Georgi Pchelarov was born in 1955 in Ruse. His early childhood was spent in Razgrad, where he attended various art schools. In 1982, he graduated with a degree in zoology at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". It was then that he started painting. In 1987, he was engaged in illustrating Birds part I - a volume of the series "Fauna of Bulgaria".
The book "Birds of the Balkan Peninsula", published in 1991, is another one of the most significant publications of its kind in our country, fully illustrated by Georgi Pchelarov. It includes 1,992 color and 211 black and white author's illustrations.
In 2012, the field guide, known and sought after by both specialists and ornithology lovers, was reissued, and the new edition also has new illustrations by Georgi Pchelarov. Selected originals from the second, supplemented edition are included in the exhibition.
The exhibition "From the birds of the Balkan Peninsula to the medicinal plants" presents selected original illustrations from the two editions, as well as illustrations prepared for the second of them, which have not been published.
Georgi Pchelrov works both for strictly scientific publications and for scientifically popular ones. The exhibition includes some illustrations published in "Magazine 8" in 2015, 2016 and 2019. In 2016, he was among the initiators of the establishment of a professional organization and became the first chairman of the Society of Animalists, Florists and Scientific Illustrators (SAFSI). As such, he is also the most involved in the selection of the thematic frames of the exhibitions, participates in all annual exhibitions, plein airs and other activities of the society. The exhibition includes paintings from SAFSI exhibitions.
Another well-deserved recognition for Georgi Pchelarov is the award he received for overall creativity from the "Illustration Biennale 2022".
The current exhibition presents the most current creative directions of Georgi Pchelarov. An important highlight of the exhibition are 12 botanical illustrations from this year's calendar of the Medical University in Plovdiv, provided for the exhibition by the Museum of Medicine at the university.
For more than 40 years, Georgi Pchelarov has remained entirely devoted to scientific illustration. His work combines the talent of an artist with the knowledge and deep interest in plants and animals as objects of study.
