Finansier, Manager and Curator

Maria Argirova was born in Plovdiv in 1973. She lives and works in Plovdiv. She graduated from Veliko Tarnovo University "St. Cyril and Methodius" in 2003, majoring in "Finance", PU "Paisiy Hilendarski", majoring in "Accounting and Control" and National Academy of Arts, Sofia - Art Studies "Contemporary and Modern Art" - Prof. Svilen Stefanov and Prof. Chavdar Popov.

Experience :

Maria Argirova worked for 25 years in the field of private business and banking 
as a financial consultant, chief accountant and business manager. 
In 2015, he discovered the plastic artistic expression of carving and made it his mission to
spread this technique in Bulgaria. A characteristic feature of her work is the conceptual idea,
presented as a polyphony between different genres - music, opera, literature and visual arts.
Maria believes that the multi genre approach is the only resonance that would bring the 
audience to "spiritual unity" with art and the artist.

Events and exhibitions:

- 2016 "Fire Through the Ages" Winning Project - Trapped Quarter of Creative Industries 
Foundation 2019 - 10 live events and over 120 children participated in carving training

- 2016. Night of the Museums - Ethnographic Museum, Plovdiv

- 2017 International Children's Day and closing event of the "Fire Through the Ages" project 
Stambolian House Ancient Plovdiv. The event is organized jointly with OI Starinen Plovdiv.

- 2017 Participation in the International multi-genre festival "Forest Resonance"
 at the invitation of the Resonance Gallery, Plovdiv
- 2017 National Campaign "Play of lights in baroque reflections" - main goal popularization
of carving in Bulgaria, education and development of children's creative potential through
the expressive means of art.

   - PGO " Stanka Nikolitsa Spaso-Elenina " city of Razgrad
   - Nesho Bonchev Elementary School, Panagyurishte
   - Svetlina " Skutare village - Plovdiv district
   - Community center "Izgrev - 1927" Count Ignatievo - Plovdiv region
   - Elementary school "Kliment Ohridski" Skutare village, Plovdiv region

- 2017 Cultural Manager and Curator - Exhibition "An Evening of French Sensibility" 
Gallery "Filippopolis", Plovdiv - artists Lili Kyuchukova, Elitsa Gigova and Dinko Nenov

- 2017 Cultural Manager and Curator - Exhibition "Dance of the Senses" -
House-Museum "Pancho Vladigerov", Sofia - with the participation
of the opera singer Irina Mihailova.

- 2018 Applied for and won a $10,000 per month Google Ads grant - grant funding for the 
Art Through the Ages Foundation's advertising activity.

- 2020 - Approved Project "Resonance of the senses" under the Civic Activity Component
of the Municipality of Plovdiv. A project that reveals the secret of carving and music 
as an influence and therapy for modern society. Its associative impact,
visualized through the expressive means of painting.
- 2020 - Cultural Manager and host of the Christmas exhibition "A Christmas Tale 2020" - 
Online exhibition at the "Savov" Gallery.
- 2021 - Annual Exhibition 2020 of the Savov Gallery in partnership with the 
Art Through the Ages Foundation.

- 2021 - Manager and organizer of the Contemporary Art Biennale-Plovdiv.
- 2022 - Curator of "Painting and encaustic" - an exhibition of Stamen Karamfilov 
in the "Ivan Vazov" Primary School in Old Plovdiv

- 2023 - Curator of "The First 7 - Contemporary Visual Forms of the Balkans",

exhibition at the Consulate General of the Republic of Bulgaria in Bitola,
Republic of Macedonia

- 2023 - Curator "The light in me - painting and encaustic, Stamen Karamfilov",
Uni Credit Studio, Sofia.