Dimitar Genchev (b.1985 in Bulgaria) lives and works in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He received his education from the National Academy of Art, Sofia, HKU University of the Arts in Utrecht, and studied at Rijksakademie, Amsterdam and Ecole des Arts Decoratifs de Strasbourg.  

His solo exhibitions include Beauty & Decay, Museum De Domijnen Hedendaagse Kunst, Sittard, NL (together with sculptor Peter Buggenhout); Family Portrait, Gallery Sariev Contemporary, Plovdiv; The Good Machines, Gallery Credo Bonum, Sofia. 

His solo exhibitions have also been presented at the galleries Gerhard Hofland and Rutger Brandt in Amsterdam. 

His works were displayed in numerous group exhibitions, including Object Love, Morsbroch Museum, Leverkusen; Rooms of Resonance, Cloud Seven, Frederic de Goldschmidt Collection, Brussels; Background: Young artists from Plovdiv, Gallery Sariev Contemporary, Plovdiv; Listen to Us – Artistic Intelligence, Rainald Schumacher works from Deutsche Telekom collection, Plovdiv; exhibition of the nominated artists for Hermine van Bers Art Award, Old School, Leiden, The Netherlands; Necessity is the mother of invention, duo show with Pere Liobera, Horizonverticaal, Haarlem, The Netherlands; Dining with the artist, The Mesdag Collection, The Hague; HKU’s Royal Club-Dutch Painting, exhibition at the library of European Council, Brussels; Prospects and Concepts, Art Rotterdam, Van Nelle Fabriek, Rotterdam; Wonder boven Wonder, duo exhibition with Tim Breukers, gallery Van de Weghe, Antwerp; Exhibition of the artists nominated for the Royal Award for Modern Painting at the Royal Palace, Amsterdam. Dimitar Ganchev's works have been presented at art fairs such as Art Rotterdam, Liste Art Fair Basel and others. 

Genchev has received various awards and scholarships from the Mondriaan Fund foundation, awards for painting: the Buning Brongers Award in the Netherlands, the National Competition of Allianz Bulgaria, the Painting Award from Young Bulgarian artists and the Gaudenz B. Ruf Award.