Sashko Ilov
Photographer, Graphic\Web Designer, and Educator
Statement
My work is not a final solution. Each work is a message, tension, a critique, or a question. The medium, form, and structure shift. Rather than anchoring meaning, I prefer to dislocate it, allowing the work to speak in multiple directions, sometimes clearly, sometimes not. The work is an open field, a site of exploration. Explore more of my work at Unique Modern Gallery.
Current topic
Dear friends of art and photography, I am honored to share that my photos, Loneliness, Marketed as Freedom, They Went Out To Buy Milk, But They Forgot What Milk Is, and Lake Ohrid™ – Add Concrete, have been awarded the FIRST AWARD by the Photography for the OSTEN BIENNIAL Skopje 2026.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
He Found Himself He Will Not Draw Passers-by Anymore - Photo Exhibition, KAJ NAS, Heidelberg, Germany, 2023. Praxis Gallery & Photographic Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2022. Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, 2020.
Blue - Photo Exhibition, Museum and Gallery of Kavadarci, Macedonia, 2005.
Windows - Photo Exhibition, City Park Kavadarci, Macedonia, 1997.
Publications
He Found Himself He Will Not Draw Passers-by Anymore - Interactive photo book, 2023.
Dzolomari - Photo book, 2020.
One Fairy Tale, Two Colors - Photo book, 2017.
Native Ornaments - Educational coloring book, 2017.
Lectures
My Photography - Florida Museum of Photography Art - Tampa, 2021.
Fragments of Everyday Life(My Photography) - Cultural Center Jadro, Macedonia, 2021.
My Graphic Design and Photography - Saint Leo University, Florida, 2018.
History of Photography - Lazaropole, Macedonia, 2014.
Photography vs. Reality - Bitola, Macedonia, 2014.
Film Festival
The Diary of the Seduced - Flipbook Film Festival, Skopje, and Miami Underground Film Festival, 2025.
There Is No One - Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival - Tampa, 2022.
Selected Group Exhibitions
OSTEN Biennial of Contemporary Visual Arts – Skopje, Macedonia, 2026.
Photo Art Community - Photo Exhibition, Angioino–Aragonese Castle - Agropoli, Italy, 2026.
Fotografia Europea - (book fair), Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2026.
American Photography 41 - Photo Exhibition, Angel Orensanz Foundation - New York, USA, 2025.
The Dalí’s Surprisingly Surreal - Photo Exhibition, The Dalí Museum - St. Petersburg, USA, 2025.
The Annual Exhibition - Photo Exhibition, Florida Museum of Photography Art - Tampa, USA, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018.
Agora Gallery - Photo Exhibition, New York, USA, 2020.
We Stand Stronger / We Stand Together -Poster Design Exhibition - MKC Gallery, Macedonia, 2020.
From The Trenches - Poster Design Exhibition - Graphic Designers Association of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, 2020.
About Turkey - Poster Design Exhibition - Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, Turkey, 2020.
The City of Bardejov - Poster Design Exhibition - Slovakia, 2019.
Art by Architects -Photo Exhibition - Center for Architecture and Design Gallery, Tampa, USA, 2019.
Architectural Photography, Florida Museum of Photography Art - Tampa, USA, 2018.
The Studio 620 - Photo Exhibition - St. Petersburg, USA, 2018.
Being Sentient/Sentient - Allegany Arts - Photo Exhibition - Cumberland, Maryland, USA, 2017.
Et Cultura - Poster Design Exhibition - St. Petersburg, USA, 2017.
Archaeological Photography - Photo Exhibition - Podgorica, Monte Negro, 2012.
Six-story from the City - Photo Exhibition - MKC Gallery, Skopje, Macedonia, 2003.
Fotomedia - Photo Biennale - Chifte Amam, Skopje, Macedonia, 2001.
Awards
1st place, OSTEN Biennial of Contemporary Visual Arts – Skopje, Macedonia, 2026.
2nd place, Annual exhibition, Florida Museum of Photography Art, Tampa, 2021.
2nd place, Annual exhibition, Florida Museum of Photography Art, Tampa, 2020.
1st place, Annual exhibition, Florida Museum of Photography Art, Tampa, 2018.
Honorable Mention, Architectural Photography, Florida Museum of Photography Art, Tampa, 2018.