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Posted by kourtev_admin |
Sep 29th, 2017
Opening Reception: Friday, October 6th, 2017 at 6:30pm-9:30pm Exhibition Duration: October 3rd – November 11th, 2017 Live performances: Michelle Lily – International Singer Estrada Branca – Jazz/World Music Band UPDATE: Event video is now available! Please join The Alfa Art Gallery for our 10th anniversary celebration featuring the work of gallery owner, Vesselin Kourtev. Our special 10th anniversary exhibition will celebrate a decade of bringing the community together through culture and visual arts. Teeming with rich warm hues and fast flashes of vibrancy, Vesselin Kourtev’s work is saturated in emotion and action. Utilizing abstract colors and provocative shapes, his oil paintings are shrouded in mystery while his watercolors fill the canvas with soft shapes with bold backgrounds. Vesselin Kourtev is one of the co-founders of Alfa Art Gallery, born and raised in Bulgaria – he has studied art for most of his life and currently serves as the artistic director of the gallery. His work is mostly oil and watercolor including a few collages. He has previously participated in numerous solo exhibitions across Europe and in New York City and New Jersey, where he currently lives. We invite you to come enjoy Vesselin Kourtev’s artwork at our special 10th Anniversary Celebration: A Decade of Culture and Creativity and live performance by Michelle Lily and Estrada Branca. About Michelle Lily Please join The Alfa Art Gallery for an exciting musical performance from the internationally featured Michelle Lily. Comprising a variety of pop and hip-hop stylings as well as a formidable vocal range, Michelle Lily’s musical presence has graced various fashion and gossip mags around the world from...
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Posted by wpms_admin |
Aug 2nd, 2016
August 27th @7:00-10:00 PM Alfa Art Gallery invites you to “Waves of Illumination: VesselinKourtev’s Solo Exhibition” featuring representative works from the artist’s various cycles of exploration in oil, watercolor, drawing, and mixed media. Exhibition Preview: August 25th @7:00 PM – 10:00 PM Exhibition Opening: August 27th @7:00 PM – 10:00 PM Exhibition Duration: August 23 – September 24th Exhibiting Artist: Vesselin Kourtev About this Exhibition We are pleased to invite you to a solo exhibition of the gallery’s founder and professional artist, Vesselin Kourtev. The opening will be held on August 27th, 2016 at 7:00pm located on 108 Church Street, New Brunswick, NJ. All are welcome to explore a retrospective glimpse into Kourtev’s evolving, unique style of painting over his 20-year career. The pieces chosen offer snapshots into different cycles of Kourtev’s work and highlight original stylistic explorations, while displaying his mastery of multiple mediums. About the Artist Vesselin Kourtev has over 20 years of experience as a professional fine artist. Born and raised in Bulgaria, Vesselin Kourtev received a high school degree in Fine Art from the Fine Arts School in the historic city Kazanluk, as well as his MFA degree from The Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Veliko Turnovo, the capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire. From 1989 until 2002, Vesselin worked for the National School of Stage and Film Design in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. In the years following, he remained active within the Bulgarian art community and participated in a large number of national and international exhibitions and competitions. Vesselin and his wife, Galina, moved...
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Posted by kourtev_admin |
Apr 1st, 2015
March 17th – May 1st, 2015 Reception- March 28th, 2015 – 6:30PM About this Exhibition Alfa Art Gallery will be hosting a special solo exhibition of the gallery’s founder, Vesselin Kourtev. The opening of “Footprints in Space” will be held on March 28th, 2015 at 108 Church Street, New Brunswick, NJ. This exhibition will display a retrospective of paintings exemplifying Kourtev’s evolution as an artist over his 20-year career. With chosen works from his portfolio of artistic cycles, the exhibition will include oil paint, watercolor, and mixed media. Kourtev’s art has been described as impressionistic abstraction due to his unique colorist approach. Specific works personify these qualities such as his intricate face imprints, and the manipulation of oil paint as a transparent instrument. Admission to this event is free and open to the public. The exhibition will host live music and refreshments will be served. About Alfa Art Gallery Alfa Art Gallery is a non-profit organization determined to support emerging and well-established artists and to give their work exposure and critical following within the art community. Alfa Art Gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information about the gallery, see http://www.alfaart.org/. Alfa Art Gallery is located at 108 Church Street, New Brunswick, NJ...
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