Biography
The lush, layered and boldly energetic paintings of Ivo Stoyanov have been admired and collected in the US, Canada, Japan, the UK, China, the United Arab Emirates, Spain and Bulgaria. Stoyanov received a Masters degree in Mural Painting from the Fine Arts Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria (1990) and he has been commissioned to create major mural projects in the US, Bulgaria and Canada.
"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 colours 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." - Ivo Stoyanov
Exhibitions
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SCULPT
7 September 2024 — 29 September 2024 -
Negotiating Diaspora: From The Personal To The Universal
5 March 2021 — 18 April 2021 -
Summer Array
17 July 2020 — 6 September 2020 -
Spring Art Finds at Oeno Gallery
17 April 2020 — 30 April 2020 -
Winter Tonic
1 February 2020 — 29 March 2020 -
Echo -- Oeno's Winter Group Exhibition
2 December 2016 — 29 January 2017 -
Susan Collet, Zhu Lan, Ivo Stoyanov
29 April 2011 — 18 May 2011