There is an occasion!
19 November – 9 December 2024
Vernissage: 19 November 2024, 5:00 – 8:00 pm
Academia Gallery, 1 Shipka Street, Sofia
The exhibition presents works by two teachers from the Department of Poster and Visual Communication, who were born on the same date – 15 November. The posters, fonts, calligraphy and book bindings exhibited in Academia Gallery present the fields of fine art in which the two professors work and teach.
Nikolay Mladenov
b. 15.11.1969, Sofia, Bulgaria
Specialised secondary education
1988 Iliya Petrov Secondary Specialised High School of Fine Arts, Sofia
Secondary vocational education
1992 Kolyo Ficheto Vocational School of Construction and Geodesy, Sofia
Higher education
1997 National Academy of Art, Sofia, degree in Poster, under Prof. Ivan Gazdov, PhD
2002 Doctor in Art History and Fine Arts, Dissertation topic "Poster Thinking..."
2014–present Professor, Department of Poster and Visual Communication, National Academy of Art, Sofia, teaches Poster
2010–2015 & 2018–2020 Head of Department of Poster and Visual Communication, National Academy of Art, Sofia
2011–2015 Head of Advertising and Information Activities, National Academy of Art, Sofia
2020–2024 Vice-Rector – Education, Advertising and Information, Accreditation and Academic Staff, National Academy of Art, Sofia
2024–present Vice-Rector – Academic Staff, Publishing, Advertising and Information, National Academy of Art, Sofia
Secretary General of NVIG
Christina Borissova
b. 15.11.1971, Sofia, Bulgaria
Secondary education
1989 133 Alexander S. Pushkin Unified Secondary Polytechnic School, Sofia, 1989
Higher education
1989–1992 Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of Slavic Philologies, Subject: Russian Philology
1998 National Academy of Art, Sofia, degree in Poster, under Prof. Lyudmil Chehlarov
1998–1999 & 2015 Specialisation studies in calligraphy and book bindery, National Archives of Slovakia, Book Restoration Department
2018–present Professor, Department of Poster and Visual Communication, National Academy of Art, Sofia, teaches Font, Calligraphy, Historical Book Binding
2020–present Head of the Department of Poster and Visual Communication, National Academy of Art, Sofia
2008–2023 Member of the Faculty Quality Committee, National Academy of Art, Sofia
Member of Union of Bulgarian Artists, Bulgarian Heraldry and Vexillology Society, NVIG