Dolores Dilova
Dolores has started to draw since she was three years old and at seven she became the prize winner in a children pictures competition, with jury president Prof. Henry Moore.
Dolores has participated in many national exhibitions since 1984 and in joint exhibitions in Austria, France, USA, Russia, England, Greece, Italy, Hungary and others. She had her own presentations in Sofia - 89, 92, 97, 99, 2001, Paris - 92, 93, 2002, Kansas city /USA/ - 93, 2000, Aosta /Italy/ - 94, Drama /Greece/ - 98, Berlin, /Germany/ - 2001, Amsterdam /Holland/ - 2004, London /2009/, Moskow /2009/ .
Her paintings are possessed by state representatives – the vice president of Bulgaria, the chairman of the National Assembly, vice chairmen of the National Assembly, vice prime ministers, ministers and deputies.Some of her works may be found in the National Art Gallery and in other galleries in the country, as well as in private galleries and collections in France, England, Italy, Germany, Japan, Israel, USA, Spain, Austria, Greece, Turkey, Hungary, Cyprus, Switzerland and others.
Some hotels, companies, ministries, cafes, as well as many art collectors and admirers have also paintings by Dolores.
D. Dilova is the first prize winner of the competition “Young Artist”-1987 and a prize winner of the competition “Man and Sea” – 1988, selected among the ten most prominent artists for 92, Exhibition of the Year '98, Grand prix of the Union of Bulgarian Artists at Bienale of Small Forms - 2008, nominated for the National award “V. Dimitrov – the Master” 2013. D. Dilova Dilova is the winner of the great award of art at biennale “Friends of the sea”, Bourgas, 2014.
Since 1993 she is one of the founders and tutors at the Private Art Academy “Paskin”. In 1997 after a selection Dolores went to specialize in Paris, France. She is one of the WOMEN LIBERAL NETWORK founders in Bulgaria in 2003 and since 2011 a member of the Managing Council of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, and also Chief Manager of the Foundation “Support of Art in Bulgaria”.She is the organizer and initiator of the painting plein air “The Gardens of Ferdinand”, after which the pictures created were given as a present to King Simeon II, and now they are found in a permanent exhibition in Borovets, Rila.
Numerous sales have been realized abroad with the help of mediators to different collections, art admirers, galleries, etc., in the following countries – USA, England, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Germany, Austria, Turkey, Greece, Hungary, Czech Republic and others.
Exhibitions – 1992–2014
1. “Gagliardy” Gallery – 1992, London, England,
2. “Art Works” Gallery – 1993, Kansas City, USA,
3. “Notre Dame” Gallery – 1993, Paris, France,
4. “Imperial Hotel” Gallery – 1995, Varna, Bulgaria,
5. “Nelly” Gallery – 1996, Chicago, USA,
6. Beneficial exhibition – 1996, Zurich, Switzerland,
7. “Hilton” Hotel Gallery – 1997, Istambul, Turkey,
8. “Melina” Gallery – 1998, Drama, Greece,
9. “Cyclop” Gallery – 1999, Sofia, Bulgaria,
10. “Olympic” Gallery – 2000, Kansas City, USA,
11. Art Gallery – 2001, Berlin, Germany,
12. Cite des Arts – 2002, Paris, France,
13. “Krida Art” Gallery –2001, 2003, Sofia, Bulgaria,
14. Charity Bazaar –2004, Amsterdam, Netherlands,
15. “Shipka 6” Gallery – 2004, Sofia, Bulgaria,
16. Gallery “Loran” – 2006, Sofia, Bulgaria,
17. “J. Papazov” Gallery – 2008, Plovdiv, Bulgaria,
18. Bulgarian embassy, UK – 2009, London,
19. Gallery “Sredec” Ministry of Culture, Sofia, 2010,
20. Exhibition “Contemporary Bulgarian Art”, Coburg, Germany, 2010,
21. Gallery “R. Aleksiev”, Sofia, 2011.
22. City Gallery of Bourgas 2011.
23. Gallery “Rakursi”, Sofia, 2012.
24. Galery “L’Union”, Plovdiv, 2013.
25. Galery Arte, Sofia, 2014
26. Exhibition “Contemporary Bulgarian Art”, Hangzhou, China, 2014
Presentation in the media
2013
- magazine. Economics, issue. 26 June 2013: The spark of inspiration
- Dolores Dilova exhibition in Lyunion - Media Cafe (3-15.03.2013)
- Gathered in book history of organized our art - 120 years since the first joint exhibition of artists in Bulgaria (31.03.2013)
2012
- Dolores Dilova presents recent works in the gallery "Rakursi" - 2-16.10.2012
- Dolores Dilova presents the exhibition "Reflected silence" (09/10/2012)
- Dolores Dilova presents the exhibition "Reflected silence" (09/26/2012)
- Feeling of voda (2.09.2011)
- Painting Exhibition - Dolores Dilova (6.07.2011)
- Magic realism Dolores Dilova alive in Burgas (06.07.2011)
- Sensation of water - BNT 1 (21.05.2011)
- Joint exhibition of Desislava Mintcheva and Dolores Dilova (14.05.2011)
- "Scent of Water" Desislava Mintcheva and Dolores Dilova (19.05.2011)
- Sea people
- Fourth Biennial of Small forms
- Bright colors and optimism - the magic of the artist Dolores Dilova (11/02/2010)
- Dolores Dilova with jubilee exhibition in Pleven (26.10.2010)
- The artist and the Sea (28.06.2010)
- Kavarna, bathed in the colors of Dolores Dilova (19.06.2010)
- Dolores Dilova presents "Intimate exterior - 3" (11 to 30 June 2010)
- Dolores Dilova exhibition in gallery "Sredets" (17.06.2010)
- Presidential candidate Meglena Kuneva crawl almost all key points of the Night of Museums and Galleries
- Dolores Dilova - Evksinograd II
- Interview with Dolores Dilova in. Black Sea (07.07.2009)
- Exhibition of Contemporary Bulgarian painting at the Bulgarian Embassy in London (28.04.2009)
- Pleven digest pieces. 10 November 2008: Keeps my madness ...
- Dolores Dilova - SYMPOSIUM - Sound and Colour
- Dolores Dilova presents his works in Plovdiv (30.04.2008)
- Painting - Dolores Dilova, Atanas Atanasov Stanimir Zhelev (27 September-17 October 2007)
- Dolores Dilova - Gallery Loran
- Intimate exhibition exterior 2
- EXPERIENCE IN PAINTING - Gallery "Loran"
- "Dolores Dilova - painting" Gallery Loran (14 December 2006)
- But the inner world of Dolores Dilova - Culture (8 December 2006)
2003
- Newspaper Culture, May 16, 2003: LIGHT spellcraft
- Newspaper Bulgarian writer April 16, 2003: Magical pictures of Dolores Dilova
- newspaper Democracy, May 24, 2001: Dolores Dilova and its "Revelations of Joy"
- Pari, 11 may1 2001: Buying the picture is a prestigious
- Trud, January 9, 2000: "Gardens" Dolores Dilova gallery in Sofia
- Among the pictures of Dolores Dilova - Krida Art Gallery
- Svetlin for painting Dolores Dilova Gallery Arena, May 20, 1997
- newspaper Antennas, June 22, 1994 Pavarotti inspire me
- Newspaper Culture, June 17, 1994 The beauty of nature and the mystery of being
- magazine. Globe: As a protective agent looking for light, Yordan Yankov talk with the artist Dolores Dilova
Dolores Dilova