BIOGRAPHY of Nikola Pijanmanov

Born in 1981 in Strumica, Republic of Macedonia

Education:

High School of Art "Lazar Lichenoski"
(1996 -2000) Skopje
Faculty of Fine Arts Ss. Cyril and Methodius
(2000-2005) Skopje
Graduated in the class of Professor Rubens Korubin
in 2005

Realized Solo Exhibitions

ILLUMINATIONS (of the poetry of Mihail Rendоov) at NUB, St. Kliment OhridskiNovember 2007, Skopje (now a permanent exhibition of the library)
CROSS OF POPLAR, Youth Cultural Center, March 2008, Skopje
THE SCENT OF WRETH, Mala Stanica, October 2009, Skopje/li>
Exhibition of Paintings, Theater Anton Panov, November 2009, Strumica
DISSAPPEARINGS, Open Graphic Studio Museum of the City of Skopje, July 2012
THE SHIRT OF SALOME, Art Salon of the National Museum, November 2013, Veles

Exhibition of ILLUMINATED BOOKS, City Gallery and Museum, May 2014, Strumica
REMAININGS, Theater Anton Panov, December 2015, Strumica
TIMES, MKC Skopje, April 2018
PASSION/CRUCIFIXION (Death Dies) Metanoja Gallery, December 2020, Skopje
BURNT LAND, Art Gallery Kumanovo, October 2021
Twilight– The House of Đura Jakšić, Belgrade, June, 2022
Passage (life, illness, death and eternity) – Cité des arts Paris, Paris, August, 2022

Adam’s Cry – Poetry Festival in Velestovo, August, 2022
Passage – Cultural Centre “Miladinov Brothers”, Struga, September, 2022
Abandoned areas – Cultural Centre “Marko Cepenkov”, Prilep, October, 2022
The Master, the suffering and the discipleship (with Vladimir Georgievski), Metanoia Gallery, Skopje, April, 2023
Waiting for Eternity (Adam’s Cry), MC Gallery, New York, August, 2024
Being Eternal – Cultural and Information Centre Skopje, Imperial 1 and 2, November, 2024

STUDY STAY IN PARIS IN Cité internationale des arts JULY/AUGUST, 2022

RESIDENTIAL STAY IN NEW YORK, AUGUST, 2024
ART ACTIVITIES IN PLAYS

Paintings/Illustrative Projects for Theatrical Plays

“Strindberg File, directed by Vlado Cvetanovski, Theater Anton Panov, December 2010, Strumica

Demons, directed by Zlatko Slavenski, MNT Skopje, April 2011, Skopje

Forbidden Laughter, directed by Igor Ivkovic, Theater Anton Panov, 2018, Strumica

ART ACTIVITIES IN PLAYS

The Second Coming, directed by Vasil Mihail, Theater Anton Panov April 2017, Strumica

The Meek One directed by Dejan Angelov, Theater Anton Panov December 2019, Strumica

Cain directed by Dejan Angelov, Alternative Scene, November 2020, Strumica

PUBLIC SCULPTURES AND MONUMENTS

An Ax, painting at the Macedonian Opera and Ballet, 2010 (A permanent installation of MOB)
The Tree of Life, monumental iron sculpture placed in the municipality of Strumica’s Public Park, December 2014
Ivy (dedicated to cancer victims) - posted in the permanent exhibition in the lobby of the Municipality of Strumica, November 2015

The Old Man and the Sea, a monumental painting on the facade of the Public Library in Strumica, August 2017
The Stork and the Snake, iron sculpture placed in the village Kolešino, municipality Novo Selo, September, 2020
Hamlet, iron sculpture placed in Veles, December, 2020

HUNGER, iron sculpture, International Sculpture Colony Veles, 2021
ATLAS, iron sculpture, placed in municipality Bosilovo, November, 2022
POET’S HAND, placed in Velestovo, as part of Velestovo Poetry night, August, 2023
DENICIJA – placed in Art Gumno, Sloeštica, Juny, 2024

He writes reviews, essays and texts about art and culture. He has promoted and reviewed several individual art exhibitions. He is an editor of many monographs of fine art.

As a screenwriter and director (together with Stole Angelov) he has realized the film TRN (Thorn) produced by the Tranzen Culture Association, January, 2022.

Lives and works as an independent artist in Macedonia.
Contact: 075812341