VALENTIN DONCHEVSKI BIOGRAPHY

My Art Biography of Modern, Fine & Abstract Painting

Valentin Donchevski Painting Artist
©1989

ART BIOGRAPHY OF VALENTIN DONCHEVSKI

Born in 1958 in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
1977 finished Kazanlak Art School.
1983 - graduated from the Faculty of Arts in Veliko Tarnovo University with a specialty Art of Painting. I was granted a big prize at the Student's Art competition "Etude of the nude". Since then I participated in many national and regional exhibitions. I am a member of the Bulgarian Union of Artists since 1989 /Painting/.
1984 - personal exhibition of painting in Stara Zagora.
1985 - personal exhibition of water-color in Stara Zagora.
1986 - personal exhibition of drawing in Stara Zagora.
1992 - personal exhibition of painting in Sofia - Shipka 6.
1994 - personal exhibition of painting in Luxemburg.
1996 - personal exhibition of painting in "Seasons" Gallery - Sofia.
1996 - personal exhibition of painting in "The Earth and People" museum in Sofia.
1999 - personal exhibition of drawing in Stara Zagora.
2001 - personal exhibition of painting in "Newspaper Trud Exhibiton museum" in Sofia.
2002 - Happening on the occasion of 50 years Mini Maritza Iztok - Exhibition in the mine accompanied by a performance of the national anthem with an electric quitar and a 7000 W equipment as well as a concert of my own songs. A documentary was created later, to reflect the jubilee, which included the happening, my music and ideas. The film was granted a prize for Documentary Cinema.
2002 - personal exhibition in private gallery "Bourgass"
2003 - on the occasion of the 100th Paul Gauguin Anniversary, the gallery "Perspective" invited me to represent my personal exhibition in the city of Pont Avent /West France/
2004 - personal exhibition in Palma De Majorca. I was invited by the elite gallery "Chakartegi Sirerol" that works with artists like Christo Yavashev, Juan Miro, Viktor Mira, Francis Baken, Juan Pons, Carlos Sansegundo, etc.
2005 - exposition in SALON D'AUTOMNE Parish, France.

Prizes

1988 - Culture Prize of Stara Zagora
1989 - First prize at the National competition for a fantastic graphic, FEP magazine.
1989 - First prize at the "South Spring" National youth competition, Haskovo.
1989 - Third prize at the International competition for young painters held in Sofia.
1990 - Dorotheum Auction, Vienna. I presented Bulgaria at the meeting of artists from post-socialistic countries
International art-meetings - Veliko Tarnovo, Poland, Slovenia.
International Drawing exhibitions - Spain, Belgium
Internationa Painting exhibition - Canada
1991 - Representative exhibition - Vienna, Austria
National art-meetings - Bojenci, Radnevo, Galabovo, Kazanlak.
1996 - Prize of "Spanshevtsi" factory in "A competition for the prize of ...", Sofia, Bulgarian Union of Artists.
1999 - 2nd prize at the National competition for Post Stamp under the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Japanese Embassy in Sofia for Expo Aichi 2005 - Japan
1999 - My works were included in the New Millenium Catalogue by Van Der Beek Foundation - 2000 artists from all over the world. Subsequently, the Culture Prize of Open Society in Stara Zagora followed.

Some of my works are part of private collections in Canada, Spain, Belgium, USA, Poland, Austria, Russia, Greece, Turkey, Luxemburg, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Palma de Majorca. I created the illustrations and covers of over 150 books, mainly of Bulgarian authors, in co-operation with Hristo Botev, Zachari Stoyanov and other publishers. There are 3 books with my poetry published. 1993 - "In Spite Of All" -Hristo Botev Publishing House 1999 - "Stairs With Wings" - Zachari Stoyanov Publishing House, 2002 - "44 times In White" - Zachari Stoyanov Publishing House 1999 - "Streets In The Sky", a book with epigrams During the years I have created a lot of posters, logos, emblems, calendar designs, poster projects, etc. My passion for Art Photography helps me for the above practices. I have implemented several architecture design projects for the exterior and interior of public buildings. I participate in a team that creates Bio-energetic Art. My main activities are dedicated to painting. I accomplish plastic searches in styles from magic realism through naive art, surrealism, and expressionism elements to extreme abstraction, as well as folklore manierism, eclecticism, and energy art. I love experimenting with the drawing. I made several drawing art exhibitions. My additional activities include graphics, applied graphics and media arts. Hobbies: music and art photography. I am a member of the chirch choir of Sv. Bogorodica Chirch in Stara Zagora. I live and work in Stara Zagora.