Kamen Startchev was born in 1971 in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 1997 he obtained his MFA in Sculpture at the National Academy of Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria, in the class of Prof. Emil Popov. He has realized many solo exhibitions including:
2021 – “Border of the moment” – LITTLE BIRD PLACE Gallery, Sofia, 2019 – “Without sound” – KO-OP Gallery – Sofia, 2019 – „The Secret of the Macines” – U-P.A.R.K. Gallery, Plovdiv, 2018 - “Daylight” - Rakursi Gallery - Sofia, 2017 – „Extintionofmemory” - Contemporary space, Varna,2017 – „Final report” - Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia,2016 – „The Body of Orpheus ” - U-P.A.R.K. Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 2015 - “Diversification of the moon” - Goethe Institute, Sofia, 2013 - “Wastewater treatment plants ІІ” - The Fridge Gallery - Sofia, Bulgaria, 2011 - "New Land"– National Art Gallery - Sofia, Bulgaria.
He has also participated in many group exhibitions like: 2016 – „Instead of a Head of a Poet” – REMONT Gallery- Belgrade ,Serbia, 2016 – “Grayscale - 20 contemporary bulgarian artists”, Gallery art 55, Nish, Serbia, 2015 – „Save the Dreams” IMAGO MUNDI- Luciano Benetton Collection, Mappa del’arte nouova – Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice Italy, 2015 – „Graphic. Why?”- Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia , Bulgaria, 2015 – „Fortress” – Sofia Arsenal – Museum for contemporary art, Sofia, 2015 – „Image and Likeness”, National Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2015 – “What do you see?”, Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, 2014- 'My Name is Artist' - Art center Hugo Voeten – Herentals, Belgium, 2014- “BULGARIAN PRINTS”- Centre for Graphic Arts and Visual Researches “Akademija“ – Belgrade, Serbia
2013 - Kaleidoscope: Contemporary Art from EUMember States - Farmleigh Gallery- Dublin, Ireland.
Winner ofthe Grand prix - 7th International Print Art Triennial – Sofia, 2014.