Karabadjakov Gancho

1954-2011

About the artist

At the age of 69, one of the emblematic personalities of V. Tarnovo the artist Gancho Karabazhakov has left us, his relatives

announced

Karabazhakov was born on October 19, 1951 in Yambol. After graduating from the art high school in Kazanlak, his path continued s the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia, where he studied “Illustration and artistic design of the book under Prof. Hristo Neykov. After graduating, he created dozens of monumental frescoes and developed his characteristic painting style In addition to being an artis Gancho Karabazhakov is also an active public figure. In 2001, he was briefly Deputy Minister of Culture. In the period 2008-2011, he was the director of the “Boris Denev art gellery in Veliko Tarnovo, and from the end of the same year he held the position of deputy mayor of the old capital, a position he neld until the middle of last year.

Personal exhibitions

One man shows: 1982 – Art Gallery Jambol – Bulgaria 1984 – 133 Rakovski Str. Sofia – Bulgaria 1985 – 6 Ruski Str. Sofia – Bulgaria 1986 – 133 Rakovski Str. Sofia – Bulgaria 1987 – Art Gallery, Munich, Germany 1987 – Art Gallery, Plovdiv – Bulgaria 1988 – 133 Rakovski Str. Sofia – Bulgaria 1989 – O’Viragues, Delemaunt – Switzerland 1990 -Modern Art Gallery – Perugia, Italy 1991 – PH Gallery, Torino – Italy 1992 – VIA DI NANI, Torino – Italy 1993 – LA ROSE _CROIX A.M.O.R.C., Paris – France 1993 -CENTRE ROPC, Brussels – Belgium 1994 – JANET, Plovdiv – Bulgaria 1995 – BIDERMAYER, Vienna – Austria 1996 – MONS, Belgium 1996 – Diakov Gallery – Plovdiv