Sofia’s home of everything strange and unusual
What Cryptid is
These would be new names: young alternative artists, and underground creators who had stayed hidden from the wider public.
Theywouldbethe“cryptids”oftheBulgarianartscene.
Yavor Boyanov, on the gallery’s name
Now at Cryptid
The Freak Show Art Show
Up next: Altered States of Peel, opening November 2, 18:30–20:30
October 19 – 31, 2026All shows
Altered States of Peel — Exhibition by João Reis — November 2 – 14, 2026
The Freak Show Art Show — October 19 – 31, 2026
Like in a Dream — An exhibition by Nadezhda Kostova — October 5 – 17, 2026
Stories from the Dark — An exhibition by Mateya Arkova inspired by the tales of the Brothers Grimm — September 21 – October 3, 2026
The Art of Denumbra: Macabre Squared — May 4 – 16, 2026
Garbage Pail Kido — An exhibition by Kokimoto — April 6 – 30, 2026
NxMx: Entropy and Order — An exhibition by NxMx — March 2 – 21, 2026
Monsters Need Love Too — February 9 – 14, 2026
The Uncanny Art Bazaar — December 6 – 13, 2025
/The Beginning of The End — An exhibition by Kalina Yaneva — November 17 – 29, 2025
Pathetic Stars — An exhibition by Bogomil Bratoev — October 20 – November 1, 2025
Longing Has Teeth — An exhibition by Cvettelia Koutin — October 6 – 18, 2025
Sometimes, When Even That Is No Longer There — Exhibition by Kristian Kantchev — September 22 – October 4, 2025
We Are All Equal Before Fear — Exhibition by Marina Pasheva — September 8 – 20, 2025
Contemporary Corpse — An exhibition by Mina Sawopo — May 12 – 24, 2025
Haunted Boudoir of Madame O — An exhibition by Margarita Omar — March 29 – April 11, 2025
Driving Out Evil — January 27 – February 1, 2025
Amalgam — Exhibition by Ana Avramova-Pesheva /Mano de Ana/ — November 11 – 23, 2024
Tim Burton Tribute Art Show — Group exhibition
Phases of (sub)consciousness — An exhibition by Joana Ivanova — November 21 – December 2, 2023
CROPS — An exhibition by Antonia Avramova — November 6 – 18, 2023
The Magwomb & NxMx: ANTI-RECORDS
Malicroix: Flowers of Evil
Margarita Omar: The White Book of Dark Wonders
Playground for Untitled Creatures — June 12 – 21, 2023
TOTALITÄR — Exhibition by Emil Saparevski — May 22 – June 2, 2023
Antoaneta Quick: Passing Game with a Centre — May 15 – 20, 2023
Collector’s Cabinet — Exhibition by Veselin Damyanov – Ves, Trayana Panayotova and Yavor Boyanov — April 8 – 15, 2023
Mina Sawopo: The Beggars — Exhibition by Mina Sawopo — March 25 – April 6, 2023
Christmas at the Crypt
New Life Street: XXX Years After Voev – Group Exhibition
Balkan Noir — An exhibition by NxMx — October 10 – 28, 2022
Pavleta Dimitrova: Shame — An exhibition by Pavleta Dimitrova — September 17 – October 7, 2022
Walk: An Exhibition by Yavor Boyanov in Three Acts
Bimbo Lion Heart — An exhibition by Yon Mars
Third Open Call for Solo Exhibitions at Cryptid Art Space
Deadline: October 31, 2026
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