
Nikolay Stoev was born in 1959. He graduated from the St. St. Kiril and Metodiy Veliko Tarnovo University with a major is Painting. He is a member of the UBA. Since 2000, he has had 20 solo exhibitions in Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Switzerland, USA and the Netherlands. So far, he has participated in dozens of collective events in Bulgaria, France, Turkey, Switzerland, Italy, Luxembourg, Austria, Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands. Since 1993, he has been permanently exhibited at the Naifs du Monde Entier Gallery in Paris, France. He has won a number of awards, including a second prize in 1999, a Grand Prix in 2001 and the Audience Award in 2004 at the International Prix Suisse et Prix d`Europe Competition at the Pro Arte Kasper-Morges Gallery (Switzerland); the Special Award at the 25th International Biennial of Humor in Tolentino (Italy) in 2009.