PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY
         Born in Sofia, on 7 August 1943.
         1969 - graduated the Academy of Fine Arts "Nikolai Pavlovich" - Sofia.
                   Major: Art of Painting, the class of Prof. Nenko Balkanski
PEDAGOGICAL EXPERIENCE
         1972-1973 - Secondary School of Fine Arts, Sofia, full time lecturer,
                            appointed upon a competition
         1973-1976 - Higher Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering-
                            full time lecturer, appointed upon a competition
         1976-1990 freelance artist
         1990-1993 - invited as a part- time lecturer at the Higher Institute
                            of Architecture and Civil Engineering
         1993-1997 - The First Private Academy of Fine Arts "Joul Paskin",
                           Sofia, invited to take the position of a Chief Artistic Manager
         1997-1998 - Establishment and management of "Studio 19", Sofia
         1998-1999 - Slavonic University, Sofia, " The Art of the Book"
                           Department - invited and appointed as a full time associated professor
         Since 2001 - the University of Veliko Turnovo "Sv.Sv. Kiril & Metodius",
                            Faculty of Fine Arts,
         Department "Painting" -appointed upon a competition as a full time professor.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
            A. BULGARIA
         1979 - Gallery "G.Rakovski" Union of Bulgarian Artists {UBA},painting, Sofia
         1979 - Gallery "G.Rakovski" Union of Bulgarian Artists {UBA},painting, Sofia
         1980 - 1979 - Gallery "G.Rakovski" Union of Bulgarian Artists {UBA},painting,Sofia
         1982 - Gallery "Ruski"2 Union of Bulgarian Artists {UBA},graphics, Sofia
         1984 - Gallery " Shipka" 6 Union of Bulgarian Artists {UBA},painting, Sofia
         1987 - Gallery " Shipka" 6 Union of Bulgarian Artists {UBA}, painting/ graphics,Sofia
         1988 - "Autumn Saloons" Union of Bulgarian Artists {UBA},
                    painting, Plovdiv, The Old Town
         1989 - Gallery "Ruski"2 Union of Bulgarian Artists {UBA},painting, Sofia
         1990 - City Gallery of Arts, painting/ drawings, Gabrovo
         1990 - City Gallery of Arts "K.Ficheto", painting/ drawings, Drianovo
         1991 - Gallery "Vitosha" graphics, Sofia
         1992 - City Gallery of Arts, graphics, Rousse
         1993 - Gallery "Alexander" graphics, Sofia
         1994 - City Gallery of Arts, graphics/ pastels/ drawings, Sofia
         1996 - Museum "The Old School" graphics/ drawings, Triavna
         1998 - City Gallery of Arts, painting, Sofia
         2001 - Gallery "R.Alexiev", competitive exhibition for the title
                   "Professor", painting/ graphics, Sofia
         2002 - Gallery "Wazrazhdane", painting/ graphics, Plovdiv, The Old Town
B.OVERSEAS
         1987 - Gallery "Micro-Oosterhout" Holland
         1988 - Gallery "Gemeindegalerie"- Hilvarenbeek, Holland
         1988 - Gallery "Merwedeziekenhuis"- Dordrecht, Holland
         1988 - Gallery "Pictura" - Dordrecht " Holland
         1988 - Gallery "De Hof" - Amersfoort, Holland
         1988 - Gallery "Olievaar" - Uithoorn, Holland
         1988 - Gallery "Gemeindegalerie" - Rheden, Holland
         1992 - The City Theater, graphics - Duseldorf, Germany
         1993 - Gallery {to the artists' group}, graphics, Landshut, Germany
         1998 - Gallery "Cité des Arts", graphics, Paris, France
        JOINT EXHIBITIONS
A. NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
         As a member of the BUA he has taken part in almost every initiative of the Union.
         B. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
         1978, 1981, 1987 - Triennial of the painting - Wrozlav, Poland
         1983, 1985, 1987, 1990, 2001 - Biennial of the graphics - Varna, Bulgaria
         1984 - Autumn Saloon - Paris, France
         1985 - Triennial of graphics - Ljublin, Slovakia
         1985,1987 - Biennial of the "Humor and Satire", Gabrovo, Bulgaria
         1985, 1988, 1996 - Triennial of the painting - Sofia, Bulgaria
         1986 - Biennial of the graphics - Krakow, Poland
         1988 - Participation in the First World Cultural Olympiad in Seoul, South Korea
         1989 - 2-nd International Festival of Engraving "East Countries" - Menton, France
         1990 - graphics , Biela, Italy
         1990 - graphics, India
         1995 - graphics, Switzerland
         2001 - National Library, graphics, Prague, Czechia
         2001 - Gallery "Lesedra", Project - Bulgarian-Japanese Graphics,
                    Museum of Forin Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
AWARDS 
         2005 - National award for painting "Zahari Zograff"
         2001 - The award of "St.St. Cyril and Methodius" Fondation- 11-th
                   International Biennial of the graphics, Varna
         1998 - Honorary Diploma by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria
                   for contribution to the development and promotion of the Bulgarian culture
         1996 - Award for painting - International Triennial of Painting in Sofia
         1996 - Grand Prix for the annual exhibition of the UBA
         1987 - 2-nd place for graphics - International Biennial of the Humor and Satire,Gabrovo
         1986 - Grand Prix for Painting to the name of "Vladimir Dimitrov - The Master",UBA
         1984 - 2-nd place (figures) - exhibition of illustrations, UBA
         1980 - 2-nd place for drawing, UBA
DONATIONS
         1. National Donation Fund "13 Centuries Bulgaria" (the Museum in Triavna)
             340 graphicsand paintings
         2. National Gallery of Arts, Bulgaria
         3. Sofia City Gallery of Arts, Bulgaria
         4. Gallery "Zlatu Bojadzhiev", Plovdiv, The Old Town, Bulgaria
         5. City Gallery of Arts, Varna, Bulgaria
         6. City Gallery of Arts, Dobrich, Bulgaria
SOME OF HIS WORKS ARE POSSESSED BY:
         National Gallery of Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
         Sofia City Gallery of Arts
         The Galleries in Plovdiv, Blagoevgrad, Varna, Dobrich, Stara Zagora, Sliven,
         Dimitrovgrad, Gabrovo, Triavna, Targovishte, Kardzhali, Veliko Turnovo-, Bulgaria
         Petere Ludwig's collection of Bulgarian art in Colon, Germany
         Graphical collection - Duseldorf, Germany
         Museum of Modern Arts in Berlin, Germany
         Museum of Modern Arts in Seoul, South Korea
         The collection of the City Council in Dordreht, Holland                                       ©
         Private collectors in Bulgaria and abroad.
        1995 - presented by an individual article in the latest 34-volume of World
    Peint        Encyclopedia for Fine Arts "Macmillan" - London.                                    Top