SPARTAK P A S K A L E V S K I, Professor, Doctor of Arts, studies at the Academy of Arts in Sofia, thereafter specialises in Budapest, Moscow, Prague, Leipzig, and Milan. His creative work is in the area of graphics, illustration, painting, ceramics, and sculpture. Participates in numerous exhibitions in Bulgaria and abroad. Winner of national and international awards for creative inventions.
Promovated in 1996, habilitated in 1997, earns the Doctor of Arts degree in 2010. Teaches art history, conducts lectures and specialist courses at universities and scholarly communities in Bulgaria and other countries (Italy, Greece, and Germany). Founds (1999) and leads the Laboratory for Semiotics and Iconography.