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Nikolai Atanassov

Born in Bulgaria in 1968, Atanassov uses mixed techniques with oil paints, acrylics, tempera, watercolors and markers. He searched for the subtle balance between old masters and modern art. He was educated at the Art College in Bulgaria and has shown his work in numerous solo and group exhibitions.

“My art style is based on the theory of chaos. Everything came out of chaos, and becomes mathematical laws of perfection. Similarly, in my art, paint explodes without control, colors of nuclear explosions, variations of vibration, light running out of space ad time…and then the lines travel like rivers between the mountains to organize and control the madness of these flowing colors.

My art is based on the idea ”unus-mundus,” one world, the visible and Invisible world together. The air space around us is filled with invisible life. In science we already know of eleven dimensions, yet we cannot explain all of this. For us it is like magic, but day after day many new or very old forgotten wonders are coming to us, opening new doors of knowledge.

One day we might wake up and find out that all those legends from history; all those fiery tales and mythology, are truth.

According to quantum physics, there are so many different laws that are totally new fields of the Para physic. This amazes me. The universe created in my paintings belongs to those Para normal laws.
I am searching for a world without borders. I organize color and line in a way that helps me find the subtle balance between realism and abstract,
to touch the border of the world here and beyond; past, present and future.

I am looking for a new space and new time…infinity on canvas.”

Exhibitions/Bio

Private School of Michail Kamberov, 1988-1992

Independent study course in painting under the supervision of world famous artist Michail Kamberov

Art College, Kazanluk, Bulgaria, 1983-1988

Industrial and Interior Design

 

EXHIBITIONS

 

2015 Paul Mahder Gallery, Healdsburg, California

2010 Paul Mahder Gallery, San Francisco, California

2007 Silent Auction, Varnish Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco, California

2007 International Show, Gallery 24, Berlin Germany

2006 Solo Show, Institute for Unpopular Culture, San Francisco, California

2006 Muse Gallery, San Francisco, California

2006 California Modern Gallery, San Francisco, California

2006 Blue Room Gallery, San Francisco, California

2005 Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy

2005 Solo Show, Blue Room Gallery, San Francisco, California

2005 California Modern Gallery, San Francisco, California

2005 Art Festival, Design Center, San Francisco, California

2005 Blue Room Gallery, San Francisco, California

2004 Solo Show, California Modern Gallery, San Francisco, California

2004 California Modern Gallery, San Francisco, California

2004 San Francisco Open Studios

2004 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California

Institute for Unpopular Culture

2004 Blue Room Gallery, San Francisco, California

2003 Blue Room Gallery, San Francisco, California

2002 Institute for Unpopular Culture, San Francisco, California

2002 Limner Gallery, New York, New York

2002 Sun Gallery, Hayward, California

2001 “Spiritual IV” An International Juried Art Exhibition, Omaha, Nebraska

2001 Urban Colors Gallery, San Francisco, California

2001 European Artists Group Exhibition, DreamE Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2000 San Francisco Open Studios

2000 6th Annual Water Color Exhibition, “AQUA” Areas 2000”, Santa Rosa, California

2000 “live with This”, A.C.C.I. Gallery, Berkeley, California

1998 Art Festival, Skopie, Macedonia

1998 International Competition for Painting, Alba Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

1997 National Exhibit “Surrealism”, Shipka 6, Sofia, Bulgaria

1997 Vodka “Absolut” competition for a new product line (4 pieces selected)

1992 – 1997 Paintings sold to galleries and private collections in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands, France, and USA

1992 National Exhibit for Young Artists, Pleven, Bulgaria

1991 Group Show Paintings, Borovetz, Bulgaria

1987 National Design Exhibit, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

1986 National Design Exhibit, Oreshaka, Bulgaria

 

PUBLICATIONS

2005 Florence Biennale Book

2004-2005 New Art International Magazine, New York

2004 Direct Art Magazine, New York

2003 Direct Art Magazine, New York

Awards

2002 Art Domain Ibiza, Spain

2002 Best Picture – Group Show, Limner Gallery, New York, New York

1998 International Competition for Painting, Alba Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

1987 Gold medal – National Black and White Photography Exhibit, Kazanluk, Bulgaria