Ivan Kostolov was born in Plovdiv in 1972. In 2006 he graduated with a Master's degree, major Painting from the Academy of Arts Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Bulgaria, Germany, Belgium, Norway and other countries. Winner of the first prize for painting at Allianz Bulgaria National Awards, Plovdiv Regional Exhibition (2012) and first prize for painting at the St. Cyril and St. Methodius Foundation, Sofia (2008).

Lives and works in Plovdiv and Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

“The paintings of Ivan Kostolov explore the border zones of the imagery. This is a conceptually conditioned choice related to the self-reflexive structure of the image, i.e. the idea that any piece of work contains a comprehensive vision of the pictorial and the artistic perception.”

                                                                                                    Dr. Galina Lardeva