About me
My name is Yordan Panayotov Yordanov. Wood sculpture is my specialty and my passion.
I was born in Straldzha, Bulgaria in 1962. I finished my secondary education in Secondary Special Art School "Georgi Stoikov Rakovski" in Kotel, Bulgaria specialty "Carving" in 1981 and my higher education in 1996 at the National Academy of Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria specialization "Carving" under associate professor V. Lilov.
I teach "Technology", specialization "Carving" at the National Art Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria. Since 1996 I am a member of the "Union of Bulgarian Artists" section "Carving".
I have a large number of participations in numerous exhibitions both in Bulgaria and in countries such as Belgium and France.
Awards
Libr`art
National Wood Sculpture Symposium
Articles
The VII National Symposium on Wood Sculpture begins in Byala
"The author's concepts are in the direction of stylized sculptures with an animal character and abstract compositions inspired by the motto of exhibition." --- Translated from Bulgarian
A national exhibition of the Woodcarving section is visiting Gabrovo
"According to art critics, and in practice, wood art today has a new form and content, and a vision that is up-to-date with world trends." --- Translated from Bulgarian
Forum woodwork
"Interior woodwork is a rare art form and through this traveling exhibition, the public will be exposed to its plastic characteristics, means of expression, inner life and world of ideas." --- Translated from Bulgarian
The wood carving, Myth and Legend
"Dancho's (Yordan Yordanov) modular sculptures, rendered in an instantly recognizable style that brings to the surface the internal tensions in a given structure, compose cosmogonic narratives of creation." --- Translated from Bulgarian
Exhibitions
- Exhibitions at Shipka Gallery 6. Sofia, Bulgaria - participation in all section exhibitions - 1996-2011
- Exhibition in "Art alley" gallery. Sofia, Bulgaria - 2004
- "Cite des Arts" competition exhibition. Paris, France - 2004
- Exhibition in the "Cite des Arts" gallery. Paris, France, May-June 2005
- Exhibition in "La Louviere" gallery. Belgium - June 2006
- Exhibition in "Braine-l`Alleud" gallery. Belgium - February 2008
- Exhibition in "BEUKENOE-KLUISBERGEN" gallery. Belgium - May-September 2008
- Exhibition in the ROTARY CLUB DE CHARLEROI-SUD gallery. Belgium - June 2008
- Exhibition in Gent Gallery. Belgium - March 2009
- First national exebition workshop on woodwork. Byala, Bulgaria - May 2010
- Exhibition in "Kazakov" gallery. Tryavna, Bulgaria - May-June 2011
- Exhibition "110 years of carving" in the gallery "Shipka" 6. Sofia, Bulgaria - July 2011
- Seventh national exebition workshop on woodwork. Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria - August 2011
- Libr`art; city of Libramont. Belgium - September 2012
- Exhibition in "Algara" gallery. Sofia, Bulgaria - December 2012
- Exhibition "THE CUBE", collective exhibition with GROUP 9 in "Art alley" gallery. Sofia, Bulgaria - February 2013
- Exhibition in the Historical Museum - SVOBODATA.NET, collective exhibition with GROUP 9. Panagyurishte, Bulgaria - April - May 2013
- Exhibition at the Ethnographic Museum - SVOBODATA.NET, collective exhibition with GROUP 9. Sofia, Bulgaria - April - October 2013
- VII National Symposium on Wood Sculpture. Byala, Bulgaria - June 2015
- "Woodworking" forum. Exhibition of the Woodcarving section at the "Union of Bulgarian Artists". Tryavna, Bulgaria - May 2019
- National exhibition of the wood carving section. Gabrovo, Bulgaria - June 2019
- Exhibition "Drawing" in the "Art alley" gallery. Sofia, Bulgaria - December 2019
- Exhibition "Wood carving, Myth and Legend" at Shipka 6 Gallery. Sofia, Bulgaria - July 2022