Born 19 February 1943 in the village of Malomir, Yambol region, Bulgaria.
Graduates the Academy of Fine Arts in 1970. Specialises in Illustration under the supervision of prof. Peter Chuklev.
Regular participant in general art exhibitions and the activities of the Union of Bulgarian Painters.
His works include oil paintings, engravings and illustrations.
ONE MAN SHOWS
1975 – Paris, Bulgarian Embassy
1981 – Switzerland, Au Virage Gallery
1983 – Yambol, Papazov Gallery
1983 – Vienna, Wittgenstein House
1984 – Sofia, Shipka 6 Gallery
1984 – Switzerland, Au Virage Gallery
1987 – Berlin, Bulgarian Cultural Centre
1987 – Warsaw, Bulgarian Cultural Centre
1989 – Paris, Delonet Gallery
1989 – Switzerland, Poan Gallery, Lozanne
1990 – Moscow, Bulgarian Cultural Centre
1992 – Sofia, St. St. Cyril and Methodius Foundation
1993 – Sofia, Hall 6, The National Palace of Culture
1996 – Luxembourg, 88 gallery
1997 – Sofia, The National Palace of Culture
1998 – Bourgas, Nessy Gallery
1999 – Sofia, Stulbata Gallery
1999 – Bourgas, Bourgas Gallery
He has taken part in general representative exhibitions of contemporary Bulgarian art in Washington, New York, Amsterdam, Mexico, Japan, Munich, etc.
He has participated in international engravings biennials in Krakow, Baden Baden, Mileuse, Lubljana, Sao Paolo, Berlin, etc.
AWARDS
National Award for Oil Painting Zachary Zograf
International Award for Engraving – Intergraphica – Berlin
Union of Bulgarian Painters Award for Oil Painting Vladimir Dimitrov Maistora
Award for Drawing Iliya Beshkov
Award for Oil Painting Zlatyo Boyadzhiev
His paintings have been purchased by the Nathional Art Gallery, Sofia Art Gallery, Pushkin Museum Moscow – engravings collection, Lieudwig Collection, Germany, as well as by private collectors from France, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, The U. S. A., Norway, etc.
Professor at the Academy for Fine Arts. Lives and works in Sofia.