About

Born on September 11th, 1963, in Plovdiv. He graduated from the National High School of Fine Arts ”Tsanko Lavrenov” in Plovdiv in 1982. Grandson and disciple of the great Bulgarian artist Pascal Struzhev. Later he did mainly drawing and painting. Then he experimented plastic whith enamel and performed artistic mosaic. During this period in the 80s implemented two successful projects whith painting and plastic in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

After 1985 he working with enamel, creates artistic mosaic and participated in the execution of the monumental mosaic designed by Boris Dimovsky in Haskovo. Between 1990 and 1993 he worked drawing and painting in Saint Johns and Montreal, Canada. In 2001 he participated in the elaboration of the sculpture figures ”Angels”, which were sets for the staging of Marius Kurkinsky, based on the play ”The art of the comedy” by Eduardo De Filippo.

2012 – Award for artist, N Form, painting, plastic art, Association of the artists in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
2014 – Monumental mosaic, The Eye of God, Transfiguration of Our Lord Church, Pomorie, Bulgaria.
2015 – Monumental mosaic, dedicated to great composer Asen Diamandiev (16.11.1915 – 24.2.2009), Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

Jorj Sopadjiev works in the fields of painting , wall painting, installation, plastic art, monumental mosaic, performance and pfotography. He has made over thirty solo exhibitions. Galleries and private collections in Bulgaria, Serbia, Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland, Turkey, Canada and USA prossess works, done by him. He is a member of the Association of the artists in Plovdiv and Union of Bulgarian Artists. He lives and works in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

Exhibitions

2023 – Flashback 60, Lick Gallery, Sofia
2023 – 15Х5, painting, Plovdiv, 2023
2023 – Plein air painting – Oryahovo, 2023
2022 – 15X5, painting and photo printing
Plovdiv.
2022 – Plein air painting – Oryahovo.
2022 – Sculpture now, Plovdiv,
“Exhibition hall 2019″.
2022 – Beogradski festival mozaika III,
Beograde.
2021 – Moments of contemplation,
painting, 203.5 F Artcafe, Asenovgrad.
2021 – 15Х5, painting, Plovdiv.
2021 – Maria Luisa Gallery,
drawing, collage, assembly, Plovdiv.
2020 – 15X5, painting, Plovdiv.
2020 – Nenko Chanev and friends, painting,
painting, Burgas.
2020 – Auri, painting and mosaic,
АtelieR Gallery, Burgas.
2019, Plovdiv Artists – 100Х100,
painting, A+gallery, Plovdiv.
2019 – Painting,
The Society of Plovdiv Artists, 15Х5.
2019 – International painting plein air,
Plovdiv.
2019 – States of love,
painting and mosaic , Art Gallery Signa, Plovdiv.
2019 – Balkan bridges 2,
International exhibition, Balabanova House, Plovdiv.
2019 – A pictorial expression,
Jorj Sopadjiev with Nenko Chanev,
NEDEV Art Gallery, Stara Zagora.
2019 – A pictorial expression,
Jorj Sopadjiev with Nenko Chanev, Lik Gallery, Sofia.
2018 – Mozaik
malog formata XIII, Beograd.
2018 – Mosaic,
The Society of Plovdiv Artists, 15Х5.
2018 – Exhibition mosaic Via Diagonalis,
Karyjevac, Serbia.
2017 – Annual exhibition,
Nomination for Painting, Union of Plovdiv Artists.
2017 – Mozaik malog formata XII,
Beograd.
2017 – 15 х 5, моsaic,
The Society of Plovdiv Artists.
2017 – International
Art Bazar Bansko, painting, mosaic.
2017 – Balkan bridges,
International exhibition, Plovdiv Gallery.
2017 – Scenic workshop – Easter eggs,
Plovdiv Municipalit.
2016 – Annual exhibition – Nomination for
sculpture, Union of Plovdiv Artists.
2016 – 15 x 5, “Orthodoxy”, mosaic,
The Society of Plovdiv Artists.
2016 – International Art Bazar
Bansko, painting, Bansko.
2015 – Plovdiv Artists 2, 10-100×100,
painting, A+gallery, Plovdiv.
2015 – Monumental mosaic, Dedicated to
great composer Asen Diamandiev
(16.11.1915 – 24.2.2009), Plovdiv.
2015 – 15 x 5, Plovdiv-Parallel, painting,
The Society of Plovdiv Artists.
2015 – Aura Project, A+Gallery, painting, Plovdiv.
2014 – 15 x 5, Astral Projection, mosaic,
The Society of Plovdiv Artists.
2014 – Frank Zappa, portraits, mosaic, mixed media,
Maria Luiza Club, Night of Museums and Galleries, Plovdiv.
2014 – Retrospection, plastic art and painting,
Hotel Hebros Art Center, Plovdiv.
2014 – Pictursque planer, Blagoevgrad.
2013 – Dedicated to Miles Davis, Typography,
Night ofMuseums and Galleries,
Maria Luiza Club, Plovdiv.
2012 – Award for artist, n Form, painting, plastic art,
Association of the artists in Plovdiv.
2012 – Painting, Plastic Art, U-P.A.R.K. Gallery.
2012 – Jazz N Project, Painting, Plastic Art,
Night of Museums and Galleries,
Maria Luiza Club, Plovdiv.
2012 – “15 x 5″, Painting, The Society of
Plovdiv Artists, Plovdiv.
2011 – The Miles Davis Project,
Painting and Mosaic
in Maria Luiza Club, Night of
Museums and Galleries, Plovdiv.
Exhibition in Pironessa Art Gallery,
Painting and Plastic Art, Plovdiv.
2010 – The David Bowie Project, Culture
at Laage, Maria Luiza Club and
” Take it “, Performance by Jorj
Sopadjiev and Shitpop. Night of
Museums and Galleries, Plovdiv.
2009 – Painting, Photography in Naylon
Art Club and ” Plovdiv “, Project
in Lebowski Club, Photography,
Music Expression and Individual
Performance by Jorj Sopadjiev
and Yavor Todorov. Night of
Museums and Galleries, Plovdiv.
2008 – Project ” Expression ” in Boviel
Art Gallery, Jorj Sopadjiev and
Atanas Kunev, Oil Painting and
Photography, Plovdiv.
Project ” Moonlight “, Painting
in Naylon Art Club, Plovdiv.
2007 – Project ” Portal “, Exhibition in
Nylon Art Club, Painting.
2006 – ” Stratum “, Plastic Art in Vollar
Gallery, Eight Summer Exhibition
of The Private Galleries, Sofia.
” Aura “, Painting in Boviel Art
Gallery, Plovdiv.
2003 – ” 15×5 ” Airlessness “, Plastic
Art, The Society of Plovdiv
Artists, Plovdiv and Shumen.
” Heat in Gladston “, Plastic Art
and Painting, The Society of
Plovdiv Artists, Plovdiv.
2002 – Plastic Art and Mosaic, Vollar
Gallery, Forth Summer Exhibition
of The Private Galleries, Sofia.
2001 – Sculpture and Collage, Vollar
Gallery, Third Summer Exhibition
of The Private Galleries, Sofia.
” Through The Shadows
Towards The Light “, Plastic Art,
Painting and Drawing, Gama
Art Gallery, The Old Plovdiv.
” Window “, Installation, The Old
Plovdiv, The European Month of
Culture.
2000 – ” Model 2000 “, Installation, The
Old Plovdiv, The European Month
of Culture and ” Overliving “,
Drawing in Naylon Art Club.
1999 – ” Unconventional Forms “, The
Society of Plovdiv Artists and
” Earth, Man, God “, European
Month of Culture, The Old Plovdiv.
1998 – ” Unshared “, Photography and
Drawing, ” Black and Wite
Drawing and Work with Paper “,
The Old Plovdiv.
1997 – Project ” Overliving “, Graphic
Drawing and Installation by Jorj
Sopadjiev and Yavor Todorov, Poetry
by Teodora Tehlemzi, Musical
Background by Viktor Paskalev, ” Black
White Drawing and Work with Paper “.
Painting and Plastic Art, together with
Yavor Todorov, Lukas Art Gallery, The
Old Plovdiv.
1996 – ” Catharsis “, together with
Yavor Todorov, Painting, Drawing and
Installation, Balabanova House, The
Old Plovdiv.
1995 – Painting, Drawing and Plastic Art
in Janet Art Gallery, The Old Plovdiv.
1990 – 1993 – Group Art Exhibitions in
Saint Johns and Montreal, Canada.
1982 – 1990 – Drawing, Painting, Plastic
Art, Monumental Mosaic and two Painting
Exhibitions in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

Jorj Sopadjiev