Veronika Belcheva
Illustrator and 2D Animation Director
I don’t believe in the doctrine that art should be ‘for art’s sake’. One is not doing art an injustice by ascribing a clear function to it.
With my work I hope to bottle joy and to create thoughtful ambiances that help us feel and understand ourselves.
me now
Over the last several years I’ve been building a habit of drawing every day. My current passion is drawing on my iPad.
I have a tech job where I work with data visualization and in parallel make illustrations and animations as commission. I also study Psychology of Art in the Bulgarian Academy of the Arts.
I am a hybrid dweller of my place in the city and a house in the Vitosha mountain nearby. And I go for walks with my cocker spaniel and my lovely partner.
Illustration and Painting
2023
A series of illustrations for the Bulgarian Association of Patients with Narcolepsy bgnarcolepsy.org
2022
Illustrations and animations for the “Грижовници” pet hotel website
Poster for the cinema concert event at the Festival for Young European Cinema
Six animated illustrations for the “My Place in Cinema” project by Arte Urbana Collective
Four website animated illustrations for the Bulgarian Association of Patients with Narcolepsy bgnarcolepsy.org
2021
Illustrations for the website of Act - UNIMA (UNion Internationale de la MArionnette) kuklart.bg
Book cover for “Другото време” by Nelly Staneva, publisher Жанет 45
"First 100" - КО-ОП gallery, exposition with selected covers of ВИЖ magasine, one of the most popular and celebrated cultural guides of Eastern Europe
Group Show - Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, “Rakovski Abroad” - three minute animation as part of a exposition about the life of Bulgarian National hero Georgi Rakovski
Group Show“Golyama Rabota” at +tova gallery, Sofia
Poster for the Death Cafe Sofia events
2020
Group Show “The Language of Hate” - Ko-Op Gallery Sofia -- drawings and animation
Short Animated film “Hard to Forget”
March cover for “Виж” magazine
2019
Solo Show “At Home in the World” in the Arts&Therapy institute - Sofia
Book illustrations for “The Story of an Hour” - Corpus foundation
Book illustrations for “Отиваме на Опера и Балет” - Bulgarian National Opera and Ballet
Group Show at the “167 Gallery” - Sofia
videos
2022 Animation After Effects
“Другото време”
Book trailer for poet Nelly Staneva
2022 Animation After Effects
“Hard to Forget”
Music video for album “Queen of Nothing” Lindsay Ellyn
2021 Animation After Effects and hand drawn
“Child”
Music video for Greg Cooper
2021 Animation After Effects and hand drawn
“The Adventures of Rakovski”
Educational video for the Credo Bonum gallery
2020 Animation After Effects and hand drawn
“Hateful Speech”
Educational video for the GLAS foundation and KO-OP gallery
2020 Hand drawn and 2D computer animation
“Elimu Girls go to Paris”
Promotional video for the Elimu Girls foundation in Kenya
2020 Hand drawn and 2D computer animation
“Do I Dare”
Music Video for the “Hard to Forget” single by Jessy Schram
2020 Hand drawn and 2D computer animation
“Château d’Orquevaux”
Promotional video for the Château d’Orquevaux artist residency program
2019 Hand drawn and 2D computer animation
“The Story of an Hour”
Book trailer (CorPlus foundation)