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N.Ynakiev
resume/biography
1954 Born in Doupnitza, Bulgaria;
1973 Graduated from the Fine Arts High School in Sofia,Bulgaria
1981 Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Sofia,Bulgaria
PARTICIPATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2001 Chicago, USA; Crete, Greece; Athens, Greece;
2000 Paris, France; Athens, Greece;
1999 Athens, Greece; New York, USA; Neusiedl am See, Austria;
1998 Nagano, Japan, Olympic Culture Centre, “Small Pictures, Great Harmony”;
Neusiedl am See, Austria, Gerbgruben Gallery; Lipsi Island, Greece;
1997 Vienna, Austria, Gallery Cachet, Gabrovo, Bulgaria, 13-th International
Biennial for humour and satire in art, Neusiedl am See, Austria, Gerbgruben Gallery;
1996 Vienna, Austria, The Wittgensten House Gallery; Neusiedl am See, Austria,
Gerbgruben Gallery; Sofia, Bulgaria, 6 ”Shipka” Gallery; Horgen, Switzerland, Dow
Europe S.A.;
1995 Frankfurt, Germany, Art Fair; Neusiedl am See, Austria, Gerbgruben Gallery;
Paris, France, Salon d`Automne;
1994 Munster, Germany, Paris, France, Salon d`Automne; Neusiedl am See, Austria,
Gerbgruben Gallery; Frankfurt, Germany, Dr.E.W.T. Jude;
1993 Faenza, Italy, The City Gallery; Paris, France, Salon d`Automne; Neusiedl am
See, Austria, Gerbgruben Gallery;
1992 Wisbaden, Germany, Matushek Gallery; Frankfurt, Germany, Airport Club;
Dusseldorf, Germany, EP Gallery; Paris, France, Salon d`Automne;
1991 Munich, Germany, Ritzschel & Russ Gallery; Basel, Switzerland, Art Fair;
Hamburg, Germany, The Caholic Academy; Paris, France, Salon d`Automne;
1990 Tokyo, Japan, “Juki” Gallery; Hamburg, Germany, “Hannelore Greve” House
Paris, France, CNB Gallery; Munich, Germany, Telesignal S.A. Alfred M.Schwarzer;
Basel, Switzerland, Musee de I`Athenee;
1989 Hamburg, Germany, Kunst&Antiquiten Maria Luisa Warburg; Geneva,
Switzerland, Musee de l`Athenee
1988 Athens, Greece, The Modern Art of Bulgaria; Moscow; USSR, The City
Gallery; Poznan, Poland, The Fair of Arts; Barcelona, Spain, The Fair of Arts;
1987 Basel, Switzerland, Art Fair; Brussels , Belgium, Art Fair; Sewicklex (PA), USA,
“International Images”; Helsinki, Finland, “Bronda”Gallery; Dallas (TX) USA,
Tramell Crow Centre;
1985 Amsterdam, The Netherlands, The Modern Art of Bulgaria, Vienna, Austria,
Exhibition of Young Painters; Moscow, USSR, Exhibition of Young Painters;
1984 Sofia, Bulgaria, 6 “Shipka” Gallery; 125 ”Rakovski” Gallery; Vienna, Austria,
“Ludwig Collection”; Sweden, House of Art Stockholm, Art Fair;
1981-1989 Participated in all National exhibitions of painting;
1981 Accepted member of the Union of the Bulgarian Artists
ONE MAN SHOWS
2002 Budapest, Hungary, The Gallery of the Cultural Centre of Bulgaria; Sofia,
Bulgaria, "Viking" Gallery; Rabat , Maroko, Gallery "Decouverte"
2001 N.J., USA, Rising Star - Art Academy; N.W., Washington D.C. International
Visions Gallery; St. Pölten, Austria, Bildungshaus St. Hippolyt;
2000 Paris, Gallery Cite Internationale des Arts; Gallery Etienne de Causans; Studio
Pierre Durelle; Gallery "C" International;
1999 Frankfurt on Main, Germany, Gallery-Cab. Dr.Udg; Sofia, Bulgaria, Gallery
Prima;
1998 Rodgen, Germany, “Am Rex” Gallery. Bremen, Germany, “Ciman” Gallery;
1997 Sofia, Bulgaria, Publishing House “Christo Botev” Gallery;
1996 Berlin, Germany, URANIA; Sofia, Bulgaria, “Makta” Gallery;
1995 Berlin, Germany, The Gallery of Cultural Centre of Bulgaria;Plovdiv, Bulgaria,
“Janet” Gallery;
1994 La Valleta, Malta, National Gallery of Fine Arts;Berlin-Spandau, Germany,
“Gothisches Haus”;
1993 Sofia, Bulgaria, Sheraton Gallery; Sofia, “Boyanska Tzurkva” Gallery;
Warsaw, Poland, “St.Cyrillus and Methodius” Gallery; Vienna, Austria, The
Wittgenstein House Gallery;
1992 Cologne, Germany, GMD Gallery; Rodgen, Germany, “Am Rex” Gallery;
1991 Florstadt, Germany, “Ashanti” Gallery;
1990 Damascus, Syria, The City Gallery;
1989 Helsinki, Finland, Bronda Gallery; Salzburg, Austria, “Koenig Ludwig” Hotel
Gallery; Vienna, Austria, Hadwiger Gallery;
1988 Nicosia, Cyprus, The Gallery of the Cultural Centre of Bulgaria;
1987 Vienna, Austria, “Kleine Gallery”; Vienna, Austria, Panonia Gallery;
1986 Sofia, Bulgaria, 6 “Rousski” Gallery; Bratislava, CSSR, The Gallery of the
Cultural Centre of Bulgaria; Berlin, Germany, “Unter den Linden” Gallery; Vienna,
Austria, The Wittgenstein House Gallery Neusiedl am See, Austria, Gerbgruben
Gallery;
1985 Sofia, Bulgaria, The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
AWARDS
2000 Corresponding member of the Accademia Internacionale "Greci - Marino",
Italy;
1997 The Special Award for Painting for the Ministry of Culture at the 13th
International Biennial for Humour and Satire in Art - Gabrovo;
1995 Selected for the art dictionary Who` s Who in International Art for 1996/ 97,
Lousanne, Switzerland;
1993 Cavalier of the International Academy of Contemporary Arts, The Academic
Palms of Vermeil, Belgium;
1992 Accepted member of the SALON D`AUTOMNE Association, Paris, France;
1987 The Prize of the Portrait Section at the General Exhibition of Fine Arts, Sofia,
Bulgaria;
1983 Grand Prix of the “South Spring” Exhibition in the Town of Haskovo for
complete workmanship in 1982, Bulgaria;
1982 First Prize at the “Strouma `82” Regional Exhibition, Bulgaria;
1981 The Award of the Municipality if the Town of Shoumen at the National Painting
Competition, Bulgaria
The works of N. Yanakiev are in possession of the National gallery of Fine Arts in Sofia, The City Gallery of
Sofia, The National Gallery of Fine Arts in La Valletta, Malta, The UNESCO Collection, Burgenland, Austria,
The Ludwig Collection in Cologne, The Private collections: Claude Litz, Paris; Prof. Dr. Nick Titz, Neusiedl am
See; Jurgen Hoyer, Berlin’ Egidius Braun, Germany and some others in France, Germany, Belgium, Italy,
Russia, Greece, Great Britain, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, Austria, Spain.