Nikolay Angelov - Gari

Born in 1978 in Karlovo. In 2003 he graduated in Sculpture from Veliko Tarnovo University. In 2018, he earned a Master’s degree in Graphics and Graphic Communications from the University of Shumen, and completed a Master Class in Graphic Art at the Bucharest National University of Arts (UNArte), Romania. He has held over 30 solo exhibitions and has participated in numerous collective art projects both nationally and internationally.
The artist has received multiple awards, including the Grand Prize “Golden Aesop” at the XXII Biennial of Humour and Satire in Gabrovo, and “Vazrazdane” award, 2025., the "Artist of the Decade" award from the Largo Gallery, the Young Artist Award from the "Friends of the Sea" Biennial of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, the renowned "Young Artist of the Year" award in Burgas named after Rusi Stoyanov.