biography of Latchezar BOYADJIEV (1959)

Personal data


Birth : 1957 - Sofiya, Bulgaria
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Bulgaria

Address

Sofiya, Bulgaria

Education

1992 : KulturKontakt – Spittelberggasse 3 – Vienna, Austria
1975 – 1980 : National Art Academy / Nationalen Kunstakademie (MA Art History and Theory) – Sofiya, Bulgaria

Professional data


Work and Life

1993:He benefits of The Getty Grant Program, Santa Monica, CA, USA; The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, USA (Artslink grant from The Open Society Institute), New York.

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Acrylic
Print-Multiple : Digital print
Sculpture-Volume : Installation
Photography :
Drawing-Watercolor : Collage

Subject

space/environment
history/society
games
psy

Works

Chairs and Symbols. A project for peaceful co-identification
Date of creation : 1995-1997
Medium : Installation
Process : photograph
Size : 50 x 70 cm
 
How Many Nails in a Mouth ? Homage to Gunter Uecker
Date of creation : 1995
Medium : Plastic
Size : 10 x 13 cm
 
Homage to...
Date of creation : 1995
Medium : Installation
Process : photograph
 
Crucifixion of the Fisherman
Date of creation : 1991-1992
Medium : Installation
 
Fortifications of Faith
Date of creation : 1989-1991
Medium : Installation
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

1999

@e-face.show
ATA Center for Contemporay Art – Sofiya, Bulgaria
1999

1997

Cover Version 2
Hohenthal & Bergen – Cologne, Germany
1997

1994

The Fountain of Europe : Doubletake
Center for Curatorial Studies Museum – Bard College – Annandale-on-Hudson NY, United States
1994

1992

Festigung des Glaubens
IFA Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen – Stuttgart, Germany
1992

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Congress/symposium

1995

Beyond Belief : Contemporary Art from East Central Europe
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
1995


Group exhibitions

2002

The Collective Unconsciousness
Migros Museum – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
2002 – 03/31/2002

Graphica Creativa
Jyväskylä Taidemuseo – Jyväskylä, Finland
06/14/2002 – 09/01/2002

Manifesta 4
Frankfurt, Germany
05/25/2002 – 08/25/2002

2001

Tirana Biennale 1 – Escape
National Gallery – Tirana, Albania
09/15/2001 – 10/15/2001

2000

L’Autre Moitié de l’Europe / The Other Side Of Europe
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume – Paris, France
02/08/2000 – 06/21/2000

1999

TEMP-Balkania, temporary media lab
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art – Helsinki, Finland
1999

Translocations. (new) media/art
Generali Foundation – Vienna, Austria
1999

After the Wall : Art and culture in post-Communist Europe
Moderna Museet – Stockholm, Sweden
10/16/1999 – 01/16/2000

1998

Bulgariaavantgarde. Kräftemessen II
Künstlerwerkstatt – Munich, Germany
1998

1997

Documenta X
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/21/1997 – 09/28/1997

1995

Orientation : The Vision of Art in A Paradoxical World – 4th International Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
11/10/1995 – 12/10/1995

Kwangju Biennale, n° 1
Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
09/20/1995 – 11/20/1995

1994

Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, n°22
São Paulo, Brazil
1994

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

2000

Fresh Cream
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
11/2000
ISBN : 0714891142


Exhibition catalogues

2001

Tirana Biennale 1
Publisher: Giancarlo Politi Editore – Via Carlo Farini 68 – Milan MI, Italy
Preface Writer: Robecchi Michele – Milan MI, Italy
2001
ISBN : 8878161225


Periodicals

2002

im migros museum
in: Kunst-Bulletin n° 3 p. 54
Zürich ZH, Switzerland
03/2002

h3. 1999

BOUBNOVA Iara – Inventing a People
in: Flash Art n° 206
Milan MI, Italy
05/1999-06/1999

Legals