Dimitar Petrov was born on April 18, 1969 in Kyustendil.
He graduated from the The High School of Fine Arts in Sofia in 1988.
In 1996 he graduated from the National Academy of Arts, majoring in Fresco Painting.
Member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists since 1995.
He made a one-year creative stay in India in 2000.
He won a national competition for creative specialization at the Cite International des Arts, Paris, France in 2010.
Participates in over 100 joint and solo exhibitions in the country and abroad.
He has won a number of awards, including:
Award for painting from the national exhibition “Ludogorie” 2019.
Award for painting from the National Exhibition – Biannale
“Friends of the Sea” Burgas in 2012
Painting Award – Balkan Quadrennial of Painting, Stara Zagora, 2004
First prize – national competition for a work of art on a wall, Sofia 2001
Sorus Center for the Arts Award for Young Author from the International Triennial of Painting, Sofia 1995
He has repeatedly won the Struma Prize for Painting, as well as many others.
Dimitar Petrov’s paintings are in possession of the Kyustendil Art Gallery, the Burgas Art Gallery, the Stara Zagora Art Gallery, the Razgrad Art Gallery, as well as collections in Europe, Asia and North America.