Time (1993) Drawing by Biser Panayotov

I was born on October 10, 1960 in Ruse, Bulgaria to a family of medical specialists. My father used to write short stories and attended a literary club in his spare time, and my mother’s hobby was painting.I live in my home town, where I graduated from a secondary school of general education in 1978.I started to paint in 1981. I was taught my first painting lessons by the famous Ruse artist Kiril Stanchev and I painted under his guidance for three years, attended courses souch by Mr. V Kenarev, artist, Mr. A. Sofev, artist, Mr. Gelov, professor at Veliko Tarnovo University and some other courses. From 1983 till 1990 I worked in the Rousse Puppet Theatre, the Rousse Public Opera and Economic Department of Trade where I have carried out artistic and advertising projects.I exhibited my paintings for the first time in 1988 in a youth art exhibition in Ruse. Since 1988 till 2005 I have taken part every year in the annual autumn art exhibitions. Since 1992 till 2005 I have been a member of the Rousse Group of Artists