"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." - Picasso

Exhibitions

Giorgi Gallery, Berkeley, CA 
East Bay Woman Artists "Youth to Maturity" exhibition - February 1993

Giorgi Gallery, Berkeley, CA
One person exhibition - May 1995

Big T Productions Gallery, Boston, MA  
Group exhibition - May 1996

Arle Gallery, Paris, France
Group Exhibition - June 1997

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Student Art Exhibition - January 1999

Tracian Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria 
 Group exhibition - June 2000

Inman Square Gallery, Cambridge, MA
The Many Faces of Love group exhibition
May 17, 2013

Catenary Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM  
One person exhibition - August 2014

Publications and Awards

1993  West County Times, CA
Article about a painting by Vassia Alaykova that was send to a Japanese school as a gift of friendship from De Anza High School

1994  West County Times, CA
Interview with the young artist Vassia Alaykova

1995  Obshtestvo Bulgarian Local Newspaper
Interview with Vassia Alaykova

1999  The Boston Book Review

2009  La Factoria Magazine
Entre La Figura Y Lo Abstracto article/interview with local Spanish newspaper

AWARDS

1994  National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts

1995  Liquitex Excellence in Art Grant

1997  Mabelle Goodman Art Award