Biography

Valentin Yordanov was born in 1986 in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. For more than a decade, Valentin Yordanov has been an artist in residence in beautiful Las Vegas. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Bulgaria, and then was awarded a scholarship to pursue his M.F.A. at the Bucharest National Academy of Arts, Romania and Bulgaria. His studies included intensive drawing trips and major exhibitions around Europe, including Vienna and Budapest. After completing his education, this urban explorer was on his way to enlarging his mental maps, discovering the new world, and setting up his studio in Las Vegas. 

Valentin Yordanov is part of art collectors around the world including celebrity Chef Nobu, The Mayor of Las Vegas, Meow Wolf, Life Is Beautiful, The City of Las Vegas, MGM International, Nevada State Collage. He has exhibited extensively including solo exhibitions Capitol Mural,Building 63,Seoul, Korea (2017) ,The City of Las Vegas, NV, USA (2017), Art Pop Gallery Billboard, NV, USA( 2017),Live is Beautiful Festival(2016) , Beyond Boarders, The Studio, Las Vegas USA (2015), City Center, Aria Hotel and Casino, USA (2015), Brett Wesley Gallery, USA (2011), Contemporary Art Gallery, Bulgaria (2010), Exhibition, Contemporary Center, Bucharest, Romania (2009).

Education

2008-2009 Scholarship Award , Bucharest National University of Arts, Romanian
2005-2009 Master of Fine Arts. Bulgaria


Solo Exhibitions

2022
Departure, Las Vegas Strip and MGM Grand, Las Vegas,NV
Velo-Polis, Maryland Parkway Fence Art Project, Las
Vegas,NV

2021
Neon City, Nobu Art Collection, Los Angeles, California
Time Capsule, Charleston Heights Arts Center,Las Vegas, NV
Lucid Mural, Henderson Recreation Center, Henderson, NV
There will be always tomorrow, 1m Art Gallery, Bulgaria
Flow of Change Mural , Nevada State Collage,Henderson, NV

2020
Parallel Infinity, Meow Wolf , Omega Mart, Las Vegas,NV
New Frontiers, Nevada State Collage, Las Vegas, NV
Contemporary Pubic Art Project, Urban Dynamics, Las
Vegas, NV
Senior Center, City of Las Vegas Permanent Art Collection,
Las Vegas, NV

2019
Beyond Boarders, The Studio, Las Vegas
Contemporary Pubic Art Project, Urban Symphony, Las Vegas, NV

2017
City Rising Sculpture, Aria Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas,NV
Capitol, Building 83, Seoul, S.Korea

2016
New Frontiers 2, Enterprise Gallery, Las Vegas, USA
New Frontiers, Sahara West Library Galley, Las Vegas, USA
West From Home, Summerlin Library Gallery, Las Vegas, USA
 
2015
Terminal, Winchester Cultural Center Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, USA

2013
Hold, Las Vegas, NV, USA

2010
Into the Grey, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

2007
Blur, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria


Group Exhibitions

2021
Parallel Infinity, Omega Mart- Meow Wolf, Las Vegas, NV
Reno Airport Exhibit, Propelling Nevada's Communities, Heritage, Education & Economy through the Arts, Reno, NV

2020
 

Esthetic Primaries 2 , Historic Fifth School Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Existing in Thoughts,Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Las Vegas,NV

2019
Imagine Nevada, Nevada Art Humanities, Las Vegas, NV

2017
The Year of the Dog: Historic Fifth School Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, USA
The Us Show: Reflection of our Diversity,Blue Line Arts Gallery, Roseville, CA, USA
Nevada Crossroads, Nevada Art Humanities Program,Las Vegas, NV, USA
Zap 9 Art Project, Summerlin, NV, USA
Aerial Gallery Art Trail Project, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Art Pop Gallery Billboard, Las Vegas, NV, USA

2016
Esthetic Primaries, Historic Fifth School Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Pepsi 1820, New York New York Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV, USA

2015
Live at Live is Beautiful, Live is Beautiful Festival, NV, USA
The Artist Who Took Over Maryland Parkway Nevada Humanities Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, USA
City Center Art Exhibition, City Center, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Zap 7 Art Project, Las Vegas, NV, USA

2012
Celebration of imagination, the Palazzo hotel and casino, Las Vegas, NV, USA

2011
Form For Thought, Brett Wesley Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, USA

2010
Lost in Bucharest, V.Tarnovo,  Bulgaria
Annual Student Group Exhibition, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Save the children, Beneficial Art Exhibition, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

2009
Annual Student Croup Exhibition, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Salina, Bucharest, Romania
New Way`s, Exhibition center Bucharest, Romania
Body Drawings, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
International Symposium of Contemporary Art Plovdiv, Bulgaria

2008
Annual Student Group Exhibition, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Inherea Plain air, Exhibition gallery, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Build hope', Beneficial Art Exhibition, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Annual Student Croup Exhibition, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
2007
Blur, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

2006
Directions, Varna, Bulgaria

2005
Kaliakra, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

2000
Hope of the Balkans, Sofia, Bulgaria

Press

Urban Inspiration Meets Geometric Prisms
Meow Wolf, Omega Mart 2020
World-traveler, painter and sculptor, Las Vegas-living-ex-pat, and unapologetic mind-bender Valentin Yordanov has created Parallel Infinity, a monumental mural outside of Meow Wolf’s Omega Mart in AREA15. It’s a trip from every angle.

https://meowwolf.com/articles/urban-inspiration-meets-geometric-prisms-valentin-yordanov

Urban Feel
Contemporary Public Art Project Las Vegas 2019
For the Contemporary Public Art Program, he worked for the first time with metal sculpture, manipulating the technicolor bars to create the same overlapping and interconnecting lines he uses in his painting.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/arts-culture/these-10-artworks-may-pop-up-in-your-las-vegas-neighborhood-1704757/

Visual Art: Sense of No Place
Beyond Barders 2019
He calls them “non-spaces.” With their swooping planes, vivid colors, and layered densities, the subjects of Valentin Yordanov’s paintings stop just short of cohering into recognizable urban locations — they’re at once strange and familiar…
https://knpr.org/desert-companion/2019-08/visual-art-sense-no-place

Zoomy art by Valentin Yordanov
New Frontiers 2016
Though they teem with a sense of place, the paintings in New Frontiers, Valentin Yordanov’s show at the Sahara West Library, stop just short of actually depicting a place…
https://knpr.org/dc-blog/zoomy-art-and-perfectly-so-so-mexican-food
Valentin Yordanov Abstract Explores the color and shape of cities
Terminal 2015
Cities bear distinctive personalities, recognizable landmarks, layouts and designs. They burst with their own rhythm, rest in late-afternoon quietude and pulsate with equal parts discord and harmony. History lives in their architecture and alleyways. Some sleep. Others rarely slow down…
https://lasvegasweekly.com/ae/fine-art/2015/dec/29/valentin-yordanovs-abstracts-explore-the-color-and/