User:Krapako/sandbox

Born and raised in Bulgaria, Krassimir studied at the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna, Austria. First for the sculptor Joannis Avramidis and then for Michelangelo Pistoletto. 1998 he took his MA degree and that same year moved to Sweden and until 2012 he lived and worked in Uppsala. During this time he has participated in numerous exhibitions in Scandinavia, Europe and in the USA and his Art was awarded with several Prizes. The summer of 2012 he moved back to Austria and now he lives in Pöchlarn, the Birthplace of the great Artist Oskar Kokoschka. Here he actively works with the International Artist Symposium “Atelier an der Donau”.

Krassimir works with Painting, Sculpture and New Media Art. During the years he has been working with a numerous of public projects and has exhibited his art in several countries like: Denmark, Germany, Austria, Norway, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Italy, USA, Sweden and others.

Krassimir has always been fascinated by the Human being. He sees the Human body as a canvas, where the soul paints its own stories. So he sees his role as an Artist to discover this stories and interpret them. He dos that both imaginary - realistic and expressive - abstract, by working mostly with models, trying to discover the inner story printed on their bodies.