After four years in which the annual organization of exhibition resulting from open-calls has been an essential curatorial endeavor of Salonul de proiecte, we are launching a new call for proposals to be submitted by emerging artists from Romania and the Republic of Moldova. In the previous years we invited internationally established artists to make the selection. Thus, in 2011 the selection process was entrusted to Anetta Mona Chişa & Lucia Tkáčová; in 2012, Aurelia Mihai and Ciprian Mureşan chose the projects which materialized in two exhibitions, while in 2013 the proposals were brought to the attention of Nicoline van Harskamp and the artistic duo Little Warsaw. For the most recent one, in 2014, Mona Vătămanu și Florin Tudor selected the works featured in an exhibition that opened in March 2015.
For this edition, following the activities undertaken in collaboration with the Romanian-Bulgarian Union, Salonul de proiecte invited Nedko Solakov to select the proposals. An exhibition presenting the resulting works will be opened during the 2015-2016 season. As was the case with the previous open-call exhibition, this project will be supported by the ERSTE Foundation.
Since the beginning of the 1990s, Nedko Solakov (born 1957, Tcherven Briag, Bulgaria; lives in Sofia) has exhibited extensively in Europe and the United States. His work was featured in Aperto’93 (Venice Biennial); the 48th, 49th, 50th and 52nd Venice Biennial; the 3rd, 4th and 9th Istanbul Biennial; São Paulo’94; Manifesta 1, Rotterdam; the 2nd and 4th Gwangju Biennial; the 5th Lyon Biennial, Sonsbeek 9, Arnhem, the 4th and 5th Cetinje Biennial, the 1st Lodz Biennial; the 7th Sharjah Biennial, United Arab Emirates; the 3rd Tirana Biennial; the 2nd Seville Biennial; the 2nd Moscow Biennial; documenta 12; 16th Sydney Biennial; Prospect 1, New Orleans Biennial, Singapore Biennial 2011 and dOCUMENTA (13). Recently he had solo shows at Museu do Chiado, Lisbon; De Appel, Amsterdam; CCA Kitakyushu, Japan; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona; Kunsthaus Zürich; Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli; Sofia City Art Gallery, Galleria Borghese, Rome and Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg. In 2003-2005 an extensive mid-career A 12 1/3 (and even more) Year Survey was presented at Casino Luxembourg, Roseum Malmö and O.K Centrum Linz, and in 2008-2009 the Emotions solo project was exhibited at Kunstmuseum Bonn, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, and Institut Mathildenhoehe, Darmstadt. In 2011-2012 his retrospective All in Order, with Exceptions was presented at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; Fondazione Galleria Civica Trento (All in (My) Order, with Exceptions); S.M.A.K., Ghent and Fundação de Serralves, Porto.
