Dimitar Petrov (Artist)

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Dimitar Petrow ( Bulgarian Димитър Петров , born April 18, 1969 in Kyustendil ) is a Bulgarian artist .

Life

After attending the Art High School in Sofia, Petrov studied at the National Art Academy in Sofia , specializing in wall painting and graduated in 1996. He has been a member of the Association of Bulgarian Visual Artists since 1997 . In 1999 he went on a study trip to India . In 2010 he received a scholarship at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris .

His works can be found in national museums and private collections as well as in international collections such as Germany, Greece, Switzerland, Italy, USA, Japan.

Awards (selection)

  • 1995 Artcenter Soros Prize for Young Artists on the occasion of the International Triennial for Painting, Sofia.
  • 1995 Award for painting at the International Art Biennale, Skopje, Macedonia.
  • 1995 Prize for painting at the exhibition 'Struma', Küstendil, Bulgaria.
  • 1996 First prize for painting at the International Triennial, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 2001 First prize for wall art in the national competition 'The New Bulgarian Culture', Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • 2004 Prize for painting at the Balkan Quadriennial 'Myths and Legends', Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
  • 2010 Prize in the competition of the Association of Bulgarian Artists with subsequent grant and exhibition in the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris
  • 2012 Prize for painting at the Biennale for Contemporary Bulgarian Art 'Friends of the Sea', Burgas, Bulgaria
  • 2013 Prize for painting at the national exhibition Struma, Kyustendil, Bulgaria
  • 2014 Painting Prize at the VII International Biennale for Small Forms, Pleven, Bulgaria

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1994 Seasons Gallery, Sofia
  • 1995 Vitosha Art Gallery, Sofia
  • 1997 Gallery 11, Sofia
  • 1998 Gallery Vernissage Baratzite, Plovdiv
  • 1999 Kendross Gallery, Plovdiv
  • 2001 Art 36 gallery
  • 2001 Bulgarian Cultural Institute, Berlin
  • 2002 Kavalett Gallery, Varna Artamontzev Gallery, Sofia
  • 2003 Murgash Gallery, Sofia
  • 2004 Maxim Gallery, Sofia
  • 2009 Maxim Art Gallery, Sofia
  • 2010 National Art Center Forum, Sofia
  • 2010 Bulgarian Cultural Institute, Paris
  • 2014 Sredetz Gallery, Sofia
  • 2014 Seasons Gallery, Sofia
  • 2014 BKI Gallery, Prague
  • 2016 Sredetz Gallery, Sofia

Participation in exhibitions (selection)

  • 1998 Annual painting exhibition at Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia
  • 2001 Bulgarian Cultural Institute 'Chain Reaction'
  • 2004 Balkan Quadriennial for Painting, Stara Zagora
  • 2006 Contemporary Bulgarian Artists in the Künstlerhaus, Vienna
  • 2010 Allian Bulgaria National Competition for Painting, Sculpture and Graphics, Schipka 6 Gallery, Sofia
  • 2013 annual painting exhibition in the Schipka 6 Gallery, Sofia

Realized murals (selection)

  • 1995 Views of old Sofia , 5.20 × 2.90 m, Secco, Serdika municipality, Sofia
  • 1996 Sylt-Westerland , 5.50 × 1.10 m Secco
  • 1998 Composition with birds , 1.80 × 3.00 m, Secco, Sylt-Westerland
  • 1999 regatta , 10.00 × 3.00 m, Secco, Sylt-Wenningstedt
  • 2001 Decorative composition , 5.00 × 3.00 m, Secco, Concert Hall of the Lubomir Pipkov Music High School, Sofia
  • 2004 Ships , 12.00 × 1.50 m, Secco, Hotel Helios Palace, Sunny Beach, Bulgaria
  • 2005 Fischermonde , 2 domed roofs 10.00 × 20.00 m, Secco, Hotel Helios Bay, Obzor, Black Sea coast, Bulgaria

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German-Bulgarian agent and art historian Dr. Denitza Kisseler (event 'Research on Artist Education' at the Central Institute for Art History Munich June 2008, Symposium of the German Bulgarian Society 2012 Darmstadt) Publications in 'Bulgaria Yearbook 2005/2013, Archive Bavarian Bibliography, Central Institute for Art History (website archive), Conference Report 2014 : www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/tagungsberichte-2014
  2. ↑ Catalog of the competition: 'National Competition for Painting, sculpture and graphics' as pdf file: (NationalCompettition2014_lowQuality_FINAL_OK_ZA_SAITA.pdf)
  3. ↑ Contribution to the exhibition
  4. ↑ Contribution to the exhibition
  5. ↑ Contribution to the exhibition
  6. ↑ Essay by the art critic D. Grozdanov
  7. ↑ press report from 10/16/2006
  8. ^ Archive database Vienna: basis wien
  9. ↑ Hotel Strandhörn spa area
personal data
SURNAME Petrov, Dimitar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petrov, Dimităr
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bulgarian artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 18th 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Kyustendil , Bulgaria