BiographyGLIGOR STEFANOV
7715 Hawthorne Dr., Windsor, ON, N8T 3B6, CANADA Phone: (519) 974 6028 • web-site: www.g-stefanov.com • E-mail: stefanovgligor@gmail.com Gligor Stefanov is Macedonian born (1956) artist, who lives in Windsor, Ontario, Canada since 1995. He makes sculptures, drawing and installations from natural materials. He has participated in more then 100 group exhibitions and 18 one-man shows. ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS, INSTALLATIONS AND OUTSIDE SCULPTURES 1993 - Venice, Italy - 45th Venice Biennale - Representative of Macedonia (with Petre Nikoloski) 1991 - Cirencester, England - Seraphim (objects and installations)l - London - Docklands, England - Cherubim; - Dublin, Ireland - Temple Bar - Guardian Angel (installation) 1990 - Cumbria, England - Grizedale Forest Sculpture Park, Cherubic Wings (sculpture) 1989 - London, Whitechapel Art Gallery - Broadgate Sculpture Project (sculpture) 1986 - Skopje, Macedonia - Museum of Contemporary Art (objects and installations) 1985 - Belgrade, Yugoslavia - FLU Gallery (objects) 1983/84 - Zagreb, SC Gallery; Belgrade, SKC Gallery; Skopje, Gallery MKC - Linear Intervention GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2015 -Transfiguring – Imago Mundi (Contemporary Artists from Macedonia, Imago Mundi – Luciano Benetton Collection) 2011 - Windsor, (Canada) - Artcite Gallery – “Artseen 13” 2009 – Cambridge (Canada) – Sculpture Garden - “On The Grand“ 2008 – Skopje, Macedonia - Youth Cultural Center - Venice via MKC 2005-2009 La Salle, (Canada) – “Fahrenheit” 2005 - Cazenovia, NY, (USA) Stone Quarry Hill Art Park and The Winner Gallery - "Make Hay" 2004 - Skopje, Macedonian Academy of Science and Arts - Seven Artists from Canada and USA 2003 - Windsor, (Canada) - Artcite Gallery – “Artseen 11”; - Windsor, (Canada) – CAE – “Smogfest” - Windsor, (Canada) - Art Gallery of Windsor – “RE: Wind” 2002 - Skopje, Museum of Contemporary Art – “Transfiguration”l- Novi Sad, Art Gallery – Balkan Art - Windsor, (Canada) - Artcite Gallery – “Artseen 10” 1999 - Skopje, National Gallery - 20 Century Macedonian Art 1998 - Skopje, Museum of Contemporary Art - Anthology of Macedonian Art 1996 - Berlin,(Germany) Medien Galerie - Five Artist from Macedonia 1995 - Dresden (Germany), Kulturrathaus - Seven Macedonian Artists 1994 - Budapest, (Hungary) Ernest Museum “Nature and Art in Central Europe” - Nurnberg (Germany), Kunstbunker - Seven Macedonian Artists 1993 - Venice (Italy) - 45th Biennial, Macedonian Selection (with Petre Nikoloski) 1991 - Dublin (Ireland) - Sculpture Trail (Juried); - London, Docklands (England) - Outside Art - Leicester (England), Abbey Park - Installations in the Park (Juried) 1990 - Toulon (France), Musee d'Art -Avant-Gardes Yougoslaves - Grizedale Sculpture Park, (England) 1989 - London (England), Whitechapel Art Gallery - Broadgate Sculpture Project (Juried) - Sarajevo, Skenderija - Yugoslav Documenta (Critics Selection);- Carcassonne (France), Musee des Beaux Arts; and Les Sables d'Olonne, Musee de L'Abbaye Sainte-Croix -Avant-Gardes Yougoslaves 1988 - Belgrade, Exhibition Hall - 6th Triennial of Yugoslav Art (Juried); - Zagreb, Art Pavilion -Young Selection - Skopje, 25th May Gallery -Environmental Sculptures 1987 - Banja Luka, Art Gallery -The Loneliest (Critics Selection); - Skopje, Museum of Contemporary Art - First Biennial of Young Artists (Juried);- Sarajevo, Collegium Artisticum - Yugoslav Documenta (Critics Selection); - Athena (Greek), National Pinacoteca - Contemporary Yugoslav Art; - Young Yugoslav Art (Tour Exhibition - Critics Selection) Salzburg (Austria), Salzburgger Kunstverein; Dubrovnik (Croatia), Art Gallery; Bratislava (Slovakia), Slovenska Narodna Galeria; Lubljana (Slovenia), Modern Gallery; Prague (Czech), U Hubernu; Zagreb, Gallery of Contemporary Art; Belgrade, Museum of Contemporary Art 1986 - Zagreb, Gallery of Contemporary Art; Belgrade, Museum of Contemporary Art; - Six Macedonian Artists “From the Miraculousness of the Meadow to the Joy of Living” - Sarajevo, Collegium Artisticum - Art and Criticism in the Mid-80s (Critics Selection) - Skopje, Museum of Macedonia - 80s in Macedonian Contemporary Art - Vienna (Austria), Hoshcule fur Angewandle Kunst;- Graz, Kunstlerhaus und Neue Gallerie; Klagenfurt, Kunstlerhaus - Young Yugoslav Art (Critics Selection) 1985 - Sarajevo (Bosnia), Collegiums Artisticum - View of the 80s (Critics Choice) - Pancevo - 3rd Biennale of Yugoslav Sculpture, Art Gallery (Also 4th, 1987 and 5th, 1989) (Juried) - Belgrade, Cvijeta Zuzoric Art Pavilion -In the Meantime (Critics Choice) - Banja Luka (Bosnia), Art Gallery - Material as a Challenge (Critics Selection) 1984 - Skopje, Museum of Contemporary Art - 40 Years of Macedonian Art; - Sombor - 8th Triennial of Yugoslav Drawings, City Museum (also 9th, 1987) (Juried) - Zrenjanin (Yugoslavia) - 2nd Biennial Yugoslav Art, National Museum 1983 - Skopje, 25th May Gallery -Macedonian Art in the last year - Critics Choice; 1982 - Skopje (Macedonia), Museum of Contemporary Art - Young Generation; 1977 - Rijeka (Croatia) -9th Biennial of Young Artists - Modern Gallery (Also 13th,1985 & 14th, 1987) (Juried) Education 1983–1985 Postgraduate studies Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, (M.F.A. in installation) 1976–1981 Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, (B.F.A. in sculpture) 1971–1976 Attended the High School of Applied Art in Skopje, |
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Awards 1991 - Prize for Installation, Leicester, England
1990 - Competition for Grizedale Forest Sculpture Project (Cumbria), England 1989 - Competition for Broadgate Arena Project, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England 1987 - Prize for Sculpture from Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje 1986 – City Annual Art Award, Kavadarci; - Prize for Drawings from Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje 1983 - Macedonian Annual Art Award "Mlad Borec", Skopje; -"SKOJ" Yugoslav Annual Art Award, Zagreb 1982 - Awards from Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje 1981 - Prize for Drawings, Belgrade; - Prize for Sculpture from Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade |
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