The artist photographer Zoia Krastanova was born August 12, 1955 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Twenty years later she emerged as a prominent Bulgarian photographer and in !977
she was awarded the title 'Artist Photographer'.
Awards
Golden Medal, Bulgaria International Photo show in Plovdiv
Grand Prix, Third National Show of young photographers, Sliven, Bulgaria
Special prize for originality, National competition for students, Sofia
First prize for slide collection 'Universiada '77'
Second Prize,Third National Show of Color Photography, Troyan
Two diplomas at the international competition 'Young photographers Show Europe' (VDAV) in West Germany and was elected to advertise it
Third Prize at the Competition for Students in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Special mention & 3rd place 'The Kid and his World' Sofia, Bulgaria
Third Prize, National Competition 'Bulgaria, Ancient and Ever Young' Shumen, Bulgaria
Third Prize from 'Student Tribune' newspaper
Third Prize at the International Salon, Sopot, Czechoslovakia
Fifth Prize 'Poland In My Eyes' organized by Orbis in Poland
Participated in the International Salon in Romania
National Exhibition 'Pirinphoto', Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
International show 'Woman 77' Budapest, Hungary
International show Bifota-Germany
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition 'The harm, caused by tobacco and liquor'
One woman show for the centennial of Sofia as the capital of Bulgaria
Solo Exhibition in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Several one-woman shows about Bulgarian towns
Publications
Presented by the 'Bulgarian Photo'magazine
Published her photo essay and photographs in almost all newspapers and national journals in Sofia
Work History
Photographer for the Photo Archives at the City Hall and the Museum of History of Sofia, Bulgaria
Led the Photo Service at the Home for Russian Science and Culture and Russian Embassy in Sofia
Photographer for the national magazine 'Bulgarian music'
Photojournalist for the National Co Operation Journal, Sofia, Bulgaria
Photographer for the National Architectural Center 'Glavproject'
Since 1996 Zoia Krastanova currently lives and work in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is Assistant General Manager at Irving House at Harvard
Recognitions
'Zoia Krastanova took an impressive place in Bulgarian Art Photography and won a serious recognition as a talented and conscious master. We owe her many more photographic awards'. Krastan Diankov, President 'Bulgarian Photo' magazine
Zoia Krastanova joined Fine Art America on August 27th, 2012.
