About me

Nenko Bojanov Balkanski
I was born on the 1st of November 1977 in Sofia, Bulgaria and was brought up in an artistic environment being the grandson of a famous Bulgarian painter of the same name. This direct contact with art from a very early age probably predestined my life-involvement with painting. The creative strain has never left me and I have dedicated myself to painting and the strenuous paths of the artistic quest. Although mural painting is a field in which I have been working for some time, especially iconic murals, I have simultaneously produced a number of landscapes, portraits and still-life paintings which I was invited to exhibit at the Overgas private gallery in Sofia in December 2005. At present I am also working in the interior design field, where I have been experimenting with combinations of materials, textures and nuances, integrating natural motifs into the often monolithic corpus of the home and work-place.

Education:
1984-1991 125 Comprehensive School “Dr. Ivan Pashov”, Sofia

1991-1996 Arts Gymnasium “Academician Ilia Petrov” Sofia,


1996-2002 National Academy of Arts “Nicolay Pavlovitch”, Sofia,
Diploma for Magisterial level in Mural Painting, profession Artist
 

2003 July National Academy of Arts “Nicolay Pavlovitch”, Sofia – started doctoral dissertation in “Theory of contemporary Greek-Orthodox art”

Employment:
1999 Mural-painting of the temple “Archangel Michael” in the cemetery of Neceber on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast

2001-2003 Mural-painting of the temple “St. Petka” in Sofia, Orlandovtzi District

2002 Participation in a group headed by Professor Toma Varbanov which wall-painted the temple of the Monastery at Gradeshnitza

2003 07-09 Mural-painting of the façade of the Wolf Company utility in Sofia, 1510 m2

2004 Mural-painting “Ulfila and his mission” at Ulfila Hall, Sofia, Simeonovo District

Solo exhibitions:

2005 05.12 Short presentation exhibition organized by OVERGAS in their building
2007 20.09 Exhibition in Gallery “Vedart” - Sofia
2007 04.12 Exhibition in Cultural Center Trakart in Plovdiv
2008 09.10 Exhibition in Gallery "AZZA" - Sofia

2008 11.12 Exhibition in the Gallery of the Bulgarian
                    Cultural Institute in Budapest - Hungary
  
2009 17.05 Exhibition in Gallery of the Music Academy in the city of Debrecen -  Hungary
                                           
2009 19.10 Exhibition in Gallery "Rakursi" - Sofia

2011 13.10 Exhibition in MOM Cultural Center – Budapest, Hungary

Website:   www.nenkobalkanski.com