Ognian Zekoff
Born in 1964 in Bulgaria, Ognian Zekoff moved to Montreal, Quebec where currently resides. Zekoff’s spiritual works communicate their messages through his use of orders of shapes and images, creating positive emotions within the viewer. The creative reality from which his artworks emerge exists in the realm between dreaming and wakefulness, allowing each person who approaches his works to experience their own individualized interpretation. Each painting promotes the recognition of the viewer’s internal longings and encourages the transformation of such transient notions into something lasting.
Zekoff achieves his powerful emotive range without forcing his content into a narrative, leaving the interpretation of his works unrestricted. In using the nude body, Zekoff imbues his pieces with an innocence and a tangible quality that strengthens the viewer’s response.
Ognian Zekoff has participated in many solo and group exhibitions all over Europe, North America and Asia and has been awarded numerous international awards. Zekoff’s paintings are currently housed in important collections around the world including National Museums of Contemporary Art in Sofia, Bulgaria and Beijing, China, as well as the Foundation Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, France amongst others.
Zekoff explores the change in meaning that occurs as he alters the colours of his subjects, thus connecting everyday reality with an illusory world of his own creation. |
