Andrey Yanev

Born: Bourgas, Bulgaria. Graduated the Plastic Arts and DesignHigh School in the town of Kazanlak, the NationalFineArtsAcademy – specializing in the murals class of Prof. Mito Ganovski. Specialized in artistic enamel with Prof. Talaschuk at the VeraMouhinaArtAcademy in St. Petersburg, Russia.
1982-2010, over 45 one-man exhibitions and participations in general exhibits in the country and abroad: Sofia, Varna, Balchik, Plovdiv and Bourgas in Bulgaria, Slovenia, Greece, England, Belgium, Germany, Korea, Poland, USA, Italy, Turkey and Austria.
2007, 2008, 2009 – Participated in the Mount Athos and Bulgarian Cultureproject of the Higher School of Insurance and Finance
2006, 2007 – Participated in a NewBulgarianUniversity project titled Mount Athos in Bulgarian Culture and Letters.
Author of the exhibition series - "Silent light" and  "Silent light - Angels",  supported by the Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria.
Co-author, organizator and participant in national and international children art projects, in cooperation with "Daya childrean creativity academy - DAYA CCA". www.artdarina.com

Participations in national and international plein aires.
2004 – coverage in the world wide INTERNATIONAL ARTIST magazine as an artist from the Balkans and Bulgaria. www.internationalartist.com
Participation in the INART International Forum Plovdiv 2000.
Author of the official flag of the "Higher School Of Insuarance And Finance"
Participant and a co-founder of the festival “Artists, Balchik, Love – meeting of European seas” in Balchik.

Winner of prestigious awards at national and international contests:

Certificate and badge "Golden Book" for contribution in the development and representation of the Bulgarian culture.
Land of Botev, Vratsa - 2001 – First Prize fo rpainting; SINAIDE GHI Foundation, Rome, Italy– ThirdPrize;
UN Competition - UNDP– Third Prize; Urban Environment Beautification Contest Idea ‘90, Sofia - honors, Urban Environmen tBeautification Contest Idea ‘89, Sofia - honors. TODOROFF Wine Cellar- honors.
Andrey Yanev’s works are in the collections of: National Fine Art Gallery - Sofia; Sofia City Art Gallery, SINAIDE GHI Foundation - Rome, Italy; Art Gallery in the town of Balchik, Art Gallery in the town of Kavarna, Art Gallery in the town of Vratsa, DLUM Gallery - Slovenia, STMROL Castle Gallery - Slovenia, Chimimport AD - Sofia; Bulgaria AD Insurance and Re; Nove Holding AD; Elevat AD; Gazstyroimontazh AD; Vazov Consult OOD; Higher School of Insurance and Finance EAD – Sofia, private collections in Sweden, Germany, Czech Republic, Greece, Slovakia, England, Japan, Austria, Russia, Peru, Poland, USA, Slovenia, Korea, Croatia, Italy, Turkey and Bulgaria.
The artist has created many works of monumental stained glass, glass mosaics, murals, enamel panels at public buildings and in private homes in the Bulgarian towns of Bourgas, Kazanlak, Plovdiv, Lom, Varna, Balchik and Sofia, the island of Santorini in Greece.

Member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists.
Member of the Bourgas Artists Chapter.
Lives and works in Sofia.