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Ivan Valtchev

MUSEUM & PERMANENT COLLECTIONS (Selected)
Bibliotheque Nationale, Cabinet des Estampes, Paris, France
Buffalo Bill Museum, Cody, Wyoming
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Castelli, Leo, New York, NY
Centre Genevois de la Gravure Contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland
Grafikens Hus, Mariefred, Sweden
Hammer Galleries, New York, NY
Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, Massachusetts
Lessing Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Minolta Corporation US, Ramsey NJ
Museum of the City of Geneva, Switzerland
Nathan Cummings Collection of Art, New York, NY
National Gallery of Art, Department of Modern Prints and Drawings, Washington, D.C.
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
New York Public Library, New York, NY
New York Public Library, Dance Collection, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Prints and Drawings, New York, NY
Robert Rauschenberg Collection, Captiva, Florida
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden
Schwarz-von Spreckelsen Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Gabriella Van Zeuylen, Collection, Paris, France
Stuart Pivar Collection, New York, NY
The University of Arizona, Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ


EDUCATION
Fordham University, New York, NY P.D.
Musee du Louvre, Paris, France, internship
University of Stockholm. Stockholm, Sweden, BA
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden, M.F.A.
Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland
University of Copernicus, Torun, Poland

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1989 - 1999Board of Education. New York, NY
1982Faculty, New York Academy of Art. New York
1979Faculty, National Academy of Design. New York
1971 - 1975Faculty, Department of Art, University of Maryland
1969Teaching Assistant, Art Materials Technology, Royal Academy of Art, Stockholm, Sweden

LANGUAGES
English, French, Russian, Bulgarian, Polish, Italian, German

PERSONAL
Citizenship - United States
Born - Germany, 1944

AWARDS, GRANTS, HONORS
1985Artists's Space, New York
1976Gold Medal, Societe Europeene d'Excellence, Paris, France
1975Juror's Award, New Hampshire Graphics International
1973 - 1974Art Grant, University of Maryland, College Park MD

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
1999Gallery Svarta Soffan, Stockholm, Sweden
1998Horse Show, Saratoga, NY
1996Gallery Svarta Soffan. Stockholm, Sweden
1993Synchronicity Space, Soho, New York
1990University Club, Washington, D.C.
1990Handcraft Marble and Granite Gallery, Inc., NY, NY
1989The Lafayette Street Living Museum, New York, NY
1989Oestreicher Fine Arts, New Orleans, Louisiana
1988Fota Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
1987City Corp., New York, NY
1986City Corp., New York, NY
1985Deutsches Haus, Columbia University, New York, NY
1984Benjamin's Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1983Lincoln Savings Bank. New York, NY
1981Lincoln Savings Bank, New York, NY
1978Gallery im Kirchgasse, Zurich, Switzerland
1977Daniel Blaise Thorrens Fine Arts, Basel, Switzerland
1975Gallery Rubicon, Los Altos, California
Gallery Die Unge Generation, Vienna, Austria
Gallery Window, Copenhagen, Denmark
1973-1974Gallery Santee Landweer, Amsterdam, Holland
Gallery Cora, Geneva, Switzerland
Gallery Nouvelle Gravure, Paris, France
1973Gallery Carl Van der Voort, Ibiza. Spain
1972Jane Haslem Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1971New York Public Library at Lincoln Center, New York
1969Gallery Draken, Stockholm, Sweden

GROUP SHOWS (Selected)
1999Richard Greene Gallery, Guilford, Connecticut
1999Brighton Horizon Gallery, Bright, Sidney, Australia
1997The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
1996, 1997, 1998Elaine Benson, Southampton, NY
1995University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
1997Drawing Center, New York, NY
1993Swiss Institute, New York, NY
1990Monserat Gallery, New York, NY
1988Tradition 3000, New York, NY
1987 - 1988Baraka Art Co., Washington, D.C.
1986Mussavi Art Center, New York, NY
1985Henry Roussard Gallerv, New York, NY
1984James Hunt Baker Gallery, New York, NY
1983HMK Fine Arts, New York, NY
1982Terrain Gallery. New York, NY
1981Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
1977Daniel Blaise Thorrens Fine Art, Basel, Switzerland
1976Gallery Hans Trojansky, Dusseldorf, Germany
197323rd National Print Show, Library of Congress, Wash., DC
1971-1975University of Maryland Art Dept, Gallery, MD
1972-1977Basel Art Fair, Switzerland
1972-1975Gallery Cora. Geneva, Switzerland
1972-1975Gallery Schindler, Bern, Swilzeriand
1972National Print Show, Oklahoma City Museum

PARTICIPATIONS
1999Fund Raiser for the American Friends of the Hermitage
1994, 1996, 1997Learning through Arts, The Guggenheim Museum, NY
1983Channel 13 Collection, Auctioning of Art, New York
1982The Bienal Graphics International. Lubliana, Yugoslavia
1975Seventh Annual Printmaking West, Utah State University
1975Fourth Int'l. Art Exhibition, International Play Group, NYC
1974 - 1975United States International, The Graphics Society, NYC
1974Salon International de l'Art Contemporain, Paris, France
1974Second New Hampshire Graphics International, NH
1972 - 1975Dusseldorf Art Fair, Germany
1970Graphics International Bienal Entreveaux, Cannes, France
1969Graphics International Bienal, Ibiza, Spain

PROJECTS
1977 - 1980Life-size bronzes cast in Geneva, Switzerland and Hamburg, Germany - private collections
1978 - 1979Stone Carving in Carrara, Pietra Santa, Italy

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
1987 - 1999Art Stars, (photography page), all issues, Manhattan Arts, NY
1999The New Haven Register, February, New Haven CT
1995Horse World Magazine, Sept./Oct. 1995 Volume 52 No 9.
1994The Exquisite Cadaver, Drawing Canter Calatog, N.Y., N.Y.
1987 - 1993Art Stars (photography page), all issues, Manhattan Arts, NYC
1990Art Speak, May 16. 1990, New York
1990Manhattan Arts, May, 1990, New York
1990Manhattan Arts, January, February, 1990, New York
1988Alexandria Pulse, Alaxandria, VA, Article July 15
1986Washington Art Reporter, Washington, D.C. Article Sept.-Oct.
1986Television Profile, WUSA, Ch. 9, Washington, D.C., Nov.
1986Washington Post, Metro, Washington, D.C. Article, July 18
1985Columbia University Record, New York, Review. October 25
1984Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington, Indiana, Front Page. May 22
1984Buffalo News, Article, November 16, Buffalo, New York
1977Basel Doppelstab, Article, April, Basil, Switzerland
1976Het Financieele Dagblad, Amsterdam, Holland, May 21
1975Algemeen Dagblad, Amsterdam, Holland, Review, May 22.
1975Masks, Stanford, Califomia, Review, April
Peninsula Periscope, Stanford, California, Review. March 28
After Dark, New York, Review, February, NY
Washington International Arts Letter, Washington, D.C. Review
1974Morgenpost, Hamburg, Germany, December 13, Germany
1974NCR Handelsblad, Amsterdam, Holland, March 5, Holland
Palo Alto Times, Palo Alto, California, Article, March 17
Het Parool, Amsterdam, Holland, Article, March 1, Holland
Le Figaro, Paris, France, May 17, France
Dusseldorf International Art Fair, Germany, Catalogue, Germany
1973Washington Post, Washington, D.C., Article, September 29
Le Arti, Italy, June
Art International, June
Dusseldorf International Art Fair. Germany, Catalogue, Germany
1973 - 1975Basel Art Fair, Switzerland, Catalog, Switzerland
1972The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., Review, September 14
Tribune de Geneve, Geneva, Swteerland, Article, December 29
L'Ouest Lemanique, Geneva, Article, Switzerland, Article, December 13
Le Courrier, Geneva, Switzerland, Review, November 29
1970Vor Losen. Stockholm, Sweden, Architectural Proposal by Valtchev
1969Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, Sweden, Article, April 15