Ivo Stoyanov

The lush, layered and boldly energetic paintings of Ivo Stoyanov have been admired and collected in the United States, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, China, United Arab Emirates, Bulgaria and Spain. Stoyanov studied Mural Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria and he has been recipient of numerous prestigious grants and mural commissions.

“My paintings are meditative work, inspired by the fragility and beauty of natural forms and attempt to reclaim the experience of outdoors in my Toronto studio. The working process focuses on applying layers of various colors and textures over incised and drawn marks, looking for both a spontaneous and informed image – that place where surprise and intention meet.I am using a combination of acrylic paint mediums, marble dust, pigments and cold wax medium, resulting in a satin surface, rich with visual texture, original mood and energy.”


“Some artists strive to involve their audience in a relationship that is more intimate than vision alone permits. Ivo Stoyanov coaxes our eyes and heads into that transcendental place, a simultaneously light and dark place, where he firmly believes that art, and especially art about the natural world, shakes hands wit...

1984-1990 Fine Arts Academy,
Sofia,Bulgaria
Masters Degree in Fine Art
Major in Mural Painting
1978-1982 High School of Fine Arts,
Sofia,Bulgaria
Bachelor of Fine Art

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2019 Little Stories to Tell; In2art Gallery, Oakville, On.
2009 New Works’09: Art Square Gallery , Toronto
2008 Interventions : Modern Weave , Toronto
2006 Mindscapes ; Lipman ContemporaryArt, Toronto.
2005 Symbols of Memory;Lipman Contemporary Art,Toronto.
2004 Manitoulin Series; Artocracy, Toronto,On.
2003 Spaces with a single voice; Artocracy, Toronto,On.
1998 Vessels; The Mauve Decade,Toronto,On.
1993 Intervention;The Gallery-Fine Art,St.John’s,NFLD.
1991 Vestiges; The Gallery - Fine Art,St.John’s,NFLD.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2022 "WORLDS AWAY", ARTA Gallery ,Toronto
2022 Expressions of Canadian Art, ARTA Gallery, Toronto
2021 Negotiating Diaspora; OENO Gallery , Prince Edward County,On.
2020 Summer Array; OENO Gallery , Prince Edward County,On.
2020 Modes of Being; Arta Gallery; Toronto,On.
2020 Winter Tonic ; OENO Gallery , Prince Edward County,On.
2019 Arta Holiday Show; Arta Gallery ; Toronto, On.
2019 Art Exhibition Hollace Cluny & Lipman Art; Toronto, On.
2019 Art in Motion; Arta Gallery ; Toronto, On.
2019 Blue Inspiration; Arta Gallery ; Toronto, On.
2019 Resident Artist’s Exhibition; Arta Gallery; Toronto,On.
2018 Hot and Cold; Arta Galler...