Curated by Sabina Klemm and Sanja Kojić Mladenov, the exhibition explores contemporary artistic practices and the idea of European identity. EVROVIZION is a project by ifa-Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen and is presented in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Bulgaria and Doza Gallery in Sofia.
The exhibition title EVROVIZION is a construct made of similar and yet still different languages – Eurovisione / Evrovizija / Евровизия – a fusion of potential unities; a free version of potential togetherness. The aim is to reflect on contemporary social and political challenges, and to make specific local impulses visible in order to generate the continuous and flowing development of dialogue spaces. In close cooperation with regional protagonists and each local art scene, new artistic projects will be added to the exhibition during the course of its tour.
Following presentations in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Novi Sad (Serbia), Athens (Greece), Nicosia (Cyprus), Tbilisi (Georgia), and Varna (Bulgaria), selected works will also be shown in Sofia. The project was expanded with works by Bulgarian artist Geryi Georgieva after the exhibition at the Varna City Art Gallery in May 2025. In addition, Adnan Softić and Ivana Ivković, in close collaboration with local participants in Varna, created new works that will be presented for the first time in Sofia.
Artists Lana Čmajčanin, Gery Georgieva, Ivana Ivković, Adnan Softić, and curator Sanja Kojić Mladenov will attend the opening at Doza Gallery. The exhibition will open with a new performance by Ivana Ivković.
After the exhibition, a new issue of EVROVIZION magazine will be published, further enriching the archive of the traveling exhibition.
Artists participating in the EVROVIZION. CROSSING STORIES AND SPACES project:
Nevin Aladağ, Igor Bošnjak, Vajiko Chachkhiani, Lana Čmajčanin, Johanna Diehl, Geryi Georgieva, Petrit Halilaj, Ivana Ivković, Janine Jeamberes, Nurtane Karagil, Nika Kutateladze, Vladimir Miladinović, Henrike Naumann, Selma Selman, Emilija Škarnulytė, Slavs and Tatars, Adnan Softić, Kyriakos Theocharous, Maria Tsagari.
Curators: Sabina Klemm, Sanja Kojić Mladenov
Opening and performance by Ivana Ivkovic: Tuesday, 03.02.2026, 7:00 PM
Artists:
Johanna Diehl, Lana Čmajčanin, Geryy Georgieva, Ivana Ivković, Selma Selman, Adnan Softić
Further Information by Goethe-Institute
Information about Doza Gallery
With over 20 touring exhibitions currently travelling across the globe and with its diverse event programmes on contemporary art, the ifa links the German art scene with internationally active cultural creators and forms cooperations and networks. The projects, many of which were developed in co-creation with local partners, cover the various disciplines of modern and contemporary fine arts – from current themes in architecture, photography and design to Bauhaus and monographic exhibitions such as Rosemarie Trockel or Marcel Odenbach. These projects generate local meeting platforms and allow international perspectives on topics of global relevance. The ifa also provides loan exhibits to interested museums.
