-Rada Penkova Skumova-
- E-mail: radaskumovart@gmail.com
- Based in Rotterdam
- VoordeKunst page: https://www.voordekunst.nl/projecten/21342-the-endless-voyage
Education/
- Willem de Kooning Academy - Bachelor in Animation
- National school for fine arts ‘’Iliya Petrov’’ /illustator diploma/, Sofia
Competences:
- Art direction, storyboarding, film direction, set dressing, art department (puppets, props)
- Photoshop, After Effects, Microsoft Office tools
- Blender, Grease Pencil, Quill, Gravity Sketch
- Moho, Open Toonz, TVPaint
Traditional/
- Sculpting, pottery, etching, felting, oil painting, water color, engraving
Artistic work experience/ freelance design and illustartion:
- Internship with Anna Mantzaris /January 2025 - July 2025/
- Digital Creative Talent Awards Rotterdam 2026 - digital creation nominee
- Animated video clip for Soundprophet’s single “Taste of clear water” 2024
- Cover art + shirt design for a single - “Slavery”, Soundprophet 2023
- Album cover for the band Templayed - ”Today Won’t Last Forever” 2021
- Commercial Product design for the youth line of skin products Skin Solutions - ‘’Voodoo cosmetics’’ 2021
- Disc illustration for Der Hunds - “Apocalyptoholics” ‘2020
- Book illustations for a renewed edition of “Under the yoke’’- a classic for bulgarian literature, 2021
- Shop assistant for Art Studio Kea - Pomorie, Bulgaria /summer of 2019 and 2020/
- Voluntary work as a screening attendant and VR assistant for the Dutch animation festival ‘’KABOOM” - March 2023
- Voluntary work as a photographer for DA International Festival for Digital art, 2021 /Sofia, Bulgaria/
- Commission for an exhibition in Credo Bonum gallery, curatorial project marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of revolutionary Georgi Rakovski, 2021/
- Artwork for charity auction organized by a PFC, Levski, 2020/
Awards and Exhibitions:
- International Biennale of Illustration - 2018, Sofia Metropolitan Library/
- International Biennale of Illustration - 2020, Sofia Museum /
- Threefold partaking and three first place awards at the 14th, 15th and 16th ‘’Artistic drawing competition’’
(‘Конкурс за артистична рисунка’) in 2017, 2018 and 2019 at the National School for fine arts, category: animalistic drawing/
- Participating in the initiative ‘’Beyond the Academic’’ in 2017, MIKA Foundation /“Отвъд академичното”/
- First place award in ‘’My Bulgaria’’ (“Моята България‘‘ ) contest National School for Fine arts “Iliya Petrov’’ 2018/
- First place award in a competition organized by Sofia Municipality – ‘’I saw the disaster with my own eyes’’ in 2018 / “С очите си видях бедата”/
- National competition for academic drawing-2018 – 4th place/
-Partake in ‘’Art centre Bankya exhibition’’, 2020/
- Partake in an annual exhibition at the Sofia Prosecutor's Office, artwork property /
- Four years in a row scholarship holder at/for AFB- American Foundation for Bulgaria (2018th, 2019th ,2020th and 2021th edition), category: Arts /
- Partake in an exhibition of the finalists from the Young Artists Competition ‘‘The Past a User’s Manual” in the Nuance Gallery in Sofia - 2020/
- Art-happening organized by “Vapreki’’ foundation on the „Tolerance as culture “project , 2020
- 8th and 9th international Exhibition for the art of miniature 2020 and 2021, Bulgaria National Palace of culture (NDK)
-Ntional youth competition for fine arts, applied arts and design, organized by the Ministry of culture, 2020/
-Exhibition in Berlin for the students of the National School for fine arts ‘’ Iliya Petrov’’, 2021/
- Extra in a NATFA short movie production, 2021/
- International Youth Watercolor Festival Plovdiv 2019
- Contest– First Investment Bank 2017 – Illustration for student debit card, released project and award/
- Annual digital art competition /sponsored by Wacom/-diploma/