Jivko Sedlarski

Renowned Artist

Sens de Bretagne (35), France
58 works

At the bottom of the country, immersed in the blue immensity of the ocean, a Bulgarian man creates the image of woman. For more than 30 years, Jivko Sedlarski has been inspired by one of the most picturesque regions in France, Brittany, whose coasts are bathed by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

He leaves Bulgaria in the hope of better professional achievement, but remains strongly linked to his country of origin. The Bulgarian artist works in the field of monumental sculpture, and his statues of women in metal dresses dress the French peninsula.

He studied sculpture at the National Academy of Fine Arts, then specialized in sculpture in Berlin. His first teacher was his father, Kolyo Sedlarski - painting artist. His attraction to art for Jivko is comparable to the air he breathes. Jivko expresses himself in different materials. All the help he needs to express himself, to create a work. During the Academy of Fine Arts, the artist needed to learn more about the human body. He joined the Academy of Medicine to attend the dissection to better understand human anatomy.

Each piece evolves in the space with which it is integrated into a unique choreography. However, and although autonomous, each figure evolves in the setting of the same ballet danced over and over again. Each new series is based on the previous ones and naturally enriches them. The whole is built, answered and spread like a family tree. A tree that stands out - a base or common thread - and draws all the sculptor's designs on paper as much as in the city, a tree that rereads the places, connects people and rewrites stories...
- Christe Jhelil, Art critic

2014 Cultural
Merit, Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon, France

2010
Medal and Diploma of the City of Bourgas, Bulgaria

2008
- Letter of Congratulations from the National Agency of Bulgarians Abroad - Paris, France
- Diploma of Bulgarian Minister of Culture for the award of the Bulgarian Culture Abroad - Paris, France
- Medal of the Bulgarian National Foundation "Christo Botiov" - Paris, France
- Medal of Bulgarian Minister of Culture / "Ciécle d'Or" - Paris, France

2007
Letter of Congratulations from the National Agency of Bulgarians Abroad - Sofia, Bulgaria

2004
- Diploma of the City of Cordoba, Spain
- Diploma of the Basbous Foundation - Beirut, Lebanon

2003
Diploma of the World Trade Center Memorial Competition - New York, United States

1987 - 1989
Professor of Sculpture at Pushkin College - Sofia, Bulgaria

1986 Sculpture
internship at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, Germany

1983 -1984
Anatomy course by Prof. Palov at the Sofia Academy of Medicine

1983 -1989 MASTER 2 - National Academy of Fine Arts - Sofia, Bulgaria

1973 - 1977 Fine Arts High School, Sofia / Bulgaria

2017
"Bulgarian Haute Culture", Inspiring Culture, Brussels / Belgium

2015
QuArt Suzhou / China "Primavera", Riva Gauche Gallery, Namur / Belgium

2013
"Universum Frau", "Palaise Palffy", Vienna / Austria

2012
Vetrinjski Dvor - Maribor-European Capital of Culture 2012, Maribor / Slovenia

2011
Utrilo-Valadon Museum, Sannois - Paris Region / France Council of Europe, Strasbourg / France

2010
Wittgenstein-Haus - Wien / Austria

2009
"Mass in motion", Gallery "Art -Tendence", Kehl / Germany

2007
Council of Europe, Strasbourg / France

1997
Michelle Gallery, Old Town, Washington / United States

1996
Poesjkin Centrum, Antwerpen / Belgium

1994
IKKON Gallery, Rennes / France

Jivko Sedlarski's artwork

Robe sirène calcaire

$14,073

Stone Sculpture (40 x 71 cm)