Bio

JORDAN MANASIJESKI – “Stories about holly spaces”

Jordan Manasijeski was born in 1948 in Ohrid , Macedonia. He graduated in Art Pedagogy in Skopje.
He has taken part in a number of group exhibitions and art colonies both at home and abroad. Has been awarded numerous prizes for his work, also known as a designer and a cartoonist.
He has held a lot of exhibitions such as:

  • 1990 – The Art Gallery of the Museum Urania in Ohrid Macedonia
  • 1991 – The Cultural and Information Centre in Skopje Macedonia
  • 1999 – The Art Gallery “Aero” in Skopje Macedonia
  • 2004 – The Art Gallery “Still Art” in Bonn, Germany
  • 2004 – The Art Gallery “Troisdorf” in Troisdorf, Germany
  • 2009 – Salon D’Automne in Paris, France
  • 2009 – The World Gallery of Drawings “OSTEN”in Skopje, Macedonia (Special Prize)
  • 2010 – “The Great masters of the future”, Musee du Louvre – Paris, France (awarded from JCAA)
  • 2010 – Selected artist on “Art Annual Contemporary-2010” by Japan Contemporary Art Associational
  • 2010 – ARTEX Museum d’O in Tokyo, Japan
  • 2011 – ART EXPO “PIER 94” in New York,USA
  • 2011 – “FLORENCE Biennale”, Italy
  • 2013 – MUSEUM “Robevci” Ohrid, Macedonia
  • 2013 – ARTEX-2013 Paris,France
  • 2013 – Top 100 Professional -Artist painter by IBC Cembridge,UK
  • 2013 – Awarded with Medal “Man of the year 2013” for ART by IBC Cembridge,UK
  • 2014 – Award “St.Kliment Ohridski” by Municipality of Ohrid, Macedonia
  • 2015 – SPECTRUM, Miami, USA, Special Award from JCAA
  • 2015 – International award “MICHELANGELO- artist at the Jubilee” Vatican
  • 2016 – 1st International prize ” Leonardo da Vinci” Florence , Italy
  • 2016 – 1st Triennale dell’Arte Contemporanea , Verona , Italia
  • 2017 – International Biennale “ d’Arte Mediterraneo” – Palermo, Italia
  • 2018 – “Bienal of Nations” Venice, Italy
  • 2018 – “Amsterdam Whitney Gallery” New York, USA
  • 2019 – Selection “Art Museum Selection” Roma, Italy

Jordan Manasijeski is a completely original and exceptional painter. There are only few painters who are in constant quest for the substance of art and the essence of color. Even less are the ones who realize that the true art does not yield to any doctrine. Deep inside, feeling almost instinctively these principles, the painter creates a miraculous world through trembling of colors, a pure reflection of his sensual, sensitive and tender nature.

The world art critics write for his paintings that are art of elite-museum caliber and referring to some of them, they will notice that they are impressed by his superb abstract opus which resonates with a profound visual narrative and reveals the invisible within the visible.
The artistic journey that he portrays in the beautiful painting “Gift for the Blue Valley” generates a profound emotion of symbolism while reflecting an eternal universal message. In particular they are astonished by the visual metaphors and the movements of the strong lines in “Tale about the magic game”
which reveals an exciting color palette and relevant tone combinations. The artistic vocabulary of Jordan and his engagement in the composition of his “Story of the secret spaces” reflects a dynamic textural sense and powerful visceral shapes. Captivated by the work of “Heavenly gift” which conveys his fine talent as well as his unique vision of capturing the incomprehensibility using the essence of the emotional and physical experience.