Vesselin Vassilev (born 1974) is a French-Bulgarian artist painter and printmaker based in France.
Vesselin Vassilev was born into a family of artists in Sofia, Bulgaria. He produced his early artwork in his father’s workshop, the artist and printmaker Atanas Vassilev, while his mother Brigitte Bernard was a ceramic artist. Vesselin Vassilev graduated from the Fine Arts school in Sofia in 1993. In 1999 he graduated from the National Academy of Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria – specialising in printmaking directed by Zdravko Stoyanov. The same year he moved to France and started his career in the region of the Savoie. Between 2002 and 2007 he lived in Paris and attended the printmaking workshop of Chaville. He has lived in Lyon since 2008. He works in the field of intaglio, painting, watercolor and drawing. Vassilev have been awarded at the 9th Print Triennial of Chamalières (FR) and at the 5th Print Biennial of Chaville (FR). His work focuses on optical illusions and the creation of symbols and allegories through a figurative narration rich in details. In etching technique he specializes in polychromatic printmaking.
2014 Etchings - Galerie l’Antilope - Lyon - FR2010 Paintings and Prints - Espace Cercle Optique - Lyon - FR2010 Original Prints - Galerie de Bezance - Romagnat - FR2009 Prints - Theatre des marionnettes - Lyon - FR2007 Antipodes - Bulgarian Cultural Center - Paris - FR2007 Between Dreams and Reality - Jean Blanc Cultural Center - La Ravoire - FR2007 Metamorphoses - Tedi Gallery - Varna - BG2006 Paintings and Prints - Galerie Eliane Poggi - Grenoble - FR2006 Paintings and Etchings - Chapelle Vaugelas - Chambéry - FR2005 Recent works - Galerie Philippe Boidet - Chambéry - FR2005 Etchings - Daniel Jouvance Company - Issy-les-Moulineaux - FR2004 Eternity Daedalus - Chapelle Vaugelas - Chambéry - FR2004 Etchings - Unedic Company - Savoie Technolac - FR2003 Aerostatic Desires - Atelier Idalie - Paris - FR2003 Aerostatic Desires - Galerie de Lans - Chambéry - FR2002 Paintings and Prints - Jean Blanc Cultural Center - La Ravoire - FR2002 Waterclours and Prints - Banque de Savoie - Chambéry - FR2001 Etchings - Chapelle Vaugelas - Chambéry - FR2001 Labyrinth of Dreams - Galerie de Lans - Chambéry - FR1999 Original Prints – Tedi Gallery - Varna - BG2015 International Exhibition of Modern Ex-libris - Malbork - PL2015 Salon de Lyon et Sud-Est - FR2015 International Biennial of Gabrovo - BG2014 World Print Triennial - Chamalieres - FR2014 World Miniprint Annual - Sofia - BG2012 Print Fair - Cotignac - FR2011 Salon de Lyon et Sud-Est - FR2011 Biennial of Gabrovo - BG2010 Salon de Lyon et Sud-Est - FR2009 Salon de Lyon et Sud-Est - FR2009 From Dürer to Picasso - St.Laurent-du-Pont - FR2008 Salon de Lyon et Sud-Est - FR2007 Biennial of Printmaking - Ceara - BR2007 3th Biennial of Chaville - FR2007 Print Biennial Arstampa - Manosque - FR2006 Salon de Garches - FR2006 Salon de Montrouge - FR2006 Salon de l’estampe - Rueil-Malmaison - FR2005 4th Print Biennial of Chaville - FR2005 Biennial of Varna - FR2005 Biennial of Gabrovo - BG2005 4th Triennial of Havirov - FR2004 XVII Premio Máximo Ramos - Ferrol - ES2004 3rd Biennial Arstampa - Manosque - FR2003 World Print Triennial - Chamalières - FR2003 3rd Print Biennial of Chaville - FR2003 Mois de l'Estampe - Paris - FR2001 Ex-libris Biennial Sint Niklaas - BE2000 Gize International Print Triennial - EG1999 International Print Fair - Carbunar - RO1999 Omer Karel De Laey Price - Hooglede - BEVille de Lyon - FRMairie d’Aix-les-Bains - FRThe Gabrovo Humour Museum - BGFondation Art Dialogue, Paris - FRCOREB Company - FR