Petar Mazev

• Name — Petar Mazev • Born — 10 February 1927 • Birthplace — Kavadarci, Kingdom of Yugoslavia • Died — 13 March 1993 • Place of death — Skopje, Republic of Macedonia • Education — Academy of arts in Belgrade, Zoran Petrović (painter) • Movement — Expressionism • Field — Painting, Mural, Mosaic, Ceramic art • Works — * Clowns (1990) • Occupation — Professor at the Faculty of Architecture in Skopje

He graduated from the Academy of arts in Belgrade in 1953 where he studied under painter Zoran Petrovic. He was professor at the Faculty of Architecture in Skopje. He had held individual exhibitions in the United States, China, India, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and other countries. He was a member of the artistic group "Mugri".

Expressionism was a constant presence in his paintings, but before choosing expressionism, he went through several phases including his White Phase and Warm Phase. In the mid-1960s, Mazev started to include in his non-figurative paintings in muted colours and rendered in dense and grainy impasto with materials such as burnt wooden plates, glass, scrap-metal sheets, and sand. In addition to paintings (mostly oil on canvas), he was also the author of murals, mosaics and ceramic arts.