The Team

Vesco Velev was born in 1956 in Karnare.

In 1985, he graduated from the Sofia National Academy of Arts, 
majoring in "Painting" in the class of Prof. Ivan Kirkov.
Member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists.

His works have been presented at a number of solo exhibitions in Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna,
Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Pleven, Troyan.

He gained international fame from the exhibitions in France (Tour de Purdnon), 
Germany (Hndwerk), Netherlands (Pependreht), Museum of Modern Art, Japan, Croatia, Dubai,
Turkey.

"...Inspired by the medieval Eastern Orthodox fresco and icon, by the stained glass windows
in the Gothic cathedrals, by the ancient Egyptian art,
by the folk primitive or the metamorphoses of the primitivist image in Western European
modern art, the artist shows a special sense for the material incarnations of the spiritual,
for the "soul" of the material , of the object bearing the traces of human presence…”

Irina Genova                              

Mincho Panayotov was born in 1944 in the village of Panaretovtsi, Sliven region. 
Lives and works in Plovdiv.

Graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Veliko Tarnovo
"St. St. Cyril and Methodius" under Prof. Vasil Stoilov. He works in the
genres of painting, graphics, illustration.

In 1971 - 1972 he was a curator at the Sliven Art Gallery.
In the period 1974-1987, he worked as the head of the "decorative painting,
graphics and sculpture" department at the City Art Gallery, Plovdiv.
He was a part-time teacher at Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv,
at the private college "Delta", etc.

He is a member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists and the Society of Plovdiv Artists.
He is the founder of Creative Association "26-5".

Mincho Panayotov has held over 45 solo exhibitions in Bulgaria and abroad,
actively participates in international, national and regional exhibitions.
His works are owned by the National Art Gallery-Sofia, the City Art Gallery-Plovdiv,
the Museum of Fine Arts "M.A. Vrubel" - Omsk, Russia, etc., as well as many galleries and
private collections in the country and: Austria, France, England, Germany, Russia, Italy,
Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Hungary, Denmark, USA, Netherlands, Greece, Japan, Norway, etc.

Yordan Kisyov was born in 1945, in the village of Bisertsi, Razgrad region, Bulgaria.

1964 - Graduated from the Art High School in Sofia
1972 - graduated from the University of Veliko Tarnovo "St. Cyril and Methodius"
- specialty "Mural painting"
From 1972 until today,he participated in all national exhibitions in the country and
representative and collective exhibitions of the Union of Bulgarian Artists in:
Mexico, France, USA, Russia,Italy, Egypt, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Poland, Hungary,
India, Germany etc.
Winner of the national award "Vladimir Dimitrov - Master".

INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS:

1977 – Silistra Art Gallery
1978 - Exhibition hall - Varna
1980 - Art Gallery - Stara Zagora
1982 – Silistra Art Gallery
1983 - Gallery "Shipka" 6 /SBH/ - Sofia
1984 - Nicosia and Larnaca - Cyprus
- Budapest, Hungary
1985 - Exhibition hall - Varna
1987 - International Painting Biennale - Szczecin - Poland
1988 - Art Gallery - Silistra
        - Art gallery - Shumen
        - Exhibition hall - Veliko Tarnovo
        - Interart - Poland
1990 - Gallery "Shipka" 6 /SBH/ - Sofia
     - Art Gallery - Ruse
1991 - Gallery "Art-36" - Sofia
1992 - "Fatherland" Gallery - Sofia
1993 - Art Gallery - Novi Pazar
        - "Stella" Gallery - Silistra
1994 - "Druster" Gallery - Silistra
1995 - Anniversary exhibition - Sofia City Art Gallery
        - Silistra Art Gallery
1996 - Art Gallery - Ruse and Targovishte
1997 – Silistra Art Gallery
        - Exhibition hall ul. Aleksandrovska" 22 - Burgas
        - "NavilArt" Gallery - Varna
1998 - Museum of Visual Arts - Galats - Romania
        - Art Museum - Constanta - Romania
        - Museum of the Earth - city of Slobozia - Romania
        - "Lower Danube" Museum - Culerash - Romania
        - "Fordock" Foundation - Culerash - Romania
     - National Palace of Culture - Sofia
1999 - "BulArt" Gallery - Varna
      - Art Gallery – Silistra
        - "DESPRED" Gallery - Slavyanka St. 2 - Sofia

2000 - Gallery "Shipka" 6 /SBH/ - Sofia
2001 - "Arcadia" gallery - city of Slobozia - Romania
        - Museum of Visual Arts - city of Galats - Romania
        - "Lower Danube" Museum - Culerash - Romania
        - European Cultural Center - "Casa Keramichi" gallery - Sinaia - Romania
2002 - "The Recycled Gallery" - Silistra - National Biennial of Small Forms - Pleven

2003 - Art Gallery "prof. Ilia Petrov" - Razgrad
        - "BulArt" Gallery - Varna
        - Curatorial project "10x5x3" - gallery "Shipka 6" SBH - Sofia
        - Exhibition "Contemporary Bulgarian Art" - Moscow - Russia
2004 - Museum of Visual Arts - Galats - Romania
        - Balkan Quadrennial of Painting - Stara Zagora
        - National Biennial of Small Forms - Pleven

2005 - "Raiko Alexiev" Gallery - Sofia
2007 - "Retrospective Exhibition" - Silistra Art Gallery
2008 - National Biennial of Small Forms - Pleven
        - International Biennale - "August in Art" - Varna