bio

Yoana Buzova is an interdisciplinary artist. She has a BA degree photography in Sofia, Bulgaria. After graduating, she worked mainly on stopmotion animation. Her focus shifted towards new media and currently she is based in the Netherlands, where she is an MA candidate in the Piet Zwart Institute, where she develops research methods and experiments with collected data in public spaces. She works with various media but focuses on making tangible works and experimenting with DIY strategies both physically and virtually. Her works examine processes of encoding, signification and communication to bring personal moments. Yoana is a ember of the Tip Top orchestra and member of the Filmwerkplaats, Rotterdam.

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Yoana Buzova

Born 12 July 1987 in Ruse, Bulgaria

address: Gerrit Van de Lindestraat 2B, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

cell phone: +31612330863

www.oyoana.com

yo@oyoana.com

Education:

2012 - 2014 ( expected) PIET ZWART INSTITUTE (WDKA), Rotterdam, Netherlands Master Media Design and Communication

2006 – 2010 NATIONAL ACADEMY FOR THEATER AND FILM ARTS, Sofia, Bulgaria Bachelor degree in Photography

2009 – 2010 ISTANBUL KULTUR UNIVERSITY, Istanbul, Turkey Erasmus Student Exchange Program

Work experience:

currently a freelancer artist, experimentator and stopmotion animator

January 2013 I started an internship in Rogier Wieland Studio in Den Haag, Netherlands ( www.rogierwieland.com ) and since May 2013 work as a freelancer in the studio

2011 - with like-minded friends started www.weareasma.com - a small visual collective.

Some exhibitions, screenings, awards

11.10 – 17.11 2013, ARTup, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece

2013 September, ' 7/8 ' an installation for two 16 mm projectors, part of Sight of Sound screening, with Filmwerkplaats, WORM, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2013 September, part of "De-activism" film installation, part of Witte de with festival with the Filmwerkplaats Rotterdam, Netherlands

2013 June, StART up CAMP, group show of Piet Zwart Institute. WORM, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2013 June, Tip Top Orchestra performance, WORM, Rotterdam

2013 April, Tip Top Orchestra performance, Klooster Oude Noorden, Rotterdam

2012 October, part of group exhibition '20', part of the International Photography Week, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

2009 May, first prize in the Young?Creative?Chevrolet! Competition, discipline – Photography, part of the exhibition of the contestants, Sofia, Bulgaria