Biography
Kaloyan Iliev - Kokimoto was born 1979 in Varna, Bulgaria. He lives and works in Varna and Sofia. Graduated MA in Graphics at the Faculty of Fine Arts in St. Cyril and St. Methodius, Veliko Turnovo University, Bulgaria /2007/ and Specialization from the Graphic Art Department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, Poland /2008/ Member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists /2010/. He has realized over 35 solo exhibitions in Varna, Plovdiv, Sofia, Belgium and Denmark.
He has participated all over the world in over 190 group exhibitions, festivals of contemporary art, annuals, biennials and triennials of drawing, printmaking and collage. Some of them are: ARTVILNIUS, the First International Contemporary Art Fair in the Baltic States Litexpo, Vilnius, Lithuania (2009); LETTRA - Print and Letter, curated by Teresa B. Frodyma, Krakow, Poland (2009); Contemporary Bulgarian Printmaking Exhibition, Higashi Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan (2010); The Big Wave, curated by Maria Vasileva, August in Art, Biennial of Contemporary Art, Varna, Bulgaria (2010); kunStart 10, 7th International Art Fair of Bolzano Curated by David Tomasi, Bolzano, Italy (2010); SHORTLIST 2010, Exhibition of the nominated artist for the Gaudenz B. Ruf Award, Rayko Aleksiev Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria (2010); Curated by Vienna 2011, Portraits and self-portraits in private collections, Curated by Liliana Popescu, Knoll Gallery, Vienna, Austria (2011); Post Pop Punks, Cohn Drennan Contemporary Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA (2011); East of best. Young Bulgarian Contemporary Art, Roodkapje Rottterdam Gallery, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (2012); The Wrong, New Digital Art Biennale, Homeostasis Lab public & unlimited pavilion, São Paulo, Brasil (2013); Eurasia Art Express Project, International Art Fair, MBC Gallery and SSEE Space, Daejeon, South Korea (2014); Save the Dreams, Contemporary Artists from Bulgaria, Bulgarian collection of Imago Mundi - Luciano Benetton Collection, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy (2015); European Cuteness Art, Pallazzo Del Parlamento di Romania, Sala Espositiva "Constantin Brancusi", Bucharest, Romania (2016); RE FORGET YOUR PAST, Project by Nikola Mihov, Photosynthesis Gallery, Sofia (2017)
Kokimoto has received fifteen awards for graphics, ex libris, drawing and painting. His works are in 19 collections in Bulgaria, Turkey, Serbia, Romania, Italy, Spain, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Uruguay, Thailand, Japan and China.
About
In my works I recreate the relationship between myself and people in a manipulated reality. The unusual thinks that I create in graphics, drawings, collages, photographs and installations are as fruit of my memories and creative inventions. In many of my works can be seen my interest in various social problems. New world order, the role of icons in modern society and attitudes towards animals are just some of the topics that repeatedly can be found in my works. Passing of religion in politics, to everyday situations absurd, I'm interested in more common emotional and mental conditions such as narcissism, longing for love and beauty. I have already been working with existing visual material, which I enrich with my own developments with narrative character. I tell my stories in a new way, focusing on specific aspects of the plot and so I describe my experiences once again, but this time as a spectator.
- Kaloyan Iliev Kokimoto
Gallery
Kaloyan Iliev - Kokimoto
, 2014.
Painting
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- Material: Acrylic on canvas
- Width: 46.00 cm Height: 61.00 cm Depth: cm
Kaloyan Iliev - Kokimoto
Art pop 2, 2010.
Collage
Details
- Material: Giclee print on canvas
- Width: 100.00 cm Height: 140.00 cm Depth: cm
Kaloyan Iliev - Kokimoto
The Young Kokimoto, 2018.
Photography
Details
- Material: Giclee print on canvas
- Width: 100.00 cm Height: 140.00 cm Depth: cm
Kaloyan Iliev - Kokimoto
Welcome to the New World Order, 2010.
Installation
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- Sizes: varying sizes
