Né à Sofia/Bulgarie en 1970.
Formation au Lycée des Beaux-Arts (1983-1988) et après à l’Academie des
Beaux Arts 1990-1996) à Sofia. Stage de perfectionnement « gravure sur cuivre »
à l’Ecole supérieure d’art, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Suisse. Membre de l’Union bulgare des artistes.
Vit et travaille à Sofia et à New York. Expose dans le monde entier à voir Bulgarie, Suisse, Allemagne,
Autriche, Japon, Hollande, Belgique, France, Pologne, Hongrie, Russie, Italie, Espagne, USA …
Genres pratiqué: gravures (eaux-forte, pointe seche, aquatinta, lithographie, sérigraphie),
peinture (aquarelle, pastel, huile), peinture monumentale (fresco, peinture à sec), mosaïque.

Stoyan Tchoukanov “Tchouki”

 

Born March 5th 1970 in Sofia, Bulgaria

1996 MFA, National Academy of Fine

Arts, Sofia

1992 High School of Art, La Chaux-du-

Fonds, Switzerland

1988 High School of Art, Sofia

 

Since 1993 he has had twenty-six solo

exhibitions, among them:

 

2003 – Hamilton Club Gallery,Paterson,

USA

2002 – Gallery @ 49, New York, USA

– Galerie du Lac, Nyon, Switzerland

– Gallery Fayla, Brussels, Belgium

– Espace Aurora, Sorens, Switzerland

2001 – Gallery Maya Guidi, Geneva,

Switzerland

– Zum Smale Wurf, Basel, Switzerland

– Gallery Espace Noir, Saint-Imier,

Switzerland

– Maison du Patrimoine, Binche,

Belgium

2000 – Gallery Au Virage, Seprais,

Switzerland

1999 – Gallery Edition 88, Luxembourg

 

and more than fifty group exhibitions,

among them:

2003 – Yamanashi Art Museum, Kofu city

Japan

– Gallery Anixis, Baden, Switzerland

2002 – Gallery Au Virage, Seprais,

Switzerland

– Gallery@49, New York, USA

2001 – Print Biennale Acqui-Terme,

Italy

2000 – Print Exhibition, Bratislava,

Slovakia

1999 – Print Triennial, Cairo, Egypt

1998 – Wingfield Art Festival, England

1997 – Print Exhibition Kanagawa,

Yokohama, Japan

1996 – Paul Casals Festival, Prades,

France

1995 – Print Biennale Varna, Bulgaria

1993 – Print Biennale Maastricht,

Holland

 

Prizes:

1994 – The Prize of the Biennale for

Grafic, 3rd International Biennale Art

of the Miniature, Gorni Milanovatz

2000 – Honor Prize for Achievements in

Graphics, 5th World Triennial,

Chamalier, France

 

Collections:

National Art Gallery, Sofia;Sofia City

Art Gallery; Samokov City Art Gallery,

Bulgaria; Banque Cantonale du Jura,

Switzerland; AMAC Chamalier, France;

Kanagawa Art Foundation, Yokohama,

Japan;Contemporary Graphic Found,Cluj,

Romania; Tama Art Universuty Museum,

Tokyo; Modern Art Museum, Sharja, UAE

and private colections.