biography |
1944 |
Birth in Varna (Bulgaria) |
1972 |
Graduates from the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia (Bulgaria). |
1991 |
His studio in Varna is burnt to the ground. Numerous works are lost. Settles in Vienna (Austria). |
ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS IN: |
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| Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, United States of America. | |
PRIZES: |
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| 2009 | The title Professor |
| 1991 | Gottfried von Herder Prize for his complete works, University of Vienna (Austria) |
| 1991 | Price at the 2nd Print Triennale, Chamallières (France) |
| 1985 | Grand Prix for Bulgarian Participants at the 3rd Print Biennale, Varna (Bulgaria) |
| 1984 | Price at Art Expo, New York (USA), granted by the foundation Bilan de l'art contemporain. |
| 1983 | The 'Iliya Petrov' Grand Prix for Mural Painting awarded by the Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia (Bulgaria) |
| 1982 | Silver Medal at the International Exhibition in Leipzig (Germany) |
| 1976 | Grand Prix of the Biennale, Brno (Czech Republic) |
| Has been awarded many other national prizes for print and drawing. | |
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AND MUSEUMS |
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| Austria | Museum of Graphic Art Albertina, Vienna |
| Vienna Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vienna | |
| Artothek, Vienna | |
| NÖ Landesmuseum, St. Pölten | |
| Bulgaria | The National Art Gallery, Sofia |
| Municipal Museum of Art, Varna | |
| France | Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Paris Fonds national d'art contemporain | |
| Paris Art Dialogue Foundation, Paris | |
| Germany | Museum of Art Villa Merkel, Esslingen |
| Museum of Graphic Art of the Schreiner Foundation, Bad Steben | |
| Russia | Pushkin Museum of Art, Moscow |
| U.S. of A. | The Library of Congress, Washington DC |
| New York Public Library | |
| Princeton University | |
| Yale University | |
| Florida State University (Strozier Library) | |
| Florida Atlantic University (Jaffe Collection) | |
| Middlebury College (Starr Library) | |
WORKS IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: |
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| Austria, Australia, Bulgaria, France, Finland, Germany, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, The United States of America |
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