Dimitar Lukanov was born on February 23, 1969 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. An American citizen since 2003, he studied art on full scholarship in Paris and New York receiving his MFA from Columbia University in 1997. He is the recipient of numerous grants including: Pollack Krasner, David-Weill funding, Soros Open Society, Skowhegan Fellowship, ArtCultureStudio, Geneva, Switzerland, Medal for Sculpture, First International Sculpture Symposium, Mexico and Invited Artist International Art Fair, Shanghai and Moscow, ExpressArte, Mexico. He is member of the Chilean Association of Painters and Sculptors. In 2012, Dimitar Lukanov was commissioned the inception, creation and execution of JFK Terminal 4 major sculpture commission which inaugurated June 2014 in New York. The installation of Dimitar Lukanov’s completed ensemble of three monumental sculptures - Voice of Tomorrow, History of Time and Outside Time - marks an important moment in the major redevelopment of JFK Terminal 4 as it continues its expansion to accommodate estimated 16 million passengers per year.