Yovo Yovchev
Yovo Yovchev graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria, majoring in Painting.
After graduating he participated in several exhibitions in Bulgaria and also taught fine arts at the College of Applied Arts in Sofia from 1991 to 1993.
From 1993 to 1996 he lived and worked in Berlin, Germany, where he organized a Children Course in Painting. In 1998 he left as a freelance artist for Spain, where he participated in several exhibitions. Over recent years he has focused on drawing, especially on the calligraphy.
The artist has exhibited in Bulgaria, in Germany, in France, in Spain, in Switzerland, in Luxembourg, in Hungary, in the USA and in Costa Rica.
He lives and works in Sofia.
Main Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions:
2019 Gallery Fines, Sofia, Bulgaria;
2018 Gallery Fines, Sofia, Bulgaria;
2017 Gallery A Cube, Sofia, Bulgaria;
2016 Gallery Fines, Sofia, Bulgaria;
2015 Gallery Fines, Sofia, Bulgaria;
2014 Gallery Fines, Sofia, Bulgaria;
2004 Gallery Artamonzev, Sofia, Bulgaria;
2001 Gallery Edition 88, Luxembourg;
2001 Hungarian Cultural Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria;
2000 Gallery Melon, Sofia, Bulgaria;
1999 Gallery Vanrell, Mallorca, Spain;
1999 Gallery Crisol, Madrid, Spain;
1998 Gallery in the Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna, Bulgaria;
1996 Gallery Makta, Sofia, Bulgaria;
1996 The City Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria;
1996 Bulgarian Cultural Institute, Berlin, Germany;
1993 Gallery Le nouveau mur, Geneva, Switzerland;
1993 Hungarian Cultural Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria;
1992 Gallery Utopy, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Group Exhibitions:
2023 Gallery Intro, Sofia, The Drawing Masters and Generations;
2018 Gallery The Red Poni, Plovdiv, Bulgaria;
2014 International Art Festival, Costa Rica;
2006 Institute Cultural Bulgare a Paris, France;
2002 San Mateo County Arts Council, California, USA;
2000 Festival of Painting, Avila, Spain;
1999 BMW-Painting Prize, Madrid, Spain;
1994 Bulgarian Cultural Institute, Berlin, Germany;