Exhibition by Vasil Yanev - Grapulo
Gallery 33 is pleased to present the exhibition “Permafrost” by the artist Vasil Yanev – Grapulo – a painterly series that explores the landscape as a space of suspended time, where the external world and inner experience overlap in a state of apparent stillness.
In the works from this series, the natural motif is transformed and released from its descriptive function. The landscape becomes a multilayered visual structure in which memory, emotion, and lived experience are preserved as traces beneath the surface. Like permafrost—a natural layer in which time accumulates and is preserved—the images convey a sense of frozen energy and inner tension.
Through saturated fields of colour and carefully constructed compositions, Vasil Yanev – Grapulo creates spaces that appear motionless yet contain a hidden dynamism and a continuous presence of change. In the exhibition “Permafrost”, the landscape is not a specific place, but a condition—a territory of preserved memory in which the visible is only the surface of deeper, invisible processes.
About the artist
Vasil Yanev – Grapulo (b. 1976, Burgas) is a painter working in the field of fine art. In 2000, he obtained a Master’s degree in Iconography from St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo. Since 2025, he has been a member of the Visual Artists Association (VAA), United Kingdom.
He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions, as well as national shows, biennials, and international competitions. In his recent artistic cycles, he explores the transformation of the natural motif as a visual metaphor for human experience.
He lives and works in Bulgaria.
Vernissage : June 10, 6 p.m.
The exhibition will be open to visitors from June 10 to June 24, 2026.
Venue: Gallery 33, 2A Gabrovo St.
Tel.: 0899878333
E-mail: contact@gallery33.art
Admission: Free