IVAN MILUSHEV
BIO
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"A creator of an exclusive figurative world, Milushev has managed to maintain over the years a high level of its enigmatic characters. Their individuality is formed of a number of characteristics that easily can be accepted and hard to forget. I speak for those who appreciate the artist. Because there are viewers who never reach him - unfortunately!
Consolidated to the synthesis, the artist's figurative world manifests one merciful and kind attitude towards man and animals. Humanist at heart, Milushev does not judge, does not reprimand, he forgives. The soft, rounded simplicity of the figural distortion shows the innocent sensitivity of the artist who moves delicately the pastel colourfulness in a small, but perfectly served space. The characters are usually naked and it is amazing it is not conspicuous at all. On the contrary - their nakedness is taken for naturalness. The rounded, devoid of details bodies are particularly caressing and for them the devoted force of embrace - loving or friendly is very typical. The Embraced stay solid and inseparable as if set up for eternity. The evanescence of flattery is focused stable and indestructible. The artist believes in the great power of love and incorporates into its circle the friendship, animal, and eroticism.
Amusingly original is the erotic world of the artist, where, often, the human couple is frozen a Nirvana, full of gentle humour."
Excerpt from The Path of the Artists, by Krassimira Aleksieva
Solo exhibitions
6 “Shipka” Str. Gallery, Sofia
1985
Bressuire, France
2000
Blagoevgrad
1985, 1986, 1987, 2001, 2013, 2014
“111” Gallery, Varna
2001, 2003
Sandanski
1986
“Trud” Gallery, Sofia
2003
Gotse Delchev
1987
“Vazrazhdane” Gallery, Plovdiv
2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
"Autumn Exhibits", Plovdiv
1987
“Atelier 3”, Hamburg, Germany
2005
Modena, Italy
1991
“Vladimir Dimitrov-Maystora” Gallery, Kyustendil
2013
Dimitrovgrad
1992, 2016
“Blue” Gallery, Varna
2014
Cambridge, United Kingdom
1992
“Forum” Gallery, Haskovo
2015
“Melon” Gallery, Sofia
1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003
"Boris Georgiev" City Gallery, Varna
2017
Strumitsa, Macedonia
1997
"Victoria" Gallery, Sofia
2019
"Otechestvo" Gallery, Sofia
1999
Awards
Award for Ink Painting at “Yuzhna Prolet”
HASKOVO - 1986
Award for Ink Painting at National Art Exhibit “Pirin”
BLAGOEVGRAD - 1987
Second place at the “Biennale of the Small Format” in Lodz
POLAND - 1989
Overall Performance Award at the Sixth Biennale of the Small Format
PLEVEN - 2012
“Srebarno Vazrazhdane” Award at the “Vazrazhdane” Gallery
PLOVDIV - 2015
Grand Prize of the Bulgarian Artists Association at the "Struma" Exhibit
BLAGOEVGRAD - 2019
Award at the international biennial watercolor exposition in Kuala Lumpur
MALASIA - 2019
Award for painting at the Fourth Balkan Quadriennale of Painting
STARA ZAGORA - 2020
Included in the "2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st century"
CAMBRIDGE BIOGRAPHICAL CENTRE
Award for painting at the Fourth Balkan Quadriennale of Painting
STARA ZAGORA - 2020
Award of the International Watercolor Triennial
VARNA - 2016