Лични данни и образование

Магистър по Изкуствознание, НХА
Доктор по изкуствознание - ИИИ, БАН
Изследователска специализация: Изкуство от втората половина на ХХ век, стенно-монументални изкуства, съвременно изкуство.
Доктор по изкуствознание с над 20 години професионален опит в областта на българското изкуство, художествената критика, кураторската практика и културния мениджмънт. Специализира в изследването на монументалното изкуство, стенописта, мозайката и развитието на съвременното българско изкуство.
Има богат опит като куратор на музейни и галерийни изложби, експерт в национални и международни културни проекти, член на професионални журита и автор на научни доклади в областта на изкуствознанието.
Комбинира академична експертиза с практическа работа в сферата на визуалните изкуства, художественото образование, арттерапията и развитието на културни инициативи.

Професионален статус

Активно действащ изкуствовед, работещ в полето на художествената критика, експертизата на художествени произведения, изследването на проблемите на стенно-монументалните изкуства. Участва в журита на регионални, национални и международни изложбени форуми.

Критика

Избрани статии в специализирани издания
Selected Articles in the Specialized Press
2020
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “The Child and the Colour”. Psyche Magazine, Issue 34, August 2020, pp. 7–10.
ISSN 2603-4433.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “The Borders of the Portrait”. Kultura Portal, 3 July 2020.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “The Audience as a Mirror”. Kultura Portal, 28 February 2020.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Vihroni Popnedelev: The Faces of China”. Kultura Portal, 12 February 2020.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Etymology of Experience”. Kultura Portal, 7 February 2020.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Spaces Today”. Kultura Portal, 31 January 2020.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “On Memory and Its Power”. Kultura Portal, 22 May 2020.
2019
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Graphic Design Competition”. Kultura Portal, 22 December 2019.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “The Drawings of Yavora Petrova”. Kultura Portal, 18 November 2019.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “On the Balance, Expression and Meaning of Art through the Eyes of Vladimir Zapryanov”. Ficus Magazine, 16 February 2019.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Expressiveness and Semantics: Vladimir Zapryanov and His Horizons for Reflection”. INFO UBA, Issue 2, 2019, pp. 44–46.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Erotic from Paradise: Angelo Krassini in the Arte Gallery”. INFO UBA, Issue 2, 2019, p. 30.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “The Power of the Bagrat (Alexander Petrov in the National Art Gallery)”. INFO UBA, Issue 2, 2019, pp. 44–46.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “The ‘City’ Group – An Artistic Phenomenon with a Modern Date”. INFO UBA, Issue 3, 2019, pp. 38–40.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “About Svilen Blazhev in the San Stefano Gallery”. INFO UBA, Issue 4, 2019, pp. 45–47.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Traces of Memory”. Kultura Portal, 12 July 2019.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Light Versions of Leda Starcheva”. Kultura Portal, 3 July 2019.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Dolce Vita or On the Plasticity of Meaning”. Ficus Magazine, 17 September 2019.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “For Children and Dolls”. Kultura Portal, 9 September 2019.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Reading Timelessness”. Ficus Magazine, April 2019.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “The Ceramic Universe of Bozhidar Bonchev: The Postmodern Romantic”. Kultura Portal, 22 February 2019.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Painted Words”. Kultura Portal, 2 April 2019.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Memory of Stoyan Tsanev”. Kultura Portal, 5 June 2019.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Densification of Loneliness (for the artist Yordan Kisyov)”. Kultura Portal, 14 May 2019.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Apology of Black (for the artist Stefan Bozhkov)”. Kultura Portal, 11 April 2019.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Freedom of the Labyrinth (for N. Panayotov)”. Kultura Portal, 2 May 2019.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Experiences of Different Scales and States (for Monika Popova)”. Kultura Portal, 11 March 2019.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “The Posters of Lyudmil Chehlarov”. Kultura Portal, 9 January 2019.
2018
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “The Imaginary Worlds of Ivan B. Ivanov”. Kultura Portal, 31 October 2018.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “The Rhythm of the Centuries (for Nadezhda Kuteva)”. INFO UBA, Issue 4, 2018, pp. 23–24.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Birds in Art”. Kultura Portal, 21 September 2018.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Golden Chronicle of Childhood: Bulgarian Illustration for Children from the 1920s and 1930s. The Collection of Toni Nikolov”. Exhibition curated by Krasimir Iliev, Vaska Emanuilova Gallery. Kultura Portal, 26 July 2018.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Intersections: Lesson without Words”. Kultura Portal, 29 December 2018.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Big Questions before Small Graphics”. Kultura Portal, 3 December 2018.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “An Exhibition with Character: Bulgarian Monumentalists in the Heart of Europe – 40 Years of the Monumental Arts Section at the Union of Bulgarian Artists”. INFO UBA, Issue 4, 2018, pp. 9–11.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “The Path of a Gallery”. Kultura Portal, 28 June 2018.
2017
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Petar Dochev – Echoes from the Decades”. Kultura Portal, 29 March 2017.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “On Wisdom, Joke and Measure – Lyuben Zidarov in the Arte Gallery”. Kultura Portal, 15 May 2017.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “In the Kaleidoscope of Comics”. Kultura Portal, 21 November 2017.
2016
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “The Poster – Riddles, Mysteries, Fantasies”, dedicated to the 8th International Poster Triennial. Kultura Portal, 29 November 2016.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Captured Reflections”, dedicated to the International Glass Festival, Sofia. Kultura Portal, 25 October 2016.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Transcription of Expectation”, dedicated to Italian Illustration in Sofia. Kultura Portal, 1 July 2016.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Rationalism with a Soul: Iliya Iliev in the Academy Gallery”. INFO UBA, Issue 1, 2016.
2015
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Georgi Bozhilov – Elephant: Retrospective”. University Diary Newspaper, Issue 11, 2015, published by New Bulgarian University.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “A Moment of Grace: Exhibition of Lyuben Dimanov in the Arte Gallery”. INFO UBA, Issue 3, 2015.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “The Spirit of Dikiro: Fragments of Memory. 80th Anniversary of the Birth of Dimitar Kirov”. INFO UBA, Issue 3, 2015.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Expression with Two Faces: Desislava Mincheva and Kalina Taseva in the Arte Gallery”. Kultura Newspaper, Issue 39 (2831), 13 November 2015.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Dialogue of the Seventh Degree”, for the exhibition curated by Dimitar Grozdanov, Union of Bulgarian Artists Exhibition Halls. Kultura Portal, 23 November 2015.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Yoan Leviev – The Self-Portrait as a Biographical Reading with Many Dimensions”. INFO UBA, Issue 2, 2015.
2014
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “The Stained Glass Window Before and Now: An Exhibition with a Soul”. INFO UBA, Issue 5, 2014.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “The Anniversary as an Unusual Retrospection”, dedicated to the exhibition of Oleg Gochev at the Vazrazhdane Gallery, Plovdiv. INFO UBA, Issue 3, 2014.
• Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Spirit and Matter: The Mural-Monumental Reading of the Eternal Confrontation”, dedicated to the mural realization of Oleg Gochev at New Bulgarian University. INFO UBA, Issue 2, 2014.

Избрани монографии и студии

• Даниела Чулова-Маркова. „Непознатият Йоан Левиев (1934–1994). Живот и творчество“. Монография, печат „Авангард Прима“, май 2007. ISBN 978-954-323-266-6.
Chulova-Marlova, Daniela. “Nepoznatiyat Yoan Leviev (1934–1994). Zhivot i tvorchestvo” (“The Unknown Yoan Leviev (1934–1994). Life and Work”). Monograph, Avangard Prima, May 2007. ISBN 978-954-323-266-6.
• Даниела Чулова-Маркова. „Традиция, приемственост, обновление. ‘Динамика в диалога’ като стратегия на една институция“. Вестник „Про и анти“, бр. 41, 12–18.10.2007.
Chulova-Marlova, Daniela. “Traditsiya, priemstvenost, obnovlenie: ‘Dinamika v dialoga’ kato strategiya na edna institutsiya” (“Tradition, Continuity, Renewal: ‘Dynamics in Dialogue’ as an Institutional Strategy”). Pro i anti, no. 41, 12–18 Oct. 2007.
• Даниела Чулова-Маркова. „Стенно-монументалните изкуства през ХХ век в България, Европа и света“. Изд. „Авангард Прима“, 2008. ISBN 978-954-323-356-4.
Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Stennomonumentalnite izkustva prez XX vek v Bălgariya, Evropa i sveta” (“Mural-Monumental Arts in the 20th Century in Bulgaria, Europe, and the World”). Avangard Prima, 2008. ISBN 978-954-323-356-4.
• Даниела Чулова-Маркова. „Визуална митология на стенописта в България през втората половина на ХХ век“. Изд. „Авангард Прима“, 2009, 342 стр., ISBN 978-954-323-503-2, придружено от СD
Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Vizualna mitologiya na stenopista v Bălgariya prez XX vek” (“Visual Mythology of Mural Painting in Bulgaria in the 20th Century”). Avangard Prima, 2009.
• Даниела Чулова-Маркова. „Митът Дикиро. Димитър Киров – живописният монументалист“. Монография, изд. „Авангард Прима“, 2009, ISBN 978-954-323-521-6, 80 стр.
Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Mityt Dikiro: Dimitar Kirov – zhivopisniyat monumentalist” (“The Myth of Dikiro: Dimitar Kirov – The Painter-Monumentalist”). Avangard Prima, 2009.
• Даниела Чулова - Маркова, Кодът на детската рисунка, изд. Авангард Прима, 2017, ISBN: 978-619-160-818-8, 43стр., меки корици, придружава се от CD
Chulova-Markova, Daniela. Kodăt na detskata risunka (“The Code of the Child’s Drawing”). Avangard Prima, 2017. ISBN 978‑619‑160‑818‑8. 43 pp., softcover. Art design: Konstantin Markov and Elena Markova. With CD.
• Даниела Чулова-Маркова и Константин Марков, История на изкуството, том 1, издателство Авангард Прима, второ допълнено 2021, ISBN 978-619-239-642-8, придружено от DVD
* Chulova-Markova, Daniela, and Konstantin Markov. Istoriya na izkustvoto, tom 1 (“History of Art,” vol. 1). Avangard Prima, 2021. Second expanded edition. ISBN 978‑619‑239‑642‑8. With DVD.
• Даниела Чулова-Маркова. „Щрих към постмодерното лице на монументалиста Олег Гочев“ – стенопис в Сан Франциско. „Персоналия“, Изкуствоведски четения 2021, Институт за изследване на изкуствата – БАН, 2022. ISBN 978-619-7619-05-8.
Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Shtrih kŭm postmodernoto litse na Oleg Gochev” (“A Stroke Toward the Postmodern Face of Oleg Gochev”). Izkustvovedski cheteniya, BAN, 2022.
• Чулова-Маркова, Д., Иконография и идентичност на пловдивските художници Йоан Левиев, Христо Стефанов, Димитър Киров, Енчо Пиронков и Георги Божилов-Слона, сп. Страница, 2021/4 и 2022/1бр., стр. 264-277 ISSN 1310-9081
Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Ikonografiya i identichnost na plovdivskite khudozhnitsi” (“Iconography and Identity of Plovdiv Artists”). Stranitsa, 2021/4 and 2022/1.
• Даниела Чулова-Маркова. „Пътуването като вдъхновение“ – изложба „Един ден в картини“. ИНФО СБХ, бр. 1, 2022, стр. 62–63.
Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Pŭtuvaneto kato vdŭhnovenie” (“Travel as Inspiration”). INFO SBH, no. 1, 2022.
• Даниела Чулова-Маркова. „Уроци по хармония“. ИНФО СБХ, бр. 1, 2022, стр. 36–37.
Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Urotsi po harmoniya” (“Lessons in Harmony”). INFO SBH, no. 1, 2022.
• Даниела Чулова-Маркова. „Морето като вдъхновение“. ИНФО СБХ, бр. 1, 2022, стр. 46.
Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Moreto kato vdŭhnovenie” (“The Sea as Inspiration”). INFO SBH, no. 1, 2022.
• Даниела Чулова-Маркова. „Хартиените пластики на Капка Кънева“. Портал „Култура“, 5.04.2022.
Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Hartienite plastiki na Kapka Kŭneva” (“The Paper Sculptures of Kapka Kuneva”). Kultura, 5 Apr. 2022.
• Даниела Чулова-Маркова. „Идеология в картини“. Портал „Култура“, 9.05.2022.
Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Ideologiya v kartini” (“Ideology in Paintings”). Kultura, 9 May 2022.
• Даниела Чулова-Маркова. „Комиксът – вселена от възможности“. Портал „Култура“, 24.07.2022.
Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Komiksŭt – vselena ot vŭzmozhnosti” (“The Comic – A Universe of Possibilities”). Kultura, 24 July 2022.
• Даниела Чулова-Маркова. Текст в каталог „Следващите 25“ – Национална изложба-конкурс за млади автори. Севлиево, 2022.
Chulova-Markova, Daniela. Tekst v kataloga ‘Sledvashtite 25’” (“Catalogue Text for ‘The Next 25’”). Sevlievo, 2022.Даниела Чулова-Маркова. „Антични и съвременни мозайки от Пловдив“. Фондация „Балканско наследство“, 2022.
Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Antichni i sŭvremenni mozaiki ot Plovdiv” (“Ancient and Contemporary Mosaics of Plovdiv”). Balkan Heritage Foundation, 2022.
• Даниела Чулова-Маркова. „Съвременните мозайки на София“ – водещ текст и описание на паметници. https://mosaictoursofia.info
Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Sŭvremennite mozaiki na Sofia” (“Contemporary Mosaics of Sofia”). mosaictoursofia.info, 2022.Даниела Чулова-Маркова и Константин Марков, История на изкуството, том 2, издателство Авангард Прима, 2023, четвърто издание, реферирано и допълнено, ISBN 978-619-239-794-4, изданието се придружава от DVD
Chulova-Markova, Daniela, and Konstantin Markov. Istoriya na izkustvoto, tom 2 (“History of Art,” vol. 2). Avangard Prima, 2023. Fourth edition, revised and expanded. ISBN 978‑619‑239‑794‑4. With DVD.
*Даниела Чулова-Маркова, Константин Марков. „История на изкуството“, том 3. Изд. „Авангард Прима“, 2024, 130 стр. ISBN 978-619-239-982-5. Придружено от DVD и онлайн ресурси.
Chulova-Markova, Daniela, and Konstantin Markov. Istoriya na izkustvoto, tom 3 (“History of Art,” vol. 3). Avangard Prima, 2024, 130 pp. ISBN 978‑619‑239‑982‑5. With DVD and online resources.
*Даниела Чулова-Маркова. „Текла Алексиева и времето“. Списание „Култура“, бр. 1, 2025, стр. 54.
Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Tekla Aleksieva i vremeto” (“Tekla Aleksieva and Time”). Kultura, no. 1, 2025, p. 54.
• Даниела Чулова-Маркова. „Конструираните реалности на Слав Недев“. Списание „Култура“, бр. 2, 2025, стр. 55.
Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Konstruiранite realnosti na Slav Nedev” (“Constructed Realities of Slav Nedev”). Kultura, no. 2, 2025, p. 55.
• Даниела Чулова-Маркова. „Възкресена памет“. Списание „Култура“, бр. 3, 2025, стр. 57.
Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Văzkresena pamet” (“Resurrected Memory”). Kultura, no. 3, 2025, p. 57.
• Даниела Чулова-Маркова-Маркова. „Емил Стойчев на 90“ – разговор с Ива Милев. Списание „Култура“, бр. 4, 2025, стр. 45–46.
Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Emil Stoychev na 90: Razgovor s Iva Milev” (“Emil Stoychev at 90: A Conversation with Iva Milev”). Kultura, no. 4, 2025, pp. 45–46.
• Даниела Чулова-Маркова. „Игра с времето“. Списание „Култура“, бр. 5, 2025, стр. 50.
Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Igra s vremeto” (“Playing with Time”). Kultura, no. 5, 2025, p. 50.
• Даниела Чулова-Маркова. „Когато заглавията нямат значение“ – за изложбата на Иван Кънчев. Портал „Култура“, 27.04.2025.
Chulova-Markova, Daniela. “Kogato zaglaviata nyamat znachenie” (“When Titles Do Not Matter”). Portal Kultura, 27 Apr. 2025.

Текстове на автора са публикувани в

ИНФО СБХ, списание "Култура", портал "Култура", списание 'Кино'

От автора

Професионално портфолио - участия в жури, проекти, изложби
1. Jury Memberships
2026
• 2026/2027: Member of the Steering Committee for the 23rd Busan International Environmental Art Festival (BIEAF 2026) – Korea ("From Sun to Boy")
• 5 July – Jury Member, 5th National Painting Plein Air “Dryanovo of Kolyu Ficheto – Memory and Present”, Dryanovo.
• 18 May – Jury Member, National Exhibition “The Land of Botev”, Vratsa Art Gallery.
• 11 May – Jury Member, Annual Exhibition of Artists Living and Working in Izgrev Municipality, Sofia.
2025
• 3 November – Jury Member, Autumn Salon of Pleven Artists, Pleven City Art Gallery.
• 5 July – Jury Member, 4th National Painting Plein Air “Dryanovo of Master Kolyu Ficheto – Memory and Present”, under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture.
• 20 May – Jury Chair, General Art Exhibition of Artists from Blagoevgrad and the Region, Blagoevgrad.
2024
• December – Jury member & text contributor of "The Next 25 – 2nd Edition" National Exhibition-Competition for Young Authors, Vidima Gallery, Sevlievo.
• October – Jury Member, National Fine Arts Exhibition, Sliven.
• 20 May – Jury Member, National Exhibition “The Land of Botev”, Vratsa Art Gallery.
2023
• 18–19 May – Jury Chair, General Art Exhibition of Artists from Blagoevgrad and the Region, Blagoevgrad.
• 15 May – Jury Member, 28th Annual Exhibition of Artists Living and Working in Izgrev Municipality, Sofia.
2022
• 7 December – Jury Member, National Competition Exhibition for Young Artists, Vidima Gallery, Sevlievo.
• 16 May – Jury Member, 27th Annual Exhibition of Artists Living and Working in Izgrev Municipality, Sofia.
2. Projects
2025
• Curator, solo exhibition of Konstantin Markov, recipient of the Dryanovo Municipality Award at the National Painting Plein Air “Dryanovo of Master Kolyu Ficheto – Memory and Present”.
• Curator, solo exhibition “The Human Being and the Light” of Maria Margarita Dyankova Ivanova-Getova, Korean Corner, Sofia City Library.
• Curator, anniversary exhibition “The Perspective of Time: Oleg Gochev at the age of 70”, Union of Bulgarian Artists Exhibition Halls, Sofia.
2024
• Expert team member, Balkan Heritage Foundation / MFA Project "Bulgaria and the Mosaics", Sofia
2023
• Managing Art Instructor of "Baba Marta" art workshop, DataArt, Ltd., Sofia office (supporting displaced Ukrainian and Russian employees).
• Curator, solo exhibition of Nikolay Todorov, Pentimento Gallery, Sofia.
• Curator, exhibition “Encounters” featuring Petar Kitanov and Ilona Zaharieva, Boris Hristov Museum, Sofia.
• Presented report "Mosaic Art in 20th-Century Bulgaria: Past, Present, Future" at "The New Heritage" conference, Plovdiv. (Dec 7)

2022
• 2022 (October): Еxpert Contributor at 25th School "Dr. Petar Beron" ("Draw a Fairy Tale – Visual Dialogue Parent-Child").
• 2022 (December): Managing Art Instructor of Christmas workshop and charity bazaar at DataArt Sofia office.
• 2022: Copiwriter of key texts and descriptions for the Balkan Heritage Foundation website Contemporary Mosaics of Sofia (mosaictoursofia.info).
• 2022 (Dec 12): Еxpert Contributor, Рublic presentation on "The Mosaics of Sofia" route, Regional History Museum Sofia (Largo Hall)
• 2022 (Dec 7–8): Еxpert Contributor, Keynote report on Bulgarian mosaic art at "The Problem of the New Heritage", Balkan Heritage Foundation hybrid international forum, Sofia
• 2022: Co-author Еxpert Contributor, for Ancient and Contemporary Mosaics of Plovdiv publication and website content (mosaictourplovdiv.balkanheritage.org).
2020
• 2020 (Oct–Nov): Manager and Expert Contributor of Teacher training facilitator at Kindergarten No. 142, Sofia ("How to Read Children's Drawings").
2017
• Curator, “Interior and Exterior”, solo exhibition by Konstantin Markov, Sofia Press Gallery, Sofia.
2014
• Curator, retrospective exhibition “Artrospective: Oleg Gochev at the Age of 70”, Academy Gallery, Sofia.
2011
• 2011 (Jun–Sep): Co-curator, "The Child – A Reason for a Portrait", Sofia City Art Gallery
• 2011 (May–Aug): Invited art critic in "The Choice" exhibition (curated by Dr. Maria Vassileva), Sofia City Art Gallery.
2010
• 2010 (Dec–Feb 2011): Member of the curatorial team, “The Studio: Muses and Models”, Sofia City Art Gallery.
• 2010 (June-Sept): Curator, “The Studio: Muses and Models”, Sofia City Art Gallery.
• 2010 – (Jan-Feb) Curator, “Bronka Gyurova and Her Circle”, Sofia City Art Gallery.
• 2010 (June): Curator and opening speaker of "The Spirit of Dikiro" exhibition, Shipka 6, Sofia.
2009
• 2009 (Sept): Curator, Exhibition of Petar Dochev, Sofia City Art Gallery
2007
• 2007 (April): Curator, exhibition "Too Personal" of Konstantin Markov and Elena Markova, Art Muza Gallery, Sofia
2006
• 2006: (June–July) Curator, exhibition of Rumen Skorchev, Sofia City Art Gallery
• 2006: (April–May) Curator, exhibition of Desislava Mincheva, Sofia City Art Gallery
• 2006: (April–May) Curator, exhibition of Georgi Popov-John, Sofia City Art Gallery
• 2006: (Jan–Feb) Curator, exhibition of Stoyan Rangelov, Sofia City Art Gallery
• 2006: (Dec 2005–Jan 2006) Curator, exhibition of Lyuben Stoev, Sofia City Art Gallery
2005
• 2005: (October–November), Curator, exhibition of Lyuben Dimanov, Sofia City Art Gallery
2004
• 2004 (May): Curator of Tsvetan Panchovski’s retrospective exhibition, Sredets Gallery, Ministry of Culture.

3. Selected Conference Presentations and Scientific Forums
2024
• International Conference “Art and History”, organized by the Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia.
Presentation: “Visual Transcriptions of History in Mural-Monumental Paintings from 1956–1989.”
2023
• Conference within the project “The New Heritage. Approaches to the Preservation and Communication of Contemporary Facade Monumental Art in Bulgaria”, House of Culture “Boris Hristov”, Plovdiv.
Presentation: “Mosaic in 20th-Century Bulgaria: Past, Present, Future. Status, Problems and Solutions.”
2022
• Public presentation with a lecture on the cultural route “Mosaics of Sofia” – “Largo”, Regional History Museum – Sofia, within the project dedicated to the mosaics of Sofia, Balkan Heritage Foundation.
• Discussion Forum “The Problem of the New Heritage: Current Status and Development Perspectives”, organized by the Balkan Heritage Foundation, “Largo” Hall, Regional History Museum – Sofia.
Presentation: “The Mosaic as a Significant Element of New Bulgarian Art: Status, Problems and Expectations.”
2021
• International Conference “Art History Readings”, Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
Presentation: “A Touch to the Postmodern Face of the Monumentalist Oleg Gochev: Problems and Interactions in a Mural in San Francisco.”
2012
• National Seminar “Colour and Education IV”, within the framework of FEST 2012 “Education – Training – Results”, organized by the “Colour” Group – Bulgaria and the Department of Fine Arts, New Bulgarian University, Sofia.
Presentation: “The Place of Colour in the Process of Training the Monumental Artist.”
• National Scientific Conference “Colour and Light in Architecture III”, organized by New Bulgarian University, “Colour Group” – Bulgaria and the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy.
Presentation: “Functions of Colour in Wall Monumental Decoration: Colour as Space.”
2011
• International Scientific Conference “Colour and Language”, organized by the “Colour” Group – Bulgaria and the French Cultural Institute.
Presentation: “Colour as Communication in the Construction of an Exhibition: ‘The Choice’ as Presence.”
2009
• Jubilee Scientific Conference dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Vladimir Dimitrov – Maistora Art Gallery, Kyustendil Art Gallery.
Presentation: “A Touch to the Image of Nikolay Dyulgerov (1901–1982): The Kyustendil Artist as Monumentalist and Spatial Designer.”
2008
• Anniversary Scientific Conference on the occasion of 60 years since the establishment of the Mural Painting specialty, National Academy of Art, Sofia.
Presentation: “The Unknown Face of an Artist: Nikolay Dyulgerov (1901–1982) as a Monumentalist and the Concept of Total Design through the Eyes of the Bulgarian-Italian Futurist.”
2007
• 6th International Forum “Pautalia–Velbazhd–Kyustendil”, Regional History Museum – Kyustendil.
Presentation: “Unconventional Approach to the Urban Environment: A Projection of Monumental Art in the Exterior Spaces of Kyustendil.”
• 5th Art History Readings, organized by the Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
Presentation: “Wall-Monumental Painting of Antonio Gaudí, Friedensreich Hundertwasser and Diego Rivera: Parallels and Plastic Systems.”
2006
• 4th Art History Readings, organized by the Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Presentation: “Aspects of the Development of Wall-Monumental Arts after 1989: Integration and Kitsch.”
• Theoretical Conference "Arts of the Public Forum", UAB & UBA, Sofia. Paper: "On the Problems of Contemporary Mural-Monumental Arts in the Urban Environment: Aspects of Development After 1989 – Integration and Kitsch."
• Scientific Conference on Georgi Popov-John, Yambol / Sofia City Art Gallery. Paper: "Georgi Popov-John (1906–1960): The Painter on the Pages of the Book – Illustration as a Breath of Freedom."
2005
• Conference “Café Europe”, organized by the Institute of Balkan Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Presentation: “The Mural Decoration of Entertainment Venues in the City of Plovdiv as a Legitimation of a Creative Community among the Plovdiv Group of Artists.”
• 3rd Art History Readings, organized by the Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
Presentation: “20 New Mural Works by the Artist Dimitar Kirov: The Painterly Monumentalist – Constancy as a Form of Adaptation.”, Published
• Scientific Conference “Perushtitsa in Bulgarian History”, organized by the Historical Museum – Perushtitsa.
Presentation: “Dimensions of Historical Memory in Two Sgraffito Panels by Yoan Leviev on the Façade of the Historical Museum in Perushtitsa.”
2004
• Scientific Conference organized by the “Colour” Group – Bulgaria.
Presentation: “Colour in Monumental Painting: Notes on the Mural Works of the Plovdiv Artists Yoan Leviev, Dimitar Kirov, Georgi Bozhilov, Hristo Stefanov and Encho Pironkov.”
• Scientific Forum “Plovdiv Contributions – Plovdiv in the Cultural History of Bulgaria”, organized by Plovdiv Municipality and the Historical Museum – Plovdiv.
Presentation: “The Theme ‘Plovdiv’ in the Mural Works of Yoan Leviev, Hristo Stefanov, Georgi Bozhilov-Slona, Dimitar Kirov and Encho Pironkov.”
• 8th Museum Readings, organized by the Regional Historical Museum – Veliko Tarnovo.
Presentation: “The Museum as a Portrait of a Person: The Artist Georgi Bozhilov-Slona through the Prism of a Newly Established Museum in Old Plovdiv.”
• 2nd Art History Readings, organized by the Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
Co-authored presentation with Konstantin Markov: “Yoan Leviev and Yordan Markov – Two Creative Views on Monumental Painting from the Second Half of the 20th Century.”
2003
• 4th International Symposium “Pautalia–Velbazhd–Kyustendil and Adjacent Territories.”
Presentation: “Dimensions of Innovation in Three Monumental Works on the Territory of Kyustendil, Created in the 1970s–1980s.”
• Anniversary Scientific Conference “Man in the Past”, organized by the Regional Historical Museum – Veliko Tarnovo.
Presentation: “Interpretation of the Past through the Image of Man in the Monumental Painting of Plovdiv Artists in the Period of the 1960s–1980s.”
• International Symposium "Sofia and Its Images", Sofia City Art Gallery. Paper: "Graffiti Art as Part of the Urban Environment of Sofia." (Co-authored with K. Markov)
2002
• Scientific Conference “The Pirin Region from Antiquity to the Present Day”, organized by the Historical Museum – Blagoevgrad.
Presentation: “The History of the Pirin Region through the Eyes of a Monumentalist: Tradition, Historicism and Space in Two Mural Works by the Artist Hristo Stefanov.”
• 9th International Symposium on Folklore Studies, organized by the Institute of Folklore – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Faculty of Slavic Philology at Sofia University and the French Cultural Institute, Sofia.
Presentation: “Dimensions of Folklore in the Work of Plovdiv Monumental Artists in the Period of the 1960s–1980s of the 20th Century.”
1999
• Dechko Uzunov Centenary Session, Kazanlak.
Paper: "Dechko Uzunov and Literature."