BOGOMIL NIKOLOV

CURRICULUM VITAE

BIRTHDATE 18 December 1943, Brachlianitza, Pleven district, Bulgaria

 

EDUCATION

1968-71 Stroganov Higher Applied Art Institute, Moscow - M. A. APPLIED ARTS

1966-68 National Academy of Arts, Sofia - B. A. MURAL PAINTING

1959-64 Fine Arts College, Sofia - HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA

1996 - 2002 - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

2002 – present - PROFESSOR

Head of The Metal Department and Medalmaking Studio at the NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ARTS - Sofia

ADDRESS PO Box 116, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria Tel.929 33 60

E-mail <bogomilnikolov@unitednet.bg.>

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2002 FIDEM EXHIBITION - Paris

2000 6th International Biennial of Miniature Arts Yugoslavia

2000 FIDEM EXHIBITION - Weimar

1999 Ist INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY MEDAL OF SEIXAL, Portugal

1998 FIDEM EXHIBITION - The Hague

1997 BULGARIAN SCULPTURE - Centro Dantesco, Ravenna

1996 FIDEM EXHIBITION - Neuchatel

1994 FIDEM EXHIBITION - Budapest

1992 FIDEM EXHIBITION - London

1990 FIDEM EXHIBITION - Helsinki

1989 SECOND INTERNATIONAL TRIENNIAL OF PORTRAIT SCULPTURE - Gdansk

1988 FIRST INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF UNIQUE MEDAL - Warsaw

1985 FIDEM EXHIBITION - Stokholm

1985 FIRST INTERNATIONAL QUADRENNIAL OF MEDAL ART - Kremnica

1981 FIFTH INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF SMALL SCULPTURE - Ravenna

1979 FOURTH INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF SMALL SCULPTURE - Ravenna

1976 SIXTH INTERNATIONAL POSTER BIENNIAL - Warsaw

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1999 MEDALS - Gold - Silver, Clocks and Coins Museum, Schoonhoven

1997 WORKS ON PAPER National Palace of Culture, Sofia

1996 SELF-PORTRAIT MEDALS AND DRAWINGS - Lessedra Art Gallery, Sofia

1995 SMALL SCULPTURES AND DRAWINGS - National Gallery of Foreign Art, Sofia

1994 DRAWINGS - Lessedra Art Gallery, Sofia

1991 MEDALS - The City Gallery, Sofia

1989 MEDALS - Bulgarian Centre of Culture, Berlin

1989 MEDALS - Museum of Coins and Medals, Kremnica

1987 MEDALS - Central House of Artists, Moscow

1984 MEDALS - Union of the Polish Sculptors, Krakow

1980 MEDALS - The House of Knowledge, Riga

1979 MEDALS - Bulgarian Centre of Culture, Warsaw

1977 MEDALS - Bulgarian Centre of Culture, Budapest

1976 FIRST ART MEDAL EXHIBITION - The Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia

 

SELECTED AWARDS

2000 THE SPECIAL PRIZE awarded by Yugoslavian National Association of Fine and Applied Arts (ULUPUDS). - 6th International Biennial of Miniature Arts Yugoslavia

2000 FIRST and THIRD prizes- The Bulgarian National Bank Collection Coin Competition

1999 FIRST PRIZE - The Bulgarian National Bank Collection Coin Competition

1998 FIRST PRIZE - The Bulgarian National Bank Collection Coin Competition

1997 FIRST PRIZE - The Bulgarian National Bank Collection Coin Competition

1996 ANNUAL PRIZE - The Artist of the Year - Lessedra Art Gallery

1995 FIRST PRIZE - The Bulgarian National Bank Collection Coin Competition

1992 FIRST PRIZE - The Bulgarian National Bank Collection Coin Competition 2

1992 THIRD PRIZE - State Coat of Arms Competition

1988 GRAND PRIX - First International Biennial of Unique Medal, Warsaw

1985 GRAND PRIX - First International Quadrennial of Medal Art, Kremnica 1979 GOLD MEDAL - International Biennial of Small Sculpture, Ravenna

1977 SECOND PRIZE - International Medal Art Symposium, Nyiregyhaza

1975 SECOND PRIZE - The National Poster Competition, Sofia

 

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

THE BRITISH MUSEUM, London

THE STATE MUSEUM, Berlin

THE MUSEUM OF GERMAN HISTORY, Berlin

THE HERMITAGE, Sanct-Peterburg

THE PUSHKIN MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Moscow

THE NATIONAL ART GALLERY, Sofia

THE SLOVAK NATIONAL GALLERY, Bratislava

THE MUSEUM OF THE MEDALLIC ART, Wroclaw

THE CENTRO DANTESCO MUSEUM, Ravenna

THE FOREIGN ART MUSEUM, Riga etc.

 

INTERNATIONAL JURY PARTICIPATION

1996 TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF SMALL SCULPTURE, Ravenna

1988 SECOND INTERNATIONAL QUADRENNIAL OF MEDAL ART, Kremnica

1982 FIFTH INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF SMALL SCULPTURE, Ravenna

 

SYMPOSIA

2002 INTERNATIONAL MEDAL ART SYMPOSIUM -Kremnica

2000 BAMS Annual Conference Looughborough, UK - Guest speaker

1986 KULTURSYMPOSIUM - M - Iserlohn, Germany

1983 INTERNATIONAL MEDAL ART SYMPOSIUM - Kovachevtzi, Bulgaria

1979 INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURAL SYMPOSIUM - Riga, Latvia

1977 INTERNATIONAL MEDAL ART SYMPOSIUM - Nyiregyhaza, Hungary

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2000 THE MEDAL, #36, Art Magazine, British Museum - London

1999 THE MEDAL, #35, Art Magazine, British Museum - London

1996 EUROPA-2001 # 5, Sofia

1995 THE MEDAL, #27, Art Magazine, British Museum - London

1994 CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN ART - Lessedra Art Gallery, Sofia

1990 TVORCHESTVO Art Magazine # 4, Moscow

1989 REVUE BELGE DE NUMISMATIQUE, Tome CXXXV, Bruxelles

1988 THE MEDAL, #13 - British Museum - London

1988 NUMISMATISHE BERTRAGE # 3, Berlin

1983 MUVESZET Art Magazine # 2 - Budapest

1983 ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF BULGARIAN FINE ARTS - The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

1982 THE ART OF THE MEDAL - Prosveshtenie Publishing House Moscow

1981 TRANSPRESS LEXIKON NUMISMATIK - Transpress VEB Verlag fur Verkehrswesen, Berlin

1974 ART PROVED BY TIME /POSTERS/ - Sovetsky Khudozhnik Publishers, Moscow

1973 THE BULGARIAN POSTER - Edited by Bulgarski Hudozhnik, Sofia

 

COMMISSIONS

More than 100 completed projects of COINS, MEDALS, BADGES etc.

Design of over 30 printed POSTERS and a number of edited BOOKS, LOGOS and EXLIBRIS.

 

 

EDUCATION

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Email: bogomilnikolov@unitednet.bg

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

 

2007 FIDEM EXHIBITION – Colorado Springs

2004 FIDEM EXHIBITION - Lisbon

2004 International Biennial of Miniature Arts Yugoslavia

2003 INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL of Contemporary medal of Seixal., Portugal

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2006 MEDALLIC SCULPTURE – Maxim Gallery, Sofia

2005 MEDALLIC SCULPTURE – National Art Gallery, Sofia

 

SELECTED AWARDS

 

2005 Honourable Mention, Andersen Medal competition, Israel

2005 FIRST PRIZE -  The Bulgarian National Bank Collection Coin Competition – “Bulgaria-EU”

2004 FIRST PRIZE - The Bulgarian National Bank Collection Coin Competitions – “120 year Bulgarian National Bank

 

 

 

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

 

THE ROYAL COIN CABINET, Stokhlolm

 

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL JURY PARTICIPATION

 

2004 FIDEM CONGRESS EXHIBITION, Lisbon

 

 

 

 

SYMPOSIA

 

2005 INTERNATIONAL MEDAL ART SYMPOSIUM – Uherske Hradishte

2005 INTERNATIONAL NUMISMATIC CONFERENCE – Moscow - Guest speaker

 

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

 

2008 MEDAILLES The magazine of Federation Internationale de la Medaille d'Art

2008 DE BEELDENAAR  The Netherlands Numismatic magazine nr.3

2008 CHRISTIAN ART IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM The British Museum Press

2005 Médailles, FIDEM

2004 THE MEDAL, #45, British Museum - London

2004 MUNTcoerier #3, The Netherlands

2004 MUNTcoerier #2, The Netherlands

 

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