Irina Batkova

Irina Batkova is a writer and independent curator based in Sofia. Her practice is rooted in research on the potential of contemporary visual arts to generate new forms of response to social, ecological, and economic crises, as well as on the role of the individual in a world where inequality is a persistent feature of reality. She has a particular interest in how creative communities share ideas and experiences, and in how they build sustainable cultural ecosystems capable of reacting to the crisis-ridden conditions of the present.
Irina Batkova is the founder of the non-profit Art Project Depot (2005), a platform for contemporary art and culture, where she has curated numerous exhibitions. She has organized and curated shows at venues including : Künstlerhaus Wien (Vienna), Basilica Cistern (Istanbul), Sofia Arsenal – Museum for Contemporary Art, State Museum of Oriental Art (Moscow), Akbank Sanat (Istanbul), Center for Contemporary Art – Banya Starinna (Plovdiv), Port Warehouse No. 5 (Varna), City Art Gallery Varna, among others.
Irina Batkova is the curator of the national pavilion of Bulgaria at the 59th Venice International Art Biennale, 2022.