Sobre el Artista

Rumen Petkov was born in 1955 in Popovo, Bulgaria. He graduated from the University of Veliko Turnovo in 1980 and moved to Kazanlak, Bulgaria. He is a member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists and has had 30 solo exhibitions: 2017 – Chirpanlievata Kashta Ethnographic Museum, Shipka 2016 – Cultural and Information Center, Kazanlak 2016 – Minerva Gallery, Sofia 2015 – Cultural and Information Center, Kazanlak 2014 – Yordan Kyuvliev Art Gallery, Sliven 2014 – Orchid Art Center, Karlovo 2013 – Info Center, Kazanlak 2013 – Bogoridi Gallery, Burgas 2012 – Alfiani Art Dealership and Gallery, Sofia 2011 – Exhibition Hall Bayer, Stara Zagora 2011 – Novotel, Plovdiv 2010 – Bogoridi Gallery, Burgas 2010 – Info Center, Kazanlak 2008 – Bogoridi Gallery, Burgas 2007 – Info Center, Kazanlak 2005 – Info Center, Kazanlak 2001 – Christina Gallery, Sofia 2001 – Art Gallery, Gabrovo 1999 – Art Gallery, Kazanlak 1999 – National Assembly, Sofia 1998 – Art Gallery, Kazanlak 1997 – Palace Art Gallery, Varna 1996 – Art Gallery, Popovo 1996 – Museum of Dechko Uzunov, Kazanlak 1995 – Museum of Dechko Uzunov, Kazanlak 1993 – Central Military Club, Sofia 1991 – Stara Zagora 1988 – Artists’ Club, Kazanlak 1987 – Artists’ Club, Kazanlak 1985 – Art Gallery, Popovo “The beams of the sunrise caress the shapes and slowly reveals their beauty and new colours. In my childhood this fountain scattering colorful drops flooded the forest, the fields, the houses and the people I saw. This fountain still continues to colour my every encounter with nature. I am a spectator and a participant in a process in which the beauty of this world creates new images that give wings to inspiration. The painting is an attempt to preserve the transient beauty of life and an opportunity to start a new friendship. The movement of the brush gives birth to a fairy-tale world and this magic is fascinating. It surprises me every time, it charges me with curiosity and shows me unknown lands. Paintings allow us, whenever we wish, to enter into their world of reflections and feelings, full of the vitality and eternal youth of the emotion. I am happy to be close to the world inspired by the colourful lights of my childhood dream. I am happy I can draw it and share it with friends; I can show my paintings and sculptures and start a dialogue.” Rumen Petkov