Born 1951 in Kjustendil, Bulgaria. Education 1975 - Sculpture in National Art Academy, Sofia. Since 1992 - Professor in Sculpture. Lives and works in Pernik, Bulgaria.

Selected solo-exhibitions:
1994 - Gallery Rose, Hamburg
1995 - Gallery Van See, Berlin
1996 - Gallery Titan, Frankfurt/Main
1997 - Gallery Sculpture Park, Katzov, Germany
2001 - Gallery Irida, Sofia
2004 - Sofia City Gallery
2005 - Gallery Impressia, Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Gallery 8, Varna, Bulgaria.

Internationale Sculpture Symphosiums:
1977 - Burgas, Bulgaria - marble
1985 - Lindabrun, Austria - stone
1991 - Lindabrun, Austria - iron, stone
1992 - Katzov, Germany - wood, iron
1995 - Nagotane, India - green granite
1996 - Kobe, Japan - granite, iron
1998 - Sepre, Switzerland - iron, stone
1998, 2003 - Ilindentzi, Bulgaria - stone, iron
1999 - Smoljan, Bulgaria - iron, stone
1999 - Pernik, Bulgaria - iron, stone
2003 - Bansko, Bulgaria - granite
2005 - Pavlikeni, Bulgaria - wood, iron
2005 - Cherven brjag, Bulgaria - ceramic

Art Fairs:
Two participations in Basel, Switzerland
Two participations in Poznan, Poland
Participation in London, Great Britain

1988 - Participation in Art Olympiad in Seoul, Korea with two granite figures in the Olympic Park.

Monuments:
A composition in front of the National Stadium.
Half-length portraits of famous Bulgarian artists in Sofia, Pleven, Montana and Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Bronze composition in the National Palace of Culture - Sofia in co-authorship with Angel Stanev.
Bronze composition in Silistra, Bulgaria in co-authorship with Georgi Tchapkanov.

Public Collections
National Art Gallery - Bulgaria, Sofia City Gallery, Pushkin Museum - Moscow, National Museums in Warsaw and Prague, Dante Museum - Ravena, Most Museum - Norway, The Collection of Peter Ludvig - Aachen, Germany, The Collection of Hugo Voeten - Belgium.

selected works
exhibition

Emil Popov