Atanas Hranov

Atanas Hranov was born in 1961 in Plovdiv. He graduated in 1980 from the High School of Arts, Kotel. In 1987 he graduated from the National Academy of Arts, Sofia, majoring in Wood Carving under Prof. Anton Donchev.

He is the author of over 40 solo exhibitions, participates in many joint initiatives and curatorial projects. Implements joint projects with the poets Veselin Sariev and Alexander Sekulov. His works are in the possession of the National Art Gallery in Sofia, many other museums in the country, as well as private collections in Bulgaria and abroad.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

1992,1994,1996,1997,1999 - Ata Rai Gallery, Sofia

1993,1994 - Old Gallery, Plovdiv

1993 - Gallery of the French Cultural Institute, Sofia

1993, 1995, 2001, 2013 - Gallery 88, Luxembourg

1995 - Dosev Gallery, Sofia

1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 - Dyakov Gallery, Plovdiv

1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 - Lucas Gallery, Plovdiv

1997 - Melina Mercury Gallery, Hydra, Greece

2000 - Artin Gallery, Varna

2001 - Art 36 Gallery, Sofia

2002, 2006, 2007 - Yuka Gallery, Varna

2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2020, 2022 - Spring Gallery, Burgas

2003, 2004 - Naturelle Gallery, Munich

2004 - Schloss von Honenstein Gallery, Germany

2005 - Salzburg Gallery, Munich Bank

2005, 2006,2007 - George Papazov Gallery, Plovdiv

2005 - City Art Gallery, Plovdiv

2011 - project "Seventh Hill" Plovdiv

2012 - "Eva's Gallery" Varna

2010, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2026 - Le Papillon Gallery, Varna

2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018,

2019, 2020 - Rakursi Gallery, Sofia.

2013, 2014– Lunion Gallery Plovdiv

2014– project Boris Hristov, Plovdiv

2021– Eterna Gallery, Plovdiv

SELECTED COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS:

1992 - Gallery 100, Malta

1994 - Burgwegel Gallery, Germany

1994 - De Lellie Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

1994 - Artexpo, Budapest, Hungary

1995 - "Oh, Gods", Art 36 Gallery, Sofia

1996 - "The Man and the Document", "Banya Starinna", Plovdiv, curator Galina Lardeva

1999 - Dublin, Ireland

1999 - Corkum Museum, Gorinchem, The Netherlands

1997 - Bulgarian art in Kuwait

1997 - Campo & Campo, Antwerp, Belgium

2006 - "10/5/3", National Exhibition Center, Sofia, curator Rumen Serafimov

2002 - Vinitsky Gallery, Munich, Germany

2003, 2004 - K Gallery, Munich, Germany

2004 - Don Quixote, George Papazov Gallery, Plovdiv

2004 - Gallery "Slapanski and Slapanski", Munich, Germany

2004 - Hohenschau Castle, Germany

2005, 2006, 2007 - Collections of paintings and stories "Nasko H. Stories with rum, ginger, raisins and honey" and "Nasko H. The Little Saints and the Men of Black Pepper".

AWARDS:

2001 - Plovdiv Award for Fine Arts

2004 - Dyakov Gallery Award.

He lives and works in Plovdiv.