Sections

  • 1937 – Born in the town of Devin, Smolyan district
  • 1964 – Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia under Prof. Nenko Balkanski
  • 1964 – Founded the Art Gallery in Smolyan
  • 1964 - 2003 – Director of the Art Gallery – Smolyan
  • Member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists

Vulko Gaidarov participated in a number of national and regional exhibitions in Bulgaria and in representative exhibitions of Bulgarian art in Czechoslovakia (1974), Poland (1975), Germany (1985), Great Britain (1990), Greece (1900), the Sixth International Art Fair, London (1991), Contemporary Bulgarian Painting Exhibition, Spain (1992), 50 Bulgarian Artists, Tokio (1993).

One Man Shows

  • 1969 – Smolyan Art Gallery
  • 1980 – 6 Rouski Gallery – Sofia
  • 1983 - Smolyan Art Gallery
  • 1986 - Smolyan Art Gallery
  • 1986 - Stara Zagora Art Gallery
  • 1987 – 125 Rakovski Gallery
  • 1988 – Pazardjik Art Gallery
  • 1988 – Kiklos Art Gallery, Paffos, Cyprus
  • 1990 - Smolyan Art Gallery
  • 1990 – John Campbell Gallery, London
  • 1991 – Getafe Gallery, Madrid, Spain
  • 1993 – M Gallery, Sofia
  • 1994 – State Art Gallery, Plovdiv
  • 1995 – Lessedra Gallery, Sofia
  • 1998 – Kiklos Art Gallery, Cyprus
  • 1999 – Kiklos Art Gallery, Cyprus
  • 2000 – Kiklos Art Gallery, Cyprus
  • 2000 – Dyakov Gallery, Plovdiv
  • 2000 – State Art Gallery, Plovdiv
  • 2001 - Alexander gallery, Sofia
  • 2003 - Nikrom Mebel, Sofia
  • 2003 – World Bank, World Trade Center, Sofia
  • 2003 – Bourgas Gallery, Bourgas
  • 2003 – Apollo and Mercury Art Salon

Some of Vulko Gaidarov’s paintings are property of the National Art Gallery, theArt Gallery - Plovdiv, other galleries in Sofia and throughout the country, and of private collections in Bulgaria, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Spain, Cyprus, the USA, Japan, Greece, Germany, etc.

Vulko Gaidarov is one of the most talented contemporary Bulgarian artists who has contributed to the establishment of our national self-esteem.