Biography

Vladimir Bunargiev is a painter with rich experience and various performances in the art world. From painting to fresco, mosaic, metalоplastic, and stained glass. Furthermore, he has experience in exterior and interior restorations of houses and applied arts – book covers, trade marks, plates and posters. For 15 years he taught painting, drawing and composition at National School of Fine Arts & National School of Applied Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria.

He has over 35 individual exhibitions and has participated in all Bulgarian National and international exhibitions. From 2000 onward he founded and established his own theory in art called Expressionism of energy and based all of his work on it.

Self – portrait, 2012, oil on canvas, 50 x 60 cm

  • BORN IN SOFIA, BULGARIA ON 12.05.1953
  • 1968 – 1972 – STUDIED AT NATIONAL SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, SOFIA, BULGARIA
  • 1974 – 1979 – STUDIED  AT NATIONAL  ACADEMY OF ARTS, SOFIA, BULGARIA
  • 1980 – 1993 – TEACHER AT NATIONAL SCHOOLS OF FINE & APPLIED ARTS, SOFIA, BULGARIA
  • 1996 – 2002 – AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE FOUNDATION FOR FACILITATING ART IN BULGARIA.  VLADIMIR GIVES OUT A SCHOLARSHIP IN HIS FATHER’S NAME PETAR BUNARGIEV FOR THE MOST TALENTED CHILD IN THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF ARTS, SOFIA
  • HONORARY MEMBER OF ZONTA CLUB SOFIA
  • LIVES AND WORKS IN SOFIA, BULGARIA
  • 1971 – YOUTH CENTER “LILIANA DIMITROVA”, BULGARIA – 30 PAINTINGS, OIL ON CANVAS
  • 1979 – 1990 – PARTICIPATED IN ALL NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS IN BULGARIA
  • 1980 – THEATRE “SOFIA”, BULGARIA – 50 WORKS, OIL PASTEL
  • 1981 – RESORT “GOLDEN SANDS”, CULTURAL CENTER, HOTEL “INTERNATIONAL”, HOTEL “AMBASSADOR”, BULGARIA – 150 WORKS, OIL PASTEL AND DRAWINGS
  • 1983 – ART GALLERY, VARNA CENTRE, BULGARIA – 40 WORKS, OIL PASTEL
  • 1984 – RESORT “GOLDEN SANDS” – 80 WORKS, OIL PASTEL
  • 1985 – THEATRE “SOFIA”, BULGARIA, DRAWINGS
  • 1990 – ART GALLERY “SHIPKA 6” – 80 WORKS, OIL ON CANVAS
  • 1991 – THEATER “SALZA & SMYAH” – 30 WORKS: DRAWINGS (200/300 CM) & OIL ON CANVAS PAINTINGS
  • 1992 – ART GALLERY – OMURTAG, BULGARIA – 20 PAINTINGS, OIL ON CANVAS
  • 1993 – GALLERY “RAIKO ALEKSIEV”, SOFIA, BULGARIA – 100 PAINTINGS, OIL ON CANVAS
  • 1993 – ART GALLERY “ANI-KO”, SOFIA, BULGARIA – 50 WORKS, OIL ON CANVAS
  • 1993 – ART GALLERY “SOZOPOL”, BULGARIA – 80 WORKS, OIL PASTEL & DRAWINGS
  • 1997 – ART GALLERY “SHIPKA 6”- “THE TRAIL” – ORGANISED IN MEMORY OF PETAR BUNARGIEV- 1000 WORKS
  • 1998 – ART GALLERY “NAVA”, SOFIA, BULGARIA – 30 PAINTINGS, OIL ON CANVAS
  • 1998 – ART GALLERY “SOZOPOL”, BULGARIA – 30 DRAWINGS
  • 1998 – ART GALLERY, HEIDELBERG, GERMANY – 60 DRAWINGS, OIL PASTEL
  • 1998 – CITY LIBRARY, GERMERSHEIM, GERMANY – 60 DRAWINGS, OIL PASTEL
  • 1998 – CITY HALL, HESHEIM, GERMANY – 50 DRAWINGS, OIL PASTEL
  • 1999 – CITY HALL, ALTRIP, GERMANY – 40 DRAWINGS, OIL PASTEL
  • 2000 – HOTEL “VELINA”, VELINGRAD, BULGARIA – 50 PAINTINGS, OIL ON CANVAS & DRAWINGS
  • 2001 – GALLERY “HEFEST”, SOFIA, BULGARIA – 10 PAINTINGS OIL ON CANVAS & 30 DRAWINGS
  • 2002 – ART GALLERY “SHIPKA 6”, “THE GODS ARE THIRSTY” – 130 WORKS, OIL ON CANVAS & DRAWINGS
  • 2004 – ART GALLERY “RAIKO ALEKSIEV”, SOFIA, BULGARIA
    “THE GODS ARE THIRSTY – PARABLES” – 140 PAINTINGS, OIL ON CANVAS
  • 2004 – 2008 – ATELIER, “OBORISHTE” 45, SOFIA, BULGARIA – 180 PAINTINGS, OWN ART THEORY EXPRESSIONISM OF ENERGY, 2 FILMS ABOUT VLADIMIR BUNARGIEV AND 1 FILM ABOUT PETAR BUNARGIEV
  • 2008, 2013 – UNION OF ARCHITECTS IN BULGARIA – 145 WORKS AND 1 FILM ABOUT VLADIMIR BUNARGIEV
  • 2012 – GALLERY “MARBLE FOYER”, SOFIA, BULGARIA – 30 PAINTINGS & 80 DRAWINGS
  • 1978 – 1979 –  MILITARY SCHOOL, SHUMEN, BULGARIA – SGRAFITTO, 220 FT2
  • 1979 – 1980 – HIGH SCHOOL, DUPNICA, BULGARIA – WET FRESCO 100 FT2
  • 1981 – PROJECT, GRAND HOTEL “VARNA”, BULGARIA – METALOPLASTIC, 20 FT2
  • 1983 – PROJECT, NATIONAL PALACE OF CULTURE, SOFIA, BULGARIA – MOSAIC, METALOPLASTIC  20FT2
  • 1983 – SCHOOL, THE VILLAGE OF “VENEТS”, BULGARIA – WET FRESCO 18 FT2 
  • 1984 – 1985 – SLIVEN, BULGARIA, THEATRE – MOSAIC AND MIRROR PLASTIC
  • 1984 – GOLYAMA ZHELYAZNA, BULGARIA – DRY FRESCO 20 FT2
  • 1984 –  PROJECT, BISTRITSA, BULGARIA – METALOPLASTIC 300 FT2
  • 1984 – 1986 – PROJECT, TROYAN, BULGARIA – DRY FRESCO 300 FT2
  • 1985 – SCHOOL SEVLIEVO, GROUND FLOOR AND 1ST FLOOR – DRY FRESCO, 40 FT2

  • 1979 – 1983 – HUGE AMOUNT OF PLATES FOR” BALKANTON”, COVERS, BOOKS, TRADE MARKS, ILLUSTRATIONS
  • BULGARIAN NATIONAL TV – NEW YEAR’S PROGRAMS, ASSISTANT PAINTER OF METODI ZANEV
  • 1994 – 1995 – HOUSE ON “DUNAV” STREET, SOFIA, BULGARIA
  • EXTERIOR – FULL RESTORATION OF THE FACADE, SCULPTURES, ORNAMENTS, AND AESTHETIC DESIGN OF THE HOUSE
  • INTERIOR – FULL RESTORATION OF 30 ROOMS, COMPLEX ORNAMENTS & CEILING PLASTIC, SCULPTURE FRIEZES, CORRIDORS & STAIRS, PAINTING, STYLING, AND GOLD PLATING

Gallery

Landscapes

Abstractions

Still Life

Portraits

Expressionism of Energy (Ex-En)

  • “Expressionism” is the most accessible and practised expression dating back to ancient history, Christianity, garbs, music, customs, etc.
  • Why “energy”? This is my personal discovery and occurs as an attempt to “engrave” the elusive. “Energy” is how the genetic and historical memory in a region exerts a particular radiation and influences man’s aura. One gets the perception of timelessness suggested by the specific rhythmicity of the vibrations reaching man’s soul. The “energy” is the thing that unites them in a fantastic world.
  • True art is a discovery and creation of a world which no one, nowhere has seen but accepts as existing.
  • For me ‘God’ is expressed as “Energy” which is the beginning of all art. The painting by nature is an engraving of that energy. The more qualities a picture has, the more forceful it is. Masterpieces always “glow”
  • Fine art is a war between contrasts. The inner components, when pushed to the limit of tension, are the sign of true quality in a painting.

Documentaries

Ex-En - A conversation with the inner voice

Vladimir Bunargiev - Art is a friend of Eternity