Yanko Tihov () (born 1977, Burgas, Bulgaria) is a British and Bulgarian painter and printmaker.
Biography
Yanko Tihov attended the National Academy of Art in Sofia from 1997 to 2001,Artist Finder before moving to London, UK.
He won prizes at Royal Institute of Oil Painters ROIWho's Who In Art, 2008 33rd Edition, , Hilmarton Manor Press, Page 987 (2004, 2007), Runner up of the Discerning Eye Exhibition (2008), Printmaking Ex Libris Award in Argentina (2001).Who's Who In Art, 2008 33rd Edition, , Hilmarton Manor Press, Page 987
He has exhibited at The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition,Who's Who In Art, 2008 33rd and 2010 34th editions, Hilmarton Manor Press, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Tokyo Printing Triennial, The Iowa Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Miniature Prints and others. His work can be seen at private galleries and art fairs. Tihov's works include portraits and surreal urban images. His portrait of the Indian artist and Film Director M. F. Husain was featured in 2014 BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery in London.National Portrait Gallery .
Tihov lived in Notting Hill, London, before relocating to Bounds Green, Enfield in 2014.Jack Simpson (6 April 2014) "Exhibition puts artist’s portrait in the picture", The Enfield Advertiser. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
In 2015 Tihov made ‘The London Passport Map', a digital edition hand painted with 23ct gold. The map was shown at Christie’s South Kensington, London. The London Passport Map was made from 32 different passports of the most common non-British nationalities in each London borough based on data from the 2011 census."This map perfectly displays the diversity of London", The Telegraph.
Exhibitions and collections
1st Exlibris Contest Acqui Terme Rotary Club, Italy 3rd International Triennial Of Printmaking, Sofia, Bulgaria 4th International Graphic competition, Gliwice, Poland 11th Printmaking Biennial Varna, Bulgaria 21st Mini Print International, Cadaques, Spain 13th Exlibris small graphic exhibition Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Asociacion Cultural Sanmartina de Gral.S.Martin, Argentina 2nd Competition Biblioteca Comunale di Lomazzo, Italy Exlibris Ville d’issy-les- Moulineaux, France The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland 14th Exlibris small graphic exhibition Sint-Niklaas, Belgium 5th International Graphic competition Gliwice, Poland Royal Society Of Portrait Painters Exhibition, London, UK Royal Academy Of Arts, Summer Exhibition, London, UK The Pastel Society, London, UK Royal Institute Of Oil Painters Exhibition, London, UK Leonardo Sciascia Prize, Venice, Rome, Florence, Milan, Italy 3rd Competition Biblioteca Comunale di Lomazzo, Italy The Iowa Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary prints, Iowa, USA Jill George Gallery, The Figure Show, London, UK ING Discerning Eye, Drawing Bursary, London, UK Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, London, UK Lisa Sharpe Contemporary Art, One Alfred Place, London, UK Jack Fine Art, London, UK TAG Fine Arts, London, UK
Notes
References Who's Who In Art, 2008 33rd Edition, , Hilmarton Manor Press, Page 987 Artist Finder Who's Who In Art, 2008 33rd Edition, , Hilmarton Manor Press, Page 987 Who's Who In Art, 2008 33rd and 34th Edition 2010, Hilmarton Manor Press, Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition Tokyo Printing Triennial The Iowa Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Prints Jack Fine Art Saatchi Online Lisa Sharpe Contemporary Art
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