Ivan Kanchev
Website: https://www.facebook.com/ivav.kanchev/
Country: Bulgaria
Ivan Kanchev was born on September 17, 1973, in Ruse. In 2000 he graduated in Ceramics at the National Academy of Arts in Sofia, and in 2006 in Psychology at the University of Ruse. He defended his doctoral dissertation in art history and fine arts at the Department of Sculpture. Between 2010 and 2011, he was a part-time lecturer in sculpture at the Department of Ceramics at the National Academy of Arts. Ivan has had dozens of solo exhibitions of his work and participated in many group exhibitions in Bulgaria and in prestigious forums in Italy, Spain, Japan, Poland, Denmark, France, Belgium, Slovenia, Switzerland, China, Austria, Germany, Portugal, Croatia, Canada, the USA, and others. He has won over 30 national and international awards (Art of Unity Creative Award, New York (2021); "GOLD LIST Special Edition - The best contemporary artists of today", Art Market Magazine (2021, 2022); Award, Light Space & Time Art Gallery, Palm Springs, USA (2021); International Donatello Prize (Florence, Italy) of the EFETO ARTE Foundation (2023), COLLECTORS ART PRIZE (2023). His works are in prestigious galleries and museums around the world. In addition, he is the author of curatorial projects and several books in the field of sculpture and ceramics. He has been published in a number of prestigious international contemporary art journals („GOLD LIST”, „Art Market Magazine”, „The Woven Tale Press“, „Ceramics Now“, „Al-Tiba9“, „Aesthetica“, „CONTEMPORARY ART CURATORS“ and others). He currently teaches at the Department of Sculpture at the National Academy of Arts in Sofia.
On the Inside, 2018 Red clay, glaze, wooden base, polyurethane, 180 x 180 x 15 cm
Detail, On the Inside, 2018
Heaven's Door, 2018 Porcelain, glaze, wood base, polyurethane, 60 x 140 x 13 cm
Passing, 2022, red clay, reduction, smoking, polyurethane, 70x70x5 cm
Eclipse, 2022, red clay, reduction, smoking, polyurethane, 80 x 80 x 6 cm
We, 2023. Red clay, open fire, reduction, smoking, polyurethane, 110 x 110 x 8 cm
Transition, 2023, white clay, photography, resin, reduction, smoking, polyurethane, 80 x 80 x 6 cm
Detail, Transition, 2023