Yoana Tuzharova
P R E S E N T
Installation Views
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Works
PENTIMENTUM 270818 pigment print on blaklightfilm, LED, Lichtkasten_IMG_2491_GL
YoanaTuzharova Pentimentum 200219 pigmentprint on blacklightfilm LED framed 28,2x15,8 cm_IMG_2470_GL
Yoana Tuzharova_Pentimentum 150818 pigmentprint on photo paper, framed 104 x 61 cm_IMG_2463_GL
YoanaTuzharova Data monument sculptural photocollage ceramic tiles 180 x 180 x 90 cm_IMG_2498_GL
YoanaTuzharova daily news 2026 forensische Daktyloskopie iphone6 Ruszpulver paper framed 18x13 cm IMG_2473 GL
YoanaTuzharova TOUCH Inkjet on fabric each 285 x 142 cm IMG_2493_GL
Yoana Tuzharova PENTIMENTUM 250818_40x30cm pigmentprint on photopaper framed_IMG_2466_GL
YoanaTuzharova Data monument 2021_sculpture photocollage_ceramic tiles_180 x 180 x 90 cm IMG IMG_2499_GL
Yoana Tuzharova_Pentimentum 150818 pigmentprint on photo paper, framed 104 x 61 cm_MG_2464_GL
Yoana Tuzharova_Pentimentum 150818 pigmentprint on photo paper, framed 104 x 61 cm_IMG_2465_GL
PENTIMENTUM 270818 pigment print on blaklightfilm, LED, Lichtkasten_IMG_2492_GL
YoanaTuzharova TOUCH Inkjet on fabric each 285 x 142 cm IMG_2472 GL
Press Release
/Galerie Gilla Loercher | Contemporary Art is excited to present the second solo show of artist Yoana Tuzharova.
The opening of P R E S E N T is on 1 May 2026 from 18:00-21:00. The exhibition can be viewed as of 12:00 that day.
You and your friends are very welcome.
The artist talk with Yoana Tuzharova and Wilko Austermann (director Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst) takes place on 2 May 18:00.
During the Gallery Weekend Berlin 1-3 May 2026 we have special opening hours: Fri 12:00-21:00, Sat 12:00-19:30, Sun 12:00-18:00. We look forward to your visit!
In the exhibition P R E S E N T, Yoana Tuzharova confronts us with the traces we leave behind every day between the digital and analog worlds: grease smudges and swipe marks that appear on smartphone screens while chatting, emailing, scrolling, shopping, and liking. The artist works with various media here: photography, print, installation, and light works.
“These painterly yet automated gestures are traces of our everyday lives, or rather: traces of the interface between the digital and physical worlds. At the same time, they are the origin of digitality, where decisions are made in fractions of a second with just a tap of the thumb,” writes Nantje Wilke.
“The display of our smartphone is also the arena of a battle”, writes Jens Bülkemper in his catalog text on Yoana Tuzharova. „Business emails go out while we brush our teeth; the pressure of a world in ‘always-on’ mode is enormous. Meanwhile, BuzzFeed feeds attention-economy fast food to so-called users to win the war for eyeballs. (…) ‘Swiping’—that is, swiping and tapping on the smartphone’s user interface—has become an integral part of our unconscious, habitual spectrum. Our decisions on PayPal and Amazon, Instagram and Tinder leave a trail that Yoana Tuzharova (…) reflects upon in terms of its expressive power regarding the human condition in times of digital transformation.”
Please note that the gallery will be closed for summer vacation from 15 June to 5 July 2026.
Short biography | Yoana Tuzharova (born 1986 in Russe, Bulgaria) is a visual artist. She currently lives and works in Cologne. She studied from 2005 - 2009 at the University of Arts in Veliko Tyrnovo, Bulgaria (Bachelor). From 2013 - 2019 she studied sculpture and art in public space at the Kunstakademie Münster and graduated in 2017 as a master student of Prof. Maik Löbbert and Prof. Dirk Löbbert.
In 2021, the artist was awarded the "Förderpreis Junge Positionen NRW" by the Förderverein Unser Fritz 2/3 e. V., Herne. In 2021 she was nominated for the art prize "Junger Westen", Recklinghausen and in 2022 she received the "GWK-Kunstpreis", Münster.
Her works have been exhibited in the following institutions, among others Raketenstation, Stiftung Insel Hombroich; KIT, Düsseldorf; Goethe-Institut Villa Kamogawa, Kyoto, Japan; Gustav Lübcke Museum, Hamm; Kunstmuseum Celle with Robert Simon Collection; MMIII Kunstverein Mönchengladbach, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster; Wewerka Pavillon, Münster; Gallery & Art Foundation Credo Bonum, Sofia, Bulgaria; Vaska Emanouilova Gallery, a branch of Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria; Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid; Museum Goch and Museum Schloss Moyland and in the Kunsthalle Recklinghausen.
The opening of P R E S E N T is on 1 May 2026 from 18:00-21:00. The exhibition can be viewed as of 12:00 that day.
You and your friends are very welcome.
The artist talk with Yoana Tuzharova and Wilko Austermann (director Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst) takes place on 2 May 18:00.
During the Gallery Weekend Berlin 1-3 May 2026 we have special opening hours: Fri 12:00-21:00, Sat 12:00-19:30, Sun 12:00-18:00. We look forward to your visit!
In the exhibition P R E S E N T, Yoana Tuzharova confronts us with the traces we leave behind every day between the digital and analog worlds: grease smudges and swipe marks that appear on smartphone screens while chatting, emailing, scrolling, shopping, and liking. The artist works with various media here: photography, print, installation, and light works.
“These painterly yet automated gestures are traces of our everyday lives, or rather: traces of the interface between the digital and physical worlds. At the same time, they are the origin of digitality, where decisions are made in fractions of a second with just a tap of the thumb,” writes Nantje Wilke.
“The display of our smartphone is also the arena of a battle”, writes Jens Bülkemper in his catalog text on Yoana Tuzharova. „Business emails go out while we brush our teeth; the pressure of a world in ‘always-on’ mode is enormous. Meanwhile, BuzzFeed feeds attention-economy fast food to so-called users to win the war for eyeballs. (…) ‘Swiping’—that is, swiping and tapping on the smartphone’s user interface—has become an integral part of our unconscious, habitual spectrum. Our decisions on PayPal and Amazon, Instagram and Tinder leave a trail that Yoana Tuzharova (…) reflects upon in terms of its expressive power regarding the human condition in times of digital transformation.”
Please note that the gallery will be closed for summer vacation from 15 June to 5 July 2026.
Short biography | Yoana Tuzharova (born 1986 in Russe, Bulgaria) is a visual artist. She currently lives and works in Cologne. She studied from 2005 - 2009 at the University of Arts in Veliko Tyrnovo, Bulgaria (Bachelor). From 2013 - 2019 she studied sculpture and art in public space at the Kunstakademie Münster and graduated in 2017 as a master student of Prof. Maik Löbbert and Prof. Dirk Löbbert.
In 2021, the artist was awarded the "Förderpreis Junge Positionen NRW" by the Förderverein Unser Fritz 2/3 e. V., Herne. In 2021 she was nominated for the art prize "Junger Westen", Recklinghausen and in 2022 she received the "GWK-Kunstpreis", Münster.
Her works have been exhibited in the following institutions, among others Raketenstation, Stiftung Insel Hombroich; KIT, Düsseldorf; Goethe-Institut Villa Kamogawa, Kyoto, Japan; Gustav Lübcke Museum, Hamm; Kunstmuseum Celle with Robert Simon Collection; MMIII Kunstverein Mönchengladbach, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster; Wewerka Pavillon, Münster; Gallery & Art Foundation Credo Bonum, Sofia, Bulgaria; Vaska Emanouilova Gallery, a branch of Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria; Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid; Museum Goch and Museum Schloss Moyland and in the Kunsthalle Recklinghausen.
