Laura Dimitrova was born in Sofia, Bulgaria.

She graduated from the National Academy of Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria.

She is a member of the Union of the Bulgarian Artists.

Since 2013 she is PhD. Since 2019 – DSc.

She is professor of decorative arts at “St. Kliment Ohridski” University, Sofia, Bulgaria.

She lives in Sofia, Bulgaria. Up until now she has had 30 individual exhibitions – 18 in Bulgaria; 2 in Paris, France; 2 in Germany – Munich and Schwandorf; 1 in Kavadarci, Macedonia; 2 in Nis, Serbia; 2 in Belgrade, Serbia and 1 in Novi Sad, Serbia, 1 in Budapest, Hungary, 1 in Warsaw, Poland.

She has taken part in more than 200 group exhibitions, plein-air sessions and art projects in Bulgaria and abroad.

Prizes: Second Prize for Drawing and Graphic Art at the Exhibition of the Artists from Northwest Bulgaria, Lom, 2005; The Award “James H. Pinto” from 13th International Biennial Festival of Portrait INTERBIFEP, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2008; The Union of Bulgarian Artists’ Scholarship Award for Residency at Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France in 2012; The award for graphic art from the 6th Biennial of the Small Art Forms, Pleven, Bulgaria, 2012; The award of the governor of Stara Zagora district from the Third Balkan Quadrennial of Painting, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, 2012; The award for Bulgarian artist from the International Annual Paper Art Competition of AMATERAS, 2013; The award of the Art Gallery of Ruse from the 4th International Art Miniature, Ruse 2013; The Union of Bulgarian Artists’ Scholarship Award for Residency at GEDOK, Munich, Germany in 2014; The Union of Bulgarian Artists’ Scholarship Award for Residency at Schwandorf, Germany in 2016; Second prize from the Mail Art Biennial, Tekirdag, Turkey, 2016; Second prize from the Natioanl Exhibition Art Collage, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 2017; The prize of the Union of the Bulgarian artists from the Biennial of Drawing, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, 2019.

Selected exhibitions, residencies and art symposia:

• Residency at Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France, 2012

• Voyage, an individual, exhibition at the Corridor Gallery of Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France, 2012

• Open Studio at Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France, 2012

• State of Woman, international group exhibition at the Corridor Gallery of Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France, 2012

• Three, exhibition of three artists at the Dzamia Gallery, Dupnitsa, Bulgaria, 2013

• Residency at the GEDOK, Munich, Germany, 2014

• The Freedom of Silence, an individual exhibition at the GEDOK Gallery, Munich, Germany, 2014

• Paper Messages, an individual exhibition at the Photosynthesis Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2014

• 100 Ways of Saying YES, an individual exhibition at the Resonance Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 2015

• Postmodern stories, group exhibition, presented in Sofia, Bulgaria, Nis, Serbia and Lodz, Polland, 2015

• An exhibition of Laura Dimitrova and Stefan Altakov at the Alma Mater Gallery of Sofia University, Bulgaria in 2015

•  Art Symposium “M. Ruzamski”, Tarnobrzeg, Poland, 2016

• Residency at Schwandorf, Germany, 2016

• Open Studio, Schwandorf, Germany, 2016

• SteLa, an exhibition of Laura Dimitrova and Stefan Altakov at the Arosita Gallery, Bulgaria, 2017

• International Art Symposium, Samokov, Bulgaria, 2017

• Words and Images, an exhibition of Laura Dimitrova and Stefan Altakov, presented at the Gallery of the Museum of Kavadarci, Macedonia and at the Bulgarian Institute of Culture in Budapest, Hungary, 2017

•  Re-cycle/ Re-create, an exhibition of Laura Dimitrova and Stefan Altakov, presented at the Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nish, Serbia, 2017

• Paper Dreams, an exhibition of Laura Dimitrova (Bulgaria) and Kirsti Grotmol (Noeway) at the Resonance Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 2018

• Notes, an exhibition of Laura Dimitrova and Stefan Altakov, presented at the Bulgarian Institute of Culture, Warsaw, Poland in 2018

• Travel Notes, an exhibition of Laura Dimitrova and Stefan Altakov, presented at the Centre of Culture of Novi Sad, Serbia in 2018 etc.

• Travel Notes 2, an exhibition of Laura Dimitrova and Stefan Altakov, presented at the Atrijum Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia, 2019

• Unfinished Poems, an exhibition of Laura Dimitrova and Stefan Altakov, presented at the BLOK Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia, 2019.