About The Artist

GEORGI PETROV URUMOV Member of the Bulgarian Artists’ Union Member of Plovdiv Artists’ Group Born on November 12, 1954 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria EXHIBITIONS 1978 – First solo Exhibition of 98 art works, paintings, graphics and sculpture exhibited at the Designers’ Bureau Halls in Plovdiv 1988 – Solo Exhibition of 78 art works exhibited at the Plovdiv Artists’ Group hall, 32 Gladston St., Plovdiv 1990 – Solo Exhibition of 121 art works exhibited at the Plovdiv Artists’ Group hall, 32 Gladston St., Plovdiv under the slogan Art and Industry for Ecology, sponsored by Bioprogress company 1992 – Solo Exhibition of 230 art works exhibited at the Plovdiv Artists’ Group hall, 32 Gladston St., Plovdiv, sponsored by Mr. Eric Perus from France 1995 - Solo Exhibition of 121 art works exhibited at the Plovdiv Artists’ Group hall, 32 Gladston St., Plovdiv under the motto Art and Business for Culture, sponsored by the following companies: Terri 999, Markita, Totem, G-print, Elexir, Fenix, 7D, Pharmaco 1996 – Solo Exhibition of 74 art works exhibited at the Information and Cultural Center of Skopje, Republic of Macedonia 1997 – Solo Exhibition of 30 art works exhibited at the Bulgarian-German Cultural Center Saxon – Anhalt, Plovdiv 1997- Solo Exhibition at the Credit Bank in Plovdiv 1998 – Solo Exhibition at Romfeya Gallery in Plovdiv, sponsored by Banking Service South 2000 – Solo Exhibition at the Blue Rider private gallery 2001 – Participation in ART COLLEGE International Art Exhibition in Paris, France at Saint Marten halls, hold from 22.04 to 29.04 and at Serge College document center, hold from 05.05. to 20.05. in France, at the personal invitation of the organizers 2001 – Participation in International General Exhibition in Liege, Belgium, organized by Liege Cultural Center, hold from 15.12.2001 until 26.01.2002, at the personal invitation of the organizers 2002 – Solo Exhibition of paintings and sculpture in Panagiurishte, Bulgaria, from 15.03. to 30.03 2002 – Participation in Art Collage-Plovdiv 2002 International Symposium under the patronage of the Mayor of Plovdiv, hold from 01.04. to 12.04. with a final exhibition at Romfeya Gallery, Plovdiv 2002 – Participation in General Exhibition of 27 artists at the invitation of Kansas State University, with a curator Linda E. Andrus, hold at Beach Museum of Art and Kemper Art Museum, from 09.11 to 20.11 2003 – Solo Exhibition collage in Panagiurishte, Bulgaria, hold from 05.02. to20.02, at the exhibition hall of OPTICS company 2003 – Participation in exhibition – presentation of 6 Bulgarian artists, hold in France, Paris from 24.03. until 10.04. with a curator Pierre Jean Varet 2003 – Participation in the XX th International Collage Salon in Paris, France at the Saint Marten halls from 20.04. to 20.05 2003 – Participation in International General Exhibition at Sargene Collage Museum, France from 01.08. to 30.08. 2004 – Participation in Art Collage-Plovdiv 2004 International Symposium under the patronage of the Mayor of Plovdiv, from 01.04. to 1.04. with a closing exhibition at Romfeya Gallery in Plovdiv 2004 – Solo Exhibition of paintings for the 50th anniversary, sponsored by OPTICS Panagiurishte and SIENIT Plovdiv 2006 – Participation in the International Symposium '' Art Collage -2006 Plovdiv, at Romfeya Gallery 2008 – Participation in the International Symposium '' Art Collage -2008 Plovdiv, at Romfeya Gallery 2009 – Solo Exhibition - Plovdiv. 2010 – Participation in the International Symposium Art Collage Plovdiv 2011 – Participation in a group exhibition at Romfeya Gallery 2012 – Participation in the International Symposium Art Collage Plovdiv 2013 – Participation in the exhibition of BPH Plovdiv 2014 – Retrospective solo exhibition “Gateway to heaven” at the City Gallery of Fine Arts Plovdiv 2014 – Solo Exhibition “Game of glass pearls” at Romfeya Gallery 2015 – Participation in an exhibition of the Plovdiv Artists’ Group 2015 – Participation in an exhibition at Romfeya Gallery 2016 ¬– Participation in an exhibition of the Plovdiv Artists’ Group Over sixty group participations in Plovdiv Artists’ Group and Bulgarian Artists Union exhibitions, as well as private galleries expositions. Great number of his works are property of the State Art Gallery, Municipality of Plovdiv, schools, companies, private collections in Bulgaria, France (Paris, Toulouse, Sergene / Museum of Collage/, Germany /Berlin, Munich, Dusseldorf, Koln/, Italy /Milan/, Great Britain /London/, South Africa /Johannesburg/, Belgium /Liege/, Switzerland /Zurich and Geneva/, Macedonia / Skopje/, Greece, Holland and the USA. Publications about his art, written by the art critics Dimiter Dimitrov, Svetla Moskova, Vladimir Harbaliev, Krasimir Linkov can be found in specialized issues of the local Bugarian press. Programs about him have been shown and broadcasted on the Bulgarian National TV and radio, as well as private TV and radio stations.