Darina Yaneva

Darina Yaneva is an established name in contemporary painting. She lives and works in Sofia with her husband the fine artist Andrey Yanev and they have two children, the whole family being very creative and inspirational to others.

In 2013 Darina Yaneva was nominated to specialize at The Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France.

In 2002 she was nominated as one of the 10 best modern pastel artists and presented in the “Pastel Artist International’ magazine.

On the 24th of May 2010, Darina Yaneva was awarded by the Council of the European scientific and cultural society with the certificate and badge „Golden book“ for her contribution to the growth and representation of the Bulgarian culture.

Darina Yaneva has more than 30 solo exhibitions in Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Austria, Slovakia and Turkey. She has participated in group exhibitions in Swiss, Slovenia, Belgium, Italy, Korea, Poland, Croatia, Turkey and Bulgaria as well as in national and international “plain air” events.

In 2002 she has been presented at the International Forum INART in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

In 2010 Darina Yaneva’s series of pictures in the theme of the Chess game were a part of the prize fund of the World Chess Championship in Sofia. A concomitant exhibition of the artist’s work was also a part of the International event.

Darina Yaneva is a member of the Bulgarian union of professional fine artists; she graduated from the fine art school of Prof. Venko Kolev at the Academy of Arts in Sofia in 1989.

Darina Yaneva is a founder and chairman of DAYA the Children Creative Academy. As part of the academies activity she manages international projects for children’s creativity such as “Тhe Children of Manisa call the world leaders for peace and cooperation” which is a joint project with the Mayor of Manisa, Turkey. Another project is “What fishes talk about” realized as part of a long term cooperation with the Municipality of Balchik etc. She is presently working on “Changing the past for a better future” a proactive project encouraging cooperation between Bulgarian and Turkish students and bridging the gap between the two countries.

Darina Yaneva is one of the founder and inspirational leader of the international festival “Artists, Balchik, Love and Sea”.

She works too in monumental arts and has created some ceramic and mural projects in public places.