BORYANA RUSENOVA INA www.boryanarusenova.com

CONTACT: Telephone: 216-544-7611 Email: [email protected]

EDUCATION______MFA The Ohio State University (Painting and Drawing) OH, 2016 MA School of Art (Art, Design and Architecture) , 2009 BFA Columbus College of Art and Design, (Fine Art, Art History minor) OH, 2006

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE______Present Assistant Professor of Painting, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 2016-2020 Lecturer, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2018-2019 Graduate Faculty Mentor, MFA program, Columbus College of Art and Design, OH 2016-2018 Adjunct Faculty, Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH 2010-2013 Adjunct Faculty, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH

SOLO*/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS______2018 Acquired Taste *, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN 2018 Impermanent Histories, Birke Art Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 2017 House. Mountain.*, Riverhouse Arts, Toledo, OH 2017 Double Take*, Patricia Scott Gallery, Ohio University (Chillicothe), OH 2017 Placeholder*, The Carver Center For the Arts, Baltimore, MD 2014 Out.Look*, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH 2014 Gazer*, Derby Hall, The Ohio State University, OH 2011 Line Break*, Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH 2011 Beyond the Surface, Art Access Gallery, Columbus, OH 2010 Landing, Art Access Gallery, Columbus, OH 2009 Waiting in Line, VIC Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland 2008 Focused Spaces, City Gallery Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 2007 The Time It Takes, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH 2006 Displaced*, Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH 2006 In Fragment*, McGraw Hill Corp. Headquarters, OH

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS______2019 9th Lessedra International, Lessedra Contemporary Projects, Sofia, Bulgaria 2019 Art in Times of Anxiety, A. D Gallery, University of South Carolina (Pembroke), SC 2019 Loose Affiliations: Paint|Pattern|Fractured Image, Apartment Earth, Charleston, WV 2019 Roy Family Reunion, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH 2019 CAKE, RiverHouse Arts Gallery, Toledo, OH 2019 Visionaries: Raising the Future with Imagination, Carnegie Gallery, Columbus, OH 2019 Touchdown, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, OH 2018 73rd Ohio Annual Exhibition, Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, OH 2018 The ROY Spectrum, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH 2018 Field Day, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2017 Ludogorie, 2017 National Biennial, Iliya Petrov Gallery, Razgrad, Bulgaria 2017 SECAC Juried Exhibition, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH 2017 Narrative Portraiture, Blue Ash Gallery, University of , Cincinnati, OH 2017 Soft Geometries, Hammond Harkins Gallery, Columbus, OH 2017 Come Along With Me, The Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH 2016 Atypical Topographies, Adams State University, Alamosa, CO 2016 Dream or Nightmare, (SCENE) Metrospace, East Lansing, MI 2016 notitleanytitle, Urban Arts Space, The Ohio State University, OH 2015 Last Exit: Painting, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL 2015 Room ###, group, Crown Plaza Hotel, Columbus, OH 2014 Charter, Millworks Studios, Columbus, OH 2014 FOTOshop, Center for Architecture and Design, OH 2014 In Conversation, Hopkins Hall, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2013 28th Tallahassee International, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, FL 2013 M.A.P. Exhibition, Whitdel Arts, , MI 2013 Art Unbound, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, OH 2013 Interspecies Communication, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI 2012 Art From The Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center, IN 2012 OhioCentric, City Center Gallery, Urban Arts Space, OH 2012 Sketchbook Project Limited Edition, Brooklyn, NY 2011 Couchfire in Cleveland, 78th Street Studios, Cleveland, OH 2011 Shared Spaces, Columbus College of Art and Design Faculty Biennial, OH 2010 Ohio Art League Fall Juried, Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, OH 2010 Savage Gardens, Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, OH 2008 Anonymous Drawing 9, Blütenweiss, , 2007 Arts for Life, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH 2007 Dealer’s Choice, Capital University, Columbus, OH 2007 Portrait, Upper Arlington Art Center, Columbus, OH

AWARDS/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES______2021 Residency Headlands Center for the Arts (fully funded), San Francisco, CA 2020 Residency World of Co, Sofia, Bulgaria (online) 2019 Grant Individual Excellence Award, The Ohio Arts Council, OH 2019 Grant Faculty Development Grant, Columbus College of Art and Design, OH 2018 Award 1st Place, 73rd Annual Exhibition, Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, OH 2018 Grant The Greater Columbus Arts Council Supply Grant, OH 2017 Grant The Greater Columbus Art Council Professional Development Grant, OH 2016 Grant Alumni Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship, The Ohio State University, OH 2016 Grant Fergus Family Fund Graduate Thesis Material Award, The Ohio State University, OH 2015 Grant Arts & Humanities Graduate Research Small Grant, College of Arts & Sciences, The Ohio State University 2013 Award Graduate Teaching Associate, Full Tuition Remission and Stipend, The Ohio State University 2014 Grant Arts & Humanities Graduate Research Small Grant, College of Arts & Sciences, The Ohio State University 2013 Honorarium Center for Architecture and Design, Columbus, OH 2013 Award OhioCentric, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH 2011 Award Purchase Award, Greater Columbus Art Council, Columbus, OH 2010 Honorarium Franklin Park Conservatory, Savage Gardens Exhibition, Columbus, OH 2009 Residency Plovdiv Cultural Center (fully funded), Plovdiv, Bulgaria 2007 Award Purchase Award, Greater Columbus Art Council, Columbus, OH 2006 Award Ron and Ann Pizzuti Prize, 1st Place, Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH

TEACHING EXPERIENCE______Present Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX Advanced Painting Beginning Painting (water media) 2013/2020 The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Painting I Painting II Visual Studies: Color Life Drawing I Life Drawing II Two-Dimensional Design Drawing I 2010/2020 Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH MFA Graduate Seminar Drawing I-Fundamentals Drawing II-Figure and Anatomy Figure Drawing Color Theory and Painting 2012/2020 Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH Portfolio and Exhibition Course Beginning Drawing Two-Dimensional Design Color Composition Beginning Painting Life Drawing

2008/2009 GOALS Project-Visiting Artist, Glasgow, Scotland Textiles Project in Motherwell, primary class students Identity Project in Stranrear, primary class students Superhero Project in Glasgow, secondary class students

LECTURES AND TALKS______2018 Artist Talk, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN 2018 Visiting Artist, MFA studios, Columbus College of Art and Design, OH 2017 Artist Talk, Ohio University (Chillicothe), OH 2017 Artist Talk, Carver Center For the Arts and Technology, Baltimore, MD 2016 Panel Discussion, To Go or Not to Go, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH 2016 Artist Talk, MFA Thesis, Urban Arts Space Gallery, Columbus, OH 2014 Panel Discussion, In Conversation, Hopkins Hall, The Ohio State University, OH 2013 Professor/Protégé Lecture, Mosaic Magazine, Columbus, OH 2012 Visiting Artist Lecture, Dennison University, Grandville, OH 2011 Visiting Artist Lecture, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH 2010 Visiting Artist Lecture, The Ohio State University, OH

UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE______2019 Juror, CCAD Annual Art Fair, Columbus College of Art and Design 2018-2020 Thesis Reviews, MFA Thesis, Columbus College of Art and Design, OH 2016-2020 Major Reviews, Painting/Drawing Area, The Ohio State University, OH 2016 Exhibition Committee, MFA Thesis, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH 2012 Sophomore Reviews, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH 2011, 2012 Foundation Area Retreat, Columbus College of Art and Design 2011-2014 Vice President, Roy G Biv Gallery for Emerging Artists (Programming and Membership Committees), Columbus, OH 2005 Curator, Among the Marks, Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH 2006-2011 Founding Member: The Couchfire Collective

MEDIA COVERAGE______2019 Book In Between Everywhere, An Exhibition in Print by Blockfort Studios 2019 Catalog Lessedra International, Lessedra Gallery for Contemporary Projects 2017 Catalog Ludogorie, Union of Bulgarian Artists, Ministry of Culture, Abagar 2016 Catalog notitleanytitle, Ohio State University Department of Art 2016 Journal The Journal: A Literary Magazine, Winter 2016, Vol. 40, cover 2015 Book The Sketchbook Project World Tour, Princeton Architectural Press, NY, page 26 2015 Book All the Wrong Places, stories by Molly Gilles, Lost Horse Press, Sandpoint, Idaho, cover 2014 Book Weinland Park Story Book, Wexner Center for the Arts, OH 2013 Magazine Studio Visit, Volume 22, Open Studio Press, , back cover 2013 Catalog 28th Tallahassee International, Museum of Art, Florida State University 2012 Book The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library Press, Brooklyn, October, page 30 2010 Review Ann Starr, “Futuristic and Fascinating Urban Landscapes”, The Other Paper, August 2008 Review Elitza Kaneva, “Bulgarian Painter Exhibits Alongside a Visiting American Artist at the National City Gallery”, Newspaper 24 Hours, August, Bulgaria 2008 Review Eva Pampulova, “Debut of a Bulgarian and American artists at the National City Gallery”, Newspaper Maritza, August, Bulgaria 2007 Review Melissa Starker, “The Power of Three”, The Alive, August, OH 2005 Book Perspective Drawing and Applications (3rd Ed), Person/Prentice Hall