KIRIL CHOLAKOV (1964)

Herbarium Collection - Artists - Kiril Cholakov

Kiril Cholakov was born in 1964 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Lives and works in Rimini, Italy and Izvor, Bulgaria. He graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia in 1989. His searches are focused on the processes of formation of personal identity, of transculturization as a consequence of his existential residence in two different countries as culture and society. Techniques: drawing, object and installation. Painting, photography.
His recent solo exhibitions are: Nostalgia, Primo Piano Gallery, Rimini, Italy (2019); "An Anchor Lighter", Intro Gallery, Sofia (2018); “Dissection of the Memories”, curated by Irina Batkova, Stubel Gallery, Sofia (2017); House Beyond the World, curated by Galina Lardeva, Autumn Exhibitions, Balabanov House, Plovdiv (2015); “Diario minimo Balcanico”, Museo Civico delle Cappuccine, Bagnacavallo (RA), Italy (2014); Viaggio in Bulgaria, project implemented together with Elizabeth Holzl / photography /, curated by Emanuela De Cecco, Gefanngins / le Carceri, Kaltern (Bolzano) 2014, Piccolo popolo, curated by Katya Angelova, ES gallery, Merano, Italy (2010)
Kiril Cholakov has participated in a number of group exhibitions, including twice at the Biennale Disegno Rimini, Italy (2014-2016); A Theory of the present, curated by Irina Batkova, Gaia gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (2017); Perditiva curated by Massimo Pulini, Aria Gallery, Florence, Italy (2016); Image and likeness / 77 self-portraits from the collection of Nikolay Nedelchev, curated by Nadia Timova, National Gallery, Sofia (2015), Save the Dreams, the Bulgarian collection of Imago Mundi, curated by Claudio Scorretti and Irina Ungureanu, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy ), Aktuelle Szene Bulgarien, Ludwig Museum Koblenz, Germany, curated by Beate Reifenscheid (2008), Donumenta, curated by Regina Hellwig-Shmit, Regensburg, Germany (2005)
Kiril Cholakov is represented by Zamagni Gallery, Rimini.

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The Herbarium project explores the work environment in contemporary culture in which ideas are created and exchanged. The focus of Herbarium is to compile a collection of sealed creative energy in boxes (40х40х10, 40x20x10 or 20х40х10) of different generations of artists around the world. The contents of each box are accompanied by a description and a sound file with the artist's voice. The artists, invited by the curator of "Herbarium" could choose two new participants - so the project traces the exchange of creative energy in the artworld. The development of the collection has no time limits, it grows exponentially with each new participant until the final exhibition is announced. The H Talks series (video portraits of the artists) are shot during the preparation of each presentation of the Herbarium collection in the artists work environment and studios. All the information, gathered in the process of developing the collection, will be available to all researchers, curators, gallery owners, students or art lovers who are interested in the less visible mechanisms through which contemporary culture functions.

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KIRIL CHOLAKOV (1964)

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