Biography
Sasho Violetov was born in 1985, in Sofia. Lives and works in Sofia. He has MA (2017) and BA (2015) in “Mural Painting” from NAA, Sofia. He studied in Fine Art Academy in Brescia, Italy in 2013
Solo shows:
- Spectators, 2016, [a]cube contemporary Gallery, Sofia, curator Enil Enchev
Group shows:
- Do you understand me? I understand you, 2015, Curator Ivana Nencheva, The Fridge Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Lifestyles and Still Life, Curator Vera Mlechevska, LUBOMIROV/ANGUS-HUGHES Gallery, London, UK
- BAZA Award for contemporary art - nominees, 2017, Curator Daniela Radeva, Sofia City Art Gallery, Bulgaria
- Contemporary art competition, 2018, Curator Neda Mitkovska, Nuance Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Art Idea-Art Alley Art fest, Contemporary Art in Public, 2018, Curator Martina Stefanova, Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
About
Humour is a keye element in my practise. I’m interested in recontextualization and formation of fake meaning. My works, mainly, are inspired by pictures, movie stills, upside down thinking, a sentence from a short story, mental archetypes, etc.
Gallery
Sasho Violetov
I can't draw hands, 2017.
Painting
Details
- Material: Oil on paper
- Width: 70.00 cm Height: 100.00 cm Depth: 2.00 cm
Sasho Violetov
Optimist/Pessimist, 2018.
Painting
Details
- Material: Oil on paper
- Width: 200.00 cm Height: 70.00 cm Depth: 2.00 cm
Sasho Violetov
Untitled, 2016.
Painting
Details
- Material: Acrylic on paper
- Width: 150.00 cm Height: 70.00 cm Depth: 2.00 cm
Sasho Violetov
53 square inches of Freud, 2017.
Painting
Details
- Material: Pencil on digital print
- Width: 17.00 cm Height: 17.00 cm Depth: 2.00 cm
Sasho Violetov
20 attempts to achieve perfection, 2015.
Painting
Details
- Material: Coal on canvas
- Width: 70.00 cm Height: 50.00 cm Depth: 1.00 cm
