Nikola Vudrag at “Personal Structures — Beyond Boundaries”
Palazzo Mora, Venice, IT
Stanislav Bojankov
b. 1966, Bulgarian
- By Sylvia Walker
Biography
Born in 1966 in Bulgaria, Stanislav Bojankov is a contemporary artist best known for his multimedia artworks and installations. Marked by cultural history and individual universal perceptions, Bojankov’s visual language consists of symbols, signs, and codes, exploring the global through a local prism.
The starting point of the artistic concept of Stanislav Bojankov’s practice lies in the horizon of the existence of phenomena creating a continuum, such as thought, time and space. Here, the echo of individual traces of existence is identified with the notion of the roots. Think of prehistory, classical antiquity, orthodoxy, the enigma of voices and incantations, or existentialism.
The ego becomes a particle of matter, which is scattered amongst the romantic autonomy of the fatherland. Doing so, a particular visualization is revealed. A feeling of unity to be more specific, amongst the collective perceptions and their comprehension.
As a result, the main aim of Bojankov is to contribute to these local and global cultural traditions. Simultaneously, the Bulgarian artist creates new expectations within the modern individual’s universal perceptions. They are transformed into widely understood elements, think of signs, symbols, or codes. This genuine path succeeds in exploring the global through the local.
Career Facts
Stanislav Bojankov continues to work and reside in Bulgaria. He completed his MFA in Printmaking in 1995 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Poland, in the studio of Prof. Andrzej Pietsch, working in painting, drawing and graphic art.
Ever since, the Bulgarian artist has participated in over 400 exhibitions and art events across the globe. in 2003, he received the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in New York, the United States of America, before receiving it a second time in 2007. In 2016 he received a recognition at the 2016 American Art Awards in the category Cubism in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
Further, the contemporary artist features in over 40 public collections, encompassing institutions such as the MIG Museo Internazionale della Grafica – Biblioteca Comunale A. Appella in Castronuovo di Sant’Andrea, Italy; the Liaohe Art Museum in Panjin, China; the Graphic collection International Print Triennial in Sofia, Bulgaria; the China Printmaking Museum in Guanlan, China; the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts; the Museum of Graphic Arts in Cairo, Egypt; the State Gallery of Art Vladimir Dimitrov in Kyustendil, Bulgaria; the Majdanek State Museum in Lublin, Poland; the State Gallery of Art in Lodz, Poland; the Graphic Fund Collection in Varna, Bulgaria; the Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporate Collection, the United States of America; the Museum of Art Paolo Pini (MAPP) in Milano, Italy; or the Collection of art of Schio’s Municipality in Italy, to name just a few.
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Last Updated on May 3, 2023
Sylvia Walker
Sylvia Walker (b. 1986, US) is an art historian, essayist, art critic, and curator. After contributing to numerous publications, and curating exhibitions in the United States of America and beyond, she currently works as the assistant director of Contemporary Art Issue (CAI).
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