Nikolay Dobrev

Nikolay Dobrev - Dinkovski was born on 23 September 1948 in Sofia. He graduated Painting" at Veliko Tarnovo University "St. St. Cyril and Methodius "in 1974. He has been teaching painting in Todor Kirkov Secondary School in his native town for many years. He has 14 solo exhibitions in many cities in the country - Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Lovech, Pleven and others. Nikolay Dobrev is a winner of awards from the International Bureau of Humor and Satire in Gabrovo (1999), from the National Exhibition of the Artists-Pedagogues in Veliko Tarnovo (2004), from the National Biennale of Small Forms in Pleven (2006) and others . Dobrev is among the doyennes of the group of artists in his native Lovech, member of UBB since 1982. His works are in the collections of the National Art Gallery and GGG in Pleven, Balchik, Blagoevgrad, Lovech, Malko Tarnovo, as well as private collections in Bulgaria and in Italy, France, Spain, Netherlands, Sweden, Japan, USA, Canada, Russia, the Czech Republic, etc.

Nikolay Dobrev painted beautiful, gentle, blue and white sea scenery.

He is passionately in love with the sea, especially in Balchik and Sozopol, which she visits and draws almost every summer. Therefore, there are always pictures of these fabulous Black Sea towns in every exhibition. He lives and works in Lovech.