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Originally from Bulgaria, Ivan Dimitrov arrived in Italy at a very young age where he completed his artistic training, choosing Bologna as his adoptive homeland and place of work. Painter, sculptor and engraver, his art shuns provocations and transgressions. “Supported by a strong and substantial and at the same time lyrical and delicate expressive mastery, it transforms the figurative into an uninterrupted, powerful and captivating poetry” (C.Masini) His thematic exhibitions, visited by thousands of visitors, have given it a national. In 2011, he was invited to join the historic Francesco Francia Association for the Arts (which boasts among its members the greatest exponents of art in Bologna and of art history in Italy). In 2014 he received the prestigious commission from the Municipality of Siena to paint the banner of the Palio dell'Assunta, a commission that over the years has been entrusted to artists such as Botero, Fiume, Mitoraj and Guttuso. The exhibition of bas-relief works entitled "Under the sign of the porticoes" becomes one of the cultural events that accompanied the candidacy process of the porticoes of Bologna as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. His works are characterized by a figurative style where the subjects are represented with simple and absolute forms, chromatically influenced by pop art from which bright and light-filled tones derive which give vitality to the paintings.