y.gorchev@gmail.com

ABOUT :

I have MA in Film Design from the NFTS @ Royal College of Art, London. My interest lies in visual memory and the way we remember, imagine and dream. I am captivated by the portrayal of characters, spaces and atmospheres soaked with motifs of timelessness, uncertainty and hidden violence.

Honors & Awards:

Finalist @ Berlin Commercial Awards Festival, 2019
Bronze Award @ Queen Palm International Film Festival, Palm Spring, California, 2019
Finalist @ Around Films International Awards, Berlin, 2019
Finalist @ The Independent Photographer "Portrait" Competition, Berlin, 2017
Finalist @ IYL Showcase, London, 2016
Winner @ Adobe (as part of 16 international artist to create "The Bully Project Mural"), LA, 2014
Shortlisted @ World Photography Organization, Somerset House, London, 2014
Shortlisted @ Royal Photographic Society International Exhibition, 2014
Shortlisted @ MAGNUM Photos 30 under 30 competition, 2014
Shortlisted @ The Lumen Prize Exhibition For Digital Art, London, NY, Hong Kong, 2014
Winner @ LIFE FRAMER's 11th competition, The Printspace Gallery, London, 2014
Winner @ YAHOO & Flickr as part of SXSW Festival, Austin, Texas, USA, 2014
Commendation @ The International Street Photography Awards, FOTOURA, 2014
Runner Up @ White Wall, Photokina Festival, Cologne, Germany, 2014
Silver Medal @ San Francisco International Photography Competition, 2013
Shortlisted @ Hunger Magazine's Documentary Photography Competition 2013
First Runner Up @ RC's The Monumental Competition, 2013
Best in Category @ "Digital Architecture Competition" - Reality Cues, 2012
Shortlisted @ FOTO8 Summershow Photography Competition, London, 2012
Winner @ BAFTA Stage Design Competition, The Royal Institute Of British Architects, London, 2011
Winner @ Joe Farley Award for Most Promising Film Designer of the Year, 2011

Exhibitions:

Image Nation @ Galerie Joseph, Paris, 2023
125 Magazine @ Dray Walk Gallery, London, 2015
"Future Identities - Bodies . Places . Spaces" @ Venice Experimental Cinema & Performance Art Festival, 71st Venice International Film Festival, Palazzo Albrizzi & Palazzo Ca'Zanardi, Italy, 2014
"Dreams: Illusion & Fantasy" @ Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2014
Lumen Prize Galleries (Digital Art), London, NY, Hong Kong, 2013-2014
Sony World Photography Awards, Somerset House, London, UK, 2014
Juraplatz (Pop-Up Exhibition), Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, 2014
Life Framer, The Printspace Gallery, London, UK, 2014
"Whitewall", PHOTOKINA, Cologne, Germany, 2014
Gallery Photographica, San Francisco, USA, 2013
SOHO Gallery, Sofia, 2013
FOTO 8 Gallery, London, UK, 2012
(upcoming...) Mixer Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey, 2014

Features & Mentions:

HungerTV Magazine
The Sunday Times Magazine
Inspiration Now
SteadFast Magazine
NotCommonPeople
Worbz
ARTFUCKSME
Renegade Visions Magazine
Empty Kingdom
Last Daze
Nakid Magazine
REKTmag
Subverse Magazine
Asylum Art
Vice Deutschland
Feature Shoot
WATP Magazine
Le Negatif Magazine
RektMag
Paradise Magazine
mor.bo
CNU.cc China Vision Alliance
SticksAndStones Agency
Blend Magazine
Change The Thought
Saccades Project
Yukatan Press
Humble Arts Foundation
IYL
Dark Beauty Magazine
SoundVision Magazine
Boyscout Magazine
12MAG
UnderTheLine
IdeaFixa
Bloody Loud!
L'art Vivant
The Absent Mind
Visual News
The Creators Project Blog
Vice
Anomalous.
Tornadoes On The Sun
XAXOR
Reality Cues
Architizer
Deer Brains
ConquistARTE
art2day
YARD.li
Digital Art Served
The Curious Brain
theMAG.it
Creative Planet Network
JayMug
Yoraj
Riding With Strangers
Zzzzoom