The Team

Vesko Velev was born in 1956 in Karnare, Bulgaria. In 1985, he graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia, majoring in painting under Professor Ivan Kirkov. He is a member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists.

He works in both painting and sculpture.

His works have been featured in numerous solo exhibitions in Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Pleven, and Troyan. He gained international recognition through exhibitions in France (Tour de Purdnon), Germany (Handwerk), the Netherlands (Pependrecht, Museum of Modern Art), Japan, Croatia, Dubai, and Turkey.

Ivan Uzunov was born in 1968 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. In 1994, he graduated from St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo with a degree in Graphics. In 2010, he completed studies in Film Directing at CCSF, San Francisco. He currently lives in Munich, Germany, where he works as a visual arts teacher at the Münchner Volkshochschule.

He works with both traditional graphic and painting techniques such as oil, acrylic, lithography, etching, aquatint, drypoint, and also with experimental techniques and materials, which he combines in various ways (including encaustic, ceramic elements, rust, handmade paper with embedded materials, textures, craquelure, and more).

Maria Argirova was born in 1973 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. In 2003, she graduated from St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo with a degree in Finance, from Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv with a degree in Accounting and Control, and from the National Academy of Art in Sofia with a degree in Art History – Modern and Contemporary Art, under Professor Svilen Stefanov. Since 2024, she has been a doctoral degree in Art Management at AMTII "Prof. Asen Diamandiev", Plovdiv.

Maria Argirova has over 25 years of experience in the private business and banking sectors, having worked as a financial consultant, chief accountant, and business manager. In 2018, she founded the Art Over the Centuries Foundation, and since 2022, she has been the manager of the Biennial of Contemporary Art – Plovdiv.

She currently works in the field of cultural management and finance.

Member of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria.