IGOR JOSIFOV

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

2005–2010
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California, USA

2001–2005
Fine Arts, School for Applied Arts “Lazar Licenoski,” Skopje, Macedonia

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES

2026
Body of Fire, 47th Skopsko Leto, Historical Museum Suli An, Skopje, Macedonia
Body of Fire, Macedonian Embassy, Paris, France

2025
Body of Fire, Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France
Set You, Us Free, performance, MKC Youth Cultural Center, Skopje, Macedonia
Igor Josifov, Winston Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
Amador, Bank of Amador, San Francisco, California, USA

2023
Dreaming of Peace, Studio Naegeli, Gstaad, Switzerland
The Art of Fire, The Art Association, Dubai, UAE
Igor Josifov, SHS ART, Sharjah, UAE
△, performance installation, Art in Space, Dubai, UAE

2019
Че Биде, Personal Structures – Identities, European Cultural Centre, Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy
Fire Within, performance, Vorota, National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), Kaliningrad, Russia

2018
Fire Within, performance, National Gallery of Art of Uzbekistan, VIII Tashkent Biennale, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Becoming Clear | Crushing Glass, State Museum of Art of Uzbekistan, VIII Tashkent Biennale of Contemporary Art, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

2017
Continuum, InSpace Curatorial, San Francisco, California, USA
Continuum, Defibrillator (DFBRL8R) Performance Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Continuum, Magaza Cultural Center, Bitola, Macedonia
Continuum, Cultural Center, Kichevo, Macedonia
Continuum, National Gallery of Visual Arts, Tetovo, Macedonia

2016
Continuum, MKC Youth Cultural Center, Skopje, Macedonia
Untie, Dada Here & Now, San Francisco International Arts Festival, Fort Mason, San Francisco, California, USA

2015
Taming Fire, Herbst Pavilion, San Francisco, California, USA
Burning Words | Films, Pacific Felt Factory, San Francisco, California, USA
Taming Fire | Films, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California, USA
Taming Fire | Selected Works and Films, HNYPT, Los Angeles, California, USA
Wit-ness, San Francisco International Arts Festival, Fort Mason, San Francisco, California, USA
Collecting Memories | Wit-ness, Diplomatic Art 2015, Bastionul Theresia, Timișoara, Romania
Taming Fire, CityWideArtists, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

2014
Art Paris, Grand Palais, Paris, France
2-Dimensional, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece
Taming Fire, Northcutt Steele Gallery, Billings, Montana, USA
Igor Josifov, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana, USA

2013
Re-collecting Memories, The Performance Art Institute, San Francisco, California, USA

2012
Igor Josifov: Selected Works (2007–2012), Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia
2-Dimensional, Abrons Arts Center, New York, New York, USA
2-Dimensional, Festival DañsFabrik, Le Quartz, Brest, France
2-Dimensional, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia

2011
2-Dimensional, Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, UAE

2010
Manumission, National Museum of Art, Cetinje, Montenegro
Igor Josifov: Selected Projects, MAI, San Francisco, California, USA
2-Dimensional, CHIC Art Fair, Paris, France
2-Dimensional, MAI West, San Francisco, California, USA

2009
Being You, Uses Me, Alphonse Berber Gallery, Berkeley, California, USA
2-Dimensional, opening of the Modern Wing, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Mental Prison, Tunnel Space, New York, New York, USA
Art Interrupted, Space Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA

2008
Face It, Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, California, USA

2007
Art in Search of the “I”, Translating Space, San Francisco, California, USA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026
Cultural Center, Kavadarci, Macedonia

2024
Igor Josifov, Galerie Schmidt, Lüdenscheid, Germany

2023
The Art of Fire, Studio Naegeli, Gstaad, Switzerland

2019
#ПРОСТОКОСМОС, National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), Kaliningrad, Russia

2015
Diplomatic Art 2015, Bastionul Theresia, Timișoara, Romania
Bearing Witness: Surveillance in the Drone Age, San Francisco International Arts Festival, Fort Mason, San Francisco, California, USA
Living with Endangered Languages, Root Division, San Francisco, California, USA
OSTEN – 42nd International Biennial of Drawing, Galerie Kritiků, Prague, Czech Republic

2014
100 Performances for The Hole, SOMArts, San Francisco, California, USA

2012
SCOPE Art Fair, New York, New York, USA
Present Memories Body Still, Low Lives 4, live global web-stream installation

2011
Al Ghaib – Aesthetics of Disappearance, Al Qasba, Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, UAE
Present Memories, Perforation Festival NYC, New York, New York, USA
Pogledi / Views, Blok Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia; organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje
Still Life, IX Biennale of Young Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia

2010
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, New York, USA
Works That Disturb the Moonlight, Alphonse Berber Gallery, Berkeley, California, USA
This House Is Empty, The Haunted House of Light, New York, New York, USA
Degeneration – Regeneration, Marina Abramović Institute, San Francisco, California, USA
Lost Bodies, Mala Stanica, National Gallery of Arts, Skopje, Macedonia
Present Memories, Perforacije, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia

2009
2-Dimensional, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
A Touch of Violence, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania

2008
Missing Performance, Bridge Art Fair, Miami, Florida, USA
Manumission, Bridge Art Fair, Berlin, Germany
Reflection on Originality, The Watermill Center, New York, USA
Ten, Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, California, USA
Purification Process, Bridge Art Fair, New York, New York, USA
7th Annual Art Auction, Visual Aid and Academy of Friends, San Francisco, California, USA

2007
Big Bang Art Show, 79 New Montgomery Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
On the Edge of…, Sutter Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
Paint Soup, San Francisco, California, USA
Annual Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California, USA

2004
Museum of the City of Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia

2000
International Museum of Children’s Art, Oslo, Norway

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2026
Taoxichuan Art Center, Jingdezhen, China

2025
Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France
Winston Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA

2024
O3 AiR, Tikveš, Macedonia

2020–2023
SHS ART, Sharjah, UAE

2015
Golden OSTEN, Biennial of Awarded Artists, Gevgelija, Macedonia
InSpace Curatorial, San Francisco, California, USA

2014
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana, USA

2013
The Performance Art Institute, San Francisco, California, USA

2008
The Watermill Center, New York

AWARDS & HONORS

2015
Apollonia Award, OSTEN Biennial of Awarded Artists, Skopje, Macedonia
Golden OSTEN Award, OSTEN Biennial of Awarded Artists, Skopje, Macedonia

2014
Young Artist of the Year, OSTEN’s Artists of the Year, Skopje, Macedonia
First Award for Original Work on Paper, OSTEN Biennial of Drawing, Skopje, Macedonia

2011
First Prize, IX Biennale for Young Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia

2005
Full Tuition Portfolio Grant, Academy of Art University Portfolio Grant Program, San Francisco, California, USA

1999–2003
Scholarship, Macedonian Ministry of Culture, School for Applied Arts “Lazar Licenoski,” Skopje, Macedonia

1998
Special Diploma, Society Seen Through the Eyes of Children, International Museum of Children’s Art, Oslo, Norway