
Exhibition – The path of color by Simonida Filiopova Kitanovska
Location: Grevgatan 34, Stockholm Opening: 30 Oct, 14:00-19:00 Exhibition: 30 Oct - 12 Nov. Artist: Simonida Filipova Kitanovska
About the artist
Simonida Filipova Kitanovska has been
professional artist all her life. Right after graduation from National Art Academy in her
native Republic of Macedonia (than Yugoslavia) her work was featured at the National
Art Gallery as she was recognized as one of the leading artist in the country. Her thirty
years career was marked by numerous solo and group exhibitions in Europe, Asia and
U.S.A. Mrs. Filipova Kitanovska was awarded in many occasions for her artistic
excellence.
In 1991-1997 she lived in U.S.A. and exhibited at Boston and Agora Gallery in Soho,
New York City. As a painter and visual artist she expressed herself in different media –
oil, acrylic, installation, combined techniques and video. However, last seven years her
work is almost exclusively dedicated to exploration of watercolor. Her very first
watercolor paintings early on in her career earned her a special prize at prestigious
national competition. Years later she found that this technique that is fast drying, often
full with unpredictability yet precise and unmerciful to mistakes or corrections, match her
own character, explosive expression and gesture, drawing using color and unquenched
thirst for realizing ideas to the inviting white surface instantly.
Selected solo exhibitions
2018 – MKC Galler, Skopje, Macedonia
– Cultural Center, Novi Sad, Serbia
– Gallery “Balkan Bridges”, Kragujevac, Serbia
– House of Culture, Demir Hisar, Macedonia
2016 – Contemplor Art Gallery, Vienna, Austria
– Palais Esterhazy, Vienna, Austria
2015 – Gallery “Do Bob” , Ljubljana ,Slovenia
– Gallery “Kult” , Gostivar, Macedonia
2014 – National Gallery, Mala Stanica, Skopje, Macedonia
2013 – Prima Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2012 – Cultural Informative Center of Macedonia in Sofia, Bulgaria
2011 – Army Hall, Skopje, Macedonia
– Gallery ”Tugad Munga”, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2010 – Gallery “Oko”, Skopje, Macedonia
– Gallery “Fontikus”, Groznjan, Croatia
– Mali Likovni Salon, Novi Sad, Serbia
2008 – Cultural Information Center, Skopje, Macedonia
2000 – Craon, France
1999 – Uranija, Ohrid, Macedonia
1998 – National Gallery “Daut-Pashin Amam”, Skopje, Macedonia
1994 – Gallery “Trident”, Boston, USA
1993 – Gallery “Agora”, New York – Soho, USA
1992 – Gallery “224“, Boston, USA
1991 – Gallery “Most”, Belgrade, Serbia
1990 – National Gallery “Daut-Pashin Amam”, Skopje, Macedonia
1989 – Gallery “Top”, Karlovac, Croatia
Simonida Filipova-Kitanovska’s works have been exhibited at more than one hundred group exhibitions in Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, France, USA, Germany, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Australia, Romania, Albania, Armenia, Greece, India, Italy and Thailand.
Awards and nominations
2019 – Best Watercolor (Nominated), Watercolor Biennale, Varna, Bulgaria
2018 – Best Abstraction, Watercolor Biennale Costa Rica, San Joan, Costa Rica
2017 – Osten Award –Artist of the Year
2014 – Vangel Kodzoman Award, small format painting, Skopje
2013 – Grand Prix, International competition for watercolors, Skopje
2012 – Prize for watercolors; International competition, Skopje
2008 – Dimitar Pandilov, miniature painting, Association of Artists of Macedonia
1997 – Dimitar Pandilov, miniature painting, Association of Artists of Macedonia 1989 – Yugoslav Biennial of Watercolor, BAJ, Karlovac
Special Projects (selection)
2019 – Acquarello in Fabriano, ten masters group show, Fabriano, Italy
2014 – Rotterdam Art Fair, Holland
2009 – Action painting performance with National Symphony Orchestra, Skopje, Macedonia
2002 – Elmhurst Park Art Project, Boston, USA