Robert Baramov

The artist Robert Baramov is born in 1966 in the city of Varna, Bulgaria. He works in the field of installation, performance, contemporary texts and graphics. He graduated from the Graphics Department of the National Academy of Art in Sofia (1994).

He has won over 40 international awards for graphic and contemporary art. He has presented his solo projects, actions and installations on international forums for graphics and contemporary art in galleries, museums and cultural institutions in Germany, Denmark, China, Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria etc., the most important of them being at Kulturhaus, Hannover (DE), Museum of Modern Art, Bodenburg (DE), Art Museum, Frederikshavn (DK), museum "Castle" Malbork (PL), National Museum, Beijing (CN), National Museum of Natural History, Sofia (BG), Museum of History in Sofia (BG) . He participated in Diplomatic Art 2015 at the Bastionul Theresia, Romania with documentation of his project ''Rented airspaces '' (informal action during 56th Biennale, Venice, 2015).

His artistic credo - "I work in the field of "invisual" art in sociopolitical and cultural context focused on the Bulgarian framework. I express the unacceptable condition of totalitaristic monopoly on the Bulgarian art scene. I make my graphics from my old period animated and intervened with objects, drawings, fire, contemporary writing, corresponding with the exhibited space". He also states that he does performances and actions which show with sense of humor and a bit of sarcasm the present situation of an artist in Bulgaria who is independent and not in the cage of any art system or monopoly. His installations are result of his research of artistic freedom.

Awards: 1992 Second prize Gallery "Au Virage" Switzerland; 1993 Honor medal Ostrow Wielkopolski Poland; 1994 Award for best Ex.L- mini print Yugoslavia; 1994 Vaasa Finland- Sponsors' Prize; 1995 Art Dialog -Paris- Triennial Sofia Bulgaria; 1995 First Prize &medal Ostrow Wielkopolski Poland; 1995 Third Prize & Medal Glivice Poland; 1995 Prize - Foundation Open Society- Biennial Varna; 1996 Collectors Prize & Medal Malbork Poland; 1997 Best engraving Orense Spain; 1997 Town Prize for lithography -Sent Niklaas Belgium; 1997 Best engraving Kuprum 7-poland; 1998 Honor medal Malbork Poland; 1998 Prize- Orense Spain; 1998 Prize- Lithuanian Airlines ; Competition For mini print; 1999 BulArt Bulgaria Prize for Best artist of the Year; 2000 Honor prize - Orense Spain; 2000 Prize - Museum Castle - Malbork, Poland; 2000 Best P.F DEG- Germany; 2000 Jubileo 2000- Italy special price; 2001 Collectors' Pirze -Stralsund Germany; 2001 Honor Prize-Sofia Triennial; 2002 First Prize-Varese Milano- Italy; 2002 Golden Burin-Malbork Poland; 2003 Sponsors' Prize-Sofia Ex. L.; 2003 Special Prize-Soma Lombardo Italy; 2005 Jury's Prize- Sofia Trianial; 2006 Association Chinohanga's prize Tokio Japan; 2006 Jury Prize- Mini print -Tokio Japan; 2009 Golden Burin, Museum the Castle, Malbork; 2010 First prize Fu Xian Zhai, China; 2011 The big golden prize "San Min Cup "Shanghai, China; 2011 Master Cup at Illustration biennial Beijing; 2011 Best art work at Illustration Biennale Beijing; 2012 Golden Panda, Beijing; 2012 Honor Prize, Milano, Italy; 2012 Silver Prize, Shanghai, Exhibition at Oriental Pearl Tower; 2014 First Prize, Guangzhou International Mini Print Biennial; 2014 selected artist at the Competition Il Bosco Stregato.