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1950 born in Pernik, Bulgaria 1968–1975 Academy of Fine Arts, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria MFA, Sculpture. Minor: Painting seit 1975 free lancer Artist Winner of international competitions and symposia 1982 Wood sculptures, Tryavna, Bulgaria 1984 DANTESCO Biennale, Ravenna, Italy 1987 HENRY MOORE Park sculptures, UK 1987 MARKO MARKOV Bulgarian National Award for the Fine Arts 1988 ART HORIZONS, New York 1988 MIKETTI, Italy 1989 MARKO MENEGUZZO, Italy 1990 Auction for the FIGURE WITH BIRD sculpture, Sotheby’s, London, UK Works by Margarita Pueva are exhibited in the National Gallery in Sofia, the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, the Fine Arts Gallery in Dresden as well as in galleries and private collections in Bulgaria, Belgium, Germany, China, France, UK, Hong Kong, Italy, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Russia, Hungary, USA, the Vatican and Venezuela. So far, works by Margarita Pueva have been exhibited in 32 solo exhibitions and 62 group exhibitions in Bulgaria, Germany, China, France, UK, Italy, Russia, Spain, Syria, USA. Since 1991, Margarita Pueva is living and working in Germany. In 2003 she started the Pueva Gallery in Düsseldorf. Margarita Pueva is one of the most celebrated and well-kown sculptors of Bulgaria. Her work has been exhibited regularly in Eastern, but also Western Europe, in such countries as the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy and England.
Pueva works in bronze and wood. She sometimes combines these materials in a single sculpture and most often paints the wood.
Het attention is primarily focussed on the human figure. The people she portrays are generally introvert, passive and vulnerable. Often their facial expressions reminds one of those of the saints depicted on icons. Sometimes their mood is similar to those of a primitive African mask.
Without doubt Margarita Pueva finds an important source of inspiration both in Medieval religious sculpture and the primitive art of Africa.
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