Bulgarian Sculptors and Sculpture

• Bulgarian Art Gallery-Lyubomir Dobrev "Lyubomir Dobrev was born on 2 June 1956 in Koubrat, Bulgaria. Graduated from the Academy Arts, Department of Sculpture. He is a leading designer at the DIAMANT Ltd. - Razgrad. He makes sculptures of bronze and Porcelain.  Participation in exhibitions: Sofia, Varna, Plovdiv, Rousse, Moscow. One-man shows: - Razgrad - 1988, Dobrich - 1989, Istanbul - Turkey - 1992. His works are in possession of the National Art Gallery and other galleries throughout the country. He is a winner of two gold medals from the International Plovdiv Fair(1989 - 1991) for design of the DIAMANT Ltd. collections."  Visit his Gallery
  
  
• Modern Bulgarian Sculpture, Petar Petrov, Marble "Petar Petrov was born on January 9, 1960 in the town of Omurtag, Bulgaria. He graduated the Veliko Turnovo university "St. Cyril and Methodius" in 1989 as a sculptor.  He works mainly in the field of stone plastic. Marble is his favorite working material. One man show: Sofia 1992, Varna 1994/95. Petar Petrov works could be seen in private collections in Bulgaria, Switzerland, Germany, Norway and Great Britain"  Hosted by Art Club Micronic - "This club is created and supported by MICRONIC - a leading Bulgarian ISP. Our task is to bring the real art close to the millions of Internet users and make the Web a little bit more artistic place."
  
  
• Rossen Staneov Art Studio offers diverse sculpture realisations in bronze, wood, stone, marble, plaster and metal. Range of works varies from  garden to miniature sculpture. We have plenty of links with renowned Bulgarian sculptures. And yet we offer services including private foundry for jeweller to monument sculpture at exclusively reasonable prices. For more information refer to: E-mail: rsart@ardes.vega.bg  or phone +359 52 222 492" "Born on 4th September 1958 in Varna. Works in the field of sculpture, painting, computer art and photography. He awarded a gold medal for sculpture in 1984. His works are in possession of galleries and private collections in Bulgaria, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Switzerland and the U.S. Rossen Stanoev lives and works in Varna. "
  
  
• Christo & Jeanne-Claude Home Page "Shared Birthday June 13, 1935  - Christo: Born Christo Javacheff, Gabrovo, of a Bulgarian industrialist family. Jeanne-Claude: Born Jeanne-Claude de Guillebon, Casablanca of a French military family.
  
  
• Georghiu Tchapkenov, Sculptor This site is under construction. St-Ives.Net is the group putting up the online gallery.  Their purpose is "We are forming an international group of artists showing our works without regard to academical theories of the time: selected-art will show good quality visual art; unlike commercial sites which show work of any artist who submits material. We are compiling a list of international artists based on the quality of their work selected from exhibitions and publications on a world-wide basis. For information about joining click here."
  
  
• Glass Gallery - Krasimir Raikov "Date of Birth:  5th April, 1962, Place of Birth: the town of Chepelare, Bulgaria.  Higher Education: National Academy of Fine Arts in the city of Sofia, Bulgaria;  Major in Sculpture;  Graduated in 1997 with a master of Art degree"
  
  
• Strahil Neikov "Strahil Neikov born 6.10.1961 1989 - Graduated the National Academy of Fine Arts - Graphic Arts.  Works in the field of Graphic Arts, etching, woodengraving, watercolours and sculpture. Took part in many art and cartoon exhibitions. Four of his work art bought by The National Gallery of Bulgaria." strahil@ttm.bg
  
  
• Art.bg: Bulgarian art - Fine Art, Applied Arts, Icons, Photography, Folk, Art Galleries, Theatre, Architecture "art.bg is the first site dedicated to art and culture in Bulgaria. Our goal is to provide topical and easy to use information about the cultural life in Bulgaria, to popularize Bulgaria as a country with rich and ancient cultural traditions and to advertise contemporary artists as well." (art.bg's section on Fine Arts/Sculpture is not open yet, but www.art.bg presents Pavel Kostadinov, wood carver)
  
  
• Bulgaria.com - Art (I hope they will expand their sculptors' section and add more galleries.  One gallery shown with just a photo is MAKTA.   Unfortunately, their Events page is empty.)
  
  
  • Bora Nikolaeva Petkova Bora Nikolaeva Petkova was born on 16th of September 1979 in the city of Varna. She is studying in the School of Arts in Varna under Krasen Berbenkov supervision. She has taken part in several general exhibitions in Bulgaria. She is oriented in color painting and sculpture. Sculptures
    
    
  • Evgeni Kuzmanov "You have now the chance to be the owner of some of the Evgueni's sculpted figures." Sculpture Red eagle
    
    
  • Ilia Mitev Petkov "Ilia Mitev Petkov, born 3,13,45 in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, graduated as PHDFA in 1971 at the Nicola Pavlovich Fine Arts University Sofla- Although his major is graphics and illustration, Petkov masters stained glass, Eastern Orthodox icons and fresco, mix-media, metal galvanization, concrete and ceramic monumental arts."
    
    
• Gallery Irida 27 Gen.Gurko Str.,Sofia 1000, BULGARIA Tel. (359 2) 980 10 04, Fax (359 2) 980 06 11 E-mail iridaart@einet.bg
  
  
  • Sculpture Gallery - Stefan Lyutakov, Gheorghi Chapkanov, Anghel Stanev.
    
    
• The Bulgarian Art
  
  
  • Sculpture - Brass Bogomil Jivkov San Stefano Str. 23A, Sofia - 1504
    Phone: 441 556, 815 705, at. 23 61 80  Email:webman@sun.iccs.bas.bg
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• Maximilian Kirov "Since the beginning of the 1980's, he has fulfilled the role of Senior Art Advisor and Director of the Fine Arts' Department at the Institute (Institute of Art Awareness attached to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences ). Since 1986, he has headed the Directorate of International Exhibitions and State Art Galleries in Bulgaria under the wing of the Ministry of Culture. Since 1990, he has been the Director of the prestigious commercial Vitosha Gallery."
  
  
• Soros Center for the Arts "The Soros Center for the Arts - Sofia is a non-governmental organization registered under the Persons and Family Act by a decision of the Sofia City Court on Company Act No 2098/1990. It was established to support the development of a new environment for contemporary Bulgarian art and culture. The Center supports and initiates projects that embody the values of the open society, encourage free contacts among artists and institutions internationally, and stimulate new, contemporary and different tendencies. The center supports projects of Bulgarian citizens or organizations, active in the arts and culture. It collaborates closely with the Open Society Foundation. "
  
  
• Sculpture at Art.Tetra.Bg (Under construction with no email, if someone sees this site working, send me a note and I will update their entry.)
  
  
• Welcome to Bulgaria Travel Guide !
  
  
  • Art Gallery (A blank slate so far, as far as sculpture and sculptors.  Nice site)
    
    
  • Bulgarian Churches (Very nice links to many Bulgarian Churches)
    
    
  • Tryanvna "The Tryavna school of painting and carving (17th century) takes its beginnings from Vikentii (Vitan) Karchev who studied painting at Mt.Athos. He was the ancestor of a talented succession of painters and wood-carvers who for generations- until the 19th century -- perfected the arts of icon-painting and carving with great imagination, a fine sense of sculpture and a feeling for decoration."
    
    
• Polynet Art Gallery "Our gallery presents prominent Bulgarian authors in the field of fine arts, sculpture and photography, as well as could connect you with famous galleries throughout the world. We also enable the young authors to find their public throught the unlimited possibilities of Internet. nstoev@polynet.bg"
  
  
  • Nikolai Stoev - Exhibition
    
    
• Student Computer Art Society "Student Computer Art Society /SCAS/ is a national student non-profit, non-governmental association. Its main activities are 1/ Organizing forums; 2/ Supporting youth projects; 3/ Information exchange; 4/ Partnership with governmental and non-governmental institutions. SCAS has been established in 1990 and involves student and young experts working in the field of youth information processing, computer arts, technology and modern arts, etc. SCAS is a national association and has divisions in 7 towns in Bulgaria and in 9 universities. We are co-founder and member of the National Youth Council of Bulgaria and board of National Student House. Also we are partners of all the state institutions working on youth problems.
  
  
• Bulgarian Sculpture and Plastic Arts (Incomplete site.  A link to Christo. Needs work)
  
  
• Triada Art Gallery (could not make connection. Keep trying)
  
  
• Dutch Sculptors' Association (some Bulgarian Sculptors)
  

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• National Assembly of Republic of Bulgaria
  
  
• United States Embassy, Sophia "Other advances were the cultural and scientific exchange agreement signed during the June 1977 visit by the late Chairman of the Committee for Art and Culture, Lyudmila Zhivkova."
  
  
• Bulgarian Studies Association
  
  
• CIPDP - Chamber of Intellectual Property Development and Protection (Sophia)
  
  
  • Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act Notes on copyright law (including sculpture).
    
    

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• Dir.bg - The Full Collection of Bulgarian Web sites !!! Chat, Free web hosting, Free Advertising and more and more
  
  
• Wonderland Bulgaria (No specific section on sculpture, but a quick and clear site.  I think they will do well). omda@ttm.bg
  
  
  • The Bulgarians' land
  • The people of Bulgaria
    
    

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• Sozopol "A small town at the Black Sea coast.The oldest Hellenic colony on the Black sea shore was founded back in the 7th century BC on a small peninsula. The city was called Apollonia. Today, lots of well conserved monuments are telling stories about the rich past and the tremendous culture of Sozopol. It's most of all, a majestic temple of Apollo, with an impressive statue of the god, made of bronze by Kalamis - one of the most famous sculptors of Athens in the 5th century BC. "
  
  
• Facing Stone "The natural facing rock material we are presenting here is well-known and is applied in four continents of the world in the architectural designs of banks, governmental buildings, trade centres, temples, etc. It is used not only for exterior and interior wall cladding but for flooring as well, being highly durable, resistant to atmospheric attack and practically maintenance free.  In eight quarries in North-western Bulgaria are obtained “Vratsa” Limestone limestone, travertine - “Mushelkalk” and natural breccia conglomerate - “Balkanred”" omda@ttm.bg