Biography

1956	Born in Aytos, Bulgaria
1961	Family moves to Sofia
1976	After brief hesitation decides not to apply for the Fine Art Academy
1978-1983	Private lessons from different artists
1983	Displays works for the first time in a collective exhibition of the Union of Bulgarian Artists. Watercolours, oil paintings.
1988	Diploma from the 4th International Competition for Young Artists, Sofia. First prints.
1990	Member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists
1991	Co-founder of The Club of the Forever Young Artists. Painted objects. ARTEST Grant from the Stiftung BINZ 39 Zurich, Switzerland
1991-1995	ARTEST coordinator for Bulgaria
1993	Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Cologne, Germany First paper pulp works, books
1994	Curator BG+CH=IZLOJBA=AUSSTELLUNG, "Sredetz" gallery of MC, Sofia
1996	Member of The International Print Society, Cracow, Poland Curator “Hermetical/Chaotical”, Shipka 6 gallery, Sofia
1997	Curator “Bulgarian Art Book”, ATA Center for Contemporary Art, Sofia Prize of the “Support for Art in Bulgaria” Foundation Museum award of TAMA ART UNIVERSITY, Tokyo, Japan
1997-1998	Künstlerhäuser Worpswede, Germany
1998	First large size frottages on paper in “The borders of Paradise”, XXL Gallery, Sofia
1999	Living and working in Bremen and Sofia
2005	First fixing of fragments from a “Future incomplete”
2008-	Living and working in Berlin and Sofia

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022	"Recently Ahead", ONE GALLERY, Sofia, Bulgaria
2022	"Unsettled Paintings Frozen Like Mountains", Villa Magdalena, San Sebastián, Spain
2020	"FACIES", St. Matthäus Stiftung, Berlin, Germany
2019	“Painting from 2109”, St Peter und Paulkirche, Ratingen, Germany
2018	“Sophia Nova 2118-2084”, ONE GALLERY, Sofia, Bulgaria
2012	“Brother in Arms”, Yuzina Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria “Tomorrow belongs to me”, The OMC gallery, Huntington Beach, California ,USA
2008	“2076:120 Years of Milko Pavlov”, National Art Gallery Sofia, Bulgaria
2007	“Bilocation 2029”, FLUC Belgrade, Serbia “Tomorrow belongs to you – Milko Pavlov Painting 2004-2066”, City Art Gallery, Bremen, Germany
2005	“milkopavlovthelargesizedrawings (2012-2030)”, City Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

Selected Group Exhibitions

2020	“ART without/with THE TIMES”, Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2020	“BLAU”, Ohse Gallery, Bremen, Germany
2019	BG minimal – Tarnovo, Plovdiv, Sofia, Bulgaria “Thank you Mr Ruf”, Credit Bonus, Sofia, Bulgaria
2017	Sofia underground Art Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016	“Watercolour, ink and acrylic on paper”, Jordan-Seydoux Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2015	Prints from the SGHG Collection, Sofia, Bulgaria
2014	“The Untold Bulgarian Abstraction”, Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria “Unknown Masterpieces”, Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin, Germany
2011	“Out of time”, SGHG, Sofia, Bulgaria