About the artist:

Ivan Valtchev, who was born in Germany an internationally acclaimed sculptor, painter and printmaker. Mr. Valtchev currently reside in New York City. His prints are included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Prints and Drawings, New York NY; the Royal academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm Sweden; Bibliotheque Nationale, Cabinet des Estampes, Paris, France; the Museum of the City of Geneva, Switzerland; and the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, among others. Mr. Valtchev's works has been shown widely in solo exhibitions around the world, most recently at the gallery Svarta Soffan, Stockholm, Sweden; the Horse SHow, Saratoga, NY; Synchronicity Space, New York, NY; and the University Club in Washington, D.C. He has participated in group shows ar galleries which include the Brighton Horizon Gallery. Bright, Sidney, Australia; the University of Arizona; and the Gallery Daniel Blaise Thorrens Fine Art, Basel, Switzerland. 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 - 1999 Board of Education. New York, NY 1982 Faculty, New York Academy of Art. New York 1979 Faculty, National Academy of Design. New York 1971 - 1975 Faculty, Department of Art, University of Maryland 1969 Teaching 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 1985 Artists's Space, New York 1976 Gold Medal, Societe Europeene d'Excellence, Paris, France 1975 Juror's Award, New Hampshire Graphics International 1973 - 1974 Art Grant, University of Maryland, College Park MD SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Selected) 1999 Gallery Svarta Soffan, Stockholm, Sweden 1998 Horse Show, Saratoga, NY 1996 Gallery Svarta Soffan. Stockholm, Sweden 1993 Synchronicity Space, Soho, New York 1990 University Club, Washington, D.C. 1990 Handcraft Marble and Granite Gallery, Inc., NY, NY 1989 The Lafayette Street Living Museum, New York, NY 1989 Oestreicher Fine Arts, New Orleans, Louisiana 1988 Fota Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia 1987 City Corp., New York, NY 1986 City Corp., New York, NY 1985 Deutsches Haus, Columbia University, New York, NY 1984 Benjamin's Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY 1983 Lincoln Savings Bank. New York, NY 1981 Lincoln Savings Bank, New York, NY 1978 Gallery im Kirchgasse, Zurich, Switzerland 1977 Daniel Blaise Thorrens Fine Arts, Basel, Switzerland 1975 Gallery Rubicon, Los Altos, California Gallery Die Unge Generation, Vienna, Austria Gallery Window, Copenhagen, Denmark 1973-1974 Gallery Santee Landweer, Amsterdam, Holland Gallery Cora, Geneva, Switzerland Gallery Nouvelle Gravure, Paris, France 1973 Gallery Carl Van der Voort, Ibiza. Spain 1972 Jane Haslem Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1971 New York Public Library at Lincoln Center, New York 1969 Gallery Draken, Stockholm, Sweden GROUP SHOWS (Selected) 1999 Richard Greene Gallery, Guilford, Connecticut 1999 Brighton Horizon Gallery, Bright, Sidney, Australia 1997 The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 1996, 1997, 1998 Elaine Benson, Southampton, NY 1995 University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 1997 Drawing Center, New York, NY 1993 Swiss Institute, New York, NY 1990 Monserat Gallery, New York, NY 1988 Tradition 3000, New York, NY 1987 - 1988 Baraka Art Co., Washington, D.C. 1986 Mussavi Art Center, New York, NY 1985 Henry Roussard Gallerv, New York, NY 1984 James Hunt Baker Gallery, New York, NY 1983 HMK Fine Arts, New York, NY 1982 Terrain Gallery. New York, NY 1981 Kouros Gallery, New York, NY 1977 Daniel Blaise Thorrens Fine Art, Basel, Switzerland 1976 Gallery Hans Trojansky, Dusseldorf, Germany 1973 23rd National Print Show, Library of Congress, Wash., DC 1971-1975 University of Maryland Art Dept, Gallery, MD 1972-1977 Basel Art Fair, Switzerland 1972-1975 Gallery Cora. Geneva, Switzerland 1972-1975 Gallery Schindler, Bern, Swilzeriand 1972 National Print Show, Oklahoma City Museum PARTICIPATIONS 1999 Fund Raiser for the American Friends of the Hermitage 1994, 1996, 1997 Learning through Arts, The Guggenheim Museum, NY 1983 Channel 13 Collection, Auctioning of Art, New York 1982 The Bienal Graphics International. Lubliana, Yugoslavia 1975 Seventh Annual Printmaking West, Utah State University 1975 Fourth Int'l. Art Exhibition, International Play Group, NYC 1974 - 1975 United States International, The Graphics Society, NYC 1974 Salon International de l'Art Contemporain, Paris, France 1974 Second New Hampshire Graphics International, NH 1972 - 1975 Dusseldorf Art Fair, Germany 1970 Graphics International Bienal Entreveaux, Cannes, France 1969 Graphics International Bienal, Ibiza, Spain PROJECTS 1977 - 1980 Life-size bronzes cast in Geneva, Switzerland and Hamburg, Germany - private collections 1978 - 1979 Stone Carving in Carrara, Pietra Santa, Italy SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 1987 - 1999 Art Stars, (photography page), all issues, Manhattan Arts, NY 1999 The New Haven Register, February, New Haven CT 1995 Horse World Magazine, Sept./Oct. 1995 Volume 52 No 9. 1994 The Exquisite Cadaver, Drawing Canter Calatog, N.Y., N.Y. 1987 - 1993 Art Stars (photography page), all issues, Manhattan Arts, NYC 1990 Art Speak, May 16. 1990, New York 1990 Manhattan Arts, May, 1990, New York 1990 Manhattan Arts, January, February, 1990, New York 1988 Alexandria Pulse, Alaxandria, VA, Article July 15 1986 Washington Art Reporter, Washington, D.C. Article Sept.-Oct. 1986 Television Profile, WUSA, Ch. 9, Washington, D.C., Nov. 1986 Washington Post, Metro, Washington, D.C. Article, July 18 1985 Columbia University Record, New York, Review. October 25 1984 Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington, Indiana, Front Page. May 22 1984 Buffalo News, Article, November 16, Buffalo, New York 1977 Basel Doppelstab, Article, April, Basil, Switzerland 1976 Het Financieele Dagblad, Amsterdam, Holland, May 21 1975 Algemeen Dagblad, Amsterdam, Holland, Review, May 22. 1975 Masks, 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 1974 Morgenpost, Hamburg, Germany, December 13, Germany 1974 NCR 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 1973 Washington Post, Washington, D.C., Article, September 29 Le Arti, Italy, June Art International, June Dusseldorf International Art Fair. Germany, Catalogue, Germany 1973 - 1975 Basel Art Fair, Switzerland, Catalog, Switzerland 1972 The 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 1970 Vor Losen. Stockholm, Sweden, Architectural Proposal by Valtchev 1969 Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, Sweden, Article, April 15