Rumen Tsanov
Rumen Tsanov was born on June 9, 1941 in the village of Kolemanovo, Vidin. He studied Applied Graphics (Class of Alexandar Poplilov), but dedicated himself to the movie poster. “A Peasant on a Bicycle”, “Do not go”, “Hot Snow” are just a few of the films that he has recreated graphically, and his posters are living a life of their own as work of art.
In the present exhibition Rumen Tsanov expresses himself in a genre that is relatively new for him – oil landscapes ( from the village of Great Springs ).

Ivan Kanev
Born on March 29, 1935 in Nova Zagora, Ivan Kanev graduated Applied Graphics at the Art Academy
(Class of Alexandar Poplilov).
He works mainly in painting and graphics and his favorite subject is the city landscape.
From 1965 to 2009 he participated in every General Art Exhibition of the Union of Bulgarian Artists. He has participated also in numerous exhibitions across Bulgaria – 30 of them solo and has been featured in solo exhibitions in Serbia, Poland, Hungary, Syria and Zimbabwe.
In 1963 Kanev started the Sliven museum collection. In Sofia he worked as a curator at the National Art Gallery and later, from 1985 to 1993, he was the director of the Sofia City Gallery.
His works are in the collections of the National Art Gallery, the art galleries in Pleven, Sliven, Stara Zagora, Kazanlak, Silistra, Ruse and of collectors in Bulgaria, France, Switzerland and Denmark.

Vasil Valev
Prof. Vasil Valev, born in 1934, studied Mural Painting in the National Art Academy (Class of Georgi Bogdanov).
Since 1964 he has been an active participant in the artistic life of the country, as well as in exhibitions representing Bulgaria abroad. He has organized solo exhibitions in Bulgaria, Baghdad (Iraq) and Bogota
(Columbia).
Prof. Valev applies mainly watercolor and gouache techniques.
He has received numerous awards, including the prize of the Union of Bulgarian Artists for landscape and still life and the award “Nikola Marinov” for watercolor. He was awarded a diploma of 4th International Biennial of Painting in Kosice, Slovakia.
His paintings are in the collections of the National Art Gallery and a number of galleries across the country, as well as private collections at home and abroad – Germany, France, Russia, Slovenia, Turkey, Finland and Vietnam.

Bogomil Zhivkov
Born in Pernik in 1946, Bogomil Zhivkov graduated in Sculpture from the National Art Academy. He works in the field of easel and monumental sculpture.
He has held exhibitions in Bulgaria, Germany, United Kingdom and Japan, and also participated in numerous group exhibitions in Bulgaria, France, Switzerland, Poland, Romania, Italy and Portugal.
In 1974 Bogomil Zhivkov was awarded the First Prize at the International Symposium of Sculpture in stone – Burgas.

Tzvetan Timoteev
Born in Gamzovo, in Vidin District, Tzvetan Timoteev studied Mural at university of Veliko Tarnovo (Class of 1971).
He works in the field of monumental art and painting.
Timoteev has held solo exhibitions in Serbia, Italy and Romania, as well as annual exhibitions in Sofia and Vidin. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions at home and abroad – Belgium, Serbia, Romania, Hungary and Austria.
He has won several awards for painting.

Petar Barchev
Born in Novo selo, in Vidin District, Petar Barchev graduated in Graphics in Veliko Tarnovo university “St.st. Cyril and Methodius”. Between 1980 and 1988 he was the chief artist of Vidin county, and from 1988 to 2000 – a curator at the Art Gallery “Nikola Petrov” in Vidin.
Until 2001 Barchev participated in every district and regional exhibitions.
Over the course of his long creative career he has participated in over 50 collective and 18 solo exhibitions at home and abroad.
His works can be found in the collections of the National Art Gallery, city galleries of Vratza, Montana and Vidin, as well as of collectors from Bulgaria, USA, Germany, Poland, Russia and Serbia.