Ivan Moudov

BulgariaGalleries & Collectives

Biography

Ivan Moudov (1975, Sofia) graduated in 2002 from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia. His artistic practice spans photography, video, performance, and installation. His work, which has a strong metaphorical charge, questions the sociopolitical and economic conditions of art and its relationship to systems of power. By subverting their existing norms and rules the artist reveals the levers of their functioning.

Archive records · BUNA vol.3 / 2025

PUNTA Gallery and Spiaggia Libera group presentation, 2025 Individual work details not supplied

Galleries & Collectives
Gallery / Collective
PUNTA Gallery and Spiaggia Libera (FR)
Curator / Team
Curators: Sacha Guedj Cohen (FR), Camille Velluet (FR), Boyana Dzhikova

The works presented in Odyssea: Le chant des sirènes explore the siren as a shifting symbol of mystery, desire, resistance, and transformation. Moving between Mediterranean and Black Sea perspectives, the artists approach the sea as both a real and imagined space—an environment inhabited by mythological beings, political tensions, collective memories, and unresolved fears. Across the exhibition, the siren appears in multiple forms: as an enchanting and dangerous figure, as a projection of patriarchal fantasies, as a symbol of female autonomy, and as an emblem of fluid identity. The works examine the body as a site where social expectations, sexuality, power, and history are continuously negotiated. At the same time, they reflect on how myths and cultural narratives are created, inherited, and rewritten.