inter Art Corridor Houston, May 2008
• Master’s Students of University of Houston Sculpture Show at SCAW, Houston, December  2007
• Public display at Montgomery College, November 2007
• Nominated Emerging Artist in clay in Houston, June 2007
• Robert Gallery, San Antonio, June 2007
• Inter Art Corridor Houston, May 2007
• Interviewed by Chanel 17, Time Warner Production, January 2007
• Participation at Houston Empty Bowl, 2006
• Debora Colton Gallery, Houston December 2006
• Houston Contemporary Craft Center, Garden Display, November 2006
• Elder Street Gallery, Houston September 2006
• M2 Gallery, Houston  group exhibit, September 9 2006
• Participation at November Art Craw , 2005
• Marie Weichman Gallery, “Everybody’s show” Houston, 2005
• First place at the Student Art Show in Montgomery College in Ceramic, December 2004
• Memorable Mention in the exhibition of Woodlands Art League in Montgomery College, June 2002

Professional Experience

• Art History Instructor at Cy -Fair and Fairbanks Community College, January 12, 2009
• Teaching Assistant in Ceramics at Glassel School, January 5, 2009
• Ceramic Instructor at the University of Houston, 2006-2008
• Art teacher at the XXI Century  Program, 2006
• Summer Program -   Art Teacher Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, 2003
• Ford Elementary School, The Woodlands, Texas, 2002- 2003, Volunteer Art Instructor
• Montgomery College, Conroe, Texas, 2002-2008 - Spanish Tutor, Nominated Best Tutor for 2005
• Rubicon Academy, August 28, 2002 – June 2005, Art Teacher
• Ceramic Studio “Javier Simon”, Valencia, Spain, 1999 – 2001 - Art Designer
• Archeological Assistant   - Museum of History and Archaeology, Varna, Bulgaria, 1993, July

Education

• Currently enrolled at Autonomy University of Madrid, Spain, PhD in Film
• University of Houston, Master’s in Fine Arts in Sculpture, Ceramics, 2008
• Bellville College, Glass Blowing course, June 2007
• Diploma in Continuing Education in Ceramic, Montgomery College, 2003-2004
• University Complutense, Madrid, Spain, 1996 – 2001  Bachelor’s Degree in Art History
• University of Granada, Spain, 1995 – 1996 Special courses in The School of Modern Languages
• College for Foreign Languages, Spanish, Varna, Bulgaria, 1986 – 1991