NEDKO SOLAKOV 'A Little One #3' from the exhibition 'The Little Ones' (2025-2026) by Nedko Solakov. Photo: Dimitar Solakov.
26/02/2026
solo show
Curator: Iara Boubnova
ICA-Sofia Gallery
134 Vasil Levski Blvd, Sofia, Bulgaria
https://www.ica-sofia.org/en/ica-gallery/exhibitions/item/580:nedko-solakov-the-little-ones
26/02/2026 - 03/05/2026
NEDKO SOLAKOV - 'screenshot'
27/09/2025
solo show
Villa Flora, Kunst Museum Winterthur
Winterthur, Switzerland
27/09/2025 - 01/03/2026
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'A Cornered Solo Show #6 (The Miner's Dream)'
19/09/2025
solo show
The Wallonia-Brussels Federation Museum of Contemporary Arts (MACS)
Grand-Hornu, Mons, Belgium
19/09/2025 - 10/05/2026
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'Parallels' 2023, watercolor, black and white ink on paper, series of 5 drawings, 29 x 38 cm
24/05/2025
group exhibition
NEDKO SOLAKOV
Kunsthalle Emden
Emden, Germany
24/05/2025 - 02/11/2025
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'Nedko's Thoughts Also Cornered' 2023, watercolor, black and white ink on paper, series of 7 drawings, 29 x 38 cm
06/04/2025
group exhibition
JANNIS KOUNELLIS, NEDKO SOLAKOV
Fondazione Augusto Rancilio
Via Fametta 1
Castellazzo, Milano, Italy
Curator: Diana Segantini
https://artfacts.net/exhibition/arco-art-nature:-inside-and-out/1263977
06/04/2025 - 12/10/2025
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'Parallels' 2023, watercolor, black and white ink on paper, series of 5 drawings, 29 x 38 cm each. Photo: the artist
28/11/2024
group exhibition
CILDO MEIRELES, NEDKO SOLAKOV
Works from the Mário Teixeira da Silva Collectionin
Serralves Collection Museum
Rua D. João de Castro 210
Porto, Portugal
https://www.serralves.pt/en/ciclo-serralves/2811-cancao-contemporanea/
28/11/2024 - 01/06/2025
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'A Cornered Solo Show #3 (with Charles Esche as my artistic conscience)' exhibition view at Belvedere, Vienna, Austria, 2023. Photo: Johannes Stoll
17/10/2024
solo show
Ludwig Museum
Komor Marcell utca 1
Budapest, Hungary
https://www.ludwigmuseum.hu/en/exhibition/nedko-solakov-cornered-solo-show-5
17/10/2024 - 29/06/2025
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'Leaving' 2023
13/10/2024
group exhibition
NEDKO SOLAKOV
Wende Museum
10808 Culver Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
13/10/2024 - 19/10/2025
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'Knights (and other dreams)' 2010-2012. Photo: Dimitar Solakov
14/09/2024
group exhibition
NEDKO SOLAKOV
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Berlin, Germany
https://www.hkw.de/en/programme/forgive-us-our-trespasses-vergib-uns-unsere-schuld#main
14/09/2024 - 08/12/2024
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'A Cornered (Future) Solo Show #4' 2024, exhibition view, National Art Gallery Sofia
31/05/2024
solo show
National Art Gallery Sofia
The Palace
1 Knyaz Alexander I Sq.,
Sofia, Bulgaria
https://nationalgallery.bg/exhibitions/nedko-solakova-cornered-future-solo-show-4/
31/05/2024 - 01/09/2024
CARSTEN HÖLLER 'Giant Triple Mushroom' 2017. Photo: Duccio Benvenuti - Art Store
29/11/2023
group exhibition
SUBODH GUPTA, CARSTEN HÖLLER, EVA JOSPIN, NEDKO SOLAKOV
DART Chiostro del Bramante
Via Arco della Pace 5, Roma, Italy
Curator: Danilo Eccher
https://www.chiostrodelbramante.it/post_mostra/emotion-arte-contemporanea-racconta-le-emozioni/
29/11/2023 - 06/01/2025
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'A Cornered Solo Show #2', exhibition view, Museum MAXXI, Rome, 2022. Courtesy: Fondazione MAXXI. Photo: Gianfranco Fortuna
23/11/2023
23/11/2023 - 19/06/2024
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'Run & Stay' 2021. Photo: Giacomo Laffi
16/11/2023
group exhibition
NEDKO SOLAKOV
Kunsthalle Praha
Klárov 5, Prague, Czech Republic
https://www.kunsthallepraha.org/en/events/elmgreen-dragset-read
16/11/2023 - 24/04/2024
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'Sinners' 2021
14/10/2023
group exhibition
NEDKO SOLAKOV
Kunsthalle Krems
Museumsplatz 5
Krems an der Donau, Austria
https://www.kunsthalle.at/en/exhibitions/35-sieben-todsuenden-aktuelle-kommentare
14/10/2023 - 01/04/2024
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'Illusion' 2014
10/02/2023
NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
KAI10 | Arthena Foundation
Kaistraße 10, Düsseldorf, Germany
Curated by Ludwig Seyfarth
10/02/2023 - 03/09/2023
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'A Quiet Life' 2019. Collection Mudam Luxembourg. Photo: Rémi Villaggi | Mudam Luxembourg
08/10/2022
NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
Mudam Luxembourg
Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean
Luxembourg
Curated by Marie-Noëlle Farcy
08/10/2022 – 02/04/2023
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'Stories from the Future' 2021. Photo: the artist
23/09/2022
NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
NDSM, Door Open Space
Entrance at the corner of MS Tarnweg and MS van Riemsdijkweg
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
https://aperfectday.amsterdam
23/09/2022 - 02/10/2022
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'This is me, too...' 1996. Installation view at Vleeshal Center for Contemporary Art
03/06/2022
SHILPA GUPTA, NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
M HKA – Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp
Leuvenstraat 32, Antwerp, Belgium
03/06/2022 - 21/08/2022
NEDKO SOLAKOV exhibition view at Fondazione MAXXI. Photo: Gianfranco Fortuna
26/05/2022
solo show
MAXXI - Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo
Museum’s lobby
Via Guido Reni 4a, Roma, Italy
Curated by Hou Hanru and Monia Trombetta
26/05/2022 - 12/03/2023
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'Somewhere (under the tree)...' 1995-97. Photo: Deitch Projects
02/04/2022
group exhibition
NEDKO SOLAKOV, PASCALE MARTHINE TAYOU
Amos Rex
Mannerheimintie 22-24
Helsinki, Finland
02/04/2022 - 21/08/2022
NEDKO SOLAKOV From 'Thoughts' #1, 2015
06/03/2022
group exhibition
NEDKO SOLAKOV
Marta Herford - Museum for Art, Architecture, Design
Goebenstraße 2–10
Herford, Germany
06/03/2022 - 29/05/2022
NEDKO SOLAKOV Exhibition view at Credo Bonum
03/02/2022
solo show
Credo Bonum Foundation & Gallery
2 Slavyanska Str.
Sofia, Bulgaria
https://credobonum.bg/en/101-paintings-exhibition-by-nedko-solakov/
03/02/2022 - 05/03/2022
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'Stories from Faraway' - Exhibition view. Librairie Métamorphoses, Paris, France. Photo: Allison Borgo
25/11/2021
solo show
Un weekend à l’est - SOFIA
Le festival des cultures est-ouest
Librairie Métamorphoses
17 Rue Jacob, Paris, France
25/11/2021 - 29/11/2021
Exhibition view: Nedko Solakov 'A Cornered Solo Show #1', Mudam Luxembourg ©Photo: Rémi Villaggi
09/10/2021
solo show
MUDAM
The Contemporary Art Museum of Luxembourg
3 Park Drai Eechelen
Luxembourg
09/10/2021 - 18/04/2022
ILYA & EMILIA KABAKOV 'The Arch of Life' 2015. Photo: Ela Bialkowska
09/06/2021
ANTONY GORMLEY, ILYA & EMILIA KABAKOV, NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
Tempelhof Airport
Berlin, Germany
www.stiftungkunst.de/kultur/diversityunited/
The exhibition Diversity United transforms the spaces of Tempelhof Airport in Berlin into a temporary exhibition space. The works of 90 artists from 34 countries showcase the phenomenal diversity of the contemporary European art scene.
09/06/2021 – 19/09/2021
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'A Made-up World with a Real Person' 2019
05/06/2021
NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
Curated by René Block and Vesselina Sarieva
Kunsthal 44Møen
Askeby, Denmark
05/06/2021 – 05/09/2021
BERLINDE DE BRUYCKERE 'Deux Corps, 2019' Photo: Mirjam Devriendt
04/06/2021
BERLINDE DE BRUYCKERE, ILYA & EMILIA KABAKOV, ANISH KAPOOR, KIKI SMITH, NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
Curated by Mattijs Visser
Boghossian Foundation
Villa Empain
Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 67
Brussels, Belgium
www.villaempain.com/en/expo/trees-for-memories/
This exhibition involves works by 31 artists from all over the world. It aims to take a stand for peace, 100 years after the end of the First World War. All works have their starting material in common: a square block of oak, 30 x 30 x 30 cm.
04/06/2021 - 24/10/2021
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'stahldoodles' 2016. Permanent marker on various surfaces. “Thinking Outside the Box. The Museum Haus Konstruktiv Collection (1986-2016) and Guest Interventions”, 2016. Collection Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich. Donation by the artist.
02/03/2021
NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
Curated by Sabine Schaschl, Evelyne Bucher, Eliza Lips
Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Selnaustrasse 25, Zürich
Switzerland
‘RESET’ opens on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of Museum Haus Konstruktiv and showcases more recent acquisitions and donations of the museum’s collection as well as older collection pieces. The pandemic has given way for many possibilities to “reset”, shown by the new additions presented in this show.
02/03/2021 - 16/05/2021
NEDKO SOLAKOV ‘A Man Searching for…’ 2020
07/10/2020
NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
curated by Claire Gilman, Rosario Güiraldes and Laura Hoptman
The Drawing Center
New York, USA
https://drawingcenter.org/exhibitions/100-drawings-from-now
‘100 Drawings from Now’ provides a snapshot of artistic production in uncertain and unsettling times resulting from the various health and economic crises we have gone through in this last year. An international group of artists show their drawings made since the start of this year, 2020, highlighting many recogniseable states of being, moods and emotions.
07/10/2020 - 17/01/2021
NEDKO SOLAKOV ‘Collectors’ 2019. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
24/09/2020
NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
National Art Gallery
Sofia, Bulgaria
24/09/2020 - 22/11/2020
NEDKO SOLAKOV ‘A Life (Black and White)’ 1998-present, view: “Plateau of Humankind”, 49° Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte, La Biennale di Venezia, 2001. Photo: Giorgio Colombo
17/07/2020
NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
Curator January Parkos Arnall
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL, USA
mcachicago.org/Exhibitions/2020/Alien-Vs-Citizen
Nedko Solakov’s work ‘A Life (Black and White)’ 1998-present is a performance performed by two workers/painters constantly repainting in black and white paint the walls of the exhibition space for the entire duration of the exhibition (or only at its beginning and at the end), day after day while they follow each other.
17/07/2020 – 21/02/2021
NEDKO SOLAKOV ‘Stories in Colour #27’ 2016. Photo: Dimitar Solakov
06/03/2020
NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
Machinegebouw
Westergas
Pazzanistraat 8
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Artists from all over the world contribute to this group exhibition taking place in Machinegebouw, a multi-disciplinary space, that welcomes Nedko Solakov amongst other artists who all have a playful approach to art and illustration.
06/03/2020 - 15/03/2020
NEDKO SOLAKOV ‘A Life (Black & White)’ 1998–ongoing. © Nedko Solakov
03/02/2020
performance
in the frame of: ‘Performer and Participant’ (curator Tamsin Hong)
Tate Modern
Bankside
London, UK
Nedko Solakov’s performance A Life (Black & White) comes to the entrance of the Performer and Participant galleries at Tate Modern. One worker paints in white and another in black, painting and repairing over each other’s work, dealing with issues surrounding work and time and erasure and repetition.
03/02/2020 - 01/03/2020
NEDKO SOLAKOV ‘An Extended Reality’ 2019
26/01/2020
NEDKO SOLAKOV
curated by Hoor Al Qasimi
Lahore, Pakistan
Nedko Solakov presents works at the Lahore Biennale between the sun and the moon in Lahore Pakistan, a Biennial that is looking to extend its scope to West Asia, the Middle East and beyond.
26/01/2020 - 29/02/2020
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'Big & Small' 2020. Exhibition view GALLERIA CONTINUA / Les Moulins. Photo: Bertrand Huet / Tutti
04/06/202
NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
Monnaie de Paris
11 quai de Conti
Paris, France
www.monnaiedeparis.fr/en/temporary-exhibitions
A drawing of Julianne Moore by Nedko Solakov is part of this project which gives free reign to 26 contemporary artists to imagine a cover page for the famous magazine, celebrating women across different industries and sectors.
04/06/202 - 04/07/2021
NEDKO SOLAKOV ‘What If?’ 2019
12/11/2019
V session of the project ‘The Human Condition’: Teleology of the human. Biography, destiny, hope, faith.
NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
Moscow Museum of Modern Art
10/11 build
1 Gogolevsky Boulevard, Moscow, Russia
12/11/2019 - 02/02/2020
NEDKO SOLAKOV ‘Friends’ 2017. Photo: Ela Bialkowska
26/10/2019
NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
HMKV - Hartware MedienKunstVerein
Dortmund, Germany
26/10/2019 - 22/03/2020
NEDKO SOLAKOV ‘A Rest in Peace (and in a very nice place) Story 3’ 2010
25/10/2019
NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
Curated by Joanna Zielinska
Ujazdowski Castle CCA
Warsaw, Polonia
25/10/2019 - 03/05/2020
NEDKO SOLAKOV ‘Stories in Colour #107’ 2017. Photo: Dimitar Solakov
25/10/2019
solo show
with Mityo Solakov and Dimitar Solakov
Curated by Iara Boubnova
The City Art Gallery and Museum House of Humour and Satire
Gabrovo, Bulgaria
25/10/2019 - 31/01/2020
QIU ZHIJIE ‘Maps of Technological Ethics’ 2017
23/10/2019
QIU ZHIJIE, NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
Centre Pompidou
Galerie 3
Paris, France
23/10/2019 - 23/12/2019
11/10/2019
NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
Albertina
Albertinaplatz 1, Vienna, Austria
Curated by Elsy Lahner
11/10/2019 – 12/01/2020
NEDKO SOLAKOV ‘Stories in Colour’ 2016. Photo: Ela Bialkowska
19/09/2019
NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
Curated by Ekaterina Degot
Steirischerherbst'19, various venues
Graz, Austria
19/09/2019 - 13/10/2019
NEDKO SOLAKOV ‘Friends’ 2017. Photo: Ela Bialkowska
20/07/2019
NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
Museum der Moderne
Salzburg, Austria
Curators: Thorsten Sadowsky, Christina Penetsdorfer and Tina Teufel
Conception: Catherine Hug, Kunsthaus Zurich
20/07/2019 - 03/11/2019
KADER ATTIA 'Independence disillusion' 2014. Photo: Oak Taylor-Smith
05/04/2019
KADER ATTIA , NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
Kunsthaus Zürich
Heimplatz 1
Zurich, Suisse
05/04/2019 - 30/06/2019
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'Temptations' 1990. Photo: Oak Taylor-Smith
04/04/2019
04/04/2019 - 30/06/2019
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'Fear' 1987. Photo: Angel Tzvetanov and Dimitar Solakov
03/04/2019
NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
Academia Gallery
National Academy of Fine Arts
Sofia, Bulgaria
Curated by Philip Zidarov
03/04/2019 - 23/04/2019
JORGE MACCHI 'Portrait of an invisible girl in the snow' 2017. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio
16/03/2019
KADER ATTIA, DANIEL BUREN, BERLINDE DE BRUYCKERE, JORGE MACCHI, NEDKO SOLAKOV, PASCALE MARTHINE TAYOU
group exhibition
S.M.A.K.
Jan Hoetplein 1, Gent, Belgium
16/03/2019 - 29/09/2019
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'One Story #7' 2009
26/02/2019
JORGE MACCHI, CILDO MEIRELES, NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
Works of Coleção Teixeira de Freitas
Curated by Luiza Teixeira de Freitas
Fundación Santander
Sala de Arte Santander
Av. de Cantabria 2, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain
26/02/2019 – 09/06/2019
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'Top secret' 1989-1990 (detail). Photo: Anatoly Michaylov and Konstantin Shestakov
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'Dead Warriors (ours and theirs)' 2018
10/11/2018
BERLINDE DE BRUYCKERE, ILYA & EMILIA KABAKOV, ANISH KAPOOR, KIKI SMITH, NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
Reichstag building
Berlin, Germany
10/11/2018 - 06/01/2019
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'Paintings with No Texts' 2012-2013. Photo: Dimitar Solakov and Irena Ashikova
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'Some Bulgarians' exhibition view
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'Driving Through the Past, with the Present Ahead, and the Future Behind My Back' 2018
02/06/2018
NEDKO SOLAKOV
group exhibition
Riga International Biennial of Art
Riga, Lettonia
02/06/2018 - 28/10/2018
NEDKO SOLAKOV 'A Shrunken Ego' 2016, 24 carats gold, approx. 1 cm diameter, 11,75 grams. Photo: Ela Bialkowska
01/02/2018
BOZAR / Centre for Fine Arts
Rue Ravensteinstraat 23, Brussel, Belgium
01/02/2018 - 22/04/2018
Nedko Solakov in his studio Sofia, Bulgaria
Nedko Solakov greets us from his studio in Sofia, Bulgaria. A shining Sofia beams out on a sunny day and Nedko kindly shows us some of his newest and most topical drawings. A friendly greeting and message from one of our artists.
