Stoimen Stoilov

1944

Birth in Varna (Bulgaria)

1972

Graduates from the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia (Bulgaria).

1991

His studio in Varna is burnt to the ground. Numerous works are lost. Settles in Vienna (Austria).  

One-Person Exhibitions In:

Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, United States of America.

Prizes:

2009 The title Professor

1991 Gottfried von Herder Prize for his complete works, University of Vienna (Austria).

1991 Price at the 2nd Print Triennale, Chamallières (France).

1985 Grand Prix for Bulgarian Participants at the 3rd Print Biennale, Varna (Bulgaria).

1984 Price at Art Expo, New York (USA), granted by the foundation Bilan de l'art contemporain.

1983 The 'Iliya Petrov' Grand Prix for Mural Painting awarded by the Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia (Bulgaria).

1982 Silver Medal at the International Exhibition in Leipzig (Germany).

1976 Grand Prix of the Biennale, Brno (Czech Republic) Has been awarded many other national prizes for print and drawing.

Private Collections And Museums

Austria Museum of Graphic Art Albertina, Vienna Vienna Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vienna Artothek, Vienna NÖ Landesmuseum, St. Pölten,Bulgaria The National Art Gallery, Sofia Municipal Museum of Art,  France Bibliothèque nationale de France Paris Fonds national d'art contemporain Paris Art Dialogue Foundation, Paris Germany Museum of Art Villa Merkel, Esslingen Museum of Graphic Art of the Schreiner Foundation, Bad Steben  Russia Pushkin Museum of Art, Moscow, U.S. of A. The Library of Congress, Washington DC New York Public Library Princeton University Yale University Florida State University (Strozier Library) Florida Atlantic University (Jaffe Collection) Middlebury College (Starr Library).

Works In Private Collections:

Austria, Australia, Bulgaria, France, Finland, Germany, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, The United States of America.