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Born in Bulgaria, since 1998 lives and works in U.S.A. Graduated the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia with MFA in painting. Specialized in Como, Italy, Antonio Ratti Foundation, the Advanced Course in Visual Arts with Prof. Joseph Kosuth and in Braunau, Austria, Public Arts with Prof. Agnes Denes. Founder of Chicago Art Center in 2007 and Museum of Modern Art Chicago in 2008 as a conceptual opposition to the institutionalization of art. |
| About the Artist | |
I share the idea of an art that creates reality instead of offering its conventional model. I want to provoke the birth of view that go beyond the boundary of reality itself. These viewpoints stress an order that exists "a priory" in nature and can be developed again and again. This aspect makes the picture exist as a signal that gives the onlooker a chance to go deep into his/her life experience and mind. This is a universal signal to which the individual responds in a unique manner and creates his/her own reality. |
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Double Mobius Strip
2003 |
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| Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, USA |
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Double Mobius Strip
2005 |
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2003 |
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| Navy Pier, Chicago, 2003 |
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Double Mobius Strip
2004 |
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Double Mobius Strip
2002 |
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Zemia za beden orach
oils on fabric |
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Totem
mixed media on canvas, object |
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American Golden Horse
2009 |
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| American Golden Horse, 24K genuine gold and white gold |
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THE MESSAGE
2009 |
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| Based on a personal experience through the years of transition of life, during the journey from the native country Bulgaria to the U.S.A., occurred after the changes in Eastern Europe started in 1989.
This is an interpretation of the Journey and Transformation theme. Nothing is steady; everything is in moving/changing balance. Includes variable number of elements (letters). Used materials are steel, aluminum, wood and patina.
The installation consists of a number of elements/”letters”. Each “letter” is aprocsimately 100x60x40 cm. For outdoor installation/location the size could be doubled.
There will be writhing/graffiti done directly on the letters – “language on language”. The public is encouraged to use the supplied in advance markers, pastels and crayons to write on the works in everyone’s native language. This interaction adds a second level of meaning to the work: Ones you could play creatively and freely with the existing letters and create your own meaning, based on your own experiences; secondly, you could add, evaluate and experience the other’s presence and influence on you.
Periodically the different stages of interaction with the surface is photographed, so a visual documentation of what is temporary, changing and hidden under the surface is preserved and shown latter, together with the work. |
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Infinity
2008 |
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| Description of work: The work is 21x5x6 feet brushed stainless steel sculpture from the series "Double Möbius Strip", 2002 - 2009, which consists of seven pieces, fabricated in different materials: corten steel, stainless steel, combination of copper and bronze, leaded stained glass. All of them are large scale, up to 14-20 feet tall.
Work statement: Infinity refers to several distinct concepts, linked to the idea of "without end" – which arise in philosophy, mathematics, and theology. The sculpture is based on the Möbius strip, which is a surface with only one side and only one boundary component. In this work I combine two Mobius strips together with common edges. The result is one "double" rich and fascinating 3D form, representing the idea of continuance and endlessness of life. |
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Infinity
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| Description of work: The work is 21x5x6 feet brushed stainless steel sculpture from the series "Double Möbius Strip", 2002 - 2009, which consists of seven pieces, fabricated in different materials: corten steel, stainless steel, combination of copper and bronze, leaded stained glass. All of them are large scale, up to 14-20 feet tall.
Work statement: Infinity refers to several distinct concepts, linked to the idea of "without end" – which arise in philosophy, mathematics, and theology. The sculpture is based on the Möbius strip, which is a surface with only one side and only one boundary component. In this work I combine two Mobius strips together with common edges. The result is one "double" rich and fascinating 3D form, representing the idea of continuance and endlessness of life. |
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| Education and biography | |
| PLAMEN YORDANOV plamen@plamenarts.com EDUCATION: 1997 • International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, the program with Prof. Agnes Denes – Salzburg, Austria link 1995 • Antonio Ratti Foundation, the Advanced Course in Visual Arts with Prof. Joseph Kosuth – Como, Italy link 1992 • Vermont Studio Center, the program with Prof. Robert Henry and Prof. Roger Winter – Johnson, VT, link 1985-90 • National Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Painting with Prof. Svetlin Rousev – Sofia, Bulgaria, MFA degree link 1982-85 •“Sts. Cyril and Methodius” University, Department of Fine Arts with Prof. Ivan Bochev – Turnovo, Bulgaria SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2009 • “American Golden Horse”, Chicago Art Center Project Room, – Chicago, IL, U.S.A • “Compensatory Self-Presence” project/intervention, The Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago, IL, U.S.A 2008 • “Compensatory Self-Presence” project/intervention, MoMA – New York, NY, U.S.A. • “Portrait of a Collector“, Chicago Art Center – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. • “Arabesques – Ten Years Latter”, Chicago Art Center – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. • “Genesis”, Orland Park Outdoor Project - Orland Park, IL, U.S.A. • “3” (with Anatoliy Snigirev and Richard Shipps), Chicago Art Center – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. 2000 • “3-D Reality Project”, University of Illinois at Chicago – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link 1999 • “Recent Paintings and Paper Works”, Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link 1998 • “Arabesques”, Artec Nº1 Gallery – Mannheim, Germany • “Voyage”, installation on the Heidelberg University Square and in Nedev Gallery – Heidelberg, Germany link 1997 • “Voyage”, installation on the Mozart Bridge – Salzburg, Austria link 1994 • “Installations and Assemblages”, National Palace of Culture – Sofia, Bulgaria link, link • “Fragments”, Sezoni Art Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria 1993 • “Fluorescent Paintings”, Sapio Art Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria • “BIG” Paintings”, Shipka 6 Gallery (exhibition halls of the Union of Bulgarian Artists) – Sofia, Bulgaria. link 1992 • “Recent Paintings”, Red Mill Gallery – Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, U.S.A. • Norman Art Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria 1991 • “Noah's Ark”, Wolfgang Riegelsberger Gallery – Mannheim, Germany • Art 7 Gallery and the International Foundation “Sts. Cyril and Methodius” – Sofia, Bulgaria 1990 • “Graffiti”, Shipka 6 Gallery (exhibition halls of the Union of Bulgarian Artists) – Sofia, Bulgaria • Rakovsky 108 Gallery (exhibition halls of the Union of Bulgarian Artists) – Sofia, Bulgaria • Balabanov’s House Gallery – Plovdiv, Bulgaria • Heros Gallery – Plovdiv, Bulgaria GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2009 • Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts – Long Branch, NJ, U.S.A. • American Friends Service Comm – Newark, NJ, U.S.A. • South Ocean Art Gallery – Freeport, NY, U.S.A. • Guggenheim and Googe Design it Shelter Competition Flickr Group, Guggenheim Museum - New York, NY, U.S.A. • “Under the Viaduct”, Architrouve Gallery – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. • Suffolk County Community College – Selden, NY, U.S.A. • “ArtPrize”, Blue Bridge/City of Grand Rapids – Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A. • “Nude”, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. • Arts Horizons LeRoy Neiman Art Center – New York, NY, U.S.A. • Rio II Gallery – New York, NY, U.S.A. • “Prancing Carousels” public art exhibition – Lake Geneva, WI, U.S.A. • “Immigration Journeys Jukebox Project “, Queens Museum of Art – New York, NY, U.S.A. • “Beyond Borders 3”, Richard J. Daley Center – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. 2008 • Chicago Art Center - Chicago, IL, U.S.A. • “Beyond Borders 2”, Richard J. Daley Center – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link 2007 • “Beyond Borders”, Richard J. Daley Center – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. • “Peace Tower”, a project by Mark di Suvero – Chicago Cultural Center – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link • “The Way of the Wind”, The Curb Art Space – New York, NY, U.S.A. link 2004 • “Artist’s Toys”, Kraft/Lieberman Gallery – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link •”LPCAI”, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Department of Cultural Affairs – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link 2003 • Navy Pier Walk 2003, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link • Maquettes Show, Gallery 37 – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link 2002 • “Being“, LIPA Art Gallery – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link •”LPCAI”, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Department of Cultural Affairs – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link 2001 • “Suite Home Chicago“, Public Art Project of the Department of Cultural Affairs – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link 2000 • “Many Colored Artworks“, Queens Museum of Art – New York, NY, U.S.A. 1999 • “30 Times 15"x15"“, Fassbender Gallery – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link • “Border Crossings”, the 9th International Sculptors’ Symposium – Arnbruck, Germany link 1998 • “Border Crossings”, the 8th International Sculptors’ Symposium – Braunau, Austria • 5th International Sculpture Symposium – Brienz, Switzerland • “Bulgarian Graphic Art Today”, Rathausgalerie – Brühl, Germany • “Bulgarian Artbook”, BRINZ 39 Foundation – Zürich, Switzerland 1997 • “Bulgarian Artbook”, Ata Gallery for Contemporary Art – Sofia, Bulgaria • The 3rd International Sculpture Symposium – Sur En/Sent, Switzerland • “Voyage”, Installation in the Old Salt Mine – Hallein, Austria • Stedelijk Museum Hof Van Busleyden – Meechelen, Belgien 1996 • “Plastic Image of the 90s”, the National Palace of Culture – Sofia, Bulgaria link • The 4th International Sculpture Symposium – Hojer, Denmark link • Cultural Centre A. Spinoy – Mechelen, Belgium • “Paper Road”, Post Denmark’s Headquarters – Copenhagen, Denmark • Section “13” Annual Exhibition, Shipka 6 Gallery (exhibition halls of Union of Bulgarian Artists) – Sofia, BG 1995 • 3rd International Sculpture Symposium – Hojer, Denmark • “Mail Art on Mail Art”, Duncan of Jordanstone College – Dundee, Scotland • “Located Work”, the Ex-church of Saint Francis (XV century), Antonio Ratti Foundation – Como, Italy, link 1 link 2 • International Festival of Painting – Cagne-sur-Mer, France • “T. E. S. ’95”, the 4th European Sculpture Triennial – Paris, France • “VideoHarT”, Soros Center for the Arts Annual Exhibition, Archaeological Museum – Sofia, Bulgaria • The 18th International Independent Exhibition of Prints in Kanagawa – Kanagawa, Japan 1994 • S.O.F.A. Art Event – Nyborg, Denmark • “Selected from the Bulgarian Contemporary Art (60s – 90s years of 20th Century)”, Norman Art Gallery and the Gallery for Foreign Art of the International Foundation “Sts. Cyril and Methodius” – Sofia, Bulgaria • Art Fair – Mannheim, Germany • “The Autumn Salon”, Shipka 6 Gallery (exhibition halls of the Union of Bulgarian Artists) – Sofia, Bulgaria • Gregorio Millas Gallery – Zaragoza, Spain • Annual Exhibition of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, Shipka 6 Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria • “13”, Shipka 6 Gallery (exhibition halls of the Union of Bulgarian Artists) – Sofia, Bulgaria • “Olympic Ideals in Bulgarian Art”, Shipka 6 Gallery (exhibition halls of the Union of Bulgarian Artists) – Sofia • The 3rd International Print Biennial – Belgrade, Yugoslavia 1993 • MegaChem – Hamburg, Germany • Annual Exhibition of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, Shipka 6 Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria • “The Autumn Salon”, Shipka 6 Gallery (exhibition halls of the Union of Bulgarian Artists) – Sofia, Bulgaria 1992 • “Bulgarian Art”, Gagliardi Gallery – London, England link • “Club of the Young Artists – Review”, Shipka 6 Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria • Montserrat Gallery – New York City, U.S.A. • Limner Gallery – New York City, U.S.A. • “New Names”, Shipka 6 Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria • “The Autumn Salon”, Shipka 6 Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria 1991 • Budapest Art EXPO '91 – Budapest, Hungary • “Illusion”, Shipka 6 Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria • “Club of the Young Artists – Review”, Shipka 6 Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria • “The Autumn Salon”, Shipka 6 Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria 1990 • Wittgenstein Center – Wien, Austria • International Miniature Art Exhibition – Toronto, Canada • International Biennial Exhibition of Portrait Drawing and Graphics – Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina • “End of the Quotation”, Sofia University – Sofia, Bulgaria • “Club of the Young Artists – Review”, Shipka 6 Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria • “The Autumn Salon”, Shipka 6 Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria 1989 • The 3rd International Competition for Drawing – Ell Ferrol, Spain • The 4th International Competition for Young Painters – Sofia, Bulgaria 1985 • “Botev’s Land” – Vratza Art Gallery – Vratza, Bulgaria 1983 • “Man and Labor” – Garovo Art Gallery – Garovo, Bulgaria AWARDS AND GRANTS: 2000 • International Artist Award - Silvestri Art Directory, Chicago, IL, U.S.A. 1998 • Diploma – 2nd place of public from the 5th International Woodcarving Symposium – Brienz, Switzerland • Diploma – 2nd place of jury from the 5th International Woodcarving Symposium – Brienz, Switzerland • Grant of KulturKontakt – Wien, Austria link • Grant of Summer Academy of Fine Arts – Salzburg, Austria 1995 • Grant of Soros Center for the Arts – Sofia, Bulgaria 1992 • Full Fellowship for Residency of the Vermont Studio Center – Johnson, VT, U.S.A. • Scholarship of the Art Student League of New York – New York City, U.S.A. 1991 • Grant of the International Foundation “Sts. Cyril and Methodius” – Sofia, Bulgaria 1990 • Honorable Mention from the International Art Competition Toronto ’90, Tannas Gallery – Toronto, Canada 1989 • Honor Diploma from the 4th International Competition for Young Painters – Sofia, Bulgaria • Honorable Mention from the 3rd International Competition for Drawing – Ell Ferrol, Spain WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: • G.R. N’Namdi Gallery – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link • Microsoft Corporation – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. • Queens Museum of Art – New York City, U.S.A. link • San Fernando Museum – Madrid, Spain • National Palace of Culture – Sofia, Bulgaria • Gallery of the Portrait – Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina • Brienz International Sculpture Symposium’s Foundation – Brienz, Switzerland • Passion Greatest Mail Collection – Mechelen, Belgium • Hojer International Sculpture Symposium’s Foundation – Hojer, Denmark • Danish Post Museum – Copenhagen, Denmark BIBLIOGRAPHY CATALOGUE. Studio Visit, Volume 3 – The Open Studios Press, USA. 2008 (reproduction) Who’s Who in American Art. Edition 2009 – New Providence, NJ, USA. 2008 – 2009 Art Diary International – The World Art Directory – Giancarlo Politi Editore, Milan, Italy. 2002 – 2003 2000 Outstanding Artists and Designers of the 20th Century – International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England. 2000 Heidelberg Actuell Newspaper, #8, “Voyage. Module – Installation” – Heidelberg, Germany. 1998 (reproduction) Refiner - Neckar Newspaper, #178, “Bulgarian Art in Heidelberg” – Heidelberg, Germany. 1998 (reproduction) Mannheim Morgen Newspaper, “Beechen und Figure” – Mannheim, Germany. 07.05.1998 (reproduction) CATALOGUE. “The 5th International Woodcarving Symposium” – Brienz, Switzerland. 1998 CATALOGUE. “Voyage – Plamen Yordanov“. Artec N1 Gallery – Mannheim, Germany. 1998 (reproductions) CATALOGUE. “VideoHarT”. Soros Center for the Arts – Sofia, Bulgaria. 1997 (reproduction) CATALOGUE. “Bulgarian Artbook” – Sofia, Bulgaria. 1997 (reproductions) Art in Bulgaria Magazine, #32, “The Plastic Image of the 90s” – Sofia, Bulgaria. 1997 (reproduction) CATALOGUE. “Located Work”, The Antonio Ratti Foundation – Como, Italy. 1997 (reproduction) CATALOGUE. “The 4th International Sculpture Symposium” – Hojer, Denmark. 1996 (reproduction) CATALOGUE. “The International Festival of Painting” – Cagne-sur-Mere, France. 1995 (reproduction) CATALOGUE. “T. E. S. ’95, the 4th European Sculpture Triennial” – Paris, France. 1995 (reproduction) CATALOGUE. “The 18th International Independante Exhibition of Prints” – Kanagawa, Japan. 1995 (reproduction) CATALOGUE. “International Print Biennial Belgrade ‘94” – Belgrade, Yugoslavia. 1994 (reproduction) Who’s Who in International Art. Edition 1994-95 – Lausanne, Switzerland. 1994 CATALOGUE. “S.O.F. A. Art Event Nyborg” – Nyborg, Denmark. 1994 (reproduction) Art in Bulgaria Magazine, #15, “Gallery Sezoni” – Sofia, Bulgaria. 1994. O.K. Newspaper, “Bulgarian Artists in S.O.F.A. Art Event Nyborg” – Sofia, Bulgaria. 10.10.1994 Standart Newspaper – Sofia, Bulgaria. 26.04.1994 (reproduction) Vek 21 Newspaper, “My” Exhibition”, Rumiana Yontcheva – Sofia, Bulgaria. 28.04.1994 (reproduction) Art in Bulgaria Magazine, #11 and #12, – Sofia, Bulgaria. 1994 (reproduction) Trud Newspaper – Sofia, Bulgaria. 20.01.1994 (reproduction) Express Newspaper, “Young Artist Is Looking For luck”, Aleks Stoyanov – Sofia, Bulgaria. 20.01.1994 (reproduction) Express Newspaper – Sofia, Bulgaria. 25.01.1994 (reproduction) Duma Newspaper, #30, “Balance of the Eclectic Time”, Svilen Stefanov, – Sofia, Bulgaria. 1994 (reproduction) CATALOGUE. “Plamen Yordanov – Paintings 1991 – 93”, Riegelsberger Gallery – Mannheim, Germany. 1993 (reprod.) Art in Bulgaria Magazine #4,“Gallery Sapio Presents New Names”, Maria Vasileva – Sofia, Bulgaria. 1993 (reproduction) Express Newspaper, “Youth is Going Abroad”, Ognemir Streltsov – Sofia, Bulgaria. 21.12.1993 (reproduction) Kultura Newspaper, Maria Vasileva – Sofia, Bulgaria. 29.01.1993 (reproduction) CATALOGUE. “Bulgarian Art”, Gagliardi Gallery – London, England. 1992 (reproduction) CATALOGUE. “Plamen Yordanov – Installations and Assemblages”, Montserrat Gallery – New York, U.S.A. 1992.(reprod.) “Drawing: Some Methodical and Creative Processes in the National Academy of Fine Arts”, Aleksander Stanev – Sofia, Bulgaria. 1992 (reproductions). Mannheimer Morgen Newspaper, ”Kosmische Tiefe”, Mike Seifert – Mannheim, Germany. 26.03.1991 CATALOGUE. “Budapest Art EXPO ’91” – Budapest, Hungary. 1991 (reproduction) CATALOGUE. “International Biennial of Portrait Drawings and Graphics” – Tuzla, Bosna and Herzegovina. 1990 (reprod.) Otetchestven Front Newspaper, ”Without Limits”, Orieta Antova, – Sofia, Bulgaria. 17.04.1990 CATALOGUE. “International Competition for Drawing” – Ell Ferrol, Spain. 1989 (reproduction) Art in Bulgaria Magazine, #6,“Man and Labor”, Chavdar Popov – Sofia, Bulgaria. 1983 |
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