Alexi Nachev was born in 1951 in Sofia. He graduated from the Iliya Petrov National Institute of Fine Arts, and then from the specialty "Illustration and Book Layout" (today "Book, Illustration, Printed Graphics") at the National Academy of Arts under Prof. Petar Chuklev and Prof. Vladislav Paskalev. His diploma work "Ukrainian Folk Tales" was published in 1979 by the publishing house "Narodna Mlazed". In the period 1985 - 1990 he was a full-time assistant in the Department of Drawing of the National Academy of Arts.
He works in the field of graphics, drawing and illustration. In the 1980s he worked with leading Bulgarian publishing houses, published many books for children and adults and collaborated with periodicals. He actively participated in artistic life in the country and abroad. In the USA he illustrated over 20 children's books for established American publishing houses.
Since 1990 he has lived and worked in the USA. He teaches at art colleges, including Savannah College of Art and Design, University of the Arts (Philadelphia) and Maryland Institute College of Arts (Baltimore). He is Professor Emeritus at Delaware College of Art and Design, where he directed the illustration program for twelve years.
He has had solo exhibitions in a number of museums, cultural institutions and galleries, including his retrospective exhibition at the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington (2013). He has won awards from national exhibitions, competitions and international forums.
His works are in the possession of museums and private collections in Bulgaria and the USA.
For the artist and teacher Alexi Nachev, it is natural to realize this exhibition at the Academy Gallery - as an emotional connection with the institution that built him as an author, and a memory of his artistic youth.
The exhibition will be opened by the author Alexi Nachev and art historian Filip Zidarov.
Opening: June 02, 2026, 6:00 PM
Location: Academy Gallery, 1 Shipka Street
Closing: June 21, 2026
Source: National Art Museum
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