Dear customers,

Concern Castro Bulgaria more than eighteen years professional background. The scientfic and research basis and documentation which are at our disposal, meet the requirements of the European standarts. 

Our company's subject of activity is: Restoration and preservation of cultural monuments (churches, monasteries, icons, frescoes, woodcarvings, mosaics and other valuable pieces of art); icon painting, mural painting; oil paintings, hung frescoes and facade and interior mosaic; gold backing; engraving; chemical analyses; reproductions; bindings; gallery activities.

Castro Bulgaria is on the market in Greece, Cyprus, Macedonia, Montenegro, Italy, Serbia, France, Belgium, Austria, Germany, USA and Bulgaria.

You can choose by catalogue some models of oil paintings masterpieces, frescoes, icons in diferent art styles: Byzantinum, New Byzantinum, the Age of Enlightenment, Academic ( with no new intepretation), corresponding to Orthodox iconography and meeting the dogmatic and canon requirement for icon painting, West European painting and Masterpieces.

We are maiking artistic and museum copies using the old craftsmen's classic technologies, as it was written in the original treatises and manuals of church painting.

CASTRO BULGARIA has all documents and quality certificates, necessary for the guarantly of all articles made in the country and abroad. Concern Castro and President - Castro Bulgaria Mr. Michael Nikolov are awarded more than 25 honour certificates for preservation, support and development of museum activities and the cultural heredity of Bulgaria and abroad.

In addition to its global work in cultural diplomacy, CASTRO BULGARIA particularly welcomes the opportunity to serve as the coordinator for consortium projects between museums and to assist museums in circulating and restauro their own collections. 

Castro Bulgaria is served by a small, dedicated professional staff supported by a team of internationally renowed specialists for restoration, crating, matting and framing, shipping, insurance, customs formalities, conservation, exhibition design, editing, translation, and catalogue production in the country and abroad.

OUR PARTNERS

International cultural centre - Greece - Museum Heritage Cultural Monuments

American Academy - Rome

Australian Institute for conservation and restoration cultural art and monuments

International Institute for conservation historic work and arts - Rome

Support, advice and training with International museums such as Byzanthine Museum - Greece, Vatican Library and Museum, Hornemann Institute - Germany, British Museum, Bourgas Regional Museum, and many others in Bulgaria and abroad.

Presentation

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

The painter restorer Michael Nikolov

Born in Sofia. A descendant of the old priestly family of prominent woodcarvers, painters and restorers of public and international recognition.

Grandmother of Mr. Nikolov, Pavlina Maksimova a painter restorer – was educated in Russia major restoration and conservation. She taught him his first lessons in iconography and frescoes. His grandfather Stanko /Stanio/ Nikolov / was recognized in 1930 as a Master / restorer - woodcarver. Through them he had the opportunity to touch and to learn the main points of storage and preservation of cultural values. He appreciates too the older generation restorers Drago Peshev and Prof. Asen Vasiliev who worked with the grandparents of Michael and also learned from them a great deal of knowledge. Thank's to them He got deep in science restoration and it has captured Michael's heart ever since. He found out it was his vocation. His father Marin Nikolov is also a restorer of woodworks.

Mihail Nikolov graduated in 1995 University of Sofia " St. Kliment of Ohrid" - Master Theologian.

1995 - 1999 year He specialized Christian art and restoration of cultural monuments in Greece and Cyprus.

2000 - 2007 year Specializations: Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece, Cyprus / Painting, Murals, Restoration and Conservation /. Master in three majors recognized by the Law of Crafts "Painting and fresco", "Restoration and conservation of cultural monuments" and "Working and application of gold coatings".

2008 - 2011 year Specializations - Conservation and Restoration: Germany / Horneman Institute and the Academy of Applied Arts, Koln, Hildesheim / Conservation and Restoration: / Bulgaria / University of Shumen " Episkop Konstantin of Preslav".

He has excellent knowledge of Hebrew, Greek / all forms / Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Russian, Old Bulgarian, Latin, English and Greek languages, which is an advantage in the restoration and iconographic work.

Author of scientific and historical articles related to restoration activities and technologies for restoration of museum objects, churches and monasteries, and made scripts for documentaries broadcast on Television and Nova TV, TV 7 days and more international TV stations. He is an author of the textbook and syllabus according European educational frame and international standards for training in conservation and restoration.

Teacher of Theology, Artist-restorer, expert and art copyist.

Lecturer in Painting and Murals and application of gold coatings in RZK - /National Craft Chambers/ - Sofia.

He has won international awards.

He has awarded over 25 honorary diplomas and certificates as a recognition for the protection, promotion and development of museums and heritage sites in Bulgaria and abroad.

Member of AFCSB-RCCM; ICCMGR. Member of the Board of RZK-Sofia and Chairman of Committees in the acquisition of qualifications /2006-2010/.

President of Concern Castro Bulgaria

Some exhibitions:

1992 - National palace of culture Sofia - Easter exhibition "ICONS'

1992 - Charity exhibition "BIBLICAL PAINTINGS & ICONS" at the museum "V. Levski", the town of Karlovo.

1992 - Charity exhibition "ICONS AND WOODCARVING", National museum "Church Boyana - The Gallery", together with National Centre the Museum and the Ministry of Culture.

1993 - Charity exhibition "ICONS" - Gallery - "Art style" - Athens - Greece. 

1994 - Exhibition of the donors - National Museum "Church Boyana - The Gallery" with the support of the National Centre for Museum, business-club "Museum" and the Ministry of Culture.

1994 - Exhibition "ICONS" - Gallery - "Itea" - Athens - Greece.

1994 - Exhibition "ICONS AND WOODCARVINGS" - Gallery - "Vandergetten" - Hamburg - Germany.1996 - Charity exhibition "GRAPHICS BIBLICAL PORTRAITS AND ICONS" - Gallery - "Dimas" - Nicosia - Cyprus.

1998 - Exhibition "ICONS" - Gallery - "Kronos" - Athens - Greece. 

1998 - Charity Christmas exhibition "ICONS AND CHURCHUNTELSIS", Hall "Sredetz" at the Ministry of Culture upon initiative of "Museum and Galleries".

1999 - Charity Christmas exhibition "COPIES OF WONDER ICONS, CHURCHUNTELSIS AND APPLIED ARTS, 2000 ANNIVERSARY OF CHRYST`S BIRTH", Hall "Sredetz" at the Ministry of Culture, organizers Ministry of Culture and Euro-Bulgarian Cultural Centre.

His works belong to many collections in Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Macedonia, Montenegro, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria and others countries.

Michael Nikolov has painted many churches and chapels consecrated by the bishop of the Orthodox Church and Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria and clergy of the Greek, Macedonian and Serbian churches.

He currently works on scientific work related to the restoration and conservation activities.

His work as a team is always an advantage. Leader for restoration and training activities at University of Sofia, Company "Castro", municipalities and institutions, church trustees, foundations. Organization and preparation of specialized restoration and iconographic programs and the issuance of specialized scientific literature, multimedia, printing and publishing in the implementation of projects with ministries, embassies in Bulgaria and abroad. He took part charitably in projects related to restoration of cultural monuments - icons and murals for churches and monasteries, as well as promoting them in Bulgaria and abroad through the media, internet and TV.

The background where he works, museums and his colleagues help him to acquire more skills - by practice, seminars, symposia, scientific expeditions at home and abroad. Training over the years it gathers with people who learned the knack of the profession.

He has continued to maintain his proffesional form working with prominent profesors and this dialogue helps him to know the latest technologies in restoration.

He works with some of the best teams in restoration activities of cultural monuments.

He always keeps the rule to work respecting the dogmatic-canonical and iconographic requirements, as well as technology and technique for restoration, painting and murals, thanks to which all the achieved projects were opened with formal ceremonies and consecration.

/Creative biography of the artist is prepared by the team of Concern "Castro" by kindly help of Prof. Shadler - Germany and Prof. Kanelous - Greece/.

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The artist of fine art Tsveta Petrova

CV /curriculum vitae/ pdf here

All our specialists are graduated theology, conservation and restoration, fine art and they have specialization in this field.

They have certificates in confirmation of that their works respond to European requirements of quality and international certificates.

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