Sasho Violetov

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

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  • 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   

Sasho Violetov

Untitled, 2016.

Painting

Details

  • Material: Acrylic on canvas
  • Width: 42.00 cm    Height: 42.00 cm    Depth: 2.00 cm