Born 1959, Aytos, Bulgaria.
Lives and works in New York.

Education

2000 Centro Europeo di Venezia, Venice, Italy
1996 MFA, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY
1990 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1986 Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria

Solo Exhibitions

2008
Sigmund J”hn D–ner Kebab Stand, Sigmund J”hn Park, Skulpturenpark, Berlin
2007
Daniel Bozhkov Recent Works, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX 2005
Advanced Swedish for Beginners, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY 2003
Learn How to Fly Over a Very Large Larry, Andrew Kreps Galley, New York, NY 2002
Sour Milk, Parlour Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Bozhkov at Shotwell 667, Shotwell 667, San Francisco, CA
1998
Unpublished Recent Inventions of the Very Late Benjamin Franklin, Yearsley Spring Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Museum Exhibitions

2007
Transactions, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
2006
Daniel Bozhkov Recent Works, ArtHouse, The Jones Center, Austin, TX
2005
Day Labor, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY
Star Star, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
2004
Blind Dates, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY

Group Exhibitions

2007
6th Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2006
Performance Art Fair, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY
Dark Spaces, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
APORIA, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Gallery, New York, NY
Annotations, Expodium, Utrecht, Netherlands
2005
9^th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
1^st International Moscow Biennial, Moscow, Russia Can I get a Witness, curated by Dean Daderko, Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, Bronx, NY
2004
Open Studio, The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Space Program, New York, NY
Reverse Engineers, curated Julia Dzwonkoski & Kye Potter, Herndon Gallery, Antioch College, OH
2003
Without You I'm Nothing, satellite projects, Istanbul Biennial, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
24-7, Center for Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
2002
Listening to New Voices, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Second Sight: Selected Works from the Second Decade of Hunter MFA
Program, Times Square Gallery, NYC.
2000
Nine Choose Nine, Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY 1998
Unpublished Recent Inventions of the Very Late Benjamin Franklin, Yearsley Spring Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
1994
Fresco: Contemporary Perspective, Boston College Museum of Art, Boston, MA.
Fresco: Contemporary Perspective, Parsons School of Design Gallery, New York, NY
New House Gallery of Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor, SI, New York, NY
1990
Layers and Traces, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA

Bibliography

2008
Coggins, David. "Daniel Bozhkov in Orbit". Mens Vogue. March.
2007
Myers, Holly. "Artists are limited only by imagination at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions." Los Angeles Times. July 20
2006
Genocchio, Benjamin. "The Silly, the Erotic and the Adorable". The New York Times. November 11
Green, Kate. "Daniel Bozhkov". Modern Painters. November, p.105-106
Claire van Ryzin, Jeanne. "One artist's (quirky) answer to world's wicked problems". Austin American Statesman. austin360.com. September
Atwell, Wendy. "Daniel Bozhkov ". Glass Tire, Texas Visual Art Online, glasstire.com. September-October
Faires, Robert. "Daniel Bozhkov: Recent Works". Austin Chronicle, October
2005
Cotter, Holland. "A Different Kind of Never-Never Land" The New York Times, May 3, p.E5
Schjeldal, Peter. "Daniel Bozhkov". The New Yorker. May 9
Hartney, Eleanor. "Istanbul Biennale". Art in America. December
Smith, Roberta. "Day Labor". The New York Times. November 11
Smith, Roberta. "Performance Art Gets Its Own Biennial". The New York Times. November 4
Pollack, Barbara. "Russia's jump-start: ...Moscow". Art in America. June-July
Kesley John. "Russian Front. The Moscow Biennale". Artforum. March
Man, Joyce, "Dark Diasporas". Moscow Times. February 18
2003
Ammirati, Domenick. "Art in the Office". Artforum.com: Critics pick. May-June
Bhatnagar, Priya. "Daniel Bozhkov". Flash Art. March ‚ April
Basilico, Stefano. "Daniel Bozhkov. Learn How to Fly Over a Very Large Larry". Time Out New York, February 13 - 20
Johnson, Ken. "Daniel Bozhkov". The New York Times. January 31
Saltz, Jerry. "Rays of Light". The Village Voice. January 22-28
Fujieda, Manami. "Very New York!" issue. BT Magazine. January
2002
Johnson, Ken. "'Global Priority'". The New York Times. November 29
"His Heart Belongs to Dada". The Boston Globe. September 1
Crowell, Alan. "Larry King Crops up in Field". Morning Sentinel. August 22
"Maine Home to Larry King Sculpture". Associated Press. August 22
"TV Interviewer's Likeness Crops up in Maine Hayfield". Boston Globe. August 23
Martinez, Barbara. "Names and Faces". Washington Post. August 23
Levin, Kim. "Listening to New Voices" (best choice). The Village Voice. June 18
Schlesinger, Toni. "Four-Room Apartment in Three-Story House". The Village Voice. July 10
Sei, Keiko. "Kulturni porad Prazskego hradu". Center for Contemporary Art. April 20, Prague, Czech Republic
1999
Pickett, Darla. "Skowhegan Wal-Mart Sports 'Ancient' Fresco". Morning Sentinel. September 19
1998
Sutherland, Amy. "Hot Fresco". Maine Sunday Telegram. July 19
1994
Temin, Christine. "Rediscovering the Excitement of Fresco". Boston Globe. July 10
1993
Cacioppo, Nancy. "An Ancient Art Lives Through a Modern Master". Rockland Journal News. November 7

Catalogs

2007
Transactions, Blanton Museum of Art, the University of North Texas at Austin
2006
Daniel Bozhkov: Recent Works. Arthouse and the University of North Texas Art Gallery

Television and Radio Coverage

2005
Interview with CNNTurk, September 20
2003
Interview with Jeanne Moos, American Morning with Paula Zahn, CNN, February 13
2002
Interview with Mike and Mike, Mike & Mike show, WKSQ radio, Boston, August 25
Interview with Mark Erikson, WOKQ Radio, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, August 23
Interview with John McCarthy, News Radio in Portland, Maine, August 23
Interview with John James, 92.3 Moose Radio, Maine, August 23
Lisa Gardner, WMTW, ABC Channel 8 in Maine, August 22
Pat Callaghan, WLBZ, NBC Channel 2 in Maine, August 22
Jim Morris and Don Cookson, WABI,CBS Channel 5 in Maine, August 22
Larry King, Larry King Live Show, CNN, August 22
Interview with Charlotte Rener, Maine Things Considered, Maine Public Radio,August 21
"Political art exhibition to open at Prague Castle next month" Radio Prague, the international service of Czech radio, April 18

Grants

2005
Andy Warhol Foundation Grant for a survey exhibition at the Arthouse, Austin, TX
1995
Graff Travel and Research Grant, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY
Research on icon painting and Jesus Prayer on Mount Athos, Greece
1991
George Soros Foundation 'Open Society' Grant
1990
Skowhegan Fellowship Award

Residencies

2005
Art In General
Eastern European Residency Exchange, Krakow, Poland
2003-2004
Marie Walsh Sharpe Residency Program, New York, NY
2001-2002
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Museum of Modern Art affiliate, New York, NY, National and International Studio Program

Installations and Performances

2004
Logomogul, performance and a traveling lecture at Sculpture Center, New York, NY
The Fastest Guided Tour of Yellow Springs, Ohio
2003
Blind Dates, Arena, Sculpture Center, Queens, NY
Simit Gevrek as a part of Without you I am nothing, a curatorial project, satellite to the 2003 Istanbul Biennial, curated by Regine Basha and hosted by Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul
2002
Learn How To Fly Over A Very Large Larry, East Madison, Maine
One World Mobile Workshop, Prague Castle, Center for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic
Befriend the Bacteria, Genetic transfer project at the Department of Human Genetics of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Monarch, World Wide Butterflies, Compton House, Sherborne, Dorset, UK
Queen Elizabeth's Christmas Message, Tremayne Farm, Helston, Cornwall, UK
2001
Dig in Your Backyard Carefully, Nyack, NY
2000
Darth Vader tries to clean the Black Sea with Brita Filter, Burgas, Bulgaria
Fresh Laundromat Project, Butler's Laundromat, Skowhegan, ME
Training in Assertive Hospitality, Wal-Mart, Skowhegan, ME
1999
Re-Deposit, Key Bank, Skowhegan, ME.
1998
Platypus Man, Bates Museum, Hinckley, ME
1997
The Museum of Unfinished Man, Vorhees Building, CUNY, New York, NY
Logomogul, New Press, New York, NY.
A Very Late Report From the Garden, New Press, New York, NY
1996
Sonata For Violin, Binoculars and Seven Seals, Hunter College, New York, NY

Commissions and Public Art

2000
"Kids' Village" Mural at PS 215, Queens, NY
1999
"River Watch" A collaborative mural on the exterior wall of Key Bank, Skowhegan, ME
1998
"Stations of the Cross" Casein tempera on wood panels, at St. Joseph's Cethedral, Queens, NY
1995
"Promised Lands" Thirteen frescoes at Thorpe Village, senior citizens housing community, Sparkill, NY
1989
"Man and Cosmos" Mural at the Planetarium of Varna, Varna, Bulgaria

Adjunct Faculty

Slade School of Art at the University
of London Rhode Island School of Design
Yale University School of Art
Cooper Union School of Art
Columbia University

Visiting Artist/ Lectures

Rutgers-Mason
Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, New Jersey
University of Texas in Austin, Texas
University of North Texas, Denton
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Columbia University, Graduate School of Art
NYU School of the Arts, MFA Program
Provincetown Fine Arts Center
University of North Texas in Dallas
SUNY Buffalo University
of Virginia at Charlottesville