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Artist: Tanya Doskova ( Bulgaria, 1960 - present ) -
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Main Category: Illustration
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Genres: Surrealism, Social Realism, Contemporary Realism
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Biography: Tanya Doskova is a Bulgarian-born artist living in Vancouver, BC. She holds a Master of Arts degree in printmaking. In 1990, Tanya moved from Sofia (Bulgaria) to London, UK, where she was featured in three solo exhibitions in Soho and had her work presented in more than 20 group exhibitions.
In 1995, Tanya won the John Purcell Prize for best lithography (London, UK). The following year her artwork won the Cannon Canada Gold and the Cannon Canada Merit Awards from the Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators (CAPIC).
In 1997, Tanya won three other major Canadian awards, including the Adobe Systems Gold Award, the Cannon Canada Bronze Award, and the Readers Digest Merit Award for Editorial Illustration.
From 1998 until 2002 she did computer animation and special effects for the film industry. Tanya worked in U2 and Ridley Scott's post- production house, The Mill, and also in Jim Henson’s Creature Shop in London UK creating special effects for the Hollywood motion pictures: 'Enemy of the State', 'Babe 2', and 'Pitch Black'.
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Exhibition History: March 2009 La Quinta Arts Festival, CA, USA
Feb 2007 - West Vancouver Memorial Library, SOLO SHOW
July 2006 - Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue Arts & Crafts Fair, Seattle,WA
Dec 2004 - Jan 2005 SOLO SHOW, Stanley Theatre, Vancouver
Oct 2002 SOLO SHOW, Stanley Theatre, Vancouver
May 1999 SOLO SHOW, ‘Soulmates’, London, UK
June 1998 Heifer Gallery, 3 Calabria Road, Highbury, N5, London UK
May 1997 Multimedia 97, Toronto , Canada
Jan 1997 BRITISH PRINT 97, THE MALL Galleries London, UK
April 1996 Teodora Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Nov 1995 Art for Youth, The Royal College of Art, London, UK
Oct 1995 The Hop Exchange, Southwark Festival, London, UK
July 1995 Artists in Print, Whitleys, London, UK
May 1995 SOLO SHOW, Ecology Center, Covent Garden, London, UK
May 1993 SOLO SHOW, Ecology Center, Covent Garden, London, UK
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Collections: Artist's Collections in: Bulgaria,Denmark, UK, Canada and USA
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Bibliography: Awards:
The Adobe Systems GOLDEN award CAPIC 97’
The CANON Canada BRONZE award CAPIC 97’
The Reader's Digest MERIT award CAPIC 97’
The CANON Canada GOLDEN award CAPIC96’
The CANON Canada MERIT award - CAPIC 96’
John Purcell Prize 95' for best Lithography, Artists in Print, Whitleys, UK
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