Prof. ph.d. Venelin Shurelov

Venelin Shurélov was born in 1977, in Burgas, Bulgaria. He lives and works in Sofia. He graduated in Scenography at the National Academy of Arts, Bulgaria - PhD (2009). Co-founder and lecturer in the Master's program "Digital Arts", National Academy of Arts (2008-); Co-founder, part of the curatorial team and technical organizer of DA Fest - International Digital Art Festival (2009-). Founder of "SubHuman Theatre" (2004) and Art Group "Via Pontica" (2002-2005).

Venelin Shurélov is the author of various interactive installations and performances, some of which are "Drawing Machine" (2005), "Fantomat" (2008), "Orthoman" (2009) "Tabula Rasa" (2010), "Shooting Range" (2012), "Rotor" (2016) - presented at Ars Electronica Center, Linz. In 2011 he realized the cyber-lecture "Man Ex Machina" and in 2016 he put on the performance-installation "Post-Everything" as a guest lecturer at Towson University, USA.

His projects are diverse and include drawing, interactive installation and performance, digital technology, video and art theory. He has had a number of scenographic projects, solo and group exhibitions, as well as participation in festivals in Bulgaria, Europe and the USA. He has received numerous awards for his work in theatre and contemporary art.

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