DIMCHO DIMCHOVSKI

ONE OF BULGARIA'S FOREMOST ICON MAKERS.

DIMCHOVSKI EMBRACES THE CENTURIES OLD TRADITIONS OF ICON MAKING USING WOOD CARVING, METAL WORK - ICON PLATES, ENAMEL, JEWEL MAKING, ICON PAINTING, MINIATURE ICON PAINTING AND ALL THE CLASSICAL TECHNIQUES OF THE FINE ARTS

CURRICULUM VITAE

DIMCHO PETROV DIMCHOVSKI

BORN 10 APRIL 1962, KNEZHA, BULGARIA

EDUCATION

1969-1977 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, KNEZHA

1977-1981 TECHNICAL SCHOOL OF ELECTROTECHNICS, GORNA ORYAHOVITSA

1981-1983 MILITARY SERVICE

1983-1985 HIGHER INSTITUTE OF PEDAGOGICS, DOUPNITSA GAINING AN M.A. IN

PICTORIAL, PLASTIC AND REPRESENTATIONAL ARTS

1992-1998 ST.CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY VELIKO TURNOVO GAINING

A FURTHER M.A. IN THEOLOGY

EXPERIENCE

1985-1986 TEACHER OF ART AT HIGH SCHOOL, VELIKO TURNOVO

EXPELLED FROM THE YOUNG COMMUNIST'S LEAGUE (MEMBERSHIP

OBLIGATORY AT THAT TIME) FOR PAINTING ICONS

1986 FREELANCE ARTIST

1992 EXHIBITED ICONS IN ENEPTAL AND BONN, GERMANY

1993 RESEARCHED BYZANTINE CULTURE AT THE ATHON MONASTERY,

SVETA GORA

1993 CO-ORGANISER OF THE FIRST FESTIVAL OF ORTHODOX ICONS IN

VELIKO TUROVO

1994 EXHIBITION OF ICONS IN THE BULGARIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

BUILDING, SOFIA

1995 INVITED TO EXHIBIT ICONS IN "ONE WORLD-MANY VISIONS" U.S.A.

CELEBRATING 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED NATIONAS

1998 ART DIRECTOR OF BULGARIAN TV FILM "TWO MEN OUTSIDE THE

CITY"

2001 ART DIRECTOR OF BULGARIAN FEATURE FILM "STOLEN EYES"

2003 EXHIBITION IN ARTEQ CENTRUM, VARNA

2005 SOLO EXHIBITIONS IN PYACHENZA AND PARMA, ITALY

2005 SOLO EXHIBITION ROME, ITALY

DIMCHOVSKI'S WORK IS HELD IN MANY PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTONS

INCLUDING THE ZOGRAPH MONASTERY OF SAINT GEORGE, BULGARIA AND THE

SAINT VIRGIN MONASTERY, ARBANASSI, BULGARIA