Grigor Mitsev was born in the town of Kazanlak in 1967. In 1986, graduated from the Art School in Sofia, and in 1995 graduated from the Art Academy in Sofia, a specialty "Sculpture" by Prof. Krum Damianov. In 2005 you received a degree in "Meisterschuler" with Professor Norbert Prangensberg in Munich, and in 2006 a Diploma from the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Germany again with Prof. Norbert Prangenberger.
Prizes, Contests, Scholarships
2000 - Winner of the ZDF competition for small plastics in Munich;
2001 - Scholar of the Bavarian Ministry of Science, Research and Arts;
2001 - Winner of Danner Preis, Academy of Fine Arts Munich;
2002 - First prize from the competition for the "Bernchard Wicki Filmpreis - Die Brücke" Film Prize, Munich;
2003 - First prize in the competition for the DIVA-Deut Deutsche Video Award Munich;
2003 - Winner of the competition from ZDF - Small Sculpture in Munich;
2004 - First prize from the BLM München competition for prize-giving plastic;
2004 - The Grand Prix of the Biennale for the sculptor from the Luxembourg Chamber;
2007 - First prize in the competition for the Lara-Der Deutsche Gamer Award, Köln, Germany
2010 - Insurer of the Year statuette, Sofia.
Participation in exhibitions:
1989- Autumn Sculpture Salon, Sofia;
1991- Participation of the Small Sculpture Biennial, Ravenna, Italy;
1992- Young Bulgarian Artists Exhibition, London; Otechestvo Gallery, Sofia;
1996 - Staircase Gallery, Sofia;
1997 - "Art-Dialogue" Collection, Paris;
2000 - Gestrandet, Odeonsplatz Munich, Germany;
2002 - Ceramics. Offenburg, Germany;
2003 - National University of Art and Music, Tokyo, Japan;
2004 - Give your image, Kempten Gallery, Germany;
2005 - Annual Exhibition, Munich Germany;
2008- Autumn Salon, Kazanlak Bulgaria;
2011 - Portrait of Biennial, Interbifep 14 Tuzla;
2014 - Le Papillon, Friends of the Sea Biennial, Burgas, Nat. exhibition sculpture, Sofia.
Solo exhibitions:
1999 - Aruid Gallery, Ruse, Bulgaria;
2000 - Seasons Gallery, Sofia;
2002 - "Rutzmoser" Gallery, München, Germany;
2005 - Krupan Gallery, Munich, Germany.