Work experience

date

• University of Veliko Tarnovo St Cyril and St. Methodius, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department - Graphic Design and Visual Communications, Lecturer – Associate Professor, PhD
  
• 2000  – 2002  Office 1 Superstore, designer.
• 1998  – 2000  ARA Ltd, designer.

 Name and address of the present employer 

University of Veliko Tarnovo St Cyril and St. Methodius, 2 Teodosii Tarnovski Str., Veliko Tarnovo. Bulgaria

Kind of activity and sphere of job

creative, pedagogic

Hold a position

Associate Professor, PhD in Graphic Design 

EDUCATION

• 15.12.2010 doctor of fine arts, cipher 05.08.04 – Science of art and fine arts.
• 04-07.05.2010 Conference on Animation, Effects, Games
  and Interactive Media FMX – Shtuttgart, Germany
• 03-07.08.2009 World annual conference on computer graphics (CG) SIGGRAPH – 2009, New Orleans, USA
• 2008 Specialization in the University of Granada, Spain, Erasmus programm.
• 06/12.08.2007 – TOSMI /trainings on open-source multimedia instruments/ - InterSpace – Sofia – www.tosmi.org
• 2003 - started a PhD research "3D Technologies for the realization of multimedia projects in Art" at The University of Veliko Tarnovo
  
• 2003 - Specialization in the University of Nish, Serbia, "Modern means of expression in Graphic Design"
  
• 2000 - Specialization in illustration, Personal supervisor Prof. Hristo Neykov
  
• 1998 - The University of Veliko Tarnovo, Department of Fine Arts, MA in Education of Arts in Schools
• Marketing and Advertising - second major - The University of Veliko Tarnovo.
• 1986 – 1991 – Secondary School in Troyan, Ceramics

ЛИЧНИ УМЕНИЯ И КОМПЕТЕНЦИИ

PC Graphics – MAYA, 3DS Max, Z-brush, V-Ray, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe In Design, Adobe After Effects, Corel Draw,

stained glass,

Pre Press.

MOTHER TONGUE

Bulgarian

OTHER LANGUAGES

• reading – V.good, writing – V.good,speaking – V.good

• reading – V.good, writing – V.good,speaking – V.good

• reading – V.good, writing – V.good,speaking – V.good

SOCIAL SKILLS

Chairman of the “Instrument”- a non-profit organization in help of the contemporary arts

One of the founders of the art community “Hermes    Resonans”

Won a project, financed by the Open Society Foundation entitled “Co-existence of Virtual and Real Objects”

ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS:

Key organizer of the Projects “Vision 2004”, “Vision 2005” and “Vision 2006”, “Vision 2007”and “Vision 2009”– National forums for 3D Graphics

Member of the Faculty Council at the Department of Arts, The University of Veliko Tarnovo

Member of the General Assembly of The University of Veliko Tarnovo

Member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists

In charge of 50-60 students of Graphic Design per year          

Contacts with fellow colleagues, administration, companies, writers.

ARTISTIC SKILLS:

Works in the sphere of 3D graphics, Graphic Design, posters, painting, stained glass, interior design and all the contemporary forms of visual arts.

A reward for computer graphics, Section “Abstraction” at the 10th competition of Corel Draw, Canada

Regularly takes part in exhibitions, biennales and triennales in different areas of art

CLEAR DRIVING:

Categories B and M.

REFERENCES AND CONTACTS

PhD Plamen Legkostup, PhD Ivan Haralampiev, Prof. N. Nikolov, Associate professor P. Penev, Associate professor B. Zhelev, A Totlyakov - assistant, A. Markov – PC operator at the Centre for Educational Technologies, K. Drumeva – assistant.