Prof. Iliya Iliev will be awarded the honorary title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the National Academy of Art
2024.03.24
At a special meeting of the Academic Council of the National Academy of Art, to be held on 26 March (Tuesday), starting at 4:00 pm in Academia Gallery, Prof. Iliya Iliev will be awarded the honorary title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the National Academy of Art.
Iliya Iliev is a master of mosaic art; founding member of AIMC – The International Association of Contemporary Mosaicists based in Ravenna, Italy; Professor of Mural Painting; long-time teacher at the National Academy of Art; Head of the Department of Mural Painting at the National Academy of Art (1990). His works are deeply connected to the sea and nature, and to the beauty of the geometric form. The artist uses marble, granite, stone, glass (modelled by himself), and various natural forms brought by the sea and time. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions and ha presented solo exhibitions, such as the exhibition in Chartres, France (2010), Omnaggio in Ravenna, Italy (2013). In 2015, he was awarded the title of Honorary Member of AIMC, and in 2021, he was awarded certificate and GOLDEN CENTURY – NECKLACE Honorary Badge of the Ministry of Culture.
ILIYA IVANOV ILIEV (b. Burgas, 1931)
1949–1954 Graduated with a degree in Architecture, Higher Institute for Architecture and Construction, Sofia
1955–1959 Worked in a designer's organisation in Burgas
1959–1966 Graduated with a degree in Mural Painting, National Academy of Art, under Prof. Georgi Bogdanov
1966–1967 Specialisation at the studio of Georges Patricks, Paris
1969 Senior lecturer in composition, National Academy of Art
1970 One-month specialization in Finland
1985 Docent at the National Academy of Sciences
1989 Member and founder of AIMC – The International Association of Contemporary Mosaicists, Ravenna
1990 Professor, National Academy of Art, leader of the mural painting, mosaics and stained glass ateliers
1991 Visiting professor, Southern Illinois University, USA
2005 Visiting professor, St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo
Over 80 of his works are realised in architectural spaces. A significant number of his easel works are part of the National Gallery collection, private collections in Bulgaria, the USA, France, the Netherlands, Japan, Russia, Germany, Hungary, North Macedonia, Serbia, and other countries.
AWARDS
1987 IVAN PENKOV National Award for Applied Arts
1990 Order CYRIL AND METHODIUS
2005 Prize winner of the Union of Bulgarian Artists – 2-month artistic stay in Paris
2015 Honorary Member of AIMC, Ravenna
2021 Bulgarian Ministry of Culture – Certificate and Honorary Badge GOLDEN AGE – NECKLACE
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Bulgaria – Burgas, Plovdiv, 3 times in Sofia (one at the National Academy of Art), Belgrade, Ravenna, Chartres (France).
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
Exhibitions of monumental arts in Sofia and elsewhere
Belgrade – SMALL FORMAT and Belgrade Festival, Skopje, Athens, Vienna, Spilimbergo (Italy), Ravenna, Paray-le-Monial (France)
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