Dobri Gjurkov

„Sharing my quest for a coherent perception of the modern world, with many questions, and very rarely finite answers.“

Pen and ink drawing was always of primary importance for me, because of the straight ahead, unambiguous honesty of the black lines, the very limited and demanding choice of techniques and precision involved. It is this clarity and „finality“ of the stroke, which fascinates, but also calls and requires from us.

Furthermore, a penchant for contextual and formal contrasts is characteristic of my work, not only black versus white, the tactile versus the two dimensional (especially in my acrylic panting), but also, a richness of detail versus the Unnamed, precise positioning versus ambiguity, asceticism versus sensuality, Faith versus consumerism / atheism. Art is for me a perpetual dialogue between our Self and the surrounding Reality (which nowadays takes many sometimes confusing or frightening shapes). Finally, my creative output refuses to submit stylistically to any narrowly bound art category or current.

Stylistically my work ranges from hyper realistic to nonfigurative / abstract, depending on the mood I am in. In this sense, there are always many directions in which my ideas and experiments go ... In my...

I have graduated from the Special School of Applied Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1982.
Worked as a scenography artist in different theaters in Sofia from 1984 to 1987.
From 1987 on as a graphic designer for the Cultural Centre of the then Polish Republic in Sofia,
until I left the country for Germany in 1990.
In Germany I studied further graphic design with the new computer technologies, while painting, drawing and making exhibitions as a freelancer. Besides that I have been giving drawing lessons for the last 20 years.

I nowadays live with my wife on the outskirts of Hamburg, Germany.

ONE MAN / GROUP SHOWS

1985 Theater Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
1988 Galeria Ruski 12, Sofia, Bulgaria
1988 City Gallery Sopot, Poland
(I live since 1990 in Germany.)
1992 Galerie Fabrik 147, Loiter Au
1995 Diakonissenanstalt, Flensburg
1996 Galerie Werner Gutzeit, Delve
1996 Mizner Park Galerie, Berlin
1997 Galerie Fulvio Pinna, Berlin
1997 Mizner Park Galerie, Berlin
1997 Galerie der Akademie Sankelmark, Flensburg
2005 Galerie Museumsinsel, Heide.
2018 Galerie Meldorf. Meldorf (Germany)
2021 II nd International Competition for Historical Painting
iPark - Historical Park, Varna, Bulgaria, May 2021.
2021 The OtherArtFair Virtual Editions / Saatchi Art

2022 „I“ The world revolves around ME / 01. 2022 / M.A.D.S. Gallery -
Milano (Italy) / Fuerteventura (Islas Canarias)
2022 „F**KU“ / 02. 2022 / M.A.D.S. Gallery -
Milano (Italy) / Fuerteventura (Islas Canarias)
2022 Artio Gallery - Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France. April 2022
2022 III rd International Competition for Historical Painting
iPark - Historical Park, Varna, Bulgaria, May 2022.
2022 Anima Mundi 2022 - Visions - ITSLIQUID International Art Fair 22
| 16 June - 06 July | Venice, Italy
2022 Luxembourg Art Fair 2022 5th Edition
| 16 - 18 Se...