Rafail Georgiev - Raffò
Sofia, Bulgaria
"Most of the projects that I made are from natural stone, bronze, wood, steel, but however there are no limits of a variety of materials for my ideas. Since I’ve started sculpting I’ve worked with all classical material and I’m open to discover and experiment personally with unconventional new materials and matters. Works of Raffò are situated in private or municipal urban spaces and gardens in different countries like Italy, Bulgaria, Israel, Costa Rica, South of Korea , Chile, Germany ,Turkey, Canada, France, Romania and Denmark."
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2011 – 2013 Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, Italy /Master degree of Environmental sculpture In the course of Prof. ssa Oriana Impei
2006 – 2010 National Academy of Art, Sofia / Bachelor degree of Sculpture
in the course of Prof. Krum Damianov
Prize honors
2013 5th International Sculpture Symposium in Bad Salzungen,
Germany – Artist Prize
2015 Biennale De Sologne, wood symposium in Chaumont-Sur-Tharonne, France - Jury Prize
2016 Biennale de Sculpture in Yerres, France - Jury Prize
Public sculptures
2019
- “Radio kills the video star”, located in the city of Alanya, Turkey
- “Our solar system”, located in the Town park of Kenzingen, Schwarzwald, Germany
- “Dancing cubes and volumes 2”, located in National Park Hainich, Behringer, Germany
- “Dancing cubes and volumes”, located in Cavriglia, Toscana, Italy
2018
- “Formations”, located in Village of Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada
- “I am free from Pandora”, located in front of the Museum of contemporary art in Yavne, Israel
2017
- “Sound the horns”, located in municipality gardens of Manavgad, Turkey
- “In the mother womb”, located in Ma’ale Adumim, Israel
- “Mental Curves”, located in the city of Craiova, Romania
- “Music box”, located in front of the central police station in Sevlievo, Bulgaria
- “Kattegat horns”, located inside city hospital-lobby in Sonderborg, Denmark
- “Night watch”, located in a central municipality building in Santa Anna, San Jose, Costa Rica
- “Colony conglomerate”, located in the Mall area in Givat Shmuel, Israel
2016
- “Dissolving tensions”, located in Nuestros Parques central parks in Santiago De Chile, Chile
- “Dissolving”, located in the town of Vezza d’Olio, Brescia, Italy
- “Sub water landscape”, located in the yacht harbor of Cetraro, Calabria, Italy
- “Internal movement blue”, located in the municipality building in Yerres(Paris), France
- “The wheel of knowledge”, located in the municipality of Rishon LeZion, Israel
2015
- “Organic cube”, located in the Daekyo Fondation gardens in Seoul, South of Korea
- “This future is hiding in the past harmony”, located in the town of Ma’a lot-Tarshiha, Israel
2014
- “In the mother womb”, located in the municipality gardens of Cassino in Lazio, Italy
2013
- “Four genetic gates”, located in the old town of Calcata Vecchia, Viterbo, Italy
- “Floyd column”, located in the salt baths in Bad Salzungen, Germany
2012
- “Temple of the elements”, located in Palombara Sabina, Italy
Private collections
2019
- “Golden formation”, located in BenQ Foundation collection in Taiwan
2016
- “Internal movement red”, located in Private collection in Sankt Blasien, Germany
- “Dissolving out”, located in Private collection in Bad Salzungen, Germany
2016
- “Floyd Arch”, located in the town of Chaumont-Sur-Tharonne, France
Exhibitions
2019
- "C (Carbon)" Group show in The Red Dot Gallery in Sofia
2018
- 25 years anniversary of gallery Season in Sofia
- "State of mind", a group show in Gallery 2.0 in Sofia
2016
- Participation in a group exhibition in gallery Season in Sofia
2015
- Exhibition “Sculpture of father and son”, City Hall gallery in Razgrad, Bulgaria
- Exhibition of shelter in Kosa gallery space, Seoul, South of Korea
- "Organic Matrices" exhibition show with Alain Eschenlauer in The Red Dot Gallery in Sofia
2014
- Participation in the exhibition “Chines and Italian Artist”, Palazzo Velli(Trastevere), Rome, Italy
- Participation in exhibition “Arts Week in Rome “, Rome, Italy
2013
- International Sculpture Exhibition in Museum of Edgardo Mannucci, Arcevia, Italy
- Festival del Verde e del Paesaggio – Stone workshop, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
- Participation in the exhibition “Francesco, il Santo. Una leggenda che continua” in Rieti, Italy
2012
- International contemporary stone exhibition – “The Living Stone” in Museum of Antiquarium in Papasidero – Cosenza, Italy
- Participation in sculpture exposition in Villa Gregoriana – Tivoli ,Italy
- Participation in the exhibition “Bulgaria in four arts” in Bulgarian Embassy in Rome, opened by the President of Republica Bulgaria – Rossen Plevneliev
2011
- Participation in a group sculpture exposition “From a heart and other materials” in Bulgarian Academy of Science – Sofia, Bulgaria
2010
- Project “The Dream of the City”, organized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sofia, Bulgaria
2009
- Permanent sculpture exposition Terra 2000, Cherven Briag, Bulgaria
2008
- Presentation of the Sculpture, Tolentino, Italy
- Students exhibition from Academy of Fine Art Macerata – Sant’Ippolito (Scopire in Piazza),Italy
- Students exhibition from National Academy of Art Sofia in Prague and Istanbul
Symposiums
2019
- 16th International sculpture symposium in Alanya, Turkey
- 7th International sculpture symposium in Kenzingen, Germany
- 21st International sculpture symposium in Behringen, Germany
- 1th International Sculpture Sculpture Symposium "Pietra Sublime, Cavriglia, Italy
2018
- 4th International Sculpture Symposium "Sculpture Saint John" in SJ, Canada
- 1th International Sculpture Sculpture Symposium in Yavne, Israel
2017
- 3th International Sculpture Symposium in Manavgat, Turkey
- 4th International Sculpture Symposium in Ma'ale Adumim, Israel
- 5th International Sculpture Symposium “The ways of Brancusi” in Craiova, Romania
- 4th International Sculpture Symposium in Sevlievo, Bulgaria
- 6th International Sculpture Symposium in Sønderborg, Denmark
- 4th International Sculpture Symposium in Santa Ana, Costa Rica
- 1th International Stone Sculpture Symposium in Givat Shmuel, Israel
2016
- 3th International Sculpture Symposium Nuestros Parques in Santiago De Chile, Chile
- 21th International Sculpture Symposium in Sankt Blasien, Germany
- 6th International Sculpture Symposium in Bad Salzungen,Germany
- 2th International Stone Sculpture Symposium Borom in Vezza d'Olio (BS), Italy
- International Stone Sculpture Symposium in Cetraro (CS), Italy
- Biennale de Sculpture in Yerres, France - Jury Prize
- International Stone Sculpture Symposium in Rishon LeZion,Israel
2015
- Biennale De Sologne, wood symposium in Chaumont-Sur-Tharonne, France - Jury Prize
- 4th Daekyo International Symposium in Seoul, South of Korea
- 25th International Sculpture Symposium “Stone in the Galilee” in Ma’alot-Tarshiha, Israel
2014
- 1th Stone Sculpture Symposium in Cassino , Italy
2013
- Stone Sculpture Symposium in Calcata, Italy
- 5th International Sculpture Symposium in Bad Salzungen,
Germany – Artist Prize
2012
- Stone Sculpture Symposium in Palombara Sabina –
Park of Lucretili mountains, Italy
2011
- Wood Symposium in village Oriahovitsa, Bulgaria, organized by “Prof. Minko Balkanski” Foundation
Membership
Since 2018 Member of the International sculpture Alliance - ISSA
Since 2019 Member of the International Association for Monumental Sculpture Events - AIESM
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Q&A
How do your pieces come to life? Tell us one interesting thing about your creative process?
"It is somewhere between the meanings of the Latin terms "Homo Faber" (a man who makes) and "Homo Ludens" (a man who plays ). It is all about working with my imagination."
Rafail Georgiev - RaffòQ&A
What do you want people to do or feel when they encounter your creations?
"I wish that from the first glans, people in front of some of my works to remember something they had imagined or experienced in their childhood."
Rafail Georgiev - RaffòQ&A
What funny moments, unexpected surprises, or obstacles have you encountered?
"I am projecting my sculpture as a complex spacecraft and I am looking to find in the process the mistakes, that can make everything as child game at the end."
Rafail Georgiev - Raffò