Stefan Yordanov (1972) was born in Sofia, Bulgaria.

He studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy (1990 – 1994) and at the Amsterdam School of Art (1995 – 1997), both in Amsterdam. Yordanov experiments in a broad range of artistic mediums: drawing, collage, interactive objects, site-specific installations and most recently: light sculptures.

The human body and its representation in the visual culture is an important inspiration for Yordanov as an artist. ‘Our body is a very strong communication instrument; it is our most private possession and at the same time our public casing’.

In his collage series ‘Identities’(2012), ‘disCover Faces’(2014) en ‘Glossynatomy’ (2015) the artist literary deconstructs the concepts of beauty ideals: using male and female model photographs from the glossy’s he cuts them into small parts and then rearranges the little pieces back to anatomy illustrations showing transitory and decay of the flesh. Human (and animal) anatomy therefore have an important place in his art. His recent light sculptures – animal skeletons build up from light tubes – are an attempt to show the mystery of our physical & spiritual existence.