Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California - Bachelor of Fine Arts 2005 - 2010
School For Applied Arts “Lazar Licenoski” Skopje, Macedonia - Fine Arts 2001 - 2005
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023: ‘Dreaming of Peace’ at Studio Naegeli, GStaad. Switzerland
‘The Art of Fire’ Igor Josifov, The Art Association, Dubai, UAE
Igor Josifov, SHS ART, Sharjah, UAE
'△' Performance Installation, Art in Space, Dubai, UAE
2019: Igor Josifov 'Че Биде, Personal Structures Identities organized by the European Cultural Centre in the context of la Biennale di Venezia, Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy
'Fire Within' Performance, Vorota, NCCA Kaliningrad, Russia
2018: 'Fire Within' Performance, National Gallery of Art of Uzbekistan, VIII Tashkent Biennale 'Becoming Clear | Crushing Glass', State Museum of Art of Uzbekistan, VIII Tashkent Biennale of Contemporary Art
2017: Continuum, InSpace Curatorial, San Francisco, USA
Continuum, Defibrillator (dfbrl8r) Performance Art Gallery, Chicago, USA
Continuum, Magaza Cultural Center, Bitola, Macedonia
Continuum, Cultural Center, Kichevo, Macedonia
Continuum, National Gallery of Visual Arts, Tetovo, Macedonia
2016: Continuum, Cultural Center MKC, Skopje, Macedonia
Untie, Dada Here & Now, SFIAF, Fort Mason, San Francisco, USA
2015:
Taming Fire, Herbst Pavilion, San Francisco, USA
Burning Words | Films, Pacific Felt Factory, San Francisco, USA
Taming Fire | Films, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, USA
Taming Fire | Selected Works and Films, HNYPT, Los Angeles, USA
Wit-ness, San Francisco International Arts Festival, Fort Mason, San Francisco, USA Collecting Memories | Wit-ness, Diplomatic Art 2015 – Bastionul Theresia, Timisoara, Romania
Taming Fire | CityWideArtists, Minneapolis, USA
2014:
Art Paris, Grand Palais Paris, France
2-Dimensional, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece
Taming Fire, Northcutt Steele Gallery, Billings, Montana
Igor Josifov, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana
2013: Re-collecting Memories, The Performance Art Institute, San Francisco, USA
2012: Igor Josifov – selected works (2007 -2012), Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia
Still Life, Galerie E.G.P, Paris, France
2 - Dimensional, Abrons Art Center, New York, USA
2 - Dimensional, Le Quartz dans le cadre du Festival DañsFabrik, Brest (FR)
2 - Dimensional, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Skopje (Macedonia)
2011: Igor Josifov, Galerie E.G.P, Paris, France
2 - Dimensional, Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, UAE
2010: Manumission, National Museum of Art, Cetinje, Montenegro. Igor Josifov – selected projects, MAI, San Francisco, USA
2 - Dimensional, Chic Art Fair, Paris, France
2 - Dimensional, MAI West, San Francisco, USA
2009: Being you, uses me, Alphonse Berber Gallery, Berkeley, USA
2 - Dimensional, Opening of the Modern Wing at Art Institute, Chicago, USA Mental prison, Tunnel space, New York, USA
Art Interrupted, Space Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2008:
Face It, Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, USA
2007:
Art In Search Of The ‘I’, Translating Space, San Francisco, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2023: The Art of Fire at Studio Naegeli, GStaad. Switserland
2019: #ПРОСТОКОСМОС National Centre of Contemporary Art NCCA, Kaliningrad, Russia
2015: Diplomatic Art 2015 –BastionulTheresia, Timisoara, Romania
“Bearing Witness: Surveillance in the Drone Age” - San Francisco International Arts Festival, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
Living with endangered Languages, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
OSTEN – 42.Mezinárodníbienálekresby- Galeriekritiků, Prague, Czech Republic 2014:
100 Performances for The Hole – SomArts, San Francisco, CA
2013:
Permutation, Galerie E.G.P, London, UK
Bicycle Will..., Galerie E.G.P, Paris, France
Permutation, Galerie E.G.P, Paris, France
2012:
Igor Josifov, Scope Art Fair, 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, USA
WOR(L)DS, Galerie E.G.P, Paris, France
Pogledi/ Views, Blok Gallery in Belgrade, Serbia. Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Skopje, Macedonia
Elementaires, Galerie E.G.P, Paris, France
Still Life, IXth Biennale of Young Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia
2010:
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present, MoMA, New York, USA
Works that disturb the moonlight, Alphonse Berber Gallery, Berkeley, USA
This House is empty, The Hunted House of Light, New York, USA
Degeneration – regeneration, Marina Abramović Institute, San Francisco, USA
Lost bodies, Mala Stanica, National Gallery of Arts, Skopje, Macedonia
Present Memories, Perforacije at Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
2009:
2 – Dimensional, the Art Institute, Chicago, USA
A Touch of Violence, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania
2008:
Missing Performance, Bridge Art Fair, Miami, USA
Manumission, Bridge Art Fair, Berlin, Germany
Reflection on originality, The Watermill Center, New York, USA
Ten, Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, USA
Purification Process, the Bridge Art Fair, New York City, USA
7th Annual Art Auction presented by Visual Aid and Academy of Friends, San Francisco, USA
2007:
Big Bang Art show, 79 New Montgomery Gallery, San Francisco, USA
On the Edge of... Sutter Gallery, San Francisco (USA) Paint Soup, San Francisco, USA Annual Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, USA
2004:
Museum of Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia
2000:
The International Museum Children’s Art, Oslo, Norway
AWARDS
2015:Young Artist of the Year - Osten’s Artists of the Year, Skopje, Macedonia 2015:Apollonia Award -OstenBiennial of Awarded Artists, Skopje, Macedonia 2015:Golden Osten Award -OstenBiennial of Awarded Artists, Skopje, Macedonia
2014: First Award for Original Work on Paper - OSTEN BIENNIAL OF DRAWING, Skopje, Macedonia
2011: 1st Prize | IXth Biennale for Young Artists - NI Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia
2005: Full Tuition Portfolio Grant |Academy of Art University Portfolio Grant Program, San Francisco, CA
2003: 1st Prize, International Art Exhibition, 13 Noemvri, Skopje, Macedonia
2000: Award for Single Creation “Vision of the future” at the 14th International Exhibition The Small Montmartre of Bitola, Bitola, Macedonia
1ST Prize for Successful Creation, State Art Exhibition, Cultural Center, ‘Ilindenski Denovi’ Bitola, Macedonia
1999-2003: Scholarship from the Macedonian Ministry of Culture for the School for Applied Arts ‘Lazar Licenoski’, Skopje, Macedonia
1998: Special Diploma for “Society seen through the eyes of children" at The International Museum of Children’s Art, Oslo, Norway - In cooperation with the Norwegian Ministry of Education and the Norwegian Council for Cultural Affairs.
1995: Best Exhibition Award, City of Skopje International Art Exhibition, 13 Noemvri, Skopje, Macedonia
RESIDENCIES
2015: Golden Osten | Biennial of Awarded Artists, Gevgelija, Macedonia 2015: InSpace Curatorial|Artist in Residence, San Francisco, CA
2015: Spring of 2015 Wit-ess SFIAF Performance, San Francisco, CA 2015: Winter 2015 Wit-ess Film Production, Miles City, MT
2014: Igor Josifov, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, USA
2013: Re-collecting Memories, The Performance Art Institute, San Francisco, USA 2008: Reflection On Originality, The Watermill Center, New York, USA Manumission, performance, The Watermill Center, New York, USA