Kiril Bikov

b 1986 Bourgas, Bulgaria. Lives and works in Berlin.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Born in Bourgas, Bulgaria, Kiril Bikov moved to Sofia at the age of seventeen, and studied Visual Arts in the New Bulgarian University. Specializing in photography, his Bachelor’s degree explored a diverse range of artistic mediums, including: spatial interventions, performance art, installation, and mixed-media work.

Bikov’s recent work reflects a critical engagement with his interests in thanatology (the study of death), Judeo-Christian mysticism, eroticism, and allegorical critiques of anthropocentrism. He has contributed with his photographs and performances to exhibitions in art spaces and festivals across Europe.

 

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Vita

Education
  • 2004 - 2008  Visual Arts - New Bulgarian University - Sofia - BG
Solo Exhibitions
  • 2014 Eros - Cross Art Gallery - Berlin - DE
  • 2012 Natura Obscura - Studio 33 - Tokyo - JP
  • 2008 Obscurophobia - New Bulgarian University - Sofia - BG
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
  • 2019 Selected Images of Love and Death - Viabuonfanti 42 - Pistoia - IT
  • 2018 Enter Art Foundation at Stockholm Art Week – Epicentre Stockholm – Stockholm – SE
  • 2017 White Love - The Ballery - Berlin - DE
  • 2017 49 Contemporary Artists by Enter Art Foundation – Kant-Garagen-Palast – Berlin – DE
  • 2016 Enter Art Foundation Pop Up for Art Basel – Messeturm – Basel – CH
  • 2016 50 Contemporary Artists by Enter Art Foundation – Orenstein & Koppel Lofts – Berlin – DE
  • 2016 Saints and Sinners - The Ballery - Berlin - DE
  • 2016 Skin - The Ballery - Berlin - DE
  • 2015 Manifestation of The Personal - Vaska Emanuilova Gallery - Sofia - BG
  • 2015 Wake Me From This Dream - The Ballery - Berlin - DE
  • 2015 Winter Art Fair - The Ballery - Berlin - DE
  • 2015 Nude - The Ballery - Berlin - DE
  • 2015 Heat - The Ballery - Berlin - DE
  • 2015 Around The World in 30 Days - The Ballery - Berlin - DE
  • 2014 Mater Materia - La Ultima Cena - Berlin - DE
  • 2014 Tokyo Book Art Fair - Tokyo - JP
  • 2014 Undogmatisch - Urban Spree Gallery - Berlin - DE
  • 2013 Warehaus9 - Warehaus9 - Copenhagen - DK
  • 2013 Undogmatisch - Urban Spree Gallery - Berlin - DE
  • 2011 Kiril Bikov and Valentina Bardazzi - AKA Gallery - Berlin - DE
Performance and Installation Work
  • 2019 Corpus Mobile - ADE - Mediamatic Amsterdam - Amsterdam - NL
  • 2015 It Might Be Your Next Deja Vu - Urban Spree Gallery - Berlin - DE
  • 2015 Love Feast - Vaska Emanuilova Gallery - Sofia - BG
  • 2015 Wir sind die Gutten - Volksbühne - Berlin - DE
  • 2014 Corpus Mobile - Cross Art Gallery - Berlin - DE
  • 2012 Edges Are Always Colder - AKA Gallery - Berlin - DE
  • 2011 L histoire de l’oeil - Borderline Biennale - Lyon - FR
  • 2011 The Two of Us - Borderline Biennale - Lyon - FR
Publications
  • 2019 Becoming the Other - Æther Sofia
  • 2015 Distopia - Tokyo - JP
  • 2015 Utopia - Tokyo - JP
  • 2013 Kaltblut Magazine - DE
 

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