Iliya Zhelev

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Iliya Zhelev was born in Plovdiv in 1961. He graduated from the “St. Cyril and St. Methodius” University in Veliko Tarnovo in 1988 with a major in painting. Iliya has over 120 solo exhibitions in Bulgaria and abroad – in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Turkey, Luxembourg, France, Italy. Since 1994 his works can be seen and purchased at the Pranerstrasse Gallery in Munich. Since 2006 the prestigious German chain of galleries “Mensing” presents Iliya Zhelev annually in its exhibition halls in the largest German cities Berlin, Hannover, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Baden Baden and others. Zhelev's paintings are owned by the National City Art Gallery Sofia, many galleries and private owners in Bulgaria, as well as collections in Germany, USA, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, UAE, England, Austria, Greece, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Russia, Spain, New Zealand and Israel. Iliya Zhelev has five solo exhibitions at Largo Art Gallery (2008, 2013, 2019, 2023) and “I love NY” (2019). He lives and works in Plovdiv.


Green game

Grey garden

Deep red

Summer time

In white

In the grey

In orange

In blue

Green yard

Hot

The tree

This autumn

Blue coast

On the hill

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