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Iva Troj Zlatev

Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom

Education:

- Master's Degree University of Boras, Sweden;
- BA, Media Studies at University of Södertörn, Stockholm, SWE;
- Theatre Studies at University of Stockholm, SWE;
- Design Management at Berghs School of Communication, Stockholm, SWE;
- Printmaking at CCAC, CA, USA;
- Art & Design at T.L. College of The Arts.

Exhibitions:

R E C E N T
Mayfair London with Roberta Moore Contemporary & LAHD Gallery Dubai - 90 Piccadilly // 6-16th May 2015.

Cameron Contemporary in Brighton, UK - Oct, 2014.

Solo Exhibit at IMITATE MODERN in London, UK
Roberta Moore Contemporary presents "My Dear Foe"
22-27/9/2014.

AFFORDABLE ART FAIR Hampstead, London
http://affordableartfair.com/hampstead/

WINNER of TOWRY BEST of EAST ENGLAND ART AWARD; ROYAL COLLEGE of ART, London

LLOYDS CLUB GALLERY London

LUMEN 50 GLOBAL TOUR:
January 22-26, 2013: London, Gallery 27, Cork Street
February 7-10, 2013: Riga, Latvia, Robert's Books
February 23 - March 3, 2013: Shanghai, FQ Projects
March 8-16, 2013: Hong Kong, Plum Blossoms Art Gallery; June, 2013: Cardiff, Wales - Arcade Cardiff
November 1-10th, 2013: Gallery 61, 16 W61st New York City, USA

Exhibition SLAKTHUSET, Stockholm – 2011

Exhibition SCANDIC ANGLAIS, Stockholm - 2010

ON COLLABORATIONS

Since the beginning of 2013 Iva has been working on forming

collaborations with likeminded artists and musicians. Her most recent

collaborations are with an emerging Japanese artist and the renowned

English photographer John Paul Bichard.

“Our parallel life stories have a lot in common, saturated with

strange encounters, unbelievable coincidences and the strong childhood

desire to belong. Failure to learn and obey the acceptance codes of

society is also something we share. I strongly believe that the future

of arts is in collaborations. I also think that this process has

already started as the elitist notion of high culture saturating the

world of fine art is beginning to dissolve. Youth culture anywhere in

the western world is a proof of that.

By saying that I do not in any way claim that working with other

artists is easy. On the contrary, finding the right (for me) people to

work with was very hard. I spent decades looking for somebody who

could see through my eyes the way people did where I grew up – the

mountains on the Bulgarian/Greek border. As I moved farther and

farther away from the mountains, I met fewer and fewer people who

spoke the same emotional and visual language. Growing up with all

knowing, powerful storytellers and healers, learning from them then

watching them disappear, made me distant and unwilling to communicate.

The collaborations have changed that.”

*Music

Theme To Elysium

Portrait of a childhood friend of mine from Turkey. She lives nearby local market... always surrounded by golden fabrics, exotic figurines, flowers and birds...

My daughter Saga lost her dog recently and spent days and nights thinking of Sally, so I decided to paint this portrait of her and her trusted friend. The title refers to the journey between earth and whatever comes next... something that Saga emphasized on in her wish to influence the portrait.

"Nowadays I’m always a little afraid of the air, water and food in big Bulgarian cities. I couldn’t care less when I was little. I had hubris back then. These were the times of the nuclear horror. Every time Soviet leaders got the crazies, nuclear exercises became obligatory. But I seriously thought I was immune. I was not. I was protected.

The first weeks after the Chernobyl incident Mom put us on a diet. Mom had a hunch you see. Something was ”not right with the air”. The small Geiger meter she put on her wall at the Oncology Department the year before, had been removed under mysterious circumstances. Earlier the same evening the little meter was buzzing and chirping for a whole hour. Mom hissed and cursed saying ”rotten liars” again and again at our black and white TV and forced tin food and bottled water down my throat."

Iva

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