Dimitar Lukanov (Bulgarian: Димитър Луканов, born February 23, 1969, Plovdiv, Bulgaria - died October 15, 2023, ) was an internationally renowned Bulgarian-American artist.
In 1982 Dimitar Lukanov chaired the World's Children Parliament in the Nicholas Roerich-inspired International Assembly "Banner of Peace" in Sofia with 135 countries participating.
In 2003 Dimitar was selected among the Top 100 alumni of all times of the 90-year-old Parsons The New School University of Design among the likes of Jasper Johns, Edward Hopper, Norman Rockwell, Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs and others.
He was a consultant visual artist doing sculpture and painting murals with NYC Department of Education Special Programs[7] and his students' work was exhibited at the Staten Island Children's Museum.
[9] Commissioned and executed in the lost-wax technique in 2006, "Light to Sky" is a major public art sculpture project at International Arrivals, Terminal 4,[10] at Kennedy Airport, New York.