Plamen Yordanov

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Graduated the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia with MFA in painting. Specialized in Como, Italy, Antonio Ratti Foundation, the Advanced Course in Visual Arts with Prof. Joseph Kosuth and in Salzburg, Austria, Public Arts with Prof. Agnes Denes. Founder of Chicago Art Center in 2007 and Museum of Modern Art Chicago in 2008 as a conceptual opposition to the institutionalization of art.

Participated in more than 100 exhibitions in Europe and America, including Queens Museum of Art, 2009 & 2010; Chicago Cultural Center, 2007; Daley Center, Chicago, 2007-2011; National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria; Ratti Foundation, Como, Italy, 1994; Gagliardi Gallery, London; "Re: Contemplating the Void", 2010 and "Design it", 2009, Google and Guggenheim Museum, New York; National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China, 2010; South London Gallery - London, 2010; Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, USA, 2011; 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, 2011; ArtWiki: Open Data for the Arts, 7th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany, 2011; 55th Venice Biennale, 2013.

EDUCATION:
1997 • International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, the Public Art program with Prof. Agnes Denes – Salzburg, Austria
1995 • Antonio Ratti Foundation, the Advanced Course in Visual Arts with Prof. Joseph Kosuth – Como, Italy
1992 • Vermont Studio Center, the program with Prof. Robert Henry and Prof. Roger Winter – Johnson, VT, U.S.A.
1985-90 • National Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Painting – Sofia, Bulgaria, MFA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS/PROJECTS:
2020
• “Plamen Yordanov: Frottages and Shadows”, PLAMEN Art Foundation – Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
2019
• “Rarities and Commons: Untitled Objects and Other Relics”, Julia Gray Gallery – Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
2012
• “Indigenous Memories”, Jack Olson Gallery, School of Art, Northern Illinois University – DeKalb, IL, U.S.A.
2008
• “Portrait of a Collector“, Chicago Art Center – Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
2000
• “3-D Reality Project”, University of Illinois at Chicago – Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
1999
• “Recent Paintings and Paper Works”, Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
1994
• “Installations and Assemblages”, National Palace of Culture – Sofia, Bulgaria
1992
• “Recent Paintings”, Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center – Johnson, VT, U.S.A.



GROUP EXHIBITIONS/PROJECTS:
2020
• “Postcards from the Edge”, Bortolami – New York, U.S.A.
2019
• "Sculpture in the Parks", Chicago Sculpture International – Austin Town Hall Park Cultural Center, Chicago, IL,U.S.A.
• “Visual AIDS”, Bortolami – New York, U.S.A.
• "Wish you were here 19”, A.I.R. Gallery – New York, U.S.A.
2018
• “Postcards from the Edge”, Gallery 524 – New York, U.S.A.
2017
• “Postcards fr...