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Head of Department Painting, Prof.Dr. at The National Academy of Art Sofia PhD in Art History Member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists from 1997 year Kiril Bozhkov born in 1964 in Novi Han near Sofia. He became his MA and specialization in mural painting in the National Art Academy,Sofia and in 1994 began teaching at the Department of Painting. From 1981, until now, participation in over 250 group and 50 individual exhibitions in Bulgaria, Germany, Japan, Egypt, the United States, Poland, Serbia and Macedonia. Works by Kiril Bozhkov are owned by the National Art Gallery, the Sofia City Art Gallery, the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Belarus and many galleries and private collections in Austria, England, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Egypt, Ireland, Cyprus, Norway, Russia, USA, Czech Republic, Slovenia, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Japan, Macedonia, Malaysia, Hungary, Italy, etc. Awards: 2023 – 3rd place in the "PORTRAIT" category at the 1 st World Watercolor Contest "WATERCOLOR FOR ALL" IWS Atelier Gallery Santiago, Chile 2023 – 1st Place at the first international watercolor festival, Spain, Cordoba 2023 – Eskoda Award – 1st Japan Watercolor Triennale, Nadeshiko 2022 – Award of NEVSKAYA PALITRA of III International Watercolor & Spirit Triennial - Varna 2022 – Mention Award – 7th International ”Love, Tolerance and Peace Through” Watercolor Festival & Golden Brish Contest, Izmir 2021 – Gold Art Award – 1 st International Watercolor Biennale Hamyang, Korea 2019 – 1st Place - 2nd International Biennial of Watercolor KIPUS – BOLIVIA – LIGHTS OF THE WORLD 2019 – Top 6 Best portrait - Tirana International Watercolor Biennale 2019, thirds edition 2018 - International Category Winner - First Watercolor Biennale, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia 2018 - Best Portrait Award at the 1st International Watercolor Festival "Tropical Watercolors" Costa Rica 2018 – In Top 100 – ranking for participation in the Universal Watercolor Exposition Online Contest, in Zhuji, China (the first World Watercolor Olympiad in the world) 2017 - In Top 20 - International Watercolor Contest “Thoughts made of Water”, Chihuahua , Mexico 2017 - 1st Place Best Portrait - 2nd TIRANA INTERNATIONAL WATERCOLOR BIENNALE 2017 2016 - In Top 30 artists in 2016 Taiwan World Watercolor Competition 2016 - The award of IWS Bulgaria for contribution to the development of world watercolor art - International Triennial of watercolor Warna, 2016 2016 - 3rd Award of Biennial International Fabriano Watercolor 2016 2016 - Award for best watercolor I International Art Festival 2016 - Bangladesh 2014 - Knight of the brush in 2013 (category knight of illusions) - Orchid Art Center 2012 - Award of the International Competition for watercolor, Karposh Municipality, Macedonia 1991 - 1st prize for painting at the National Academy about residence and work in Washington 1991 - Special prize for painting, the "Nude" 1990 - Award for composition of National Academy of Art, Sofia 1989 -1st prize in drawingof National Academy of Art, Sofia Publications in national and international journals such as: 2016 – Art Of Watercolor Magazine, 24 th number, Septembar - November 2016 K. Bozhkov is author of the book "Virtuosity and painting"(2015). |
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