About

Kalin Mihov (b. 1995, Haskovo, Bulgaria) lives and works in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.

2017-2021 Bachelor degree in Fine Art - Mural Painting, University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
2018 Erasmus+ Exchange semester, University of Porto, Portugal.
2020 Erasmus+ Exchange semester, Fine art academy of Gdansk, Poland.

2025 Do you really self-care?, POSTA SPACE Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Tourists go home - Tourists come back, Jelsa Art Biennial, Croatia.
2023 Riverman, TaM Cultural Center, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
2021 Ochre (duo with Georgi Rachkov), TaM Cultural Center, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.

2025 Democratic forest, democratic landscape, International Forest Art Center, Darmstadt, Germany.
The Artist at Play Vol. FRAILTY, Bobbina Cultural Space, Sofia, Bulgaria.
2024 Global Nomadic Art Project 2024, Geumgang Nature Art Center, Gongju, South Korea.
Nature and Water, GNAP 2024, National Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Art Matters, Sofia Art Fair, selected for emerging artists exhibition, Sofia Tech Park, Sofia, Bulgaria.
2023 Synesthesia, San Jachiddu Ecological Park, Messina, Italy.
Right to Culture, Center for Contemporary Arts Toplocentrala, Sofia, Bulgaria.
MADE IN LESHTEN, Little Bird Place Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria.
EMPATHEAST, Jules Pascin Cultural Center, Vidin, Bulgaria.
2022 Future for KDK, TaM Cultural Center, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
Climartistique, Youth Culture Center, Vratsa, Bulgaria.
Autumn salon of Veliko Tarnovo artists, Rafael Mihaylov Exhibition Hall, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
UNFINISHED, OKNA gallery, Porto, Portugal.
2021 GO AHEAD, National Youth Exhibition, Rafael Mihaylov Exhibition Hall, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
Student Forum, National Student Exhibition, online exhibition, Bulgaria.
2020 National Fine Art Exhibition, Dimitar Dobrovich Art Gallery, Sliven, Bulgaria.

2023 Awarded a Mobility Grant, National Culture Fund, Bulgaria.
2022 Nomination for achievements in the field of sculpture from regional exhibition Autumn salon of Veliko Tarnovo artists, Union of Bulgarian Artists, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
Awarded an Artistic Scholarship, National Culture Fund of Bulgaria.
Awarded a Mobility Grant, National Culture Fund of Bulgaria.
2021 Award for painting from the National Exhibition for Emerging artists — GO AHEAD, Veliko Tarnovo Municipality, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
Award from the National Student Exhibition — STUDENT FORUM, online exhibition, Veliko Tarnovo University, Bulgaria.
Special Award of the Rector of Veliko Tarnovo University, Bulgaria.

2024 Artist residency at Jelsa Art Hub, Jelsa, Croatia.
Artist residency at medienfrische, Bschlabs, Austria.
Artist residency in GNAP 2024, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
2023 Artist residency Synesthesia, Tagete Collective, San Jachiddu Ecological Park, Messina, Italy.
Little Bird International Artist Residency, Leshten, Bulgaria.
2022 Artist residency in R84 — Multifactory, Mantova, Italy.
Residency Baba, Ideas Factory, Gorno Peshtene, Bulgaria.

2022 — pres. Part of Duppini Art Group, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
2022 — 2023 Internship as gallerist and curator at Heerz Tooya — artist-run gallery, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
2022 Internship as a technician, University of Porto, Faculty of Fine Arts, atelier of glass and mosaic, Portugal.