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Kalina

Nedelcheva

Criticism & Curatorial Practice

“As a multi-media artist-researcher, emerging curator, and musician, I explore the ways in which human consciousness engages in processes of meaning-making. I have developed an uncanny interest in writing, film, and experimental mapping as avenues for theoretical storytelling. My practice is deeply rooted in embodied memories, spaces of in-betweeness, and cultural hybridity. Through my work, I channel self-reflection, everyday critical thought, and the potential of alogical language/chaos/affective montage to challenge dominant ideological practices and open up spaces for collective (un)learning.”

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Kalina Nedelcheva is a multi-media artist-researcher, emerging curator, and musician, based in Tkaronto, Canada. With an MFA in Criticism & Curatorial Practice from OCAD University, she explores the ways in which human consciousness engages in the process of meaning-making. She has developed an uncanny interest in writing and film as mediums for theoretical storytelling; her experimental shorts have been screened by Trinity Square Video, OCAD SU Spring Festival, Toronto Arthouse Film Festival. Kalina’s writing has appeared in publications such as Peripheral Review, Sidedoor Magazine, The Senses & Society Journal and she was the runner-up for C Magazine’s New Critics Award. As an emerging curator, Kalina has headed the programming project "Archives of Space" and collaborative endeavours such as "403 Forbidden" and "Movement/ Nature: Guided Exercises by Artists" at the AGO. 
OCAD U - Graduate Studies
Criticism & Curatorial Practice (MFA)
Major Completed, 2022
University of Toronto
Philosophy, Books + Media Studies, Cinema Studies
Major Completed, 2017

psychoanalysis critical theory philosophy consciousness and meaning-making affect film/montage theory language

2022, GradEx
Toronto, Ontario
2021, Spring Festival
OCAD Student Union, Toronto, Ontario, digital
2021, Intersections/Cross-Sections
Toronto, Ontario (digital)
2021, Intersections/Cross-Sections
Toronto, Ontario (digital)
2021, Video Fever
Toronto, Ontario (digital)
2021, Toronto Arthouse Film Festival
The Bigger Screen, Toronto, Ontario
2019, The Community Dinghy!
Houndstooth, Toronto, Ontario
2018, UpStart Exhibition
SuperWonder Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2022, Thesis Medal
OCAD University
2021, Video Fever Mentorship Award
Trinity Square Video
2021, First Year Award
OCAD University Graduate Studies
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