DIMITAR HINKOV, PhD, b.1972
Essen, Germany
EDUCATION
2014 PhD in Art – New Bulgarian University Sofia, Bulgaria
1999 Cite International des Art – Paris, France
1998 Cite International des Art – Paris, France
1998 Master Degree in Art of Painting – National Art Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
1991 Secondary Art School – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 KK Galerie, Essen, Germany
2023 KK Galerie, Essen, Germany
2022 KK Galerie, Essen, Germany
2019 Hafenliebe Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
2018 Jarsbo Art, Aaborg, Denmark
Hafenliebe Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
2017 Berlin-Baku Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Hafenliebe Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
2016 Lambrand Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2015 Beyond The Wall – B.AGL, Berlin, Germany
2014 Autumn In My Garden – ICI Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 “Three Generations – Hristo Boyadjiev, prof. Anna Boyadjieva and Dimitar Hinkov”
Art Center Pleven, Hristo Boyadjiev Hall, City Gallery Pleven, Bulgaria
Art exhibition of paintings “The aesthetic phylosophy of the form” – Uzina Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Art exhibition of paintings – Sredets Gallery , Ministry of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria
Art exhibition of paintings- European Night of Museums, Ministry of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria
2009 „Experiments“ – Sredets Gallery , Ministry of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria
2007 „Sound, Structure, Colour“ – City Art Gallery, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
2006 „Structures“ – City Art Gallery, Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria
„The Old Houses“ – Ikar Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Modulor Gallery, Haskovo, Bulgaria
Hemus Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2005 Didier Dourat Gallery – Malaga, Spain
Hilton Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria
2004 Via Larga Gallery – Florence, Italy
„Painting and Objects” – Regart Gallery – Paris, France
„Bulgaria in the world“ – Performance, BTA, Sozopol, Bulgaria
Hilton Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2003 Didier Dourat Gallery – Malaga, Spain
Elektra Gallery – Toremolinos, Spain
Deivis Gallery – Washingotn, USA
2002 Barry Gallery – Washington, USA
Irida Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria
Elektra Gallery – Toremolinos, Spain
2001 Fondation “Casa de Cantabria” Gallery – City Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Ikar Gallery presents Dimitar Hinkov at Private Galleries Exhibition – Moscow, Russia
East – West Art Connection Gallery- Malaga, Spain
Fondation “Casa de Cantabria” Gallery – City Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain
„Women Bodies“ Installation – Tsar Osvoboditel Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria
Solers Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria
Gavriloff Gallery, Switzerland
2000 „The body“ – Tsar Osvoboditel Gallery- Sofia, Bulgaria
Regart Gallery – Paris, France
Solers Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria
Gavriloff Gallery, Germany
Gavriloff Gallery, Switzerland
1999 Regart Gallery – Paris, France
Gallery 11- Sofia, Bulgaria
Dosev Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria
Vitosha Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria
1998 Chaine Des Rotisseur, Fresco – Sofia, Bulgaria
1997 Prometey Fondation- Sofia, Bulgaria
Irida Gallery- Sofia, Bulgaria
1996 Young Bulgarian Artists – Sofia Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria
1992 Starinna Gallery- Plovidv, Bulgaria
Plovdiv Gallery- Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1991 Starinna Gallery- Plovidv, Bulgaria
1990 Novotel Plovdiv- Plovidv, Bulgaria
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Benjamin Eck, München, Germany
Charles Puma Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Oil Art Advisory, Manchester, UK
KK Galerie, Essen, Germany
2024 Oil Art Advisory, Manchester, UK
KK Galerie, Essen, Germany
2023 KK Galerie, Essen, Germany
2022 KK Galerie, Essen, Germany
2020 Boccara Art – New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Monterrey (Mexico)
Bill Lowe Gallery – Atlanta, Georgia
Go Gallery – Amsterdam, Netherlands
2019 Discovery Art Fair – Frankfurt, Germany
Kunstspur Essen – Essen, Germany
Art Weekend – Knokke, Belgium
Art Fair Hong Kong / Hong Kong
Tanya Baxter Contemporary – London, UK
Art Fair Karlsruhe – Karlsruge, Germany
Galerie Ulrich Gering – Frankfurt, Germany
2018 Steel Door Gallery – Portland, USA
Art Fair Luxembourg – Luxembourg
Zeitgeist Galerie – Nuremberg, Germany
Hafenliebe Galerie – Hamburg, Germany
Fines Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria
Savov Gallery – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2017 Galerie Berlin-Baku – Berlin, Germany
Schöneberger Art 2017 – Berlin, Germany
Hafenliebe Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
2015 Salon D’Automne – Paris, France
Exhibition Dimitar Hinkov & Students – St.Luka, Sofia, Bulgaria
Drawings – Large-sized, Professors’ Exhibition – St.Luka, Sofia, Bulgaria
46ème Salon artistique de Sainte Maure de Touraine, France
Exposition de Perros-Guirec, France
2014 Salon D’Automne – Paris, France
August Collection Saatchi Art Gallery, Curated by Rebecca Wilson
Selected for Group Exhibition Future Identities-Bodies. Places. Spaces – Venice, Italy
Art Fair – Hangzhou, China
Zhejiang Art Museum – Hangzhou, China
2012 National Art Exhibition of Paintings– Shipka Gallery, Bulgarian Artists Union, Sofia, Bulgaria
Art Exhibition of Paintings – Uzina Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria
Allianz National Prices- Sofia, Bulgaria
80 years of the Bulgarian Artists Union Establishment, Curator‘s project of Vesela Radoeva „The Bread“ – Sofia, Bulgaria
„The painting“ – Exhibition of Art teachers from St. Luka National High School for Arts – Sofia, Bulgaria
2012 Gallery Fines- Sofia, Bulgaria
„Good Morning, Sofia“ , Uzina Gallery- Sofia, Bulgaria
6th International Bienele of Small Forms , City Gallery, Pleven, Bulgaria
2011 Conteporary Art Competition, Museum of Contemporary Art- Sofia, Bulgaria
„ The Generations“ – Curator‘s Project of Dimitar Grozdanov, City Art Gallery – Varna, Bulgaria
„Sculputure, Painting“ – Shipka Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria
International Bienele of paper-Shipka Gallery, Bulgarian Artist Union, Sofia, Bulgaria
Contemporary Bienele Art – City Gallery- Varna, Bulgaria
2006 „The Brushes“ Installation – Shipka Gallery, Bulgarian Artist Union – Sofia, Bulgaria
2005 „The Art Card”-Contemporary Art Museum – UAE
2004 National Art Exhibition of Paintings – Shipka Gallery, Bulgarian Artist Union – Sofia, Bulgaria
Young Bulgarian Artists“Painting“ – Shipka Gallery, Bulgarian Artist Union- Sofia, Bulgaria
„Art of the Street” Installation- a project of UN and EU
The New Realists, Sculpture and Painting – Foreign Art Gallery- Sofia, Bulgaria
„Harmony and Dissonance“- Sofia City Art Gallery- Sofia, Bulgaria
„Harmony and Dissonance“- City Art Gallery – Varna, Bulgaria
2003 Creighton- Davis Gallery- Washington, USA
2002 Barry Gallery – Washington, USA
Bulgarian Contemporary Art , Barry Gallery – Marimount University, Arlington, USA
Elektra Gallery – Toremolinos, Spain
National Art Exhibition of Paintings– Shipka Gallery, Bulgarian Artist Union – Sofia, Bulgaria
2001 Tsar Osvoboditel Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria
Krida Art Gallery – Sofia
Solers Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria
2000 Аrt CourGallerry – Paris, France
Regart Gallery- Paris, France
„Paper and Colour“ – Shipka Gallery, Bulgarian Artist Union- Sofia, Bulgaria
Solers Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria
1999 Tsar Osvoboditel Gallery- Sofia, Bulgaria
Tsenitel Gallery- Sofia, Bulgaria
Kreda Art Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria
Vitosha Gallery- Sofia, Bulgaria
1998 Dossev Gallery- Sofia, Bulgaria
National Art Exhibition of Paintings – Shipka Gallery, Bulgarian Artist Union – Sofia, Bulgaria
Young Bulgarian Artists“Painting“ – Shipka Gallery, Bulgarian Artist Union- Sofia, Bulgaria
1997 „The Painting“ – Shipka Gallery, Bulgarian Artist Union- Sofia, Bulgaria
Dossev Gallery- Sofia, Bulgaria
1996 Young Bulgarian Artists – Sofia Hall , Sofia, Bulgaria
100 years of the establishment of the National Art Academy- Shipka Gallery, Bulgarian Artist Union- Sofia, Bulgaria
International Trienele of Painting- Shipka Gallery, Bulgarian Artist Union – Sofia, Bulgaria
National Art Exhibition of Paintings – Shipka Gallery, Bulgarian Artist Union – Sofia, Bulgaria
1995 National Art Exhibition of Paintings – Shipka Gallery, Bulgarian Artist Union – Sofia, Bulgaria
1992 Autumn Exhibition of Art – Shipka Gallery, Bulgarian Artist Union – Sofia, Bulgaria
1991 Autumn Exhibition of Art – Shipka Gallery, Bulgarian Artist Union – Sofia, Bulgaria
AWARDS
2012 Nomination for Award in contemporary art – Allianz, Sofia, Bulgaria
2002 Best Young Artist Award of Elektra Gallery – Toremolinos, Spain
2000 Best Young Artists and Best Exhibition Award– Tsar Osvoboditel Gallery- Sofia, Bulgaria
1999 Best Young Artist Award – Cite International des Art – Paris, France
PUBLIC ART AND COLLECTIONS
Leonardo da Vinci Library Museum – Florance, Italy
Danner Fondation – Washington, USA
Young Bulgarian Talents Foundation- Sofia, Bulgaria
Museum of National Art Aacademy- Sofia, Bulgaria
St. St. Kiril and Metodii Foundation- Sofia, Bulgaria
Prometey Foundation- Sofia, Bulgaria
Ambassy of Israel- Sofia, Bulgaria
Ambassy of Tukey – Sofia, Bulgaria
Ministry of Labour – Sofia, Bulgaria
Cite International des Art Foundation- Paris, France
Ministry of Health – Sofia, Bulgaria
Presedency of Bulgaria
Ministry of Economics – Sofia, Bulgaria
Alpha Bank
Societe Generale Expressbank
MEMBERSHIP
2001 International Organisation for Plastics Arts – UNESCO, Paris
Rotary Club Sofia- Vitosha, Bulgaria
1999 Bulgarian Art Society (SBH)