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Valko Petrov Tsenov is a Bulgarian sculptor and lecturer in sculpture. He is a member of the SBH section.

Biography
He was born in Sofia in 1947. In 1976 he graduated from the Academy of Arts. He specialized in Czechoslovakia in 1977-78 and the GDR in 1980.

From graduation to 1992 Tsenov is a lecturer at the Art School for Applied Arts. He was Vice-President of the Union of Bulgarian Artists between 1992 and 1995. He has contributed to the creation of the specialty of the Children's Environment Design at the Academy. He is currently teaching at PGlI.

Creativity
Tsenov participated in more than 40 national and collective exhibitions and biennials. Single exhibitions took place in 1991 in Cyprus, in 1993 in Austria, in 1993 and 1994 in Germany, in 1997 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He has implemented over 30 public procurements for monuments and garden plastic. His more significant monumental works are:
The bronze sculpture
monument of Tsonyu Lavchiev in Kereka village
the bronze monument of Konstantin Irechek in Sofia,

Day and night (stone)

The bronze monument of John Atanasov in front of the Phone Palace in Sofia
Ivan Veder monument in the center of Razgrad, 2007

The bronze sculpture portrait of Dimitar Voynov, an art gallery in Veliko Tarnovo.

Small format sculptures of Valko Tsenov are owned by galleries and private collections in Bulgaria, Austria, England, Germany, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, USA, Holland, Switzerland, South Korea.

Sources

Bulgarian sculptors
Bulgarian Teachers
Alumni of the National Academy of Art
Born in Sofia