Biography
Ivaylo Avramov is a sculptor living and working in Sofia. He graduated from the National Academy of Arts with a degree in "Sculpture". He has a doctorate in Art History and Fine Art at the National Academy of Arts. Winner of the award for sculpture "Ivan Lazarov" in 2022.
A central problem in the his work is the study of abstraction in its modern transformations, as an organized structure; as a hidden structural correlation between objects and phenomena; as a research approach of the connection and dependence between individual elements in the broad horizon; as a de-escalating means of dehumanizing the work and so on.
Participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions, among which:
Solo exhibtions:
2024 "Linked Balance", Arosita Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2023 "Supports. Sculpture in Architecture", Vladimir Dimitrov-Maistora Gallery, Kyustendil, Bulgaria
2023 "Capacity", Vaska Emanuilova Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2023 Credo Box: "Tilted", Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2019 Night Light / Bitter Curses, Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, Wright State
University, Dayton, OH, USA
2007 "Objects", Gallery "Circle", Sofia, Bulgaria
Group exhibtions:
2021-2022 "White Object", San Stefano Gallery - Salon for Contemporary Art, Sofia, Bulgaria, curated by Ivaylo Avramov
2020 "The Invisible. Visualizations Beyond Memory, Imagination and Simulated Reality", Rayko Alexiev Gallery, UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria, curated by Stanislav Pamukchiev and Peter Tsanev
2020 "Where is the Sculpture?", Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, curated by Kiril Vassilev
2017-2018 "The Debate on Reality", UBA, Shipka Exhibition Centre 6, Sofia, Bulgaria, curated by Stanislav Pamukchiev, Peter Tsanev and Kiril Vassilev
2015 "Without Distance", Raiko Alexiev Gallery, UBA, Sofia, Bulgaria, curated by Kiril Vassilev
2014 "The Untold Bulgarian Abstraction", UBA, Shipka Exhibition Center 6, Sofia, Bulgaria, curated by Stanislav Pamukchiev and Peter Tsanev
About
"Ivaylo Avramov's work offers something fundamentally different. He creates his works not in the studio, but in the gallery. They are inspired by the peculiarities of the interior space. His works are an interpretation and sometimes a direct transformation of architecture, in which the distinction between sculpture and architecture is erased. … The creative process does not end with the creation, but with the destruction of the work. Materials and structural elements remain from it, which can be reused, as well as a video and photo archive prepared by the author himself. This method of work brings sculpture closer to the theatrical spectacle, performance and musical performance, i.e. to the arts that have traits of an event. It can be said that Ivaylo Avramov turns the gallery into a stage where the same spectacle is always played - the spectacle of the creation and destruction of the sculpture. A sculptor in this perspective is not a person who creates sculptures, but a person who creates the conditions, initiates and maintains a potentially endless process of creation, destruction and recycling of sculpture. A process that has no other purpose outside of itself.”
from "Creation, destruction, recycling", Kiril Vassilev
Gallery
Ivaylo Avramov
Linked balance, 2024.
Site-specific
Details
- Photographer: Ivaylo Avramov
- Material: Hot-rolled angle, MDF, coal slurry
- Width: 100.00 cm Height: 210.00 cm Depth: 600.00 cm
- Sizes: 600х210х100 сm
- Property of: Property of the author
Ivaylo Avramov
Supports, 2023.
Site-specific
Details
- Photographer: Ivaylo Avramov
- Material: Hot-rolled sheet metal, crushed stone fraction
- Width: 1450.00 cm Height: 25.00 cm Depth: 1400.00 cm
- Sizes: 1450х1400х25 сm
- Property of: Property of the author
Ivaylo Avramov
Gravity transforms inert matter through energy without changing its mass, 2020.
Site-specific
Details
- Photographer: Ivaylo Avramov
- Material: Metal, MDF, gray alkyd paint with graphite pigment, coal slurry, steel rope, winch
- Width: 220.00 cm Height: 180.00 cm Depth: 160.00 cm
- Sizes: 160х180х220 сm
- Property of: Property of the author
Ivaylo Avramov
Extensions, 2023.
Site-specific
Details
- Photographer: Ivaylo Avramov
- Material: Plasterboard, white acrylate latex
- Width: 175.00 cm Height: 85.00 cm Depth: 568.00 cm
- Sizes: 568х175х85 сm
- Property of: Property of the author
Ivaylo Avramov
The Transformation of a Wall, 2021.
Site-specific
Details
- Photographer: Ivaylo Avramov
- Material: Plasterboard, white acrylate latex, graphite
- Width: 401.00 cm Height: 357.00 cm Depth: 34.00 cm
- Sizes: 401х357х34 сm
- Property of: Property of the author
