ISKRA L. IVANOVA

 Education

● Completed 30 hours towards PhD program in Visual Arts, Film Autonomy University of

Madrid,

● Master’s in Fine Arts in Sculpture, Ceramics, 2008 University of Houston, TX

● Bellville College, Glass Blowing course, June 2007

● University Complutense, Madrid, Spain, 1996 – 2001 Master’s Degree in Art History

Professional Experience

● Ceramic Assistant at Art Student League of Denver, 2015

● Art Teacher at the Old Fire House Longmont, August 20, 2011

● Art History Instructor at Houston Community College, January 12, 2009 – May, 10, 2010

● Teaching Assistant in Ceramics at Glassell School, Houston, January 5, 2009

● Ceramic Instructor at the University of Houston, 2006-2008

● Summer Program - Art Teacher at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, 2003

● 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 Archeology, Varna, Bulgaria, 1993

 Group Exhibition

● Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition: Material Matters: Breaking with Traditions

November, 10,2018

● Chicago Three person show, a show organized by the Bulgarian Embassy in Chicago

February, 10-- June,10, 2018

● Denver Museum of Science and Nature- Installation, participating at the Maker Fair

June, 2016

● Group Show at Boulder Contemporary Museum, February 14, 2013

● International Ceramic Competition L’Alcora, Spain

● 2012 Group show at the Bulgarian National Fine Arts Gallery, July, 2012

● Women’s Work Chicago- March, 2011

● Selected piece for the Pottery Counselor Guild Calendar 2011

Paris --Moscow Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, May, 2011 duo exhibit with Anthony Cook

● Cy- Fair Community College Art instructors’ exhibition, Sep. 10-September 25, 2009

Individual Participation:

● Public Art Projects in collaboration with several Educational Organization Performing-- installations:

Hope Organization - March, 10, 2017

2017 Clayton Early Learning Center- March 2015

Denver Great Kids Cultural Night- December, 2014

Warren Village August 2013

● 2012 One person Show at Muse Gallery, Longmont, October 12

● Artist in Residency at Hygiene Elementary School, sponsored by the National

Endowment of the Arts, March 2011

● Casa de la Cultura, House for the Culture, Santiago, Dominican Republic representation

of the work of the film director Binka Zeliazkova, March 9, 2009

● Art Residency in Ceramics, Kecskemet, Hungary, July 2008

● Nominated Emerging Artist in clay in Houston, June, 2007

● Houston Contemporary Craft Center Public Art, November, 2006