NIKOLO BALKANSKI

Nikolo Balkanski studied fine art in Bulgaria and Finland and exhibited his first one-man show at age twenty-one. He built a strong following in Europe as a master of portraiture and landscapes, with major exhibitions in Bulgaria, Finland, Sweden, England, France, and the United States. He is highly regarded as an inspirational teacher and mentor. Balkanski's work has been exhibited with Artists of America, the Colorado Governor's Invitational where he received the Collector's Choice Award in 1999, Great American Artists, Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale,(Artist's Choice Award 2007), Artists of the West, Bradford Brinton Museum, Arts for the Parks where he won Best Landscape in 1995.
His work currently is represented by Evergreen Fine Art Gallery, Colorado, Hayden-Hays Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO, Knox Galleries, Denver, Beaver Creek, CO, Harbor Springs, Michigan, Spirits in the Wind Gallery, Golden, CO and Weatherburn Gallery, Naples, Florida.

         SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 
  "Expressing the Visual Language of the Landscape"
    International Artist Publishing Inc. 2002
   "Painting the Landscape" Southwest Art, June 2001
   "Selling more or selling out" International Artist, Feb/March.2000
   "Composing with Water" The Artist Magazine. Oct.1998
   "Put it in Print" U.S.Art, April 1995   "Arts Review", London 1983