Rumen Dimitrov
Rumen Dimitrov
Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
About Rumen Dimitrov
Rumen Dimitrov is finished the High school of Art in the town of Kazanlak, and has M.A. in Veliko Tarnovo – St.st. Cyril and Methodii University in Bulgaria. Rumen is a member of the Union of the Bulgarian Artists. In 1999 he establish the DUPPINI Art Group Association. Since 2011 like chairman on Duppini Association organized an International symposium of arts in the nature Art-Nature Gabrovtsi 2012 – 2013, and Mini festival for contemporary arts “The old post or the contemporary means of communication”, and the project “Master, journeyman and apprentice” of the program “Debuts” of the National fund “Culture”, “Duppini LIKE” project in 2013 Rumen has been invited to several prestigious symposiums, projects, residencies and land art events all over the world, and has more than 15 solo exhibitions and several awards to his credit, like 2009 - Award for sculpture on Allianz Bank Awards, and 2011 - Special Selection Prize on Sea Art Festival, part of Bussan Biennale in South Korea, 2012 - Special conferring on honorary of citizenship of the town Icheon in South Korea. 2013 - Award for Sculpture on International Biennial of Humour and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria His most important events last few years are: Installation Exhibition in Pilar & Joan Miro Foundation in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, and two events in South Korea -Icheon International sculpture Symposium Commission and Sea Art Festival in Busan.
Education:
1984 – finished the High school of Art in the town of Kazanlak
1992 – graduated from Veliko Tarnovo–St.st. Cyril and Methodii University / Master of Art
1999 – establish the DUPPINI Art Group
2000 – selected member of the UBA( Union of the Bulgarian Artists ) artist of AIAP / UNESCO
2011 – chairman of DUPPINI Art Group Association
Events:
2018 - Open Sites. SPOREN, Ypres, Belgium
Bildhauersymposium, Krabatstein, granite. Germany
Bewegter wind, Windkunst in Nordhessen, Germany
Expo Beaux Lieux, Beaulieu-les-Loshes, France
Festival phonies Bergeres, Accous, France
2017 - X sites Land Art Project, Sweden
9th Monumental Sculpture Symposium, Makrana, India
International Symposium of Sculpture, Ateliere Brancusi, Târgu-Jiu, România
Biennale de Sologne, France
Gare Art Festival, Luxembourg
2016 – Residency at Caza dOro , France
L Art Est Dans les Bois, France
Land Art Festival Savins, France
Abiko Open AirExhibition,Japan
Festival Arts et Nature, Les Phonies Bergeres, Accous, Pyrenees, France
Tsukuba International Artist in Residence, Japan
Créations-sur-le-champ land art 2016. Canada
2015 – Land Art Project Alingsås, Sweden Spirit of nature project, Bulgaria Land Art Festival, Poland
Bienale des Arts Sisteron, France
Tsukuba International Artist in Residence, Japan
Sculpture Project, Bobrice
2014 – Scolpire in Piazza, Santippolito, Italy
Art Biotops Project, Darmstadt, Germany
Degirmendere Zuhtu Muridoglu sculpture Symposium, Turkey
Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, South Korea
Humus Park, Italy
Krabatstein, Germany
Global Nomadic Art Project , South Korea
2013 - Guandu Sculpture Festival, Taiwan
FLUR Bildhauersymposium, Germany
Sculpture Symposium Wilkendorf, Germany
5th International Sculpture Symposium Teheran, Iran
2012 – Icheon International sculpture Symposium Commission, Icheon, South Korea
Ostraka Sculpture Symposium, Cairo, Egypt
Alanya wood Sculpture Symposium, Turkey
DRIFT Kunstbroedplaats, art in nature project, The Netherland
2011 – Sea Art Festival, Busan Biennale, South Korea
Cheng Long Wetlands Environmental Sculpture Project, Taiwan
International Stone Sculpture Symposium, marble, Montenegro
International Stone Sculpture Symposium, granite, Panevezys, Lithuania
Ellesmere Sculpture Trail, Commission, England
International Stone Sculpture Symposium, granite, Stone Age 7, Lithuania
Art in Public Space, Muzeum De Arta, Constanta, Romania
2010 – Exhibition at Dorasan Peace Park, DMZ, South Korea
Bildhauersymposien kunst in Behringen, sandstone, Germany
YATOO Air, Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, South Korea
Children Labyrinth Project, Saksala Art Radius, Finland
International sculpture Symposium “Stone in the Galilee”, Israel
Land art event, TOLCSVAI LAND ART MŰVÉSZTELEP, Hungary
2009 – DORPSGEZICHTEN PROJECT, Drenthe, the Netherlands
9th International stone Sculpture Symposium, Morges, Switzerland
International stone Sculpture Symposium, Vattis, Switzerland
International Sculpture Symposium Matran, Switzerland
2008 – 1st International Art Passage, Bad Shlema, Germany
6th International Bressuire Sculpture Symposium, France
Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, South Korea
2007 – International Sculpture Symposium, Morges, Switzerland
Caerleon International Sculpture Symposium, Wales
Internationales NaturKunst Forum, Licherode, Germany
Art Camp in Lazar castle, Lazarea, Harghita Country, Romania
International Troyan ceramics Symposium, Troyan, Bulgaria
International Art Camp, Salt stone, Sovata, Romania
2006 – International sculpture Symposium “Stone in the Galilee”, Israel
Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, South Korea
Residency at Valparaiso Foundation, Mojacar, Spain
2005 – International sculpture Symposium “Stone in the Galilee”, Israel
International Art-in-nature Symposium, Natuurkunst Drenthe, The Netherlands
International Lake Vyrnwy sculpture Symposium, Wales
Art in Public space, Donumenta Festival, Regensburg, Germany
Exhibitions:
A W A R D S / P R I Z E S
2017- Public vote Award, Biennale de Sologne, France
2013 – Award for sculpture on 21 st International Biennial of Humour and Satire in the Arts, Gabrovo
2012 – Special conferring on honorary of citizenship, Icheeon, South Korea
2011 – Special Selection Award international competition for Sea Art Festival, Busan Biennale, South Korea
2009 – Award for sculpture on National exhibition of Allianz Bank Awards
2008 – Award at the National Exhibition in Woodcarving
2007 – Award from Union of Bulgarian Artist at the Autumn Exhibition- V.Tarnovo
2003 – Second Prize for Sculpture from Radio Free Europe at the International Sculpture Symposium-Sandstone in Vejprty, Czech Republic
2000 – Award for perspective young artist of the Artea Gallery, Varna
1999 – First Prize for Art of painting from Union of Bulgarian Artists at National Young Artists Exhibition
1998 – Award from the Open Society at the Autumn Exhibition - V. Tarnovo
S E L E C T E D G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S & E V E N T S
2014 - Small monuments, Castle Hamburg , Gallery Mucha , Gallery Müller & Petzinna,/ Germany
2013 – Installation Exhibition in Pilar & Joan Miro Foundation, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2010 – Art show Zurich, Switzerland
Exhibition at Geumgang International Nature Art Center, South Korea
2009 – Contemporary art weekend, “Stone objects” , Varna
2006 - August in ART, Varna international festival of visual arts, Varna, Bulgaria
2005 – Project, “Locked Spaces “, Art Gallery Dobrich
2003 – International exhibition “Europa Rekonstruiertes”, Exhibition Hall, Russe; Salon of Arts, Sofia ; Vienna, Austria
2001 – International exhibition at the Gellivare Municipal Museum, Sweden
1993 – LUD ART GALLERY, London (with students from Sofia & Veliko Tarnovo )