Dimitar Delchev

Dimitar Delchev is one of the most respected Bulgarian jewelers working today. He’s been making jewels since he was 14 years old and his infinite imagination allows unimaginable results. He is able to create the so-called “body objects” out of everything – the materials range from plastic caps and scoops, through hoses, rubber seals, balloons and other seemingly waste materials to which he gives unique aesthetics. Dimitar Delchev has dozens of exhibitions and shows in galleries in Bulgaria, Europe and USA. He was lucky to be one of the students of Rubik, and he is now teaching himself at the National Art Academy.

Dimitar Delchev was born in Simeonovgrad, 1949. He graduated from the School of Applied Arts in Sofia and continued his education at the Budapest Academy of Fine Arts, specializing in Glass Design.

AWARDS AND PARTICIPATIONS:

Awards:
1983 – International Jewelry Exhibition, Jablonec, Czechoslovakia;

2003 – International Exhibition of Applied Arts, Koblenz, Germany;

Guest Jury:
2005 – International Jewelry Contest, Majdanpek, Serbia;
2008 – International Jewelry Contest and Exhibition INHORGENTA, Munich, Germany;
2009 – International Exhibition of Jewelry Ämberif Design Award “, Gdansk, Poland;

Participations, collections, galleries and museums:
– Permanent Collection, Museum of Applied Arts, Sofia;
– Permanent collection – Grassi Museum, Leipzig, Germany;
Electrum Gallery, London, UK;
Ra Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
Lois Martin Gallery, Delft, The Netherlands;
Beatrice Lang Gallery, Bern, Switzerland;
Michele Zeller, Bern, Switzerland;
Electra Gallery, Malaga, Spain;
American Studio, Washington, USA;
Aurum Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark;
Hilde Leiss, Hamburg, Germany;
50+ International Exhibition, Koblenz, Germany;
Barbara Schulte-Hengesbach Schmuck, Düsseldorf, Germany;
Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany;
Werkstatt Gallery, Berlin, Germany;
Handwerkskammer Gallery, Koblenz, Germany;

Exhibitions:
1982 – Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia, Bulgaria;
1983 – Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia, Bulgaria;
1989 – Bulgarian Cultural Institute, Budapest, Hungary;
1990 – Scarabeus, Berlin, Germany;
1996 –  Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia, Bulgaria;
1996 – Ata-Rai, Sofia;
2000 – Herrshtein, Germany;
2002 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria;
2006 – Orfeo, Cologne, Germany;
2007 – Grosche, Castrop-Rauxel, Germany;
2008 – Guthschmidt, The Hague, The Netherlands;
2008 – 1 Euro, SARIEV Contemporary, Plovdiv, Bulgaria;
2010 – Reverso, Lisbon, Portugal;
2010 – V & V, Vienna, Austria;
2010 – Mangold, Leipzig, Germany;
2011 – Mangold, Leipzig, Germany;
2011 – Legnica, Poland;
2013 – Feinform, Frankfurt am Main, Germany;
2013 – Gallery for Modern Art, Sofia, Bulgaria;
2014 – Brigitte Bernt – Regensburg, Germany;
2014 – Isabella Hunt, Munich, Germany;
2016 – Barbara Weinberger, Nuremberg, Germany;
2017 – Legnica, Poland;
2017 – Lodz, Poland.