Valery Chakalov

Valery Chakalov was born in 1957 in Devnya. He lives and works in Varna.
1984 – graduated from the National Academy of Arts, specialty “Graphics”.
He has more than 30 solo exhibitions, among them:

Bulgarian Cultural Institute Berlin 2022; TRUTTMANN & REICHENBACH, Switzerland; BAUHAUS Dessau, Germany; “Memory Transformation” together with Stefan Bozhkov, Ozone Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia and U-PARK Gallery, Plovdiv; “Meditation Zone” together with Stefan Bozhkov, Rakursi Gallery, Sofia; REG’ARTS CROISES AU PAYS DE THANN project, Mediatheque Gallery, Thann, France; HOF GALLERY, Horb am Neckar, Germany; ANEMARI GINTZEL Gallery, Neuburg, Germany; Houston, USA; SUST Gallery, Lucerne, Switzerland; VILLE DE LUON, Center Berthelot, Lyon, France; HAUS DER ARHITEKTUR, Rostock, Germany, etc.

He has over 250 participations in national and international exhibitions, graphic biennials and art projects: Visual Arts Festival “August in Art” GHG Varna 2023; “2nd International Perre Art Workshop” Adıyaman, Turkey 2022; “Exhibition 7”, Galateca Gallery Bucharest, Romania 2022; Art Forum “Art as Counteraction” Varna 2022; “East to East” Ningbo Beilun, China 2021; “Crossing the River” Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Budapest, Hungary 2021; Exhibition “Contemporary Bulgarian Artists” in Bucharest 2019; “Made By Artist 2016” I. International Contemporary Art Salon, Pinelo Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece; “Verzamelingen van Vrienden”, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands; “Constantin Brancus 2016”, Muzeul de istorie Nationala si arheologie Constanta, Constanta, Romania; Project “Jazz format”, House of Culture “Boris Hristov”, Plovdiv; 1st International Painting Symposium Yalova – City Museum, Yalova, Turkey; “Food art Drugs” together with Stefan Bozhkov, Rakursi gallery, Sofia; Solitary Pursuits – The EFA Center for Contemporary Art – New York; “Es lautet” project, Art Center Pleven – Hall “Hristo Boyadzhiev”, Pleven; International graphic project Global Print – Duoro, Portugal; Biennale of Contemporary Art – Beijing, China; Bulgarian graphics DEYTON/NRIGHT GALLERY – Santa Fe, New Mexico, etc.

He is the winner of national and international awards, some of which are: Prize for graphics from “Spring Salon” – Lyon, France; Diploma in small format graphics – Toronto, Canada; Award for contribution to culture and art – “Varna”, Bulgaria; Painting award of the Union of Bulgarian Artists; Award for graphics from the “5th International Triennial of Graphics” – Sofia; Badge of honor of the town hall of the city of Rostock for a solo exhibition in the gallery HAUS DER ARHITEKTUR, Germany; Golden Pegasus Grand Prize – “South Spring” – Bulgaria; Prize for painting “A L`internationalite” from “118 Spring Salon” – Lyon, France; Winner of the “Shoumen Award” group award for art and culture; Old Presto Diploma for contribution to Bulgarian culture, pedagogical and creative activity in fine arts, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, etc.