ABOUT
Kalin Mihov (b. 1995, Haskovo, Bulgaria) lives and works in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
EDUCATION
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2017-2021
Bachelor degree in Fine Art - Mural Painting, University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
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2018
Erasmus+ Exchange semester, University of Porto, Portugal.
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2020
Erasmus+ Exchange semester, Fine art academy of Gdansk, Poland.
SOLO AND DUO EXHIBITIONS
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2025
Do you really self-care?, POSTA SPACE Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Tourists go home - Tourists come back, Jelsa Art Biennial, Croatia.
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2023
Riverman, TaM Cultural Center, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
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2021
Ochre (duo with Georgi Rachkov), TaM Cultural Center, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2025
Democratic forest, democratic landscape, International Forest Art Center, Darmstadt, Germany.
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The Artist at Play Vol. FRAILTY, Bobbina Cultural Space, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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2024
Global Nomadic Art Project 2024, Geumgang Nature Art Center, Gongju, South Korea.
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Nature and Water, GNAP 2024, National Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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Art Matters, Sofia Art Fair, selected for emerging artists exhibition, Sofia Tech Park, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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2023
Synesthesia, San Jachiddu Ecological Park, Messina, Italy.
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Right to Culture, Center for Contemporary Arts Toplocentrala, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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MADE IN LESHTEN, Little Bird Place Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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EMPATHEAST, Jules Pascin Cultural Center, Vidin, Bulgaria.
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2022
Future for KDK, TaM Cultural Center, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
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Climartistique, Youth Culture Center, Vratsa, Bulgaria.
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Autumn salon of Veliko Tarnovo artists, Rafael Mihaylov Exhibition Hall, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
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UNFINISHED, OKNA gallery, Porto, Portugal.
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2021
GO AHEAD, National Youth Exhibition, Rafael Mihaylov Exhibition Hall, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
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Student Forum, National Student Exhibition, online exhibition, Bulgaria.
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2020
National Fine Art Exhibition, Dimitar Dobrovich Art Gallery, Sliven, Bulgaria.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
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2023
Awarded a Mobility Grant, National Culture Fund, Bulgaria.
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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.
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Awarded an Artistic Scholarship, National Culture Fund of Bulgaria.
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Awarded a Mobility Grant, National Culture Fund of Bulgaria.
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2021
Award for painting from the National Exhibition for Emerging artists — GO AHEAD, Veliko Tarnovo Municipality, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
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Award from the National Student Exhibition — STUDENT FORUM, online exhibition, Veliko Tarnovo University, Bulgaria.
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Special Award of the Rector of Veliko Tarnovo University, Bulgaria.
RESIDENCIES
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2024
Artist residency at Jelsa Art Hub, Jelsa, Croatia.
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Artist residency at medienfrische, Bschlabs, Austria.
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Artist residency in GNAP 2024, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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2023
Artist residency Synesthesia, Tagete Collective, San Jachiddu Ecological Park, Messina, Italy.
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Little Bird International Artist Residency, Leshten, Bulgaria.
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2022
Artist residency in R84 — Multifactory, Mantova, Italy.
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Residency Baba, Ideas Factory, Gorno Peshtene, Bulgaria.
PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
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2022 — pres.
Part of Duppini Art Group, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
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2022 — 2023
Internship as gallerist and curator at Heerz Tooya — artist-run gallery, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
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2022
Internship as a technician, University of Porto, Faculty of Fine Arts, atelier of glass and mosaic, Portugal.