Daria Vassilyanska

Daria Kozmova Vassilyanska (in Bulgarian Дария Козмова Василянска) (1928–2017) was a Bulgarian artist.

Biography Daria Vassilyanska was born on 28 November 1928 in Varna, Bulgaria. She graduated from Prof. Iliya Petrov's painting class at the National Academy of Art in Sofia in 1955. Beginning in 1959 she took part in all national, group and regional exhibitions of the Union of the Bulgarian Artists. Vassilyanska lived and worked in Varna. Her husband was the Bulgarian theatre director Stancho Stanchev. She died on 4 December 2017 in Varna. She was a free-lance artist in the sphere of easel painting, scenography, monumental-decorative murals and applied art. Her works are owned by The National Art Gallery, Sofia City Art Gallery, Varna City Art Gallery, 22 state art galleries in Bulgaria, institutions and private collections in the country and abroad.

Solo exhibitions 1974 – "BWA" Sopot Gallery, Gdańsk, Poland 1975 – Exhibition Hall at 65 "Knyaz Boris I" – Varna 1975 – "Lamartine" museum, the Old town of Plovdiv 1976 – Gallery of the Union of the Bulgarian Artist "Shipka 6" Sofia 1976 – Göttingen, Germany 1977 – Art Fest – Oreshak 1998 – The Ladies, the Ladies up on Stage – "Art 36" Gallery, Sofia 1998 – Jubilee exhibition at the Varna City Gallery 'Boris Georgiev' 1999 – Sundry Pictures, "TED" Gallery, Varna 1999 – Daria’s Cats, "Georgi Velchev" museum, Varna 2000 – Little Landscapes with the Sea, "Gallery 8", Varna 2001 – Madonnas, "Gallery 8", Varna 2001 – Grimaces and Smiles, "Georgi Velchev" Art Museum, Varna 2002 – Madonnas, "Art 36" Gallery, Sofia 2002 – Greetings, Bearers of Culture!, "Gallery 8", Varna 2003 – The Threepenny Exhibition, "Gallery 8", Varna 2004 – Seaside, "Dyakov" Gallery, Plovdiv 2004 – Old-fashioned Exhibition, "Artin" Gallery, Varna 2006 – Looking at Things More Beautiful, "Artin" Gallery, Varna 2008 – Exhibition at "Zlatyu Boyadzhiev" Museum – Old Plovdiv 2008 – With These Ones I Feel Fine, Jubilee exhibition at the Varna City Gallery 'Boris Georgiev' 2014 – Smiles and Grimaces at Varna City Gallery 'Boris Georgiev' 2016 – Paper Pictures at Varna City Gallery 2016 – Daria’s Cats – Second Hand] at the House of Architect in Varna 2017 – In Memoriam – Varna City Gallery "Boris Georgiev"

Participation in international exhibitions 1976 International Biennial of Painting – Košice, Slovakia, Art Fair – Göttingen, Germany, International Triennial of Realistic Painting – Sofia 1981,1983,1985,1989,2001,2003 International Biennial of Humour and Satire – Gabrovo 1996 International Triennial of Painting – Sofia 2000–2014 Biennial of Visual Arts "August in Art" – Varna 2004 Balkan Quadrennial of Painting "Myths and Legends of My People" – Stara Zagora

Participations in representative exhibitions of the Union of Bulgarian Artists abroad 1961 Budapest, Hungary 1967, 1973, 1979, 1984 Odessa, Ukraine 1969 Braila, Romania; Turku, Finland 1970 Warsaw, Poland 1974 Moscow, Russia; Vichy, France 1983 Berlin, Germany 1985 Kuwait 1993 Tokyo, Japan

More significant participations in general exhibitions and competitions 1972,1974,1978 General Art Exhibition "Friends of the Sea" – Burgas 1978,1979 General Art Exhibition "The Drawing" – Sofia 1982,1985 General Art Exhibition "Small Format" – Sliven 1983 General Art Exhibition "Drawings and Figurines" – Sofia 2003 "The Jazz of Optimists" – Rayko Aleksiev Gallery, Sofia 2005 General Art Exhibition "Portrait" – Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia 2007 General Art Exhibition "Traffic" – Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia 2008 Exhibition National Competition "Allianz Bulgaria" for painting, sculpture and prints. 2013 Seventh National Exhibition "Art Collages" – Plovdiv 2014 "Then and Now" – representative exhibition of 30 renowned Bulgarian painters at "Shipka 6" Gallery, Sofia 2016 Visual Chronicles/Nine Portraits 2016 "Visual Chronicles/Nine Portraits of Painters" – Sofia City Art Gallery

Scenography She is the author of the scenography of 10 theatre performances in the theatres of Varna and Shumen: 1955–1956 "Funny Stories after Cervantes’ interludes, staged by Stancho Stanchev, "Vasil Drumev" Drama Theatre – city of Shumen 1956–1957 "Cinderella" by Charles Perrault, staged by Stancho Stanchev, Puppet Theatre – city of Shumen 1956–1957 "Father and Son" by L.S.Tirina, staged by Stancho Stanchev, "Vasil Drumev"Drama Theatre – city of Shumen 1958–1959 Goodnight, Patricia! by Aldo De Benedetti, staged by Stancho Stanchev, "Vasil Drumev" Drama Theatre – city of Shumen 1958–1959 "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" by Victor Hugo, staged by Stancho Stanchev, "Vasil Drumev" Drama Theatre – city of Shumen 1958–1959 "The Phoney Civilisation" by Dobri Voynikov, staged by Stancho Stanchev, "Vasil Drumev" Drama Theatre – city of Shumen 1962–1963 "The Great Bobby" by Krzysztof Gruszczyński, staged by Stancho Stanchev, "Stoyan Bachvarov" Drama Theatre – city of Varna 1962–1963 "Colleagues" by Vasiliy Aksyonov and Yuri Stabovoy, staged by Tsvetan Tsvetkov, "Stoyan Bachvarov" Drama Theatre – city of Varna 1964–1965 "So Many Poppies!" by Nikola Rusev, staged by Stancho Stanchev, "Stoyan Bachvarov"Drama Theatre – city of Varna 1972–1973 "Seventh Commandment: Steal a Bit Less!" by Dario Fo, staged by Stancho Stanchev, "Stoyan Bachvarov" Drama Theatre – city of Varna

Monumental-decorative works

1974 Design for decorative metal grilles and ceramic panels – Dzhanavara, Varna 1974 Mural “Harmony” in the foyer of “Chernorizets Hrabar” Primary School, Varna 1977 Mural “Shipbuilding” – 250x500 cm – the foyer of Bulgarian Ship Hydrodynamics Centre, Varna