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Konstantin Kostov
Born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Lives & works in Sofia, Bulgaria
Education
2013-2017 Phd Painting
2011 - 2013 Master of Painting
National Academy of Arts
2007 - 2011 Bachelor of Painting
National Academy of Arts
2002 - 2007 The Fine Arts Academy
High School for Art
Graduated: July 2002
Experience / Exhibitions
2015 - IMAGO MUNDI Luciano Benneton Collection at Venice Art Biennale 2015, Venice, Italy
2015 - ‘All’s Well That Starts Well’ – Group exhibition at Ruse City Art Gallery, Ruse, Bulgaria
2015 - ‘Caution: Wet Paint!’ – group exhibition at Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2015 - ESSL ART AWARD 2015 CEE – Nominee Exhibition Bulgaria, Gallery ‘Academia’, Sofia, Bulgaria
2015 - ‘The next step generation’ - Young Bulgarian artists from Hugo Voeten Art Collection at European Commission Berlaymont, Brussels,
Belgium
2015 ‘All’s Well That Starts Well’ – Group exhibition at Gallery ‘Metodius Meta Petroff’, Dimitrovgrad, Serbia
2014 ‘What happened?’ UBA Gallery ‘6th Shipka’, Sofia, Bulgaria
2014 'My name is artist - The next step generation)' Hugo Voeten Art Center, Herentals, Belgium
2014 ‘All’s Well That Starts Well’ – Group Exhibition at City Art Gallery “Petko Zadgorski” Burgas, Bulgaria
2014 NATIONAL AUTUMN EXHIBITIONS PLOVDIV2014 ‘Estranged systems’, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2014 Mundus Vade Retro - KIBLA PORTAL, Maribor, Slovenia
2014 ‘Young art as object of desire’, “Rakursi” Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2014 ‘All’s Well That Starts Well’ – Group Exhibition at City Art Gallery Varna, Bulgaria
2013 7émes Jeux de la FRANCOPHONIE 2013, Nice, France
(Hermes- ACROPILIS Hall, Nice, France – nominations; Arts visueles vernissage АCOPOLIS, Nice, France )
2013 NE Fest (Independent art festival) 2013 – powered by DA(digital art) international festival Dada Cultural exhibit.space, Sofia, Bulgaria
2013 ESSL ART AWARD CEE 2013 Nominee Exhibition Bulgaria, Academia Gallery, Sofia
Grants & Awards
2015 Nomination for Essl Art Award CEE 2015 2013 Cité internationale des Arts Paris – Award National Academy of Arts Sofia ft. Societe Generale Expressbank
2013 Nomination for 7émes Jeux de la FRANCOPHONIE
2013 Nomination for Essl Art Award CEE 2013 2011 Award in Painting from the International Foundation “St. Cyril and Methodius”.
2011 Paper Art Fest Sofia, Amateras foundation and National Academy of Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria - award
2007 National Foundation “13 centuries Bulgaria” - Atanas Staikov Gratitude award, painting
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oil, acrylic on canvas 120 / 100 sm 2013
oil, acrylic on canvas 160 / 160 sm 2015
oil, acrylic on canvas 140 / 150 2011
acrylic, oil on canvas 210 / 170 2014
acrylic on canvas 240 / 190 sm 2013
oil, acrylic on canvas 180 / 160 sm 2011
oil, acrylic on canvas 150 / 140 sm 2011
Publications
National Autumn Exhibitions Plovdiv 2014 “Estranged Systems”, catalogue, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 2014
VII emes Jeux de la Francophonie, catalogue, Nice, France 2013
ESSL Award, artist short list catalogue, Sofia, Bulgaria 2013
NAA Annual ‘12/‘13, Sofia, Bulgaria 2013
NAA Annual ‘10/‘11. Sofia, Bulgaria 2011