Biography

NIKOLO BALKANSKI, SAI 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.

Nikolo's artwork currently is represented by Evergreen Fine Art Gallery, Colorado, Knox Galleries, Denver, Beaver Creek, CO, Harbor Springs, Michigan, Mary Williams Fine Arts, Boulder, CO, Spirits in the Wind Gallery, Golden, CO and Weatherburn Gallery, Naples, Florida.

Selected Art Exhibitions in US

1. American Collectors Invitational, Scottsdale, Arizona
2. American Miniatures Show, Tucson, Arizona
3. American Traditionalist Art Group
4. American Marine Legacy, Carmel, California
5. Art Fest, Fort Collins, Colorado
6. Art for the Mountain Community, Evergreen, Colorado
7. Art of the West, Great Falls, Montana
8. Artists of the West, Colorado Springs, Colorado
9. Artists of America, Denver, Colorado
10. Biennial Brinton Invitational, Big Horn, Wyoming
11. Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale, Cody, Wyoming
12. C.M.Russell Auction of Western Art, Great Falls, Montana
13. Colorado Governor's Invitational, Loveland, Colorado
14. Colorado Opera Festival Art Show & Sale
15. Columbia River Art Expo, Richland, Washington
16. Coors Western Exhibit & Sale, Denver, Colorado
17. Denver Art Review, Denver, Colorado
18. Great American Artists, Cincinnati, Ohio
19. Great American Landscape, Carmel, California
20. Impressions of the Southwest, Pueblo, Colorado
21. Masters in Miniature, Great Falls, Montana
22. Plain Air, Denver, Colorado
23. Representing the West, Pueblo, Colorado
24. Richard Schmid Fine Art Auction, Fort Collins, Colorado
25. Rocky Mountain PBS Art Auction, Denver, Colorado
26. Salon d'Arts, Denver, Colorado
27. Society of American Impressionists, Naples, Florida
28. Spirit of the Great Plains, Kearney, Nebraska
29. The Museum of Western Art, Kerrville, Texas
30. We Love Evergreen, Evergereen, Colorado

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