Georgi Petrov
Georgi Petrov was born on July 25, 1978 in Dobrich, Bulgaria. He lives and works in Sofia. He holds a Master degree in Art Management from the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts – Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He owns an art gallery in the Dobrich, Bulgaria.
“To me, painting is a heartbeat, love, perception, impetus, state, mood, experience, emption, at times spontaneous, but always created with an open soul… It is born in the interaction between two worlds – the one inside us and the one outside – that establishes another particular reality inspired, however, not always by heroes and happenings which somebody has in…”
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1995 City Art Gallery, Dobrich, Bulgaria
1996 Rousse, Bulgaria
1997 Art Gallery “Old Carriage”, Sofia, Bulgaria
1999 Draka Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2000 National Palace of Culture, Hall of Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
2001 Artea Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
2001 Kempinski Hotel Zografski , Sofia, Bulgaria
2001 National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria
2001 “Sense of Eternity”, a documentary dedicated to Georgi Petrov’s life and art, author Mrs. Elena Dimitrova, director/cameraman Rumen Smilevski, International Film Service Production
2002 BKI Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2002 BKI Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2002 Active Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
2003 Hungarian Institute of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria
2003 Triadiss Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2003 BCI Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2004 Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria, Paris, France
2004 Opening of author’s gallery “Georgi Petrov”, Dobrich, Bulgaria
2004 Art Gallery of Trud Newspaper, Sofia, Bulgaria
2004 Wittgenstein House , Vienna, Austria
2005 BKI Gallery – Bratislava, Slovakia
2005 Maestro Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2006 National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria
2006 Asen Vassilev Gallery, the exhibition was entitled “Bulgaria- My Fairytale”, Sofia, Bulgaria
2009 Jessica’s House, the exhibition was entitled “The Fifth Season”, Sofia, Bulgaria
2009 “Impression “ Hall of Arts – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2009 BKI Gallery – Bratislava, Slovakia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1999 City Art Gallery, Bansko, Bulgaria
2000 Vitosha Gallery, the exhibition was entitled “Spiritual Messages”, Sofia, Bulgaria
2000 Irida Gallery, the exhibition was entitled “Nostalgic Landsacapes”, Sofia, Bulgaria
2002 Exhibition dedicated to charity in Triadas Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2002 Hungarian Institute of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria
2005 Moenchengladbach, Germany
2004 Opening of the Bulgarian Institute of Culture, Paris
2006 Business Park Sofia, “Business 2 Art” Ace HR services
2007 Bohemi Gallery, the exhibition was entitled “The Real and Outside It”, Sofia
2009 LIK Gallery, the exhibition was entitled “Fairytales from the Infinity” together with Alexandrina Karadjova