Biography
Deyan Yanev (b. 1984) lives and works in Sofia, Bulgaria. He obtains a master in Painting from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia and specializes at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts as part of the Erasmus program. Resident at the Cité internationale des arts, Paris. He has nineteen solo exhibitions in Bulgaria, Germany and France as well as various participations in group exhibitions and international projects. He has been nominated for and won several awards for painting.
Some of his participations in group exhibitions and projects include:
2021 - "7 х 5 х 3. Contemporary Bulgarian Painting", Union of Bulgarian Artists, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia
2017 - "Fragmented stories", VKB Gallery, Berlin2016 - "European Cuteness Art", curator Giancarlo Carpi, House of Parliament, Bucharest, Romania and Sofia Arsenal – Museum for Contemporary Art, Sofia
2016 – “Mirror. National Autumn Exhibitions" Plovdiv, curator Prof. Galina Lardeva
2016 - "Attention: fresh paint! 33 young Bulgarian artists", curators Maria Vasileva, Daniela Radeva, Vladia Mihaylova, Sofia City Gallery
2014 - "Optical Confusions", Basement Wien, Austria
2011 - "Art at the embassy", US Embassy in Sofia2008 – Nomination for the Gaudenz B. Ruf award2008 - National Autumn Exhibitions" Plovdiv, curators Prof. Galina Lardeva and Krassimir Linkov
About
I work mainly with classic materials, such as oils, acrylics, graffiti, canvases, papers, etc. I have also made works by mixing paintings with various multimedia materials creating a specific hybrid painting. My interests as an artist are mostly socially oriented, but there’s also the question of a new fictional nature that retains my attention. My main motivation is to analyse the essential contemporary human activities and events. The fears and longings of humans. Their significant self-determination, illusions and delusions. I have tried to recreate all these stimuli and themes and materialize them in a new unreal environment, which has its own system, order and rules. I use metaphorical artistic language, through the play of visual metamorphoses, hybrids and fiction, to look for new meanings, messages and to convey a powerful psychological effect of influence. My goal is to motivate the creative thinking and imagination of the viewer, thus a work becomes open to new interpretations ; to unlock his inviolable emotions in his conscious and unconscious essence. In this way one can understand more about oneself and the others.
Gallery
Deyan Yanev
The gentleman with half face, 2020.
Painting
Details
- Material: acrylic and oil paint, canvas
- Width: 70.00 cm Height: 80.00 cm Depth: cm
- Copyright: Deyan Yanev
Deyan Yanev
Holly view, 2018.
Drawing
Details
- Material: pencil and paper
- Width: 15.00 cm Height: 16.00 cm Depth: cm
- Copyright: Deyan Yanev
Deyan Yanev
Religious stove, 2017.
Painting
Details
- Material: oil paint, canvas
- Width: 110.00 cm Height: 90.00 cm Depth: cm
- Copyright: Deyan Yanev
Deyan Yanev
Spiritual and material air forces, 2016.
Painting
Details
- Material: acrylic and oil paint, canvas
- Width: 110.00 cm Height: 90.00 cm Depth: 2.00 cm
- Copyright: Deyan Yanev
