Georgi Andonov

Georgi Andonov, born in Bulgaria, Burgas Black see coast .
I believe that art should express beauty and joy. There is a longing for romantic nostalgia in my work.

I believe that each painting should be a distillation of reality rather than a direct representation.

I am driven to render familiar images and present them to the viewer in their most extreme form. Each painting is a symbol.

I want my paintings to reflect a feeling of timelessness, choosing subjects devoid of any contemporary characteristics -monkey, rose, silent row of umbrellas on an empty beach.

I am torn by the dichotomy caused by the uncomfortable bedfellows of my modern sensibilities and my respect for the old masters.


Parallel to my work as an artist, I am involved with Contemporary Art Society – an organization that is founded in 2005 in partnership with Art Contemporain (Fadi Mogabgab), Beirut. Since 2006 I live in Burgas, Bulgaria.

I open my first gallery Colo Tempo Gallery in Sofia Bulgaria .
I'm working with the largest Lebanese art dealer Fadi Mogabgab Gallery.
In 2003 I started working with William Merrill Gallery - Los Angeles(USA) and from 2007 with Boutique 1 Dubai(UAE).
Martin McNab Art Gallery - San Diego (USA)
Art Studio -Mik...

-from grade 5 to 8 private fine art courses
-1984-1989 Dechko Yzunov BA degree college of fine art , Kazanlak
-1990-1995 PHD masters degree in National Academy of fine arts in Sofia.
Private collections:
Jack Daniels offices, Mandalay Bay Las Vegas,
Museum of Fine Art Academy Sofia ( my work is displayed near the work of Christo).

1986 Bienale of the Rose-group-Kazanlak
1989 ‘500 YEARS REVOLUTION’ - group - PARIS
1990 CITY GALLERY - group - KAZANLAK
1991 DEISIS GALLERY - solo - SOFIA
1991 UNIKAT GALLERY - group - SOFIA
1992 DOSEF GALLERY - group - SOFIA
1993 SAPIO GALLERY - group - SOFIA
1994 B. STAMENOV GALLERY - group - VIENNA
1995-1997 COLO TEMPO GALLERY - solo - SOFIA
1999 REGENCY PALACE HOTEL - solo - LEBANON
1999 BEIRUT HALL ‘LA FIAD’ - group - BEIRUT
1999 NOAH'S ARТ GALLERY - group - BEIRUT
2000 MOGABGAB GALLERY - group - BEIRUT
2000 Hotel VANDOM, MOGABGAB GALLERY - solo - BEIRUT
2001 Hotel INTERCONTINENTAL, MOGABGAB GALLERY - solo - BEIRUT
2002 Hotel METROPOLITEN, MOGABGAB GALLERY - solo - BEIRUT
2004 MOGABGAB GALLERY
2004 WILLIAM MERRILL GALLERY - solo - CALIFORNIA
2005 MOGABGAB GALLERY - group - DUBAI
2006 MOGABGAB GALLERY - group - BEIRUT
2007 MOGABGAB GALLERY - solo - LONDON
2010 ANIMA ART GALLERY - solo - SOFIA
2010 MOGABGAB GALLERY - solo - BEIRUT
2010 WILLIAM MERRILL GALLERY - group
CALIFORNIA
2011 -MOGABGABGALLERY(sculptures)
solo BEIRUT
2011 MCNABB MARTIN FINE ART GALLERY - solo - SAN DIEGO (April)
2011 ANIMA Art Gallery- Hilton solo SOFIA
2012 STUDIO ART GALLERY MIKONOS
2012 MOGABGAB GALLERY ...