Pravdoliub Ivanov
Pravdoliub Ivanov, born in 1964 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Lives and works in Sofia. His art includes installation, photography, object and drawing. In 1993 he graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia. He has worked at his Alma Mater as Assistant Professor since 1996. He is also a member of the Institute of Contemporary Art-Sofia.
He represented Bulgaria at the Venice Biennale (2007); participated in the biennales in: Berlin (2006); Athens (2006); Sydney (2004); Manifesta 3 in Ljubljana (2000); Stanbul (1995); Triennale in Milano (2017). He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in among others: Fridericianum Museum, Kassel (2003); Essl Collection, Klosterneuburg (2003); Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen (2009); Royal Academy of Arts, London (2011); MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art, Cracow (2012); TANAS and Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin (2013); Villa Empain, Boghossian Foundation, Brussels (2015); Zacheta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (2016); Arsenal Gallery, Białystok (2019). He was a fellow of the Henry Moore Foundation, CES Artslink in New York, KulturKontakt in Austria and others. The artist took part in the residence Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris.
His works are part of the international institutional and private collections: Deutsche Bank; Deutsche Telekom; ERSTE Bank in Vienna; Europe Investment Bank in Luxembourg; Koc Collection in Istambul; National Gallery, Sofia; Arsenal Gallery, Białystok.
Web: www.pravdo.com
Exhibitions in the gallery: Half-truth, Just Another Boring Day, Neglectable Incidents at the Level of the Eyes

The Chaos of Desires is Being Arranged by the Disappointments, 2017 Installation: 2 tables, double set of objects, apricot stones

The Chaos of Desires is Being Arranged by the Disappointments

The Chaos of Desires is Being Arranged by the Disappointments

Paper Movie (Kaleidoscope-B&W), 2017, ink-jet printed paper, metal screws, 29.7 x 21 x 4.5 cm

Trying to Walk in My Own Shoes, 2003-2017, color photo print, 99 x 150 cm

Existing Object-XII, 2003 (From the series EO), color photo print, 70 x 47 cm

Lamps, 2013, still, HD video, sound

Light Trip, 2012, still, HD video, sound

Flag, 2014, still, HD video, sound

Black Balloons, 2013, HD video, sound, 1'10''

There Is Certain Comfort In Abstraction, 2014, metal rail, 20 x 237 x 50 cm

The Life of Others Is Somehow Easier, 2005-2014, original doghouse hanged on the wall , 90 x 125 x 99 cm

Childhood, 2013, object, 177 x 56 x 8 cm

Unnamed Light Boxes, 2014, two lightboes, 141,5 x 85 x 11,7 cm; 40 x 28 x 11,5 cm

Just Another Boring Day, 2014, puzzles, 47 x 67 cm

Hand print, 2001, two colour photographs, lambda print, 50 x 75 cm each

From the series Non Works, 2007-, photograph, lambda print, 40 x 60 cm

Zig-Zag Palm Tree, 2014, drawing, pencil and ink on paper, 27 x 25 cm

Childhood, 2013, drawing, pencil and watercolour on paper, 38 x 45 cm

From the series Non Works, 2007- , photograph, lambda print, 26 x 35 cm

From the series Existing Subjects, 2007, drawing, pencil and tempera on paper, 35 x 26 cm

Domestic Patterns, 2011, photograph: lambda print on paper, mounted on dibond, 2 × 120 × 90 cm, Ed. 2/5

There Are No Perfect Games, 2008, installation of modified found objects, dimensions variable

Just Because, 2011, mi×ed media: acrylic and lacquer on cardboard, 100 × 70 cm

Feel free to suffer, Drawing on trace paper, lacquer, mounted on Rives paper, 62,5 × 42,5 cm

Everybody Suffers, Drawing, pencil on trace paper, lacquer, mounted on Rives paper, 54,5 × 69 cm

Endless Suffering, Drawing, pencil on trace paper, lacquer, mounted on Rives paper, 54,5 × 69cm

One Hour, photo installation, 60 B&W photographs, archival ink print, size of each print 20 × 20 cm, wooden frame, glass, Ed. 2/3

60 minutes, B&W photography, 60 exposures on one single film square, archival ink print, 60 × 80 cm, Ed. 2/5

24 houres, B&W photography, 24 shots on one single film square, archival ink print, 60 × 80 cm, Ed. 2/5

Existing Object-XI, 2003, rug, slippers, 450 × 67 cm