1973 - Graduated from Academy of Art in Warshw, Poland, with a prize of the Polish Minister of Culture.
Since 1973 has taken part in the representative exhibitions of the Union of Bulgarian Artists in the USSR, USA, Canada, Japan, Mexico, France, Germany, Italy, The Scandinavian countries, Greece, Cuba, Malta, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Luxembourg, etc.
Works on graphic, painting and ceramics. ONE - MAN SHOWS
1976 - "Old Plovdiv", Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Art Gallery, Gabrovo, Bulgaria 1977 - Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
1978 - Bulgarian Cultural Information Centre, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, Gallery Witgenstein,
Vienna, Austria 1979 - Galerie du Haut-pave, Paris, Franse 1980 - Art Gallery, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria 1981 - Samuel Zax Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Art Gallery, Silistra,Bulgaria
Art Gallery, Sozopol,Bulgaria
Lalit Kala Academy Gallery, New Delhi, India 1982 - Galerie Peinture Fraiche, Paris, France
Gallery Ebla, Damaskus, Syria 1983 - Au Virage Gallery, Seprais, Switzerland
Oslo-Kunstforening, Oslo, Norway 1984 - Gallery 56-58, Dordrecht, Holland
Gallery Langegarden, Bergen, Norway 1985 - Au Virage Gallery, Seprais, Switzerland 1986 - Art Gallery, Sozopol,Bulgaria
Art Gallery, Jambol,Bulgaria
Gallery Vongremissen, Oslo, Norway
1987 - Art Gallery, Dimitrovgrad,Bulgaria
Art Gallery, Veliko Turnovo,Bulgaria
Art Gallery, Zheravna,Bulgaria
Gallery Pictor, Goeteborg, Sweden
1988 - Gallery Nichido, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery Kampen, Oslo 1990 - Gallery Nichido, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery 8, Varna, Bulgaria
Art Gallery, Melbu, Norway
One - man Show, Print Bienalle, Varna, Bulgaria
Au Virage Gallery, Seprais, Switzerland
Bulgarian Cultural Information Centre, Moscow, USSR 1991 - Art Gallery Sparkasse, Essen, Germany
Gallery Nichido, Tokyo, Japan
Print Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Print Biennale, Fredrikstad, Norway
Print Triennale, Frechen, Germany 1981 - Print Biennale, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Print Biennale, Varna, Bulgaria
Triennale of European Prints, Grado, Italy
Biennale of European Graphik Art, Baden-Baden, Germany 1982 - Art 13'82, Basle, Switzerland
Print Biennale, Fredrikstad, Norway 1983 - Print Biennale, Varna, Bulgaria
Balkan Biennale of Art, Buchares, Romania
Print Triennale, Frechen, Germany
Premio Internazionale, Biella, Italy
Print Biennale, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia 1984 - Art Expo, New York, USA
Intergraphic, Berlin, Germany
Print Biennale, Fredrikstad, Norway
Print Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil 1985 - Print Biennale, Listowel, Ireland
Print Biennale, Varna, Bulgaria
Print Biennale, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia 1986 - Print Biennale, Fredrikstad, Norway
III Premio de Grabado " Maximo Ramos", Ferrol, Spain
Print Triennale, Frechen, Germany
Salon D'Automne, Paris, France
Internatinal Independent Exhibition of Print, Kanagawa'86, Japan 1987 - Art'87, Basle, Switzerland
Triennale of European Prints, Grado, Italy
Premio Internazionale, Biella, Italy
The Hanga Annual, Tokyo, Japan
Print Biennale, Liege, Belgium
Print Biennale, Varna, Bulgaria 1989 - Print Biennale, Grenoble, France
Print Biennale, Musee D'Art Moderne, Liege, Belgium 1990- Print Biennale, Fredrikstad, Norway
Graphika Creativa Triennale, Alvar Aalto Museum, Finland 1991 - Print Biennale, Varna, Bulgaria
Summer exhibition of the Royal Academy, London, England
PRIZES
1975,1981,1985 - Prize of the City of Burgas 1978,1980 - Prize at Friends of the Sea Exhibition, Burgas, Bulgaria 1978,1982 - First Prize at the Nationl Youth Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria 1979 - The "Veselin Staikov" National Print Prize, Sofia, Bulgaria
Prize at the Biennale of Humour and Satire Arts, Gabrovo, Bulgaria 1980 - Prize at Intergraphic, Berlin, Germany 1981 - Prize at Varna Biennale, Varna, Bulgaria 1983,1985 - First Prize at the Print Biennale, Varna, Bulgaria 1984 - Gold Medal for Prints at Art Expo, New York, USA 1985 - Honourable Mention at Print Biennale, Listowel, Ireland
Prize at III Premio de Grabado " Maximo Ramos", Ferrol, Spain 1986 - Prize of the Jury at Norwedian International Print Biennale, Fredrikstad, Norway
Gold Medal at the International Triennale, Frechen'86, Germany 1987 - Grand prix for Bulgarian Participants at the 4th Print Biennale, Varna, Bulgaria
Has been awarded many other prizes at National Print and Art Exhibitions.
HIS WORKS ARE OWNED BY
The National Art Gallery , Sofia, Bulgaria The Sofia Municipal Art Gallery, Bulgaria The Print Room, Varna, Bulgaria Art galleries in Burgas,Varna, Dobritch,Silistra,Sliven, Plovdiv, Veliko Turnovo, Stara Zagora,
Rousse and other Bulgarian towns. The National Collection of Fine Arts, Paris, France Biblioteque Nationale de France, Paris Art Museum, Kuopio, Finland Modern Art Museum, New Delhi, India The National Art Gallery, Oslo, Norway The National Art Gallery, Praha, Czehoslovakia Modern Art Museum, Fredrikstad, Norway The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moskow, Russia The Mint Museum of Art, Charlott, North Carolina, USA The Congress Library, Washington, USA Neue Galerie - Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen, Germany Modern Graphic Art Museum, Cairo, Egipt
Also many private collections in Bulgaria and other countries.
Stoian Tzanev - born in Burgas, Bulgaria, 1946.