Exhibition of Mitko Panov – Instead of Introduction

Exhibition of Mitko Panov named “Instead of Introduction” will be opened on october 5th 2023 , in 20 h, in the Multimedia centre Mala stanica.

Mitko Panov’s exhibition is designed to show two elements of his work – painting and film. In fact, the concept is a display of creativity where the author is a visual storyteller.
Mitko Panov is dedicated to his creativity, in the research of new forms of expression, where he makes a synthesis between classical painting disciplines, film and contemporary flows of ideas and concepts in art. Experimentation with idea-conceptual premises enables an original artistic product with deepened aesthetic results. The visual perception of the world that surrounds him intertwined with his imagination creates an artistic world in which visual representations are shaped.
Mitko Panov weaves reality as inspiration into his specific creative expression. For him, reality is a space for questioning the emotional presence of man and the search for personal truth and essence of existence. In his artistic universe, reality is conveyed through one’s own experience, understanding and feeling about the world, one’s own existence in it, creating a personal imperative for another reality where it does not change the facts of reality, but changes the way of thinking in relation to reality. The perception through the eye of the artist creates an inner world which, through aestheticized visuality, becomes a picture that reflects the “home” of the artist, i.e. his personal archive and survival.

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Mitko Panov studied painting at School of The Arts – Cyril and Methodius University, in Skopje, Macedonia. He went on to study filmmaking at the Polish National School for Film, TV & Theatre in Lodz. Between 1988 and 1995 he lived in NYC where he pursued career of a visual artist. Between 1998 and 2008 he held a professorship at the University of Texas in Austin, College of Communication. Since 2004 he lives in Switzerland where he works as an independent filmmaker and artist. For his works he has received a number of international awards among which the Golden Palm for best short film at Cannes 1991. He is recipient of a number of grants and fellowships including the Rockefeller Fellowship for Film and Media artists, the Guggenheim Fellowship for distinguished artists and scholars and the Sundance Documentary Film Grant. His audio-visual works were screened and published in collections including the Museum of Modern Art, NY (MOMA), the Guggenheim Museum, NY, and the Chicago Arts Institute’s Video Data Bank. His works were aired on major television networks including : Canal +, France 3, Channel 4, Film 4, Arts & Entertainment, ARTE, ZDF, PBS, ARD/BR, 3 Sat, B-92, etc. Panov taught Visual Story-telling at the Tisch School of the Arts – NYU, The German State School in Munich ( H.F.F. ) and is a funding member of the New York Film Academy. Over the past two decades he has taught a whole new generation of film makers and visual artists that have gone on to win presti gious awards, a Turner Prize and six Motion Picture Academy Awards.