Viktor Petrov (b. 1991, Pleven, Bulgaria) is a Berlin-based visual artist working with sculpture and installation. He studied at Burg Giebichenstein Halle and the University of the Arts Berlin by Prof. Monica Bonvicini. His work has been shown internationally, including exhibitions at the Institute for Contemporary Art, Sofia and gallery PUNTA (Sofia, BG), gallery Tempesta (Milano, IT), gallery NADAN and gallery Burster (Berlin, DE), gallery Gruppe Motto (Hamburg, DE), DOCK20 (Lustenau, AUT), and Governors Island (New York, USA). He is a recipient of the YVAA Award, the UdK Art Prize, and the Ursula Hanke-Förster Prize, and has received grants from Deutsche Bank, the Karl Hofer Gesellschaft, and the Stiftung Kunstfonds. He is a co-author of a permanent art installation for the UNESCO World Heritage Site Naumburger Dom and a member of the artists ́ collective frontviews.

Petrov ́s work brings together the social, architectural, and political body in a dialogue around systems of structural violence. By combining mass-produced objects and handcrafted pieces, he seeks to simultaneously mimic and rearrange the visual syntax of patriarchal and economic power structures. Informed by his experience of growing up in post-communist Bulgaria, he explores themes such as labor, democracy, and patriarchal authorities. Architecture plays a key role in his practice -not only as a discipline concerned with constructing physical and virtual spaces, but also as a tool for reinforcing ideologies.