Yanko Tihov


Yanko Tihov is an award-winning British and Bulgarian painter and printmaker.

Biography

Yanko Tihov attended the National Academy of Arts in Sofia from 1997-2001, before moving to London, UK.
He won prizes at Royal Institute of Oil Painters ROI , Runner up of the Discerning Eye Exhibition, Printmaking Ex Libris Award in Argentina.
He has exhibited at The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Tokyo Printing Triennial, The Iowa Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Miniature Prints and others. His work can be seen at private galleries and art fairs. Tihov's works include portraits and surreal urban images.
His portrait of the Indian artist and Film Director M. F. Husain was featured in 2014 BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Tihov lived in Notting Hill, London, before relocating to Bounds Green, Enfield in 2014.
In 2015 Tihov made ‘The London Passport Map', a digital edition hand painted with 23ct gold. The map was shown at Christie’s South Kensington, London. The London Passport Map was made from 32 different passports of the most common non-British nationalities in each London borough based on data from the 2011 census.

Exhibitions and collections