Konstantin Kostov

Konstantin Kostov is a young artist, born in 1988 in Plovdiv. Lives and works in Sofia. He completed his master's degree in the class of Prof. Andrey Daniel, majoring in Painting at the National Academy of Arts, Sofia (2011). He is currently Chief Assistant Professor Dr. at the Department of Painting.A founding member of the group "ANSWER 51" and a member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists.

Solo Exhibitions: "ON TIME", Rakursi Gallery, Sofia (2018); "My Estranged System is Paris" within the project National Autumn Exhibitions 2014, Plovdiv / Estranged systems; “Green as Red, Red as Green”, Mexican Graphics House-Museum, Plovdiv (2008)

SelectedGroup Exhibitions and Projects: “Attention: Wet Paint! 33 Young Bulgarian Painters”, Sofia City Art Gallery, curators: Maria Vasileva, Vladiya Mihailova, Daniela Radeva (2015); Prof. Andrey Daniel and Students - exhibition, part of the project "Teachers and Students" of the Foundation “Vapreki", City Art Gallery Varna, curator Andrey Daniel; The Dispute about Reality (second part), curators: Stanislav Pamukchiev, Peter Tsanev, Kiril Vassilev, Raiko Alexiev UBA Exhibition Hall, Sofia; Young Art as an Object of Desire, painting exhibition, Rakursi Gallery, Sofia (2013).

With the group "ANSWER 51" he realized the exhibitions: WE NEVER THINK OF THE FUTURE. IT COMES SOON ENOUGH (2015) and EU * / Erotica Universalis (2017)

Paintings of the artist are presented in several international exhibitions: “My Name is Artist - The Next Step Generation”, Hugo Voeten Art Center, Herentals, Belgium, curator: Vessela Nozharova (2014); “Young Art for Peace”, curator Dr. Kolja Kramer, MOYA Museum, Vienna, Austria (2018); “Identity through Art”, The Imperial Ancestral Temple, Beijing, China (2018); “Gaze & Dialogue: Splendors of Sino - Bulgarian Cultural Heritages”, Ningbo, China (2019).

Winner of the Flame of Peace awards, Vereins zur Förderung des Friedens, Austria (2018); Nomination for Essl Art Award CEE (2013); St. St. Cyril and Methodius ”(2010).

Works of Konstantin Kostov are in possession of galleries, private collections and expositions in Bulgaria, Belgium, Italy, Germany.