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CV: NIKOLAY YANAKIEV

1954   Born on June 23 in Doupnitza, Bulgaria

1973   Graduated from the Fine Arts High School in Sofia, Bulgaria

1981   Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts

 

Member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists

Corresponding member of the Accademia Internacionale “Greci – Marino”, Italy

Accepted member of the SALON D’AUTOMNE Association, Paris, France

Selected for the art dictionary Who’s Who in International Art for 1996/97, Lausanne, Switzerland

Cavalier of the International Academy of Contemporary Arts, The Academic Palms of Vermeil, Belgium

           

ONE MAN SHOWS

 

2020   Gallery Nirvana, Sofia, Bulgaria

2019   88 Gallery, Luxembourg; Bourgas Gallery, Sofia Bulgaria; Royal Artistic Circle of Barcelona; Barcelona, Spain

2018   88 Gallery, Luxembourg; Arte Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria; Atelier-Gallery 3A; Vienna, Austria

2017   Gallery BCI, London, UK; Wittgenstein House, Vienna, Austria; Gallery BCI, Prague, Chech Republic; The City Gallery of Polignano a Mare, Italy

2016   88 Gallery, Luxemburg; Fines Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

2015   Gallery Sredez, Sofia, Bulgaria

2014   Veda Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

2013   88 Gallery, Luxemburg

2012   88 Gallery, Luxemburg; Forum Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011   Helia Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland; Kunsthaus, Leipzig, Germany
2010   Exhibition within the World Festival of Arts; Jerusalem, Israel 
2009   88 Gallery, Luxemburg; Forum Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2008   Mimara Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
2007   Bulart Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
2006   Dresdner Bank, Erfurt, Germany; Arte Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2005   Art Efir Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria;  Kirp Group Gallery, New York, USA
2004   Rayko Alexiev Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria; Kirp Group Gallery, New York, USA

2002   The Gallery of the Cultural Centre of Bulgaria; Budapest, Hungary; Viking Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria; BAFAG, Munich, Germany

2001   Rising Star Art Academy, New Jersey, USA; International Visions Gallery, Washington DC, USA; Bildungshaus St. Hippolyt Gallery, St. Pölten, Austria

2000   Gallery Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France; Gallery Etienne de Causans, Paris, France; Studio Pierre Durelle, Paris France; Gallery C International, Paris, France

1999   Gallery Jude, Frankfurt am Mein, Germany; Gallery Prima, Sofia, Bulgaria

1998   Am Rex Gallery, Rodgen, Germany; Ciman Gallery, Bremen, Germany

1997   Publishing house Hristo Botev Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

1996   URANIA; Berlin, Germany; Makta Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

1995   The Gallery of the Cultural Centre of Bulgaria, Berlin, Germany; Janet Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

1994   National Gallery of Fine Arts, La Valleta, Malta; Gothisches Haus, Berlin- Spandau, Germany

1993   Sheraton Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria; Boyanska Tzurkva Gallery, Sofia Bulgaria; St.Cyril and Methodius Gallery, Warsaw, Poland; The Wittgenstein House Gallery, Vienna, Austria

1992   GMD Gallery, Cologne, Germany; Am Rex Gallery, Rodgen, Germany

1991   Ashanti Gallery, Florstadt, Germany

1990   The City Gallery, Damascus, Syria

1989   Bronda Gallery, Helsinki, Finland; Koenig Ludwig hotel gallery, Salzburg, Austria; Hadwiger Gallery, Vienna, Austria

1988   The Gallery of the Cultural Centre of Bulgaria, Nicosia, Cyprus

1987   Kleine Gallerie, Vienna, Austria; Panonia Gallery, Vienna, Austria

1986   6 Rousski Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria; The Gallery of the Cultural Centre of Bulgaria, Bratislava, Slovakia; Unter den Linden Gallery, Berlin, Germany; The Wittgenstein House Gallery, Vienna, Austria; Gerbgruben Gallery, Neusiedl am See, Austria

1985   The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

 

COLLECTIVE SHOWS

 

2017   Gallery BCI, Paris, France

2016   Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

2015   Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

2014   The City Gallery, Hangzou, China

2013   Paris-Moskva Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria; Gallery of Radio Varna, Sofia, Bulgaria

2012   The City Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria; “Stamen Grigorov” Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria; Art Gallery, Athens, Greece

2011   Chios Island, Greece; Shipka 6, Sofia, Bulgaria

1992-2010 Salon d’Automne, Paris, France

2006   UNESCO, Paris, France

2005   St. Marta church, Rome, Italy; St. Marco square, Venice, Italy

2004   Modern Art Festival, Caracas, Venezuela

2003   Europ’Art, Geneva, Switzerland

2001   Chicago, USA; Crete, Greece; Athence, Greece

2000   Paris, France; Athence, Greece

1999   Athens, Greece; New York, USA; Neusiedl am See, Austria;

1998   Olympic Culture Centre, “Small Pictures, Great Harmony” Nagano, Japan; Gerbgruben Gallery, Neusiedl am See, Austria; Lipsi Island, Greece

1997   Gallery Cachet, Vienna, Austria; 13-th International Biennial for Humour and Satire in Art, Gabrovo, Bulgaria; Gerbgruben Gallery, Neusiedl am See, Austria

1996   The Wittgenstein House Gallery, Vienna, Austria; Gerbgruben Gallery, Neusiedl am See, Austria; Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria; Dow Europe SA, Horgen, Switzerland

1995   Art Fair, Frankfurt, Germany; Gerbgruben Gallery, Neusiedl am See, Austria

1994   Munster, Germany; Gerbgruben Gallery, Neusiedl am See, Austria; Dr.E.W.T. Jude, Frankfurt, Germany

1993   The City Gallery, Faenza, Italy; Gerbgruben Gallery, Neusiedl am See, Austria; 1992 Matushek Gallery, Wisbaden, Germany; Airport Club, Frankfurt, Germany; EP Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany

1991   Ritzschel & Russ Gallery, Munich, Germany; Art Fair; Basel, Switzerland; The Catholic Academy; Hamburg, Germany

1990   Juki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; Hannelore Greve House, Hamburg, Germany; CNB Gallery, Paris, France; Telesignal S.A. Alfred M.Schwarzer, Munich, Germany; Musee de I`Athenee, Basel, Switzerland

1989   Kunst&Antiquiten Maria Luisa Warburg, Hamburg, Germany; Musee de l`Athenee, Geneva, Switzerland

1988   The Modern Art of Bulgaria, Athens, Greece; The City Gallery, Moscow, USSR; The Fair of Arts, Poznan, Poland; The Fair of Arts, Barcelona, Spain

1987   Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland; Art Fair, Brussels , Belgium; “International Images“ Sewicklex (PA), USA; Bronda Gallery, Helsinki, Finland; Tramell Crow Centre, Dallas (TX) USA

1985   The Modern Art of Bulgaria, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Exhibition of Young Painters, Vienna, Austria; Exhibition of Young Painters, Moscow, USSR

 

PARTICIPATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL BIENNALES, SYMPOSIA

           

International Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden

International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland

International Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium

International Images, Sewickles (PA), USA

International Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain

International Humour and Satire Biennale Gabrovo, Bulgaria

Salon d’Automne, Paris, France

International Art EXPO, Milan, Italy

Simodart, Burgenland, Austria

Europ’Art, Geneva, Switzerland

 

The works of Nikolay Yanakiev are in possession of: The Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy; The Mimara Muzeum in Zagreb, Croatia; The National Gallery of Fine Arts in La Valleta, Malta; The UNESCO Collection, Burgenland, Austria; The Ludwig Collection in Cologne, Germany; The National Gallery of Fine Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria; The City Gallery of Sofia, Bulgaria

 

Private collections: Claude Litz, Paris; Prof. Dr. Nick Titz, Neusiedl am See, Austria; Jurgen Hoyer, Berlin, Germany; Egidius Braun, Germany; Bronda, Finland and others in France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Russia, Greece, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, Austria, Spain

 

AWARDS

 

Honourable certificate from the International Art Competition Art Gallery – Henry Tanas, Toronto, Canada

 

Jury Prize of the Plastic Arts, 6th exhibition, Champs-Sur-Marne, France

 

The Award of the Municipality of the Town of Shoumen at the National Painting Competition, Bulgaria

 

First Prize at Strouma 1982 Regional Exhibition, Bulgaria

 

Grand Prix of the South Spring Exhibition in the Town of Haskovo for complete

workmanship in 1982, Bulgaria

 

The Prize of the Portrait Section at the General Exhibition of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria

 

The Special Award for Painting of the Ministry of Culture at the 13th International    Biennial for Humour and Satire in Art, Gabrovo, Bulgaria

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