Curiculum Vitae

Personal Data:
Stanimir Videv was born on 27th of March, 1957 in Banya village, Plovdiv region. He graduated from fine arts high school in Kazanluk in 1976 and in 1984 – he graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia specializing in fine art paining under the guidance of Prof. Dobry Dobrev. He is a member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists (UBA) since 1985 and a member of the Society of artists with foundation “Philippolis”. Stanimir Videv lives and works in Plovdiv.

Individual Exhibitions:
2004 - Gallery "Dyakov" Plovdiv
2002 - Gallery "L'Union" - Plovdiv
2001-Gallery "Irida"- Sofia
1997- Gallery "Rompheya" - Plovdiv
1996- Gallery "Dyakov" - Plovdiv
1995 - Gallery "TimCompact" - Plovdiv
1994 - Gallery "The Red Pony" - Plovdiv
1992 - Gallery of the Union of Bulgarian Artists (UBA) - Plovdiv
1991 - Gallery "Microhall Art Center" - Edewecht, Germany
1991 - Gallery of the Union of Bulgarian Artists (UBA) - Plovdiv
1990 - Gallery "Dossev" - Sofia
1988 - Gallery "Shipka 6" - Sofia
1988 - Bulgarian Cultural Center - Berlin
1986 - Balabanov's house - the old town of Plovdiv
1985 - Gallery "Shipka 6" - Sofia

Group Exhibitions:
1994 - Gallery "Orama" - Solun, Greece
1993 - Euro ART - Geneva
1992 - Gallery 100 - Malta
1991 - Expo Art, Los Angeles, USA
1990 - Gallery "Bernard Felly" - Paris

Participation in international, fine arts planners:
1990 - Prilep, Macedonia
1989 - Lovech, Bulgaria
1987 - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1986 - Poznan - Poland
1985 - Smolyan - Bulgaria
1981 - Vurshets - Bulgaria

Some of Stanimir Videv’s paintings are owned by: The National Fine Arts gallery in Sofia, Fine Arts galleries in Plovdiv, Shumen, Gabrovo, Burgas, Pazardjik, Smolyan, etc. Some of his paintings are also owned by private collectors in Bulgaria, Greece, Israel, USA, France, GB, Italy and Germany, to name a few.

Prizes:
1987- National Prize “Vasil Levski”
1996 – Prize Gallery “Diakov”
1997 – Prize “Plovdiv “ for Painting
1997 – Prize for Exhibition for the year, gallary “Romfeya” – “The sword of Romfeya”, Plovdiv
1997 – 1st Prize for Painting at the Guild of the Plovdiv artists

He is the master of the inevitable illusion born from an emotionally created world and accessible individualism. His characters and subjects fade away into a sensuous painting with an abstract language of its own, built through harmonious plastic tides. He is sincere in his aspiration to achieve the possible conflict of the meeting point of any two or more matters, tow or more forms. The simplicity of this request charms with the strength of its tactile challenge.
Krassimir Linkov - Art critic