Curator
Victoria Gyuleva is a curator based between Sofia and London. She is part of the Contemporary Art department at Sofia City Art Gallery and works with the teams behind the Balkan Contemporary Art Prize and L.I.N.K. Gallery, a new contemporary art space…
Director of Project Realization, Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation
Vladimir Yavachev was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1973. At 17 he moved to New York City to study film at NYU and work for his uncle Christo. He has been involved in all of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's major projects and exhibitions…
Curator and Cultural Researcher
Vladia Mihaylova is a curator and cultural theorist, Head of the Visual Arts and Culture Department, and Program Director of the Cube Gallery at the Toplocentrala Regional Centre for Contemporary Arts. Previously, she spent many years as part of the team at…
Journalist, TV Host, Producer and Documentary Filmmaker
Georgi Toshev is a journalist, television host, documentary filmmaker, producer and author with many years of experience in print and broadcast media. He has worked for 24 Chasa, Dnevnik, LIK, Edno, Bulgarian National Television and bTV, as well as on international media…
Director, Art Paris
After completing his studies in art history and working as an organizer and artistic director of cultural events, Guillaume Piens joined the FIAC team in 2000, remaining there until 2006. He subsequently continued his career at Paris Photo, serving as its director…
Art Mediation and Museum Education
Dr. Todor Petev is an art historian, a lecturer in art history and museum studies at New Bulgarian University, and a co-founder of the "My Museum" Foundation. He develops programs for museum mediation, training for museum professionals, and audience engagement.
Commissioner, Bulgarian Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale
Desislava Dimova is an art historian, curator, and author with extensive experience in the field of contemporary art. In 2025, in collaboration with the Bulgarian Art and Culture Foundation, she is organizing research and a donation of works by contemporary Bulgarian artists…
Contemporary Art Collector
Irena Gergova is a contemporary art collector with a long-standing interest in both emerging and established artists, as well as in building collections through direct engagement with the contemporary art scene. She leads the contemporary art initiatives of the MFG Foundation and…
Curator and Art Historian
Kathy Alliou is a French, Paris-based curator and art historian. From 2013 to 2025, she was director of the museum department at the Beaux-Arts de Paris and oversaw its exhibition programme. She approached the museum as a living space within an art…
Artist
Luchezar Boyadjiev (1957) was born in Sofia where he lives and works. He graduated from the Department of Art History at the National Fine Arts Academy in Sofia in 1980. He completed his art education while living in New York City, USA…
Curator, Bulgarian Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale
Martina Yordanova is a curator at the National Gallery, founder and artistic director of the IATRUS residency program in Veliko Tarnovo, and co-founder of the East Balkan Institute for Art and Architecture. Her curatorial practice is interdisciplinary, bridging contemporary art, institutional work,…
Cultural Management and Philanthropy
Meglena Zapreva is an artist, educator, and cultural manager whose work focuses on the sustainable development of culture and contemporary art. She develops cultural and educational programs for museums, galleries, and schools in the US and Bulgaria, creating new frameworks for diverse…
Contemporary Art Collector
Collector of contemporary art, creator of one of the largest private collections in Bulgaria with works by Bulgarian and foreign authors.
Founder and Director, Page Not Found, The Hague
Sebastien Tien is the founder and director of Page Not Found in The Hague, a space dedicated to artistic publishing and to publications as an independent form of contemporary artistic practice. His work focuses on the intersection of art, publishing practices and…
Kalina Hristova, Dimitrina Ivanova, Valentina Dimitrova, Olga Mineva and Viktor Popov
Kalina Hristova — Visual Artist and Lecturer, New Bulgarian University; Participant in “Direction STRONG”. Dimitrina Ivanova — Cultural Journalist and Member of the Women Survivors Community. Valentina Dimitrova — Psychologist and Head Therapist, EMPROVE. Olga Mineva — Psychologist and Founder, EMPROVE; Moderator…
Kathrin Singer and Kamen Zahariev
The Singer-Zahariev Foundation is a non-profit organisation established with the aim of promoting contemporary art in Bulgaria. The Foundation was set up in 2020 by Kathrin Singer and Kamen Zahariev – a German-Bulgarian couple who are collectors and supporters of the arts.…
Founder, HM Communication, Vienna
Hema Makwana is the founder of HM Communication in Vienna. For the past seventeen years, Hema and her team have been trusted and close advisors to collectors providing personal and bespoke collection management services, and working directly with clients on the implementation…