George Stamenov

Education


Royal College of Art
Master degree in Experimental Animation
2016 - 2018

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Willem the Kooning Academy
Bachelor degree in Animation
2009 - 2014

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West University of England
Animation ( exchange program )
2012

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Press

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TimeOut London - December Issue 2018

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Morning Star 

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BIO


Bulgarian artist and director George Stamenov examines the immersive possibilities of story telling by challenging the dogmas of contemporary film making. His short films carry a unique aesthetic that is derived from Eastern Europe.


Raised in Sofia, Bulgaria and trained as a painter from an early age, his work arises from an early fascination with the Renaissance and Medieval eras. Stamenov utilizes computer graphic imagery as his primary medium, often to render the uncanny side of a simple event or a movement in a composition, exaggerating its insignificance in an extraordinary manner.


George Stamenov was born in 1988 and lives and works in London, United Kingdom. He completed undergraduate studies at Willem De Kooning Academie and postgraduate studies at the Royal College of Art. His work was featured in The Bloomberg New Contemporaries for two consecutive years (2018, 2019); NOT A LIVE SHOW Bonington Gallery, Nottingham (2018); Working Projects - Inhabiting the Dome at Whiteleys Shopping Center (2018); Water Tower Festival Bulgaria (2012);


Exhibitions


2019 Bloomberg New Contemporaries - 6th of Decemeber 2019 
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SSA | VAS OPEN 2019/2020 - Artists moving image screening 
22 December - 5 February 2020
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Leeds Art Gallery - Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2019 
14th of September - 17th of November
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NOT A LIVE SHOW screening curated by Emily Gray
Bonington Gallery, Nottingham
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2018 Bloomberg New Contemporaries 
5th of December 2018 - 24th of February 2019
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Working Projects - Inhabiting the Dome at Whiteleys Shopping Center
November 2018
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South London Gallery PostGraduate Residency 2018-19 - shortlisted
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2018 Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art - Liverpool John Moores University 
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2017 Big Deal number 5 - London
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2013 Urban Cult Festival Bulgaria
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2012 ArtWEEK Rotterdam / “Damage Playground”
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2012 Art Rotterdam Exhibition 
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2012 Water Tower Festival Bulgaria
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Freelance


Ben Rivers
Date: July 2019 - December 2019
Function: Developing 3D set for Ben Rivers’ film Urthworks
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Hermes Paris 
Date: Decemeber 2018 - January 2019
Function: Developing a 3d design in  collaboration with Oliver Dickson and Octave Marshal for a forthcoming Hermes scarf for their 2020 collection 
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Manu Luksch
Date: October 2018 - January 2019
Function: Developing 3D for Manu Luksch’s recent work: ALGO-RHYTHM
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Bonnefantenmuseum
Date: December 2017 - January 2018
Function: Developing animations for Juliaan Andeweg’s exhibition
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Company: Münchner Kammerspiele - Das Theater der Stadt München
Date: 13th of July 2017 - 28st of July 2017
Function: CGI Animation for the installation work “DAS INTERNET” by Alexander Giesche
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Rijks Academie van beeldende kunsten
Date: March 2016 - November 2016   
Function: Collaboration with Tchelet Weisstub
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Rijks Academie van beeldende kunsten
Date:  November 2016 - January 2017 
Function: Developing animations for Juliaan Andeweg’s solo exhibition at Martin van Zomeren Gallery
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Rijks Academie van beeldende kunsten
Date: February 2016
Function: Modeling an cyborg hand for 3D printing as part of ongoing project of Josefin Arnell
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Company: Münchner Kammerspiele - Das Theater der Stadt München
Date: 15th of September 2015 - 17th of October 2015
Function: Developing Virtual Reality Animation for a theater show premier “Yesterday You Said Tomorrow” by Alexander Giesche
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Company: DasArts- Master of Theater - Amsterdam
Date: 8th of May 2015 - 21st of June 2015
Function: Virtual Reality animation for a master degree project of Alexander Giesche
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Company : Raamw3rk
Date : April 2013 – August 2013
Function : all round 3D animator, Post production
Developing the visual effects for a feature film
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Company : National Bulgarian Television Animation Department
Date : September 2007 – December 2007
Function :Animating, Frame Filling,
Working on the National “Good Night Kids” animation
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Company : Sugarshack Animation studio
Date : October 2006 – May 2007
Function : Character Design, Outline Cleaning, Animating and Frame Filling
Working on “Lil Bush” animation series, commissioned by Comedy Central
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Contact



Georgi Staykov Stamenov
13-01-1988
Sofia, Bulgaria

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00 44 7999029177

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george.stamenov@gmail.com

georgi.stamenov@network.rca.ac.uk

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