Iva Troj

About

My son once said art was about "breaking things in the right places". He was 8 and I was trying to explain what juxtaposition meant. I use this quote a lot when I teach, I figure people discover things about art and themselves when they try to decipher it.

Art is so hard to explain though. I am fascinated by the impossibility of art categorization, I get in trouble every time I’m asked to explain my work or technique. I was schooled in the most traditional way starting from the same basics that Renaissance artists and their pupils learned, like making your own oils or studying the bodies in the morgue (it's a long story, I grew up in communist Bulgaria)...

Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
Website: http://ivatroj.com

Work

O N G O I N G
- LUMEN 50 GLOBAL TOUR:
January 22-26, 2013: London, Gallery 27, Cork Street
February 7-10, 2013: Riga, Latvia, Robert's Books
February 23 - March 3, 2013: Shanghai, FQ Projects
March 8-16, 2013: Hong Kong, Plum Blossoms Art Gallery
June, 2013: Cardiff, Wales - ArcadeCardiff
November 1-10th, 2013: Gallery 61, 16 W61st New York City, USA

R E C E N T
- Exhibition “The IvY Project” (http://ivatroj.com/ivy.html), Gallery Laveau – 11/11-01/12
- Art, design and Illustration for Riksteatern, NYTEXT! - 2012
- Exhibition “My dear Foe” Slakthuset, Stockholm – 2011
- Musikgalleriet Event and Exhibition at Riksteatern - 2011
- Exhibition Gallery Form 5, San Francisco, USA - 2010
- Design and Illustration for Riksteatern, NYTEXT! – 2010
- Musikgalleriet Event and Exhibition at Södra Teatern - 2010
- Exhibition Scandic Anglais, Stockholm - 2010
- Finalist at the City Art Competition, Stockholm - 2010
- Videos and animations for Riksteatern - 2009
- Design manager for Capasca Concept Stores Scandinavia - 2006-2008
- Art and animation for Riksteatern “Dreamtime” project - 2006
- Official paper at HCI Conference Las Vegas, USA (http://www.hci-international.org) - 2005
- Lecturer at Dramatiska Institutet, Stockholm - 2003
- Lecturer Design Management-class in cooperation with Konstfack and KTH - 2002
- Lecturer / Design at Academedia - 1999
- Lecturer / Digital Media C3L & Mediaskolan - 1998
- Art Teacher at different SAUF schools
- Illustrator, designer Norstedts & Bonnier Förlag … Read More

Education

Art & Design at T.L. College of The Arts;
Printmaking at CCAC, CA, USA;
Design Management at Berghs School of Communication, Stockholm, Sweden;
Theatre at University of Stockholm, SWE;
Media Studies at University of Södertörn, Stockholm, SWE … Read More