NIKOLAY YANAKIEV
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