Lage Der A 5/30
9718 BJ Groningen
+31638470373
03.06.1994 (b. Varna, Bulgaria)
2021-2023, MA Media, Art, Design and Technology at ‘Frank Mohr Institute’, Groningen, The Netherlands.
2015-2019, BA ‘Minerva Academy’, Hanze University, Groningen, The Netherlands.
2025
- Performance RE_NATURE festival, Ruigoord, Amsterdam. 21-22 Sept. https://re-nature.org/events/a-spectacle-a-tragedy/
- Solo exhibition at “Gallery Block C”, Groningen, June 14.
- Duo Residency “Vida-Вода: Hydroghosts and the murmurs we cannot sea” at “Bierumer School”, part of Cultuur&Natuur Network development trajectory, “Into Nature”, with Samantha Pellarini, Bierum, The Netherlands, November ‘24 -January ‘25. https://www.bierumerschool.nl/index.php/2024/12/06/radina-kordova-samantha-pellarini/ & https://intonature.net/programs/netwerk-cultuur-en-natuur
2024
- Performance “𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕨𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕞” at festival “De Broeikas”, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands 02 November.
- Residency and performance at “CoTranspose”, Dikaia, Greece. 21 July - 10 August.
- Group show “Vice Versa” at art space “Kunstwerk”, Cologne, Germany. 04 April - 30 April.
- A/V show with ‘yuni’ and Muxingye Chen, HYBRID Festival, Groningen. 24 February. https://hybridfestival.nl/yuni
2023
- A/V show with ‘yuni’ and Isabela Manea, music venue “Simplon”, Groningen. 30 November.
- Performance “POTOP, swallow me” at “The Overkill festival”, Enschede, The Netherlands. 18 November. https://2023.theoverkill.nl/program/radina-kordova/
- Group show “In Line Out of Sight: Out of Sight In Line”, Pictura Gallery, Groningen. 02. September - 02. October.
- Performance “POTOP”, project space “WEP”, Groningen. 21 April.
- Group exhibition and performance “POTOP” at “Re: Search Galley”, Groningen. 17 March.
2022
- Group show “Scrape, click & flow”. Installation. Performance “POTOP”, and a speculative ritual discussion “Wʜɪᴄʜ ғᴜᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴅᴏ ᴡᴇ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇʟᴏɴɢ ᴛᴏ?” at project space “SIGN”. Groningen. 15 October - 12 November.
- Performance “POTOP”, at ‘CarWash’ gallery, Utrecht. 27 June.
- VR performance and installation, “ISTA”, collaboration with Helia Rafie, “Frank Mohr Institute”, Groningen. January.
2021
- Participating with collective ‘Homezeen’ at “Spreadzinefest”, Groningen. September
- Public Sculpture“Unpredictable encounters transform us; we are not in control, even of ourselves”, mycelium, and magnesium oxychloride hempcrete. Zernikeplein 7, Groningen. Commission for “Hanzehogeschool Groningen”, installed September ‘22.
2020
- Performance “down for the count”, exhibition ‘Iets met dieren #2’, Extrapool, Nijmegen. September.
- Residency “Solo Sauna Retreats”, ‘Het Resort’, Groningen. http://www.hetresort.nl/solosaunaretreats.html
2019
- 24h Residency “Limbs”, collaboration with Kamile.Cesnaviciute at project space ‘Kunsthuis SYB’, Beetsterzwaag, The Netherlands. February.
- Performance for “studentenhoofdstuk” and radio “JaJaJaNeeNeeNee” at Academy Minerva, Groningen. September.
- Residency ‘Destillaat #21’, art space ‘Extrapool’, part of Young Art Weekend, Nijmegen. November.
2025
- Production for Program Accreditation Frank Mohr Institute, Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design: Painting, MADtech, iRap, MAPs, Frank Mohr Institute, Hanze University of Applied Sciences. 8-9 May.
- Part of the Pilot selection committee and reading artist proposals at Het Resort. April.
- Co-Curator, coordinator, and production for HYPERTROVE§§ project at SIGN, part of Talent van Hier and ES/NS art 2025. 18 January. Groningen. https://esns.nl/en/festival/esns-art-/
2024
- Co-Curator and coordinator for Nomadic Program “Veranderende vergezichten”, Kunstcentrum van der Ploeg, Wehe-den Hoorn. October ‘24 - June ‘25
- Co-Curator, coordinator, and production for HYPERTROVE project at SIGN, part of Talent van Hier and ES/NS art 2024, 20 January. Groningen.
2023
- (2023- present) Production for Gallery Noorderlicht, Groningen.
- Production and PR for Midseason residency and exhibition, Het Resort, Groningen. September ‘23 - April ’24. https://www.hetresort.nl/midseason-23.html
2022
- Production for “Wildvang”, Kunstpunt, Groningen. December.
- Production for “Hendrik de Vries” stipendium, Kunstpunt, Groningen. December.
- Curator and production “100 x Kunst in de Akerk” exhibition, Aa-Kerk, Kunstpunt, Groningen. 15 September. https://dvhn.nl/cultuur/Een-poging-iets-te-verbeteren-27927238.html
- Production and PR for “S05EP01 Kamp Gruoninga”, Het Resort, Groningen. April-June. https://www.hetresort.nl/s05e01.html
- Art director and scenography for video session for the band, ‘The Homesick’ at Vera, Groningen. January. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IhPQ6vqlAg
2021
- Advisor for VHDG Club, Leeuwarden. Program organiser and artist scout.
- Coordinator of graduation side program ‘Detour/Swerve’, Academy Minerva and Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen. May - June.
- Curator and coordinator for “ZIP City Program” at Herestraat 72, Groningen. Four art residencies and three discussion nights. August-October. https://www.instagram.com/p/CUkFivpNq_2/?img_index=1
- Curator, coordinator, and editor for ‘Homezeen’. Zine for the current times, connecting the community of the North of the Netherlands. Homezeen.
2020
- Curator and PR for project ‘ZIP’. https://www.instagram.com/zone.improvement.plan. October’20-October’21.
- Creator, curator, and coordinator for online exhibition platform ‘Homescreen’. @homescreen._
2019
- (2019-present) Secretary of the advisory board of artist studio space ‘Stichting HUL’.
2025
- Part of Collective Plamuuur, Groningen
- Evaluation Document, Network Cultuur&Natuur https://intonature.net/programs/netwerk-cultuur-en-natuur
- Publication Bierumer Schoolkrant.
2024
- Page in Operator Pilot Zine, Rotterdam, July https://shop.operator-radio.com/products/operator___zine_01____solidarity-pdf
- “Hybrid Festival in Groningen bewijst zich als aanjager van een gezonde muzikale voedingsbodem” in "Dagblad van het Noorden”, Hybrid Festival, Groningen, February. https://dvhn.nl/cultuur/muziek/Hybrid-Festival-bewijst-zich-als-aanjager-van-een-gezonde-muzikale-voedingsbodem-28919040.html
- Article “Unpredictable encounters transform us; we are not in control, even of ourselves” https://www.kunstpuntgroningen.nl/kunst-op-straat/unpredictable-encounters-transform-us-we-are-not-in-control-even-of-ourselves/
2023
- Interview “In het atelier”, Kunstpunt, The Netherlands: “Sound is a non-tangible material, yet I can still shape, layer, and stretch the soundscape in a way that is akin to as you would a sculpture.” https://www.kunstpuntgroningen.nl/en/blog/in-het-atelier-van-kunstenaar-radina-kordova/
2022
- Article “Unpredictable encounters transform us; we are not in control, even of ourselves” sculpture in Hanzehogeschool website: https://www.academieminerva.nl/nl/projecten/7038/-unpredictable-encounters-transform-us-we-are-not-in-control-even-of-ourselves-radina-kordova
- Included in publication “Little Room x Iets met dieren” from Extrapool, Nijmegen, The Netherlands: https://extrapool.patternbyetsy.com/listing/1172301453/little-room-x-iets-met-dieren
- Published in ‘Harbor Review’ Issue#4, online magazine, USA. https://www.harbor-review.com/issue-4-self
2020
- Part of Collective Homescreen/Homezeen (2020-2021)
- Part of Music Album “Remembrance Species 2020” nr.29, Scotland, UK. https://remembrancespecies.bandcamp.com/.
2019
- Featured in “Metropolis M”, Eindexamens issue, The Netherlands, p35.
- Publication of graduation work, “BK-informatie”, The Netherlands.
2025 ~ Nomination Reisma van den Burg Stipendium, Groningen
2025 ~ Nomination Horizon Stipendium, Groninger Beeldende Kunst Stipendia
2024 ~ Received Goethe Institute Culture Moves Europe: Individual Mobility Action Fund
2023 ~ Received De Groot Brugmans Calamity Fund, Frank Mohr Institute
2021 ~ Received LUCHT, Covid Stimulation Fund, Kunstpunt Groningen
2021 ~ Received commission for public sculpture, Hanzehogeschool Groningen