Vlado Vesselinov

I am Vlado Vesselinov, an artist from Bulgaria. I work in the field of pop art and conceptual art. I have realized solo exhibitions in Italy, Sweden and Bulgaria, as well as many projects of various scales. I have participated in many group exhibitions and art fairs in Paris, Rome, Venice, Milan, Padua, Genoa, Malmö, Tel Aviv, Beijing, Taipei and many other places in Europe, Asia and America.
My passion for art came from comic magazines, which I adored as a child. I was constantly drawing various things wherever I came across, textbooks, notebooks, etc. Later I discovered the great pop artists, which finally won me over to the side of art.
With many years of work I discovered my so characteristic way of painting. I use too much paint and create well-defined physical reliefs, which gives my works a different and new feeling in the viewer. I hope that my way of expression will appeal to more viewers and bring a lot of emotion, bright horizons and colorful spots in this confused, gray and material world.
Finally, I would like something of mine - Don't wait for the wind that brings the answer - but be the answer that wakes the wind.

Higher education - Art.
St. Ivan Rilski College, Dupnitsa, Bulgaria

Painting of the artist Vlado Vesselinov is a great example that the vintage style prevails lately and is also present in the world of contemporary art. The work of Vesselinov should be read as an expression of nostalgia and fascination with the past - fashion, design and pop culture of the 60s. A characteristic feature of these images is a clearly visible texture of the canvas, which remind us pages that someone snatched from a fashion magazine found in the attic. It's similar to the effect used by Quentin Tarantino in his recent productions, where full of dirt and defects film reels pulls the audience in a unique atmosphere of a Drive-in theater. As for the colors of Vesselinow artworks, he clearly refers to the psychedelic record covers of Jimi Hendrix or Jefferson Airplaine.

Selected solo exhibitions:

2012 – Associazione Culturale esatt?ppost, Terni, Italy
2013 – Il Melograno Galleria d'Arte, Livorno, Italy
2014 – Yuzina Art Center and Stephan Stoyanov Gallery - New York, Sofia, Bulgaria
2018 – Teaterhotellet in Malmö, Sweden

Selected group exhibitions:

2015 – Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, Biennale di Venezia, Italia
2017 – Arte Genova 2017 – Art Fair, Genova, Italy
2017 - Art Shopping Paris 2017 Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
2017 - Arte Padova 2017 - Art Fair, Padova, Italy
2018 - Affordable Art Fair Milano, Italy
2018 - 6th City Fair in ShenZhen, China
2018 - 2018 - Eastern Exhibition, Kristianstad, Sweden
2018 - Beijing Art Expo 2018, China
2019 - Art Shopping Paris 2019 Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
2019 - Arte Padova 2019, Padova, Italy

Selected projects:

2002 – “Second Hand Art Market” (action, happening), Centre for Contemporary Art ATA, Sofia, Bulgaria 2018 – “NEURONS” (installation art, happening) – Art Gallery "Vladimir Dimitrov – the Master, Kyustendil, Bulgaria
2018 – Vlado Vesselinov paint the album cover. Underground baby - the leader of the Chinese punk movement, the first full-length album "Awakening" recorded in 1998 shows the most powerful power with the simplest music. It was named as the most representative Chinese punk album by a large number of newspapers, magazines and fans.

I was most influenced by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Edward Hopper, Keith Haring, Hariton Pushwagner, Marcel Duchamp, Christo and Jeanne-Claude and many others.
Each of them has drawn a touch in my growth as an author. I always change things through my worldview and sense of life. I can also say that artists like Jack Kerouac, Alan Ginsberg and George Orwell or John Lennon, Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan have also contributed to my development as a person. About the thoughts that go through my head, about my sense of life and everything else that makes a person - a person ...

pop art, neo pop, psychedelics, star, vintage , pin-up, sport, mood, color, street