Plamena Dimitrova-Racheva
Art historian, art critic, curator,and an artist.
Graduated from the National Academy of Arts, Sofia in History of Art.
Specialist qualifications and scholarships:
Getty Grand, Israel; British Council, Sofia, Cite International des Arts, Paris; Art Management at the Academy of Arts, Belgrade, Centre for Multimedia Art, University of Hale, Germany, Government Administration, Sofia.
Member of the American Biographical Institute, NC - 2000; AICA - 1997; Union of Bulgarian Artists - 1986.
Art curator of Contemporary Bulgarian Art Exhibitions in Europe and Asia
Member of varied international juries for contemporary graphic art in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece and Slovenia and watercolor in Bulgaria.
Artworks and catalogue publication on Varna video art and watercolor. Her artworks were acquired by the National Gallery, the Sofia City Art Gallery, the French Cultural Institute in Sofia, private collections in Bulgaria, Greecew Germany, France and USA.
Solo exhibitions of graphic art and photography in Bulgaria, Greece, Germany and France.
Participant in IWS exhibitions in Italy, Pekistan, India, Romania, Bulgaria, Nepal, Thailand and others. Author of a number of art books and catalogues comprising research studies and monographs, reviews and articles on Bulgarian and World Art.
Art Director of Varna City Art Gallery Boris Georgiev since 2015.