Ilia Iliev
Jubilee Exhibition
Mosaics
16 to 30 November 2015
Mosaics
16 to 30 November 2015
Opening - November 16 (Monday), 18:00
Academia Gallery
Iliya Iliev - master of mosaic art, a founding member of the International Association of Contemporary Mosaic (AIMC) headquartered in Ravenna, will show from 16 to 30 November an exhibition of mosaics in the Academia Gallery. He is a professor of mural painting, a longtime professor at the National Academy, Head of Department Mural Painting (1990).
His work is deeply connected with the sea and nature, as well as the beauty of geometrical form. Nature and geometry is represented by Iliya Iliev through the mosaic technique. He uses marble, granite, stone, glass (modeled by the author), and various natural forms brought by time and the sea. From his participation in numerous collective and personal exhibitions we will mention those in Chartres, France (2010) and the exhibition Omnaggio in Ravenna, Italy (2013). In 2015 he was awarded the title of Honorary Member of the AIMC. He lives and works in Sofia.
Iliya Iliev
Biographical
1931 - Born in Bourgas;
1949 - 1954 graduated Architecture in Sofia, Bulgaria;
1955 - 1959 worked as architect-designer in Burgas;
1959 - 1966 Student Mural Painting in the National Academy of Art - Sofia, in Prof. Georgi Bogdanov’s class;
1966 - 1967 Specializes in the studio of George Patrick - Paris, France;
1969 - Professor of composition at the Academy - Sofia;
1970 - One-month residency in Finland;
1985 - Professor at the Academy - Sofia;
1989 - Member of AIMC (International Organization of Modern Masters of Mosaics) - Ravenna, Italy;
1990 - Professor at the Academy - Sofia, head of specialty Mural Painting;
1991 - Visiting professor at Southern Illinois University (SIU) - USA.
Biographical
1931 - Born in Bourgas;
1949 - 1954 graduated Architecture in Sofia, Bulgaria;
1955 - 1959 worked as architect-designer in Burgas;
1959 - 1966 Student Mural Painting in the National Academy of Art - Sofia, in Prof. Georgi Bogdanov’s class;
1966 - 1967 Specializes in the studio of George Patrick - Paris, France;
1969 - Professor of composition at the Academy - Sofia;
1970 - One-month residency in Finland;
1985 - Professor at the Academy - Sofia;
1989 - Member of AIMC (International Organization of Modern Masters of Mosaics) - Ravenna, Italy;
1990 - Professor at the Academy - Sofia, head of specialty Mural Painting;
1991 - Visiting professor at Southern Illinois University (SIU) - USA.
His forthcoming jubilee exhibition will be opened by Mr. Nikos Tolis - President of AIMC - International Association of Modern Masters of Mosaics – Ravenna
More about Iliya Iliev - http://www.iliev-mosaicart.com/index_1.php?m=0&img=1
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