Georgi Pchelarov
Date and place of birth: 19.10.1955, Ruse.
Education: PG "Nikola Vaptsarov" city of Razgrad, 1973
Biology with a specialty in Zoology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", 1982
Professional experience: Since 1983 I have been working in the field of scientific illustration and wildlife art /Wildlife Art/. I have illustrated more than 50 specialized and popular science publications, textbooks, brochures and leaflets. I am the author of numerous environmental protection posters and postcards.
Exhibitions:
First solo exhibition, "Animalia" in the building of the Faculty of Biology of Sofia University, 1984
Solo chamber exhibition at the headquarters of "Lyonnaise des Eaux" in Paris, 2000
Participation in the general exhibition of illustrators of the publishing house “Prosveta”, gallery of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, 6 Shipka Street, 2002
Jubilee solo exhibition of scientific illustration, exhibition hall of the “Izkustvo” complex, Razgrad, 2005
Participation in the first exhibition of artists of wildlife “Music of the Forest”, National Museum of Fine Arts, Sofia, 2011
Jubilee solo exhibition of scientific illustration, Academy Gallery, 2015
Participation in the first annual exhibition of DAPHNI /Society of Animalists, Florists and Scientific Illustrators/, National Museum of Fine Arts, Sofia, 2016
Participation in the DAPHNE exhibition “The Ancient Forests of Bulgaria and Their Inhabitants”, NPM, Sofia, 2018
Participation in the DAPHNE exhibition, part of the international conference on seagulls, Hotel “Dunav”, Ruse, 2018
Awards: I have none and I don’t find it particularly tragic.
Illustrated works: There are many, but I will mention some of them:
"Fauna of Bulgaria", vol. 20, Birds, part I, Academic Publishing House "Prof. Marin Drinov" 1990
"Fauna of Bulgaria" vol. 26, Birds part II, Academic Publishing House "Prof. Marin Drinov" 1997
"Birds of the Balkan Peninsula" field guide, Publishing House "Peter Beron", 1992, second revised and supplemented edition, Ekotan EOOD, 2012
"Fish in Bulgaria" guide, Publishing House "Gaia Libris", 1995, second supplemented edition, 2001
"Mammals" illustrated encyclopedia, Publishing House "Gaia Libris", 2012
Favorite illustrator: Ernest Thompson Seton, Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert, the early Roger Tory Peterson, the great illustrators of The National Geographic magazine Allan Brooks and Walter Weber, Vadim Gorbatov, Alexander Denkov, the early Ivan Kirkov as an illustrator, etc.
Favorite illustrated book? Roger Tory Peterson's book "Birds", illustrated by him, a model of a popular science publication, Parrots of the World with illustrations by William T. Cooper - a feast for the eyes and soul of the scientific illustrator, the mighty engravings of Gustave Dore illustrating the Bible, Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy" or Cervantes' "Don Quixote".
Which book do you dream of illustrating? To repeat the feat of John James Audubon (albeit in a more modest version), creating a series of large-format boards “Birds of Bulgaria”, but for that it may be too late, “Jungle Book” by Rudyard Kipling, “Through Forests and Waters” by Emilian Stanev, “The Island of Doctor Moreau” by Herbert Wells, the novella “Maska” by Stanislav Lem.
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