On the eve of the Bulgarian national holiday May 24th, at an official ceremony, Andrey Yanev and Darina Yaneva were honored by The Council of the European scientific and cultural society with a certificate and badge "Golden Book" for contribution in the development and representation of the Bulgarian culture. Click HERE to see the certificate. Darina Yaneva’s solo exhibition “The Chess Game” was a part of the program of the world chess championship – Anand – Topalov, Sofia 2010. See photos from the grand opening! SEE THE PICTURES HERE      Darina Yaneva is an established name in contemporary painting. In 2002 she was nominated as one of the 10 best modern pastel artists and presented in the “Pastel Artist International’ magazine. Darina Yaneva has more than 25 solo exhibitions in Bulgaria, Poland, Croatia and Turkey. She has participated in group exhibitions in Swiss, Slovenia, Belgium, Italy, Korea, Poland, Croatia, Turkey and Bulgaria as well as in national and international “plain air” events. In 2002 she has been presented at the International Forum INART in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Darina Yaneva is a member of the Bulgarian union of professional fine artists; she graduated from the fine art school of Prof.Venko Kolev at the Academy of Arts in Sofia in 1989. Darina Yaneva is a founder and chairman of DAYA the Children Creative Academy. As part of the academies activity she manages international projects for children’s creativity such as “the Children of Manisa call the world leaders for peace and cooperation” which is a joint project with the Mayor of Manisa, Turkey. Another project is “What fishes talk about” realized as part of a long term cooperation with the Municipality of Balchik etc. She is presently working on “Changing the past for a better future” a proactive project encouraging cooperation between Bulgarian and Turkish students and bridging the gap between the two countries. Darina Yaneva is one of the founder and inspirational leader of the international festival “Artists, Balchik, Love and Sea”. Darina Yaneva lives and works in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The chess game, an ancient game for entertaining the mind and hiding the wisdom, the symbols and strategies The chess board Black and white- bad and good, night and day. The armies Black and white, lined up in a strict command, everyone with a certain task Lead on by queen and king- the female and male side of everything. Never-ending circle Attacks and defenses, victories and defeats Coded symbols, veiled messages, unpredictable turns – power, wisdom and beauty. My thoughts in these pictures are my attempt to portray the vastness and depth of the chess. I feel I have just open a door in time and space. Please come along and join me, let us be together on a journey into the other side of us.