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TODOR TODOROV ARBS |
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| PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP | |
| 2003 - present | Member of the Art & Architecture (A&A) – London, UK |
| 2004 - present | Member of the A.I.E.S.M., International Association of Monumental Sculptures Events |
| 2003 - present | Member of the International Kinetic Art Organization, USA |
| 1997 - present | Member of the Research Board of Advisors of ABI |
| 1993 - present |
Member of the ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH SCULPTORS, London |
| 1991 - present | Member of the ISC, Washington, DC, USA |
| 1985 - present | Member of the UBA - Sofia |
| COMPETITIONS/AWARDS | |
| 2008 |
Sculpture DANCE is one of the 20 directly invited/awarded sculptures to be placed permanently in front of the Olympic Buildings for the Olympic Games in Beijing and will be placed in front of the National Grand Theatre "THE EGG" in Beijing, China |
| 2007 | FIRST PRIZE AWARD of SHANGHAI ART & SCIENCE BIENNALE - Shanghai, China |
| 2006 | One of the three winners of VENICE SCULPTURE PARK competition, Venice, Italy |
| 2006 | OUTSTANDING AWARD - Beijing Olympic Park City Sculpture Competition, Beijing |
| 2005 | FIRST PRIZE AWARD for Water Kinetic Sculpture in the 2005 KAO INTERNATIONAL KINETIC ART COMPETITION, Palm Beach , USA. |
| 2004 | FIRST PRIZE AWARD for Water Kinetic Sculpture in the 2004 KAO INTERNATIONAL KINETIC ART COMPETITION, Palm Beach , USA. |
| 2002 | SPECIAL PRIZE AWARD for FAÇADE OF THE CITY ART GALLERY OF SOFIA - stainless steel, glass - 30.00/12.00/5.00 m. - Sofia, BULGARIA |
| 1999 | Selected as one of nine overseas artists to participate in 'Sculpture by the Sea 1999' Sydney harbor, Sydney |
| 1998 | Awarded commission for a 4m. bronze sculpture , a stone relief 5.00/3.00m. and five 5.00/3.00m. stained glass windows for the LOWER TOWN SQUARE of the town of Hamilton. |
| 1993 |
Awarded commission for sculpture/sundial at Glasgow, Scotland. This is a site-specific work for the ‘Sustrans’ initiative ‘Path for people’. Project completed in September 1996 |
| 1991 |
The 7th Henry Moore Grant Prize Exhibition for Abstract Sculpture. ‘The Utsukushy-Ga-Hara Open Air Museum’, Tokyo, Japan. Participation with 2 projects |
| 1990 |
SECOND PRIZE AWARD - Competition for the Monument of Those Who Fallen of the First World War - Bourgas |
| 1987 |
THE BEST PROJECT AWARD - competition for the town memorial of Rodopa, Smolian |
| 1986 |
FIRST PRIZE AWARD for two facade reliefs and figure of The Victory for The New Military History Museum - Sofia |
| 1985 |
International Art Competition ‘Young Artists For Peace’ Torun, Poland. Participation with 1 project |
| 1984 |
Competition for art pieces incorporated in the facade of an electric power station in Sweden - 2 projects |
| 1983 |
FIRST PRIZE AWARD - competition for a memorial to the Bulgarian poet Geo Milev, Stara Zagora |
| 1978 | Competition for Monument of Trade-Unions, Prague |
| PUBLIC SCULPTURE | |
| 2007 | WALL RELIEF - marble - 3.00/1.35 m. - Beijing Zhongkun Investment Group Headquarters, Beijing, China |
| 2005 | SUNDIAL-- granite, stainless steel, bronze – 7.50/7.50/3.00 m. – Haskovo – Bulgaria |
| 2005 | DOME DEVIN – stainless steel, stained glass 17.60/8.75/8.75 – Devin – Bulgaria |
| 2005 | KNIGHT TEMPLAR – stainless steel, bronze - 3.60/1.00/0.75 – Hotel Templar, Bansko – Bulgaria |
| 2005 | DOME BURGAS – stainless steel, fiberglass - 5.00/5.00/3.00 – Burgas – Bulgaria |
| 2004 | ROTUNDA - stainless steel, bronze - 16.00/9.00/9.00 m. - Helena Resort, Bulgaria |
| 2004 | SUNDIAL - granite, stainless steel, bronze, 7,00/7.00/3.00 m. - Helena Resort, Bulgaria |
| 2003 | WIND DANCE 2 - stainless steel, 2.50/0.90/0.90 m. - Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 2002 | HANGED SCULPTURE - bronze, brass, gold - 4.00/4.00/1.00m. - private house. Sofia |
| 2000 | DOME BIRDS - stainless steel, bronze - 4.00/4.00/4.00m - Sofia |
| 1999 | TOTEM – a sculpture for the New Town Square of Hamilton bronze - 4.00/2.20/1.00m. |
| 1999 | FOUR ELEMENTS - sculptures for ODYSSEY project as follows: EARTH – 16.00/16.00/4.00m. bronze, concrete and lighting effects, FIRE – 10.00/8.00/5.00m., bronze, aluminium, stainless steel, coloured glass, computer and lighting effects, WATER – 16.00/12.00/6.00m. aluminium, stainless steel, coloured glass, water, computer and lighting effects AIR - 6.00/6.00/6.00m. coloured glass, aluminium, stainless steel, sound, lighting and computer effects |
| 1999 | STAINED GLASS WINDOWS – series of five stained glass windows on the Screen Wall in the new town square of Hamilton 5.00/3.00 m. |
| 1998 |
SUNDIAL - a site specific work for the City of Glasgow, Scotland - steel, concrete, wood, stone- 30.00/15.00/5.00m. |
| 1997 | WATERFALL - stone and water – 3.00/3.00/0.50m. Hamilton |
| 1994 |
CHAOS AND ORDER - 7
kinetic works for ‘Soros
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| 1990 |
LAPIDARIUM - a relief and integrated entrains for the front facade of the archeological museum, Vratza - limestone, steel - 9.00/2.30m. |
| 1989 |
THE OLD NAVY - a relief for the foyer of Head Office of Bulgarian Shipbuilding Co. - bronze, wood - 7.00/3.00m. |
| 1989 |
MOBILE/RELIEF - for the facade of the National Rowing Channel - Plovdiv, aluminium - 4.00/3.00/1.00m. |
| 1989 |
TOUCH - a
garden sculpture - bronze - 3.50/2.70/1.00m. |
| 1989 | RELIEF/LOGO of the European Rawing Championship – bronze, 2,00/2,00/0.50m. |
| 1989 | THE THREE BASIC COLOURS IN MOTION – steel, 3.00/2.50/1.00m. |
| 1988 |
FLIGHT - a facade relief for the main entrance of the Bulgarian Airlines Hotel, Bourgas - aluminium, stainless steel - 14.00/6.00/1.00m. |
| 1987 | FLAME – steel, 35.00/35.00/ 15.00m. Pleven |
| 1988-96 |
Ongoing project in urban landscaping for Park District, Vratza. This includes planning advice and design of street furniture: doors, fences, flower stands and benches - concrete, bronze, cast iron and steel |
| 1980-87 |
Design of two facade reliefs and figure of Victory for the New Bulgarian Military History Museum, Sofia - bronze, steel ; reliefs - 60.00/7.00m.,Victory - 5.00/4.00/3.00m. |
| 1985 |
MEDIEVAL SEA MAP - interior relief in Bulgarian Navy Palace - cooper - 5.50/3.00m. |
| 1984 | MOTION – stone, 7.00/15.00m. - Stara Zagora |
| 1983 | ILLUSION AND REALITY - stone and lighting effects, 9.00/7.00/3.20m. Sliven |
| 1983 |
STRUCTURE - outdoor sculpture washed by water on the main square of Biala Slatina - concrete and ceramics - 10.00/8.00/2.00m. |
| 1982 |
Relief on the Theater Square - Shumen - cast iron and bronze on 200 sq. m. |
| 1981 |
MONUMENT THIRTEEN CENTURIES BULGARIA "CASCADES" - a public water park with 14 implanted granite sculptures covering an area of 5 000sq.m. |
| 1980 | MOVING STRUCTURES – stone, concrete running water, lighting effects, 100.00 /4.00/0.70m – Shumen |
| 1979 |
MEMORIAL WALLS - Stara Zagora - bronze, concrete - 15.00/5.00/3.00m. |
| 1979 | FOUNTAIN - stone, water, lighting effects, 21.50/24.50/6.00m. Shumen |
| 1977 |
ETERNAL FIRE - Stara Zagora - bronze, concrete - 3.00/2.00/1.50m. |
| SELECTED EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2008 | PAPERI TAIDE Galleria, Kuusankoski, Finland |
| 2007 | ONE-MAN SHOW – National College Of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 2007 | WOLJEON MUSEUM OF ART – International Sculpture Exhibition, Icheon, Korea |
| 2007 |
SHANGHAI ART & SCIENCE BIENNALE, Shanghai, China |
| 2007 | INTERNATIONAL ART PARK EXHIBITION - Guernsey, UK |
| 2006 |
VENICE SCULPTURE PARK - permanently installed kinetic sculpture WIND DANCE - Venice, Italy |
| 2006 | BEIJING OLYMPIC PARK CITY SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Beijing, China |
| 2005 | SCULPTURE BY THE SEA - international outdoor sculpture exhibition , Sydney, Australia |
| 2003 |
INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE EXHIBITION – Ishigami-no-oka Museum of Modern Art - Japan |
| 2003 | Guilin YUZI PARADISE International Sculpture Aword EXHIBITION - Guilin Art Centre - China |
| 2001 | PENG-HU INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE EXHIBITION - Makung City Art Galery - Taiwan |
| 2000 | FREE RANGE - Simmons Gallery - London |
| 2000 | ONE-MAN SHOW - The Coningsby Gallery - London |
| 2000 | ART MEDAL EXHIBITION - Simmons Gallery - London |
| 1999 |
SCULPTURE BY THE SEA - international outdoor sculpture exhibition |
| 1999 |
SPRING IF FOR SCULPTURE - international sculpture exhibition - Hualien, Taiwan |
| 1999 | ART MEDAL EXHIBITION - Loughborough University Gallery, Leichester; The Yorkshire Museum, York; The Oriel Henry Thomas Gallery, Carmarthen, Wales |
| 1998 | FIDEM International
exhibition of medals –
Beelden aan Zee museum,The Hague |
| 1997 | ONE-MAN SHOW - Art Classic Gallery - Plovdiv |
| 1996 | ONE-MAN SHOW - Boyana Church Museum, Sofia |
| 1995 | ONE-MAN SHOW - Crystal Palace Museum - Sofia |
| 1995 | NEW DIMENSIONS - ‘Vitosha Gallery’ - Sofia |
| 1994 |
SCULPTORS’ DRAWINGS - exhibition of the Royal Society of British Sculptors - ‘Sladmore Gallery’, London |
| 1994 |
BIENNIAL OF ART LECTURERS IN EUROPE organized by AEDE - Asklepion, Greece |
| 1994 | NEW DIMENSIONS - ‘Vitosha Gallery’, Sofia |
| 1993 | CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN ART, Milano, Italy |
| 1993 |
BULGARIAN-GERMAN EXHIBITION of Contemporary Fine Art’ in ‘The National Palace of Culture’, Sofia |
| 1992 |
EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART - London, ‘Gagliardy Gallery’ |
| 1990-92 |
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS in Hungary, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland and Austria |
| 1989 |
ONE-MAN SHOW - OUTDOOR SCULPTURE IN STEEL - Sofia |
| 1988 |
NEW
FRONTIERS IN SCULPTURE - Sofia |
| 1987 |
NATIONAL BIENNIAL OF OUTDOOR SCULPTURE - Varna |
| 1986 | ONE-MAN SHOW - ‘Young Artists Gallery’ - Sofia |
| 1986 | GRAPHIC-SCULPTURE - Emmerich, Germany |
| 1985 |
7TH INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF ARTS - Valparaiso, Chile |
| 1985 | FRIENDS OF THE SEA - Bourgas |
| 1984 | MOVEMENTS - Long, France, ‘Diplome D’Honeur’ |
| 1984 | NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF BULGARIAN ART - Sofia |
| 1983 | BIENNIAL OF SCULPTURE FOR PARK SPACE - Sofia |
| 1979 | YOUNG TALENTS - national exhibition, Sofia |
| SYMPOSIA | |
| 2007 | Icheon International Sculpture Symposium - Korea |
| 2007 | Dubai International Stone Sculpture Symposium - Dubai |
| 2004 | Istanbul International Stone Sculpture Symposium - Turkey |
| 2003 |
Iwate International Stone Sculpture Symposium - Japan |
| 2002 |
‘Symppetra International Sculpture Symposium’ - Portugal |
| 2001 |
Makung International Sculpture Symposium’ –Taiwan |
| 2000 | ‘Guilin International Symposium' - China |
| 1999 | ‘International Stone Symposium' - Taiwan |
| 1996 | ‘Argyll International’ - Scotland, 2 weeks |
| 1994 | ‘Eurosculpture’ - Caraix, France, 3 weeks |
| 1994 | ‘Sculptural Symposium’ organized by AEDE, Grees |
| 1990 | ‘Lindabrunn International’ - stone, Austria, 8 weeks |
| 1987 | Leader of the ‘First National Steel Symposium’ - Bulgaria |
| 1985 | ‘Dunauivarosh International Steel Symposium’ - Hungary |
| 1981 | ‘Kosty’ - wood symposium, Bulgaria, 8 weeks |
| 1978 | ‘Otmanly International’ - stone symposium, 8 weeks |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| 1997 | THE OUTDOOR SCULPTURE - ‘ART’ magazine |
| 1996 |
BARBARA HEPWORTH - ‘ART’ magazine |
| 1995 | BRITISH ART OF 20 CENTURY - ‘ART’ magazine |
| 1994 | CHELSEA HARBOUR’94 - ‘ART’ magazine |
| 1994 |
EUROSCULPTURE AS A PART OF EUROCULTURE - ‘ART’ magazine |
| TEACHING EXPERIENCE | |
| 1993-present | Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Art and Design at the UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING - Sofia |
| 1994-present |
Lecturer of SCULPTURE IN ARCHITECTURE at the UNIVERSITY OF FINE ARTS - Sofia |
| 1990-94 | Lecturer at the SOFIA ARTS COLLEGE |
| 1992 |
Invited to deliver series of lectures and lead an experimental workshop in sculpture at the FALMOUTH SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN - Cornwall, England |
| 1991-present | Tutor at the NEW BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY - Sofia |
| DATE of BIRTH | 26 September 1951 |
| EDUCATION | |
| 1975-77 | BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY OF FINE ARTS, Sofia M.A.SCULPTURE |
| 1971-75 |
BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY OF FINE ARTS, Sofia B.A.SCULPTURE |
| 1966-71 |
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