ROSSITZA TODOROVA

EDUCATION

2013 - M. F. A., Painting and Drawing, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe,AZ
2005 - B. F. A., Painting and Drawing, Minors in Business - Marketing and Management, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 

SELECT SOLO/TWO/THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2021 - "Memory of a Landscape,"  soloexhibition, Tahoe Gallery, Sierra Nevada University, Incline Village NV
2020 - "Memory of a Landscape," solo exhibition,Sierra Arts Gallery, Reno NV
2019 - "FragmentedLandscapes," solo exhibition, Nevada Fine Arts Gallery, Reno NV
2019 -"Rossitza Todorova," solo exhibition, Eric Fischl, Phoenix College, Phoenix AZ
2019 - "Pyramid III," public art project, InFlux, Scottsdale Public Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2018 - "Distance is Measured in Time," solo exhibition, Truckee Meadows Community College Main Art Gallery, Reno, NV
2017-18 - "Distance is Measured in Time," solo exhibition, Eye Lounge Gallery, Phoenix AZ
2017 - "Binary Passage" two person with Christine Cassano, exhibition, New City Gallery, Phoenix AZ
2016 - "Transluminal," (Curated by Grant Vetter), solo exhibition, Fine Art Complex 1101, Project Space, Tempe, AZ
2016 - “Seeing Arizona: Independents’ Week," three person exhibition, Laura Spalding Best, Alexandra Bowers, Rossitza Todorova, Modified Arts, Phoenix AZ
2016 - "Force///Nature," three person exhibition, with Elizabeth Blau Ogilvie and Orlando Montenegro Cruz, Charleston Heights Arts Center, Las Vegas, NV
2016 - "Rossitza Todorova," solo exhibition,The McKinley Club, Phoenix, AZ 
2015 - “Fold & Cut,” solo exhibition, EyeLounge Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2015 - “Collected Echoes,” two person exhibition with ceramicist Patricia Sannit, Halt Gallery, Phoenix, AZ (Curated by: Julia Bruck and Becky Nahom)
2014 - "I have this idea...," Halt Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2014 - "Folding Time," solo exhibition, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ
2014 - "Prospecting," solo exhibition, Hot Box Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2014 - “Selections," solo exhibition, Arizona Board of Regents, Phoenix, AZ
2013 - “Between Destinations,” solo exhibition, Paradise Valley Community College, Phoenix, AZ
2013 - “Intersections,” solo exhibition, Sierra Arts Gallery, Reno, NV
2013 - “Intersections,” solo exhibition,  Night Gallery, Tempe Market Place, Tempe, AZ
2013 - “Intersection Multiway: A junction having five or more paths,” MFA Thesis, solo exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2013-14 - “Rossitza Todorova," solo exhibition, Squire, Sanders, Phoenix, AZ
2012-13 - “Town and City,” two person exhibition with Evan Dent, Drawing and Mixed-Media Works on Paper, Oats Park Center Gallery, Fallon, NV
2012 - “City Introspection,” solo exhibition, Arizona Western College, Yuma, AZ
2011 - “At Dusk and Dawn – navigation of an unfamiliar city,” solo exhibition, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, NV
2010 - “Carson Bound,” solo exhibition, OXS Gallery, Nevada Arts Council, Carson City, NV
2008 - “395 South,” solo exhibition, Investment Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
2007 - “Windscapes,” solo exhibition, Northwest Reno Library Gallery, Reno, NV
2005 - “Three Roads,” B.F.A.Thesis Show, , solo exhibition, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
2005 - "The Journey,” , solo exhibition, Sierra Arts Gallery, Reno, NV

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 - "Rossitza Todorova," (upcoming) soloexhibition, Truckee Tahoe Airport, Truckee, CA
2020 - "Global Warming," Chamber Gallery, CityHall, Las Vegas, NV
2020 - "Places and Faces," Sparks Museum, Sparks NV
2020 - "12 x 12 Member Panel Show," Sierra ArtsGallery, Reno, NV
2020 - "46th Annual Faculty Exhibition," TruckeeMeadows Community College, Main Art Gallery, Reno, NV
2019 - "Psychogeografik," RAE space for contemporary art Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
2019 - "Road Trip(ping)," Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe AZ
2019 - "Tahoe/Reno Area Printmaking Exhibition," The Haldan Gallery, Lake Tahoe Community College, South Lake Tahoe, CA
2018 - "Object Inspiration: a collaborative exhibition with Chandler Museum," Chandler Center for the Arts and Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ. 
2017 - "BLUR," Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art (phICA) & MCC Art Gallery, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ. (Curator: Ted G. Decker)
2017, "CollAssemblage," E.L. Wiegand Gallery, Oats Park Center Gallery, Fallon NV
2017 - "Blown Cover" exhibition, Special Collections, Burton Barr Central Library
2016/17, “Rossitza Todorova,” Las Vegas City Hall, Las Vegas NV
2016, “Visions of Grandeur,” Chartreuse, Bragg’s Pie Factory, Phoenix AZ
2016, “Artist: In Residence,” Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona StateUniversity, Tempe, AZ
2016, “Anderson Ranch Art Center, 50th Anniversary Annual ArtAuction,” Snowmass, CO
2016 - "2015 Contemporary Forum Artists Grant Winners Exhibition," Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2016 - “Aesthetics Primary,” Fifth Street School Mayor’s Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2015 - "New Familiar," the Brayer Gallery, Ventura CA
2015 - "Repurpose the Book," Second Space Gallery, Phoenix Public Library, Burton Barr Central, Phoenix AZ (Winner of the Juror's award. Jurors: John Risseeuw, ASU Herberger Institute Professor Emeritus and founding director of Pyracantha Press; Edward Lebow, Director of Public Art, Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture; and Sara Cochran, Interim Director and Curator of Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art.)
2015 - "Interstated Santa Fe / Phoenix," (Curated by: John Reyes and Michael Freed) Offroad Productions, Santa Fe, NM
2014 - “Summus: Emerging Artists Showcase,” Minan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
2014 - “Third Annual Five15^5," Five 15 Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 
2014 - “Tapped 4,” Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2014 - “Conduit,” Bridges, Spanning tradition, innovation & activism 2014, Southern Graphics International Conference, San Francisco, CA
2013 - “Arizona Biennial 2013,” Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ, (Juror: SMcNay Art Museum Chief Curator/Curator of Art after 1945, René Paul Barilleaux)
2013 - "Artlink - 15th Annual Juried Exhibition," A.E. England Gallery, Phoenix AZ, (Jurors: Arizona State University Art Museum Curator, Gordon Knox; Phoenix artist, Angela Ellsworth; and critic and curator of R. Pela Gallery, Robrt Pela)
2013 - “Fiasco,” Bragg’s Pie Factory Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2013 - “Roaming with Abandon,” Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ (Curated by: the Halt Gallery's Julia Bruck and Becky Nahom)
2013 - “Tangibles- Beauty and Purpose in the Art of the Book,” Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ (Jurors: David Williams and Susan Kae Grant) 
2013 - “Arizona Bill 1070,” 2nd Rocky Mountain Printmaking Alliance Symposium, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2013 - “Arizona Bill 1070,” A. E. England Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2013 - “Stop, Fast, Slow,”  Scottsdale Civic Library Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2013 - “Third Wave: Painters and Printmakers” Night Gallery, Tempe, AZ (Curated by: Rossitza Todorova and Sarah Rowland)
2013 - “From the Sidelines,” Night Gallery, Tempe Market Place, Tempe, AZ (Curated by: Becky Nahom)
2013 - “All Art Arizona 2013” (Juried exhibition), Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ
2013 - “Annual 515 to the Power of 5!” Five15 Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

2013 - “1-2-3 Collaborate!” Print MKE 2103, Southern Graphics International Conference, Milwaukee, WI
2013 - “Assorted Delights,” Print MKE 2103 Southern Graphics International Conference, Milwaukee, WI
2013 - “Plein-Air Revival,” Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (Curated by: Ehren Gerhard)
2012 - “Out of Square: Artists' Books From Various Angles,” Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2012 - “Rinse and Repeat,” Bragg’s Pie Factory Gallery, Phoenix, AZ (Curated by: Becky Nahom)
2012 - “Edused Play,” Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2012 - “Last Call,” The Greenwich, Cincinnati, OH
2012 - “515 to the Power of 5,” Five15 Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2012 - “No Printing Necessary,” Step Gallery, Arizona State University Tempe, AZ (Curated by: Emma Ringness)
2012 - “Phoenix+,” Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ
2012 - “Statewide Juried Printmaking Competition,” Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ, (Juried by: John Armstrong)
2012 - “The Nathan Cummings Travel Exhibition,” Gallery 100, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2012 - “Navigating the Multiverse,” Southern Graphics International Conference, New Orleans, LA
2012 - “Art Basel Tempe*,” Tempe Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2011-12 - “The Border Project: Soundscapes, Landscapes, and Lifescapes Exhibit,” University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2011 - “Object Exchange,” Step Gallery, ASU Tempe, AZ (Curated by: Patrick Vincent)
2011 - “A Little Relief,” Will McNabb Studio, Flagstaff, AZ
2011 - “Drawing Connections,” Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
2011 - “MFA Summer Juried Exhibit,” Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, (Juror: Sara Cochran)
2010 - “Sideshow Exhibit,” Sidebar Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2010 - "New Graduate Student Exhibition,” Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2010 - “Pick Up the Pieces,” Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2010 - “Love Lost and Found,” Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
2009 - “Grant Show Exhibition,” Sierra Arts Gallery, Reno, NV
2008 - “Black and White,” Truckee River Gallery, Reno, NV
2008 - “Selections from Dada Motel,” Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, NV
2008 - “Show Us What You Got, Show Us Your Love!” Sheppard Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV

VISITING ARTIST & ARTIST LECTURE

2016 - Artist Lecture, "Rossitza Todorova," Arizona Artist Guild, Phoenix, AZ
2016 - Guest Critic,  lead two community art critiques, Cultural Affairs, City of Las Vegas, NV 
2014 - Artist Lecture, "Recent Work," Eye Lounge Collective Membership, Phoenix, AZ
2014 - Lecture, "Prints and Books," Prescott College, Prescott, AZ
2013 - Guided Exhibit Tour, “Arizona Bill 1070,” A. E. England, Phoenix, AZ
2013 - Visiting Artist Lecture, “City Introspection Exhibit,” Oaks Park Art Center, Fallon, NV
2012 - Artist Lecture, Recent Work, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2012 - Visiting Artist, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Tucson, AZ,
guest artist, studio visits with MFA students
2012 - Visiting Artist Gallery Talk, “City Introspection Exhibit,” Arizona Western College, Yuma, AZ

CO-OPS/WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS

2017 - Eye Lounge Member, Phoenix, AZ
2016 - Lead Artist, "Discount Tire Free Family Sunday: Time," Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ. Lead artist of hands-on family art activity "In 100 years" creating an accordion book picturing Arizona over time. 
2014 - Visiting Artist Workshop, Prescott College, Prescott, AZ. Book Arts workshops with undergraduate students.
2013 - Visiting Artist Workshop, Western Community College, Fallon, NV. 
Pochoir printmaking workshops with undergraduate printmaking students.
2013 - Visiting Artist Workshop, Central Arizona College, Coolidge AZ. 
Smart Plate printmaking workshop with community college art students.
2012 - Visiting Artist Workshops, Arizona Western College, Yuma, AZ.
Workshops with undergraduate students. Two class-long workshops with community college drawing and printmaking students. Drawing Workshop – Self-Portraiture; Printmaking Workshop – Pochoir Prints & Stencils.
2012 - Presenter, National Society of Arts and Letters, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ. “2013 Year of Art: Printmaking,” presentation giving an overview of contemporary printmaking.
2012 - Presenter, 2012 Southern Graphics International Conference in New Orleans, LA. “What’s Next” the student panel presented a survey of options to undergraduate students looking to continue working and studying in the arts.
2012 - Presenter, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ. Presentation summarizing travel and assistance in the installation of “Landscape X” a multi-story exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York City by artist Nicola Lopez.
2012 - Presenter, Art Basil Tempe*, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ. Presentation summarizing travel to Art Basil Miami with graduate students and faculty from Arizona State University.
2011 - Panelist, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix AZ. FY12 General Operating Support Organizational Grants.

RESIDENCIES/OFF-CAMPUS STUDY

2017 - Roda-Viva, Nuebox Residency, Mesa's Spark! Festival of Creativity, Measa, AZ, Supported by [nueBOX], Roda-Viva is a collaboration between three artists-in-residence: Jenny Gerena (choreographer), Chazmier Tyler (musician) and Rossitza Todorova (visual artist), explores metaphors of transformation by unifying form, dance and sound. 
2016 - Critical Response Process training, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, CriticalResponse Process, a system of giving and receiving feedback on in-progressartistic work that can be used with any discipline led by Liz Lerman and JohnBorstel
2014 - Anderson Ranch Center, Snowmass Village, CO. “Painting in the Moment: developing the visual vocabulary in abstract painting,” Artist: Emilio Perez
2012 - Anderson Ranch Center, Snowmass Village, CO. “Contemporary Printmaking Studio Critique,” Artist: Orit Hofshi
2011 - Anderson Ranch Center, Snowmass, CO. “Prints in Practice,” Artist: Nicola Lopez

PROFESSIONAL PRINTMAKING PORTFOLIO PARTICIPATION

2016 - "Line in the Sand: Moving Beyond the Fringe," invitational portfolio exchange, Southern Graphics International Conference, Portland, OR. Curated by Rossitza Todorova. 
2014 - “Conduit,” invitational portfolio exchange, Southern Graphics International Conference, San Francisco, CA. Organized by Nick Ruth
2013 - “1-2-3 Collaborate!,” invitational portfolio exchange, Tempe, AZ. MKE 2103 Southern Graphics International Conference, Milwaukee, WI. Organized by Rossitza Todorova
2012 - “Ink Notes,” juried portfolio exchange, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ. Organized by Caroline Battle
2012 - “Navigating the Multiverse,” invitational portfolio exchange, Southern Graphics International Conference, New Orleans, LA. Organized by Patrick Vincent
2011 - “Object Exchange,” invitational portfolio exchange, Arizona State University Tempe, AZ. Organized by Patrick Vincent
2010 - “Arizona Bill 1070,” invitational portfolio exchange, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Organized by Rossitza Todorova
2009 - “Every Tree Counts,” invitational portfolio exchange, Sunnyvale, CA. Organized by May Hariri Aboutaam
2008 - “6sides2every story,” international Collaboration of Artists and Printmakers. Organized by Candace Nicol

GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS

2015 - "Contemporary Forum Artist Grant," Emerging artist recognition award from Contemporary Forum, a support organization for Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2015 - "Governor's Art Awards Artists," one of seven artist selected by the Arizona Commission on the Arts to present their artwork as Governor's Art Awards to the 2015 winners. 
2014 - “Workshop Scholarship,” Anderson Ranch Center, Snowmass, CO, Funding to attend workshop with artist Emilio Perez
2014 - “Professional Development Grant,” Arizona Commission on the Arts, Funding to attend workshop with artist Emilio Perez at Anderson Ranch Center, Snowmass, CO.
2014 - “Professional Development Grant,”Arizona Commission on the arts, funding to attend workshop at Anderson Ranch with Emilio Perez
2013 - “Master of Fine Arts Fellowship in Painting,” Nominee, Dedalus Foundation, NY
2012-13 - “Squire, Sanders Arts Fellowship,” Phoenix, AZ, Merit based scholarship recognizing the contributions of MFA students to the Phoenix region through their excellence in artistry and work to bridge the School of Art and the larger community.
2012 - “Benjamin Wong Fie Scholarship,” Painting, Martin Wong Foundation, San Francisco, CA
2012 - “Workshop Scholarship,” Anderson Ranch Center, Snowmass, CO, Funding to attend portfolio review selected workshop with artists Orit Hofshi
2012 - “Enrichment Grant,” Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Funding to attend portfolio review selected workshop with artists Orit Hofshi at Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO
2012 - “Enrichment Grant,” Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Travel funding to present during the Southern Graphics International Conference, New Orleans, LA
2012 - “Graduate and Professional Student Association Travel Grant,” Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Funding supported attendance of Art Basil Miami with a group of graduate students and faculty from Arizona State University
2011 - “Enrichment Grant,” Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ , Travel Funding given to assist artist Nicola Lopez with installation of solo exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York, NY
2011 - “Graduate and Professional Student Association Travel Grant,” Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Travel Funding given to assist artist Nicola Lopez with installation of solo exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York, NY
2011 - “Workshop Scholarship,” Anderson Ranch Center, Snowmass, CO,
Funding to attend portfolio review selected workshop with artist Nicola Lopez
2011-13 - “Special Talent Scholarship,” School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2010-11 - “Intel Exhibition Fellowship in Art & Community Engagement,” Arizona State University in partnership with Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2018 - present - Studio Art Instructor, Tenure-Track, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, NV

Spring 2019
- Drawing I (Art 101) - three sections
- Sculpture I (Art 216)
Fall 2018 - Drawing I (Art 101) - four sections

2013 - 2017 - Faculty Adjunct, Arizona State University, School of Art, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Tempe, AZ.

Fall 2017 - Drawing as Seeing and Thinking (Art 110) - two sections
Spring 2017 - Drawing II (Art 211)
Fall 2016 - Drawing as Seeing and Thinking (Art 110) - two sections
Spring 2016 - Drawing as Seeing and Thinking (Art 110) - two sections
Fall 2015 - Drawing as Seeing and Thinking (Art 110) - two sections
Spring 2014 - Watercolor I (Art 227)
Fall 2014 - Drawing II (Art 211)
Spring 2014 - Drawing II (Art 211)
Fall 2013 - Drawing for Non Majors (Art 194)

2013 - Faculty Adjunct, Central Arizona College, Apache Junction AZ
Fall 2013 - Drawing I (Art 107)

2010 - 2013 - Instructor of Record, Arizona State University,School of Art, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Tempe, AZ.

Spring 2013 - Color Theory (Art 113)
Fall 2012 - Two-Dimensional Design (Art 112)
Spring 2012 - Two-Dimensional Design (Art 112)
Fall 2011 - Drawing I (Art 111)
Spring 2011 - Drawing I (Art 111)
Fall 2010 - Drawing I (Art 111)