This document is an artist resume for Plamen Yordandov. It outlines his education background including degrees from the National Academy of Art in Bulgaria and programs in Austria, Italy, and the US. It then extensively lists his solo and group exhibitions spanning from 1991 to present, including locations in Europe and North America. The resume concludes with awards and grants received, including public art commissions in the US.

1. PLAMEN YORDANOV
plamenart@hotmail.com • 6540 N. Washtenaw Ave, Chicago, IL 60645, USA
EDUCATION:
1997 • Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, the Public Art Program with Prof. Agnes Denes – Salzburg, Austria
1995 • Antonio Ratti Foundation, the Advanced Course in Visual Arts with Prof. Joseph Kosuth – Como, Italy
1992 • Vermont Studio Center, the program with Prof. Robert Henry and Prof. Roger Winter – Johnson, VT, U.S.A.
1985-90 • National Academy of Art, Department of Painting with Prof. Svetlin Rusev – Sofia, Bulgaria, MFA degree
SOLO EXHIBITIONS/PROJECTS:
2012 • “Indigenous Memories”, Jack Olson Gallery, School of Art, Northern Illinois University – DeKalb, IL, U.S.A. link
2008 • “Portrait of a Collector“, Chicago Art Center – Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
2000 • “3-D Reality Project”, University of Illinois at Chicago – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link
1999 • “Recent Paintings and Paper Works”, Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link
1994 • “Installations and Assemblages”, National Palace of Culture – Sofia, Bulgaria link 1, link 2
1992 • “Recent Paintings”, Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center – Johnson, VT, U.S.A.
1991 • “Noah's Ark”, Wolfgang Riegelsberger Gallery – Mannheim, Germany (catalogue)
• International Foundation “St. Cyril and St. Methodius” – Sofia, Bulgaria
GROUP EXHIBITIONS/PROJECTS:
2016 • Chicago Sculpture Exhibit – Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
• “18th Annual Postcards from the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins & Co. – New York, NY, U.S.A.
2015 • ArtExpo – New York, NY, U.S.A. link
• “Postcards from the Edge”, - Luhring Augustine Gallery – New York, NY, U.S.A. link
2013 • “What Do You Hear”, SoundCloud DropBox in conjunction with Soundings: A Contemporary Score, MoMA – New York link
• #summerdream, Yoko Ono’s project, Bullukian Foundation, La Biennale de Lyon – Lyon, France
• “Personal Structures”, La Biennale di Venezia - 55th International Art Exhibition, Palazzo Bembo – Venice, Italy link (catalogue)
• “Postcards from the Edge”, Sikkema Jenkins & Co. – New York, NY, U.S.A. link
2012 • “Visions of Death”, Couvent des Cordeliers – Paris, France
• “Visions of Death”, Salon du Chocolat – Paris, France
• “Visions of Death”, Queens Museum of Art – New York, NY, U.S.A. link
• “Triumph of Caïssa. Dedication to Marcel Duchamp”, Tretyakov State Gallery – Moscow, Russia link
• “Re/Invention”, ARC Gallery and Educational Foundation – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link
• 7th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art and artwiki.org – Berlin, Germany link
• “Postcards from the Edge”, Cheim & Read Gallery – New York, NY, U.S.A. link
2011 • “Drawing Connections”, Siena Art Institute – Siena, Italy link (catalogue)
• “frag-men-tal”, Richard J. Daley Center – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link 1, link 2
• “frag-men-tal”, 4
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Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Parallel Program – Moscow, Russia link (catalogue)
• Nord Art 2011, KiC Kunst in der Carlshütte – Büdelsdorf, Germany link 1, link 2 (catalogue)
• “In Bloom”, Oakbrook Center, Guggenheim Partners commission – Hinsdale, IL, U.S.A. link
• “The Popular Show”, Townhouse Gallery – Cairo, Egypt link
• 6th Annual KIWA Woodblock Print Exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum – Kyoto, Japan link (catalogue)
• 7th Annual Fine Art Auction Exhibit, Contemporary Art Center Peoria, Peoria, IL, U.S.A. link
• “An Exchange with Sol LeWitt”, MASSMoCA – Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA, U.S.A link
• “Postcards from the Edge”, CRG Gallery – New York, NY link 1, link 2
2010 • “ABSENCE”, Queens Museum of Art – New York, NY, U.S.A. link 1, link 2
• 4th Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China – Beijing, China link 1, link 2 (catalogue)
• “Beyond Borders 4”, Richard J. Daley Center – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link 1, link 2
• “Re: Contemplating the Void”, Guggenheim Museum – New York, NY link
• G.R. N’Namdi Gallery – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link
• Fracking: Art and Activism Against the Drill - Exit Art, New York City, NY (closed, 2012)
• “Immigrant Art”, SICA - The Shore Institute of The Contemporary Arts – Long Branch, NJ, U.S.A. link
• “Bound & Gathered”, Edge Zones Art Center – Miami, FL, U.S.A. link
• “Michael Landy: Art Bin”, South London Gallery – London, England link
• “Artist Made Books”, Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Norris University Center, Northwestern University – Evanston, IL, U.S.A. link
2009 • "Design it" Shelter Competition, Guggenheim and Google Flickr Group, Guggenheim Museum – New York, NY
• “Under the Viaduct”, Architrouve Gallery – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link
• “A Book about Death” Queens Museum of Art – Queens, NY, U.S.A.
• “ArtPrize”, Blue Bridge/City of Grand Rapids – Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A. (catalogue)
• “Nude”, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center – Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. link (catalogue)
• Arts Horizons LeRoy Neiman Art Center – New York, NY, U.S.A. link
• “Immigration Journeys Jukebox Project “, Queens Museum of Art – Queens, NY, U.S.A. link
• “Beyond Borders 3”, Richard J. Daley Center – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link 1, link 2

2. 2008 • Chicago Art Center – Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
• “Beyond Borders 2”, Richard J. Daley Center – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link 1, link 2
2007 • “Beyond Borders 1”, Richard J. Daley Center – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link 1, link 2
• “Peace Tower”, a project by Mark di Suvero – Chicago Cultural Center – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link
2004 • “Artist’s Toys”, Kraft/Lieberman Gallery – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link
•”LPCAI”, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Department of Cultural Affairs – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link
2003 • Pier Walk, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link (catalogue)
• Maquette Show, Gallery 37 – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link
2002 • “Being“, LIPA Art Gallery – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link
•”LPCAI”, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Department of Cultural Affairs – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link
2001 • “Suite Home Chicago“, Public Art Project of the Department of Cultural Affairs – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link (catalogue)
2000 • “Many Colored Artworks“, Queens Museum of Art – New York, NY, U.S.A.
1999 • “30 Times 15"x15"“, Fassbender Gallery – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link
• “Border Crossings”, the 9th International Sculptors’ Symposium – Arnbruck, Germany link (catalogue)
1998 • “Border Crossings”, the 8th International Sculptors’ Symposium – Braunau, Austria (catalogue)
• 5th International Sculpture Symposium – Brienz, Switzerland (catalogue)
• “Bulgarian Graphic Art Today”, Rathausgalerie – Brühl, Germany
• “Bulgarian Artbook”, BRINZ 39 Foundation – Zürich, Switzerland (catalogue)
1997 • “Bulgarian Artbook”, Ata Gallery for Contemporary Art – Sofia, Bulgaria (catalogue)
• The 3rd International Sculpture Symposium – Sur En/Sent, Switzerland (catalogue)
• “Voyage”, Installation in the Old Salt Mine – Hallein, Austria link
• Stedelijk Museum Hof Van Busleyden – Meechelen, Belgium
1996 • “Plastic Image of the 90s”, the National Palace of Culture – Sofia, Bulgaria link
• The 4th International Sculpture Symposium – Hojer, Denmark link (catalogue)
• Cultural Centre A. Spinoy – Mechelen, Belgium
• Section “13” Annual Exhibition, Shipka 6 Gallery (exhibition halls of Union of Bulgarian Artists) – Sofia, BG
1995 • 3rd International Sculpture Symposium – Hojer, Denmark (catalogue)
• “Located Work”, Antonio Ratti Foundation – Como, Italy, link 1 link 2 (catalogue)
• International Festival of Painting – Cagne-sur-Mer, France (catalogue)
• “T. E. S. ’95” 4th European Sculpture Triennial (IV Triennale Européenne de Sculpture, Jardin des Plantes) – Paris, France (catalogue)
• “VideoHarT”, Soros Center for the Arts Annual Exhibition, Archaeological Museum – Sofia, Bulgaria (catalogue)
• The 18th International Independent Exhibition of Prints in Kanagawa – Kanagawa, Japan
1994 • S.O.F.A. Art Event – Nyborg, Denmark (catalogue)
• “Selected from the Bulgarian Contemporary Art (60s – 90s years of 20th Century)”, Gallery for Foreign Art of the
International Foundation “St. Cyril and St. Methodius” and Norman Art Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria
• “The Autumn Salon”, Shipka 6 Gallery (exhibition halls of the Union of Bulgarian Artists) – Sofia, Bulgaria (catalogue)
• Annual Exhibition of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, Shipka 6 Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria (catalogue)
• “13”, Shipka 6 Gallery (exhibition halls of the Union of Bulgarian Artists) – Sofia, Bulgaria (catalogue)
• “Olympic Ideals in Bulgarian Art”, Shipka 6 Gallery (exhibition halls of the Union of Bulgarian Artists) – Sofia
• The 3rd International Print Biennial – Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1993 • Annual Exhibition of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, Shipka 6 Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria (catalogue)
1992 • “Bulgarian Art”, Gagliardi Gallery – London, England link (catalogue)
1991 • Budapest Art EXPO '91 – Budapest, Hungary (catalogue)
1990 • International Gallery of Portrait Tuzla – Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
AWARDS/GRANTS/PUBLIC COMMISSIONS:
2015 • “Infinity”, Rigby Group, London link
2014 • “Infinity”, University of Minnesota, Morris, MN, U.S.A.
2012 • “Genesis”, Orland Park Public Art commission (2008-2013) – Orland Park, IL, U.S.A.
2011 • “Infinity Mobile”, In Bloom, Oakbrook Center – Hinsdale, IL, U.S.A. (Guggenheim Partners commission)
• “Spin Art”, In Bloom exhibition, Oakbrook Center – Hinsdale, IL, U.S.A. (Hinsdale Bank and Trust commission)
2010 • Green Office Challenge Awards, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA – Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
2003 • Live Performance Series – Museum of Science and Industry – Chicago, IL, U.S.A. link
1998 • Diploma – 2nd place of public from the 5th International Woodcarving Symposium – Brienz, Switzerland
• Diploma – 2nd place of jury from the 5th International Woodcarving Symposium – Brienz, Switzerland
• Grant of KulturKontakt – Wien, Austria link
• Grant of Summer Academy of Fine Arts – Salzburg, Austria
1995 • Grant of Soros Center for the Arts – Sofia, Bulgaria
1992 • Full fellowship for Residency of the Vermont Studio Center – Johnson, VT, U.S.A.
1991 • Grant of the International Foundation “St. Cyril and St. Methodius” – Sofia, Bulgaria link
1989 • Honor Diploma from the 4th International Competition for Young Painters – Sofia, Bulgaria
• Honorable Mention from the 3rd International Competition for Drawing – Ell Ferrol, Spain