Plamen Yordanov C.V. 2016
- 1. PLAMEN YORDANOV plamenart@hotmail.com 6540 N. Washtenaw Ave, Chicago, IL 60645, USA EDUCATION: 1997 Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, the Public Art Program with Prof. Agnes Denes Salzburg, Austria 1995 Antonio Ratti Foundation, the Advanced Course in Visual Arts with Prof. Joseph Kosuth Como, Italy 1992 Vermont Studio Center, the program with Prof. Robert Henry and Prof. Roger Winter Johnson, VT, U.S.A. 1985-90 National Academy of Art, Department of Painting with Prof. Svetlin Rusev Sofia, Bulgaria, MFA degree SOLO EXHIBITIONS/PROJECTS: 2012 Indigenous Memories, Jack Olson Gallery, School of Art, Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL, U.S.A. link 2008 Portrait of a Collector, 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 1994 Installations and Assemblages, National Palace of Culture Sofia, Bulgaria link 1, link 2 1992 Recent Paintings, Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center Johnson, VT, U.S.A. 1991 Noah's Ark, Wolfgang Riegelsberger Gallery Mannheim, Germany (catalogue) International Foundation St. Cyril and St. Methodius Sofia, Bulgaria GROUP EXHIBITIONS/PROJECTS: 2016 Chicago Sculpture Exhibit Chicago, IL, U.S.A. 18th Annual Postcards from the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins & Co. New York, NY, U.S.A. 2015 ArtExpo New York, NY, U.S.A. link Postcards from the Edge, - Luhring Augustine Gallery New York, NY, U.S.A. link 2013 What Do You Hear, SoundCloud DropBox in conjunction with Soundings: A Contemporary Score, MoMA New York link #summerdream, Yoko Onos project, Bullukian Foundation, La Biennale de Lyon Lyon, France Personal Structures, La Biennale di Venezia - 55th International Art Exhibition, Palazzo Bembo Venice, Italy link (catalogue) Postcards from the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins & Co. New York, NY, U.S.A. link 2012 Visions of Death, Couvent des Cordeliers Paris, France Visions of Death, Salon du Chocolat Paris, France Visions of Death, Queens Museum of Art New York, NY, U.S.A. link Triumph of Ca誰ssa. Dedication to Marcel Duchamp, Tretyakov State Gallery Moscow, Russia link Re/Invention, ARC Gallery and Educational Foundation Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link 7th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art and artwiki.org Berlin, Germany link Postcards from the Edge, Cheim & Read Gallery New York, NY, U.S.A. link 2011 Drawing Connections, Siena Art Institute Siena, Italy link (catalogue) frag-men-tal, Richard J. Daley Center Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link 1, link 2 frag-men-tal, 4 th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Parallel Program Moscow, Russia link (catalogue) Nord Art 2011, KiC Kunst in der Carlsh端tte B端delsdorf, Germany link 1, link 2 (catalogue) In Bloom, Oakbrook Center, Guggenheim Partners commission Hinsdale, IL, U.S.A. link The Popular Show, Townhouse Gallery Cairo, Egypt link 6th Annual KIWA Woodblock Print Exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum Kyoto, Japan link (catalogue) 7th Annual Fine Art Auction Exhibit, Contemporary Art Center Peoria, Peoria, IL, U.S.A. link An Exchange with Sol LeWitt, MASSMoCA Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA, U.S.A link Postcards from the Edge, CRG Gallery New York, NY link 1, link 2 2010 ABSENCE, Queens Museum of Art New York, NY, U.S.A. link 1, link 2 4th Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China Beijing, China link 1, link 2 (catalogue) Beyond Borders 4, Richard J. Daley Center Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link 1, link 2 Re: Contemplating the Void, Guggenheim Museum New York, NY link G.R. NNamdi Gallery Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link Fracking: Art and Activism Against the Drill - Exit Art, New York City, NY (closed, 2012) Immigrant Art, SICA - The Shore Institute of The Contemporary Arts Long Branch, NJ, U.S.A. link Bound & Gathered, Edge Zones Art Center Miami, FL, U.S.A. link Michael Landy: Art Bin, South London Gallery London, England link Artist Made Books, Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Norris University Center, Northwestern University Evanston, IL, U.S.A. link 2009 "Design it" Shelter Competition, Guggenheim and Google Flickr Group, Guggenheim Museum New York, NY Under the Viaduct, Architrouve Gallery Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link A Book about Death Queens Museum of Art Queens, NY, U.S.A. ArtPrize, Blue Bridge/City of Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A. (catalogue) Nude, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. link (catalogue) Arts Horizons LeRoy Neiman Art Center New York, NY, U.S.A. link Immigration Journeys Jukebox Project , Queens Museum of Art Queens, NY, U.S.A. link Beyond Borders 3, Richard J. Daley Center Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link 1, link 2
- 2. 2008 Chicago Art Center Chicago, IL, U.S.A. Beyond Borders 2, Richard J. Daley Center Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link 1, link 2 2007 Beyond Borders 1, Richard J. Daley Center Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link 1, link 2 Peace Tower, a project by Mark di Suvero Chicago Cultural Center Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link 2004 Artists 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 Pier Walk, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link (catalogue) Maquette 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 (catalogue) 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 (catalogue) 1998 Border Crossings, the 8th International Sculptors Symposium Braunau, Austria (catalogue) 5th International Sculpture Symposium Brienz, Switzerland (catalogue) Bulgarian Graphic Art Today, Rathausgalerie Br端hl, Germany Bulgarian Artbook, BRINZ 39 Foundation Z端rich, Switzerland (catalogue) 1997 Bulgarian Artbook, Ata Gallery for Contemporary Art Sofia, Bulgaria (catalogue) The 3rd International Sculpture Symposium Sur En/Sent, Switzerland (catalogue) Voyage, Installation in the Old Salt Mine Hallein, Austria link Stedelijk Museum Hof Van Busleyden Meechelen, Belgium 1996 Plastic Image of the 90s, the National Palace of Culture Sofia, Bulgaria link The 4th International Sculpture Symposium Hojer, Denmark link (catalogue) Cultural Centre A. Spinoy Mechelen, Belgium Section 13 Annual Exhibition, Shipka 6 Gallery (exhibition halls of Union of Bulgarian Artists) Sofia, BG 1995 3rd International Sculpture Symposium Hojer, Denmark (catalogue) Located Work, Antonio Ratti Foundation Como, Italy, link 1 link 2 (catalogue) International Festival of Painting Cagne-sur-Mer, France (catalogue) T. E. S. 95 4th European Sculpture Triennial (IV Triennale Europ辿enne de Sculpture, Jardin des Plantes) Paris, France (catalogue) VideoHarT, Soros Center for the Arts Annual Exhibition, Archaeological Museum Sofia, Bulgaria (catalogue) The 18th International Independent Exhibition of Prints in Kanagawa Kanagawa, Japan 1994 S.O.F.A. Art Event Nyborg, Denmark (catalogue) Selected from the Bulgarian Contemporary Art (60s 90s years of 20th Century), Gallery for Foreign Art of the International Foundation St. Cyril and St. Methodius and Norman Art Gallery Sofia, Bulgaria The Autumn Salon, Shipka 6 Gallery (exhibition halls of the Union of Bulgarian Artists) Sofia, Bulgaria (catalogue) Annual Exhibition of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, Shipka 6 Gallery Sofia, Bulgaria (catalogue) 13, Shipka 6 Gallery (exhibition halls of the Union of Bulgarian Artists) Sofia, Bulgaria (catalogue) 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 Annual Exhibition of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, Shipka 6 Gallery Sofia, Bulgaria (catalogue) 1992 Bulgarian Art, Gagliardi Gallery London, England link (catalogue) 1991 Budapest Art EXPO '91 Budapest, Hungary (catalogue) 1990 International Gallery of Portrait Tuzla Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina AWARDS/GRANTS/PUBLIC COMMISSIONS: 2015 Infinity, Rigby Group, London link 2014 Infinity, University of Minnesota, Morris, MN, U.S.A. 2012 Genesis, Orland Park Public Art commission (2008-2013) Orland Park, IL, U.S.A. 2011 Infinity Mobile, In Bloom, Oakbrook Center Hinsdale, IL, U.S.A. (Guggenheim Partners commission) Spin Art, In Bloom exhibition, Oakbrook Center Hinsdale, IL, U.S.A. (Hinsdale Bank and Trust commission) 2010 Green Office Challenge Awards, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA Chicago, IL, U.S.A. 2003 Live Performance Series Museum of Science and Industry Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link 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. 1991 Grant of the International Foundation St. Cyril and St. Methodius Sofia, Bulgaria link 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