IVAN VELCHEV
Born on 08.09.1949 in Pleven, Bulgaria
1968 graduated from the Secondary School of Music in Pleven.
1974 graduated from the National School of Applied Arts in Sofia.
Since 1975 has participated in general exhibitions in Bulgaria and abroad.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1989 – CITY ART Gallery, Pleven, Bulgaria
1991 – ROM-ART Gallery, Braunschweig, Germany
1992 – L`ANGLE AIGU Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
1994 – BALLABANOV HOUSE Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1998 – ROM-ART Gallery, Braunschweig, Germany
1999 – SHIPKA 6 ART Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
1999 – ILIYA BESHKOV Gallery, Pleven, Bulgaria
2000 – ROMFEA Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2000 – BCI Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2001 – O.K.S. Gallery, Braunschweig, Germany
2004 – LUKAS ART Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2004 – SHIPKA 6 ART Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2004 – ILIYA BESHKOV Gallery, Pleven, Bulgaria
2006 – TOP-ART Gallery, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
2007 – SOFIA-PRESS Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2009 – SHIPKA 6 ART Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2009 – ILIYA BESHKOV Gallery, Pleven, Bulgaria
2009 – SREDETZ Gallery, Warshava, Polska
2010 – MUSISCHE AKADEMIE SJD Gallery, Braunschweig, Germany
2011 – NESI Gallery, Bourgas, Bulgaria
2013 – RESIDENS of Cite des Arts Internationale, Paris, France
2013 – GALLERY “HADJI NIKOLI INN” – Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
2014 – ILIYA BESHKOV Gallery, Pleven, Bulgaria
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1992 – 7+2, CITY Gallery, Pleven, Bulgaria
1996 – EUROP`ART Geneva, Switzerland
1999 – LABYRINTH, SHIPKA 6 ART Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2000 – EXPOOL 2000, ART Gallery, Braunschweig, Germany
2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 – BIENNALE OF SMALL FORMS, Pleven, Bulgaria
2005 – BCI Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2006 – BCI Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2013 – BCI Gallery-Vittgenstein, Vienna, Austria
INTERNATIONAL BIENNIALS OF PRINT
1983– Gabrovo, Bulgaria
1985– Varna, Bulgaria
1996– Gabrovo, Bulgaria
1987 – Lodz, Poland
2001– Varna, Bulgaria
2002 – Thessaloniki, Greece
AWARDS for PAINTING
2000 – INTERNATIONAL EXPOOL 2000, Braunschweig, Germany
2002– 1st BIENNALE OF SMALL FORMS, Pleven, Bulgaria
2008 – NATIONAL COMPETITION ”ALLIANZ BULGARIA”, Pleven
2013 – 8th ART SYMPOSIUM “ATELIER UN DER DONAU” in Pohlarn, Austria
His works can be found at the National Art Gallery and City Art
Gallery – Sofia, art galleries in the country and private collections
in Bulgaria, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Finland, France, Italy.
Member of the Union of the Bulgarian Artists.
Lives and works in Pleven.
Contact: 15, S. Rumiantzev Str., 5800 Pleven, Bulgaria
tel: + 359 064 821008; + 359 886 971159, e-mail: yovo2@abv.bg;