site.btaPainter Yuri Kovachev Presents New Exhibition in Minerva Art Gallery

Yuri Kovachev presents a new exhibition in Minerva Art Gallery in Sofia. It will open on November 12 and will last until December 8, organizers said.

Yuri Kovachev was born in 1961 in Ruse (on the Danube). His first teacher was the artist Kiril Stanchev. In 1990 he graduated from the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy in Sofia with a Master's degree in architecture. Between 1992 and 1998 he worked as an assistant professor, after which he left the university and devoted his life to painting. In 2000 Kovachev had his first solo exhibition. His paintings are owned by private collections and public institutions in both Bulgaria and abroad.