Pravdoliub Ivanov

Pravdoliub Ivanov was born in 1964. He lives and works in Sofia, Bulgaria. He represented Bulgaria at the 2007 Venice Biennale, participated in the biennales in Berlin (2006), Athens (2006) and Sydney (2004), Manifesta 3, Ljubljana (2000), 4th International Istanbul Biennial (1995), and in many solo and group exhibitions. He was a fellow of the Henry Moore Foundation, CEC Artslink New York, KulturKontakt (Austria) and other institutions, and took part in residencies of Cité Internationale des Arts Paris. Ivanov is Assistant Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia. He is a member of the Institute of Contemporary Art Sofia, a grassroots independent association of artists and art and culture critics which stages exhibitions, issues publications and hosts seminars. Pravdoliub Ivanov’s works are part of international institutional and private collections including Art Collection Telekom, ERSTE Bank Vienna, Europe Investment Bank Luxembourg, Koç Istanbul, and National Gallery Sofia.

In his work Ivanov uses ordinary objects, familiar from everyday activities and ‘existential’ situations, showing them in possible but illogical arrangements and thus situating them at the fringes of reality. He often exploits the absurdity of clichés that automatically associate various objects with certain conditions or forms of behaviour.

Web: www.pravdo.com

Exhibitions in the gallery: Half-truth, Just Another Boring Day, Neglectable Incidents at the Level of the Eyes

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