| 1953 - Born in Batak, BG. STUDIES
1972 - Art High School - Sofia, BG.
1979 - National Academy of Fine Arts - Sofia, BG.
(Master of Arts)
1993 - Study grant on Marble Sculpturing techniques
at the Academy of Fine Arts - Carrara, Italy
1998 - Academy of Fine Arts - Carrara, Italy, (Diploma)
ACTIVITY AS A TEACHER
-1979 - 1994 Professor Sculpture Chair - Academy of Fine Arts - Sofia, BG.
-2001 Professor of Sculpture - Academy of Fine Arts - Carrara, Italy - National Academy of Fine Arts , Sofia " Part-time Lecturer "
ACTIVITY
- Member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists , Sofia.
-1983-1987 Member of the Directive Committee of the Union of Bulgarian Artists Sofia.
-Member of the Union Artists "CarrArte" Carrara, Italy
-Member of the Union Artists "Asart" - Pietrasanta, Italy -Member of Society Piemonte Arte - Torino, Italy - Member of Royal British Society of Sculptors ( RBS ) - U.K.
AWARDS 2007 - Finalist in the : Peer Gynt Competition Norway
2001 - Prize "Silver Florin" for Sculpture
"Prize of Florence" - Palazzo Vecchio, Florence - Italy
2001 - Prize for Sculpture
"Prize of Italy", Capraia Fiorentina (FI) - Italy
2000 - First Prize for Sculpture
"Prize of Italy", Certaldo (FIorence) - Italy
1999 - Prize for Sculpture
"Bronze Florin" "Prize of Florence" - Palazzo Vecchio, Florence - Italy
1998 - First Prize for Sculpture
"Grolla d'Oro '98", Venegazzu (TV) - Italy
1998 - Prize: A Silver Plate "Premio Sulmona '98", Sulmona (AQ) - Italy
1998 - First Prize for Monumental Sculpture
International Exhibition "Etruriarte '98", Venturina (LI)- Italy
1997 - Great Prize of Public International Symposium of Sculpture, Montbrison - France
1997 - First Prize for Sculpture "Premio Parmarte '97" - Montmartre Gallery, Parma - Italy
1995 - Prize - Emilia Romagna, Fanano (mo) - Italy
1995 - First Prize
International Symposium of Sculpture, Montbrison - France
1988 - Second Prize
International Symposium of Sculpture, Fanano (mo) - Italy PARTICIPATION AT INTERNATIONAL BIENNALS OF ARTS 1984 - Danzig Poland
1986 - Danzig Poland
1995 - La Valletta Malta
2001 - Toyamura Japan
2002 - Fregene Roma-Italy
2003 - Toyamura Japan 2007 - Sirmione, Lake of Garda - Italy 2007 - Toyamura, Japan 2008 - Carrara , Italy
PARTICIPATION AT INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF SCULPTURE
1981 - Bourgas, Bulgaria
1983 - Ruzhbahi, Slovakia
1985 - Berlin, Germany
1988 - Fanano (MO) Second Prize, Italy
1994 - Teulada, Italy
1994 - Trani, Italy
1995 - Fanano (MO),"Prize EmiliaRomagna "Italy
1995 - Montbrison, First Prize France
1996 - Ohgungri (Chonju), South Korea
1997 - Montbrison, Great Prize of Public France
1997 - Carrara, Italy
1999 - Hualien, Taiwan
1999 - S. Jean de Maurienne, France
2000 - La Norma, France
2000 - Yuzi Paradise (Guilin), China
2002 - Brusque (St. Catherine), Brasil
2004 - Buyukcekmece (Istanbul), Turkey
2004 - Yuzi Paradise (Guilin), China
2005 - Dubai, Arab Emirates
2007 - Hualien, Taiwan 2008 - Mersin , Turkey
WORKS IN PERMANENT EXHIBITION YueYuanYuan Art Gallery , Shangai, China
Rose Garden Park, Taipei , Taiwan
Art Park Yuzi Paradise, Guilin , China
National Art Gallery Sofia , Bulgaria
City Art Gallery : Sofia , Dobritch, Plovdiv , Bourgas, Pleven , Shoumen , Montana , Lovetch - Bulgaria .
Fontanarosa Museum, Italy
Stone Museum Hualien - Taiwan PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN :
Italy , Japan , U.S.A. , China , Taiwan , Denmark , France , Germany , Bulgaria , Switzerland .
MONUMENTAL WORKS IN PUBLIC PLACES
- GERMANY : Berlin
- ITALY :Milano. Fanano (MO). Teulada (Sardegna). Trani . Carrara (MS)
St. Vincenzo (Livorno). Zanica (Bergamo). N.U.R.C.- NATO -La Spezia
- BRASIL: Santa Caterina
- U.S.A. : Beverly Hills ,
Scotch Plains (New Jersey)
- SLOVAKIA : Ruzhbahi
- FRANCE : Chateau de Goutelas , Montbrison. La Norma . Paris
- BULGARIA :Sofia, Jeliazna, Batak, Burgas, Dospat
- SOUTH KOREA :Ohogungri (Chonju)
- TAIWAN :Hualien , Yung Shian (Taipei)
- CHINA : Yuzi Paradise (Guilin), Shanghai
- TURKEY: Buyukcekmece (Istanbul), Mersin.
- UNITED ARAB EMYRATES : Dubai | | EXHIBITIONS 2008 -Nothing but Sculpture - Carrara, Italy 2007 - Project for Monumental sculpture: Peer Gynt Competition - Norway
2007 - Monumental sculpture Commission for: ChinPaoSan Group - China
2006 - Commission for : Sculpture Park, Shangai- China
2006 - The sculpture Carrara Italy
2005 - Monumental sculpture Commission for Yuzi Paradise Sculpture park - Guilin , China
2005 - Monumental sculpture Commission for ChinPaoSanGroup, Shangai , China
2005 - Asart Pietrasanta - Italy
2005 - Foundation ARKAD Seravezza-Italy 2004 - Rose Garden Project, Yung Shian, Taipei - Taiwan
2004 - BYOB - Meetings of art, Pietrasanta - Italy
2004 - Urban Sculpture Project, Shanghai Pudong - China
2004 - Museum Fontanarosa, Fontanarosa (AV) - Italy
2003 - Project for Sculpture, Airport of Pei-Hu - Taiwan
2003 - Altar and Baptismal Font Church of St. St. Mark and Gregory, Milan - Italy
2003- Monument in honor to the " Carabiniere " Zanica (Bergamo) -Italy
2003 - Yuzi Paradise International Sculpture Awards - China
2002 - Asia Art Center Gallery, Taipei - Taiwan
2002 - International biennale of sculpture "Museum Azure Planet" Fregene, Roma - Italy
2002 - "Il Salotto Gallery", Como - Italy
2002 - Foundation "Arkad" - Studio Artco, Seravezza - Italy
2002 - Foundation "Arkad" - Exhibition " 50 percent " Seravezza - Italy
2002 - "Asart" - Chiostro di Sant'Agostino, Pietrasanta - Italy
2001 - Prize of Florence - Palazzo Vecchio, Florence - Italy (Prize "Silver Florin" for Sculpture)
2001 - Exhibition of Contemporary Artists", Pavia - Italy
2001 - "New Century" - International Exhibition of Sculpture, Hualien - Taiwan
2001 - "Some Days of Art", Carrara (MS) - Italy
2001 - Prize of Italy (Prize for Sculpture) Capraia Fiorentina (FI) - Italy
2000 - "Leonardesca" - International Center of Culture Pieve Fosciana (PT) - Italy
2000 - Prize of Sulmona, Sulmona (AQ) - Italy
2000 - Prize of Italy (First Prize for Sculpture) Certaldo (FIorence) - Italy
2000 - "Some Days of Art" - Exhibition-Fair of Contemporary Art", Carrara - Italy
1999 - "Europe Art" - Reggio 2000, International Art Exhibition, Reggio E. - Italy
1999 - "Prize of Florence" - Palazzo Vecchio - (Prize for Sculpture "Bronze Florin"), Florence - Italy
1999 - Exhibition in Hualien Cultural Center, Hualien - Taiwan
1998- "Grolla d'Oro '98" (First Prize for Sculpture) Venegazzu (TV) - Italy
1998 - "Premio Sulmona '98" (Prize: A Silver Plate) Sulmona (AQ) - Italy
1998 - Etruriarte '98, International Exhibition, (First Prize for Monumental Sculpture), Venturina (LI)- Italy
1998 - Monument for the Columbus Day, Scotch Plains (New Jersey) - U.S.A.
1997 - "Personale" - Forte Crest, Milano - Italy
1997 - "Personale" - Banca Popolare of Milano, Parma - Italy
1997 - "Sirene" - Banca Popolare of Milano, Florence - Italy
1997 - "Sirene" - Forte Crest , Milano - Italy
1997 - Personale - Montmartre Gallery, Parma - Italy
1997 - Rassegna d'arte - Palazzo Roverizio, San Remo - Italy
1997 - "Premio Parmarte '97" - Montmartre Gallery ,First Prize for Sculpture, Parma - Italy
1996 - "Scultori a Colonnata" - "L. Grup" Gallery, Colonnata (Carrara) - Italy
1995 - Fair "Millapis", Milano - Italy
1994 - Exhibition "Marmi al Forte", Forte dei Marmi (LU) - Italy
1993 - "Personale", Vignola (MO) - Italy
1992 - Exhibition "Personale", Fanano (MO) - Italy
1991 - National Art Exhibition - "Shipka 6" Gallery , Sofia - Bulgaria
1990 - National Art Exhibition - "City Gallery", Montana - Bulgaria
1989 - The 8th National Exhibition of Young Artists "Shipka 6" Gallery, Sofia - Bulgaria
1989 - National Art Exhibition "Drawing and Sculpture in small form", "Sheepka 6" Gallery, Sofia - Bulgaria
1989 - Exhibition dedicated to the 7th Congress of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, "Shipka 6" Gallery, Sofia - Bulgaria
1988 - National Art Exhibition "Man and Art" "City Gallery", Plovdiv - Bulgaria
1988 - National Art Exhibition "The Human Nude" "Shipka 6" Gallery, Sofia - Bulgaria
1987 - National Art Exhibition "Sport - Competition - Art" "Shipka 6" Gallery, Sofia - Bulgaria
1986 - National Art Exhibition - "City Gallery" Pazardjik - Bulgaria
1985 - National Review of the Selection of the Art Works "Shipka 6" Gallery, Sofia - Bulgaria
1985 - National Art Exhibition of Young Artists "Shipka 6" Gallery, Sofia - Bulgaria
1985 - National Art Exhibition "100 Years since Unification of Bulgaria" - "City Gallery", Plovdiv - Bulgaria
1985 - National Art Exhibition "Sofia - city of the Peace" "Shipka 6" Gallery, Sofia - Bulgaria
1985 - National Art Exhibition "1100 Years since Metodio , Universary" - "Sheepka 6" Gallery, Sofia - Bulgaria
1984 - National Art Exhibition "Shoumen", City Gallery Shumen - Bulgaria
1984 - National Review of the Selection of the Art Works Painting - Graphics - Sculpture, "Shipka 6" Gallery Sofia - Bulgaria
1984 - National Art Exhibition, "Shipka 6" Gallery Sofia - Bulgaria
1984 - National Art Exhibition - "Shipka 6" Gallery Sofia - Bulgaria
1983 - National Art Exhibition, Pleven - Bulgaria
1983 - National Art Exhibition "Rodopa - Smolian" "City Gallery", Smolian - Bulgaria
1982 - National Art Exhibition "Earth and People" "City Gallery", Dobritch - Bulgaria
1982 - The 6th National Exhibition of Young Artists, Sofia - Bulgaria -Shipka 6 Gallery
1981 - National Art Exhibition - "Shipka 6" Gallery Sofia, Varna, Plovdiv - Bulgaria
1981 - National Art Exhibition "Review of Drawing and Sculpture in small form" - "Shipka 6" Gallery Sofia - Bulgaria
1981 - National Art Exhibition, Botevgrad - Bulgaria
1981 - National Review of the Selection of the Art Works "Painting - Graphics - Sculpture" "Shipka 6" Gallery, Sofia - Bulgaria
1980 - National Art Exhibition - Bourgas - Bulgaria
1979 - National Art Exhibition "Drawing and Sculpture in small form"- "Shipka 6" Gallery, Sofia - Bulgaria
1979 - National Art Exhibition "The Child's world" "Shipka 6" Gallery, Sofia - Bulgaria |
