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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."
- 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
- 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.
- 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 - Sculpture - Ceramics
- Sculpture
- Brass Bogomil Jivkov San Stefano Str. 23A, Sofia -
1504
- 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."
- Art Gallery (A
blank slate so far, as far as sculpture and sculptors. Nice site)
- 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"
- 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)
- 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).
- Copyright and
Neighbouring Rights Act Notes on copyright law (including sculpture).
- 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
- 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
