Stefan Bozhkov
Date of Birth:
January 18, 1961, Panagyurishte, Bulgaria
Education:
1981 - Art School, Kazanluk, Bulgaria
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2018 - Bulgarian Cultural Center, Paris, France and Bratislava, Slovakia
2017 -Exhibition, Red Pony Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2016 - "Meditation Zone", Rakursi Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2015 – Exhibition – Yuzina Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2014 - "Transformation of Memory", Ozon Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2014 - "Transformation of Memory", U.P.A.R.K Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2013 - "Food Art Drugs" - joint project with Valeri Chakalov, Rakursi Galley, Sofia, Bulgaria
2013 - Exhibition (joint project with Sasa Pancic), Rakursi Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2012 – Exhibition at Apolonia, Sozopol, Bulgaria
2011- "H.A.O.S", a joint project with Kolio Karanfilov and Valeri Chakalov – Sezoni Gallery
2010 - "Merci", a joint project with Kolio Karanfilov, Rafael Mihaylov Gallery, Veliko Tarnovo
2010 – Exhibition, 1908 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2010 – Exhibition, Orlovska 10 Gallery, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
2009 - Exhibition, Rakursy Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
– Exhibition, U.P.A.R.K. Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Exhibition, Progress Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2007 – Exhibition, Art Alley Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2005 – Exhibition, Art Alley Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
– Exhibition, George Velchev Museum, Varna, Bulgaria
- Exhibition, Lesinian Courber Gallery, France
2004 – Exhibition, Art Alley Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Exhibition, Malli likovni salon, Novi Sad, Serbia
2002 – Exhibition, Bulart Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
2001 – Exhibition, Bulgarian Cultural Centre, Bratislava, Slovakia
– Exhibition, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
- Exhibition, Artin Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
2000 – Exhibition, Kadinovi Bros. Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
1999 – Exhibition, XXL Gallery Sofia, Bulgaria
1998 – Exhibition, Bulart Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
1997 – Exhibition, The Nedkovich House, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Selected Group exhibitions and festivals:
2017 - Exhibition "Stefan Bozhkov and Friends", Municipal Museum –Tsarevo, Bulgaria
2016 - "Es lautet", Red Point Gallery, Sofia
2016 - Stefan Bozhkov, Dimitar Cholakov, Valeri Chakalov, UNAgaleria, Bucharest, Romania
2009 – Second International Exhibition for Graphic Art, Minsk, Belarus
- Contemporary Bulgarian Art – Manej, Moscow, Russia
2008 - Contemporary Bulgarian Art – ARENA VESTFOSSEN, Oslo, Norway
- August in the Art, Festival for Visual Art, Varna, Bulgaria
2007 – 5-th International Triennial of Graphic Art – Sofia, Bulgaria
- 12-th International Biennale of Graphic Art – Varna, Bulgaria
- Bulgarische Grafik – Grafik Museum Stiftung Schreiner, Bad Steben,
Germany
2006 – Paper world – between reality and fantasy, Bulgarian graphic, Mercedes
Benz Central, Dresden, Germany
- Contemporary Bulgarian art, City gallery, Nish, Serbia.
- Awards for Contemporary Bulgarian art, M - tel project, Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Mi Art, 11th International Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, Milan, Italy.
- The Transformation, Contemporary Bulgarian Art, Rafael Michaylov Gallery,
Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
- National exhibition Graphic small format, Si-bank gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Graphic and drawing small format, Art Alley gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria.
- August in the Art, Festival for Visual Art, Varna, Bulgaria
- Contemporary Bulgarian artists, a project by MOBILKOM Austria group,
Kunstlerhause gallery, Vienna, Austria
2005 – 26-International Biennale of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- International Graphic Exhibition - Beograd, Serbia
- International Exhibition “Three Balkan cities”, Sofia, Skopie, Nish
- International Graphic Exhibition, Novi Sad, Serbia
- Contemporary Bulgarian Graphic Art, Skopie, Macedonia
2004 – 4-th International Triennial of Graphic Art – Sofia, Bulgaria
- “The music of the Imaginary Temple”, Art Gallery, Rouse, Bulgaria
- Residence program in “Cite des Arts”, Paris, France
- Small Format Graphics, Warszawa, Poland
2003 – National Exhibition for Small Format Graphics – Sofia, Bulgaria
– 11-th International Biennale of Graphic Art – Varna, Bulgaria
– The Graphic Art in Europe – Trends and Perspectives – Thessalonica, Greece
– Sierra de Cádiz, Spain
– Chamaliere, France
– 4-Th International Triennial of Graphic Art – Cairo, Egypt
– 2-nd International Graphical Workshop – Belgrade, Serbia
2002 – Graphics – Solers Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria
– National Exhibition for Small Format Graphics – Sofia, Bulgaria
– Small Format Graphics – Nish, Serbia
2001 – Var(t)na & Co. – Boris Georgiev Gallery – Varna, Bulgaria
- PAA Gallery – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
– New Radical Practices - Curator Svilen Stefanov, XXL Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
– The Landscape - Curator Svilen Stefanov, XXL Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
– 6-Th International Biennale of Graphic Art – Gyor, Hungary
– 11-Th International Biennale of Graphic Art – Varna, Bulgaria
– 3-rd International Triennial of Graphic Art – Sofia, Bulgaria
2000 – Crossing Borders – Contemporary Art of the USA and Europe,
Curator Dr. Elaine King, Meadville, USA
– 6-Th International Biennale of Miniature – Gorny Milanovac, Serbia
– National symposium for Modular Wall Painting (The Imaginary Temple),
Alaja Monastery, Bulgaria, Curator Plamena Dimitrova-Racheva
1999 – 5-th Biennial International of Graphic Art – Gyor, Hungary
– Bacterium Bulgaricus Art – Contemporary Bulgarian Art - Riga, Latvia
– 10-Th International Biennale of Graphic Art – Varna, Bulgaria
– 23-rd International Biennale of Graphic Art – Ljubljana, Slovenia
– International Biennale of Graphic Art – El Ferrol, Spain
1998 – 2-nd International Triennial of Graphic Art – Inter-Contact- Grafik –
Prague, Czech Republic
– International Festival of Graphic Art – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1997 – 9-th International Biennale of Graphic Art – Varna, Bulgaria
– 1-st International Triennial of Author’s Book – Vilnius, Lithuania
– Black, Grey, White – Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria and Helsinki, Finland
– Book Design and Illustration – NPC, Sofia, Bulgaria
– International Festival Process-Space – Balchik, Bulgaria
– Exhibition-Competition Expressing Handicap – Foreign Art Gallery,
Sofia, Bulgaria
– Installation “Fibulata” – International Project – XXL Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
1995 – Drawing and Contemporary Fabrics – NPC, Sofia, Bulgaria
– Exhibition Collage – Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
– 17-Th International Exhibition of Graphic Art – Kanagawa, Japan
1991 – International Exhibition Ex libris – Sint Niklaas, Belgium
1990-1992 – International Exhibition Ex libris – Vilnius, Lithuania
1989 – International Biennale of Humour and Satire – Gabrovo, Bulgaria
– International Exhibition Contemporary European Ex libris – New York, USA
1988 – Exhibition Fantastic Graphics – Sofia, Bulgaria
1981 – International Exhibition Ex libris – Kazanlak, Bulgaria
Awards:
2013 - International Biennale of Illustration and Book - Belgrade Serbia
The "Grand Prix the Golden Feather"
2009 - Special Diploma from Second International Exhibition for Graphic Art, Minsk, Belarus
- High Achievement Award in Fine Arts, Municipality of Sofia, Bulgaria
2007 – Diploma from 5-th International Triennial of Graphic Art – Sofia, Bulgaria
2001 – Diploma from 11-th International Biennale of Graphic Art – Varna, Bulgaria
2000 – Award in Graphics Category from the 6-th International Biennale of Miniature, Gorny Milanovac, Serbia
1997 – Diploma from Exhibition - Competition Expressing Handicap – Foreign Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
1988 – Second Prize from Exhibition Fantastic Graphics – Sofia, Bulgaria
1981 – Diploma from International Exhibition Ex libris – Kazanluk, Bulgaria
