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Lora Yankova Marinova was born in the city of Varna on the 1st of June,1953.

1972: She obtained a high school degree in music at HSM (High School for Music) Dobri Hristov – city of Varna, specializing in piano with Tsvetana Kareeva.
1977: Her higher education degree is from the National Art Academy – city of Sofia, majoring in set design.

1977–1991: Set Designer in the Varna Opera House
1996–2002: Artist in Chief in the Varna Opera
2002–2012: Freelance (Set Design and Painting)

Member of the UBA (Union of Bulgarian Artists) as of 1985
As a set designer, she has completed over 60 ballet and drama projects. Her project for the opera "Il Trovatore" is performed in 1990 at the National Opera House in Cairo, Egypt. Much of the Varna Opera performances are her projects and have also been presented in Spain, Italy, Greece and Germany. Among them, "Aida","The Troubadour", "A Masked Ball", "Carmen", "The Barber of Seville", "The Nutcracker", "Eugene Onegin" and others.The ballet “Anna Karenina” (2009) got awarded with the “Varna” award for choreography, staging and libretto.

She is actively involved in painting. She participates in regional and national exhibitions, as well as in three consecutive representative exhibitions of artists from Varna in Sofia.

Her  works are owned by private collectors in Bulgaria, UK, Italy, France, Netherlands and the USA.

Nominations and awards:

2008:  Nomination for Painting in First National Contest of Painting, Sculpture and Graphics of Allianz – Bulgaria’2008

2009: Award “Varna” for the ballet „Anna Karenina” /choreography,staging and libretto/

2010: Nomination for Painting in Second National Contest of Painting, Sculpture and Graphics of Allianz – Bulgaria’2010

2014: Grafitt Gallery’s Award

2014: Nomination for Varna Prize  –  fine art

2017: Varna Prize - fine art /together with Dimitar Borisov/

Solo exhibitions:

2011: Solo exhibition - painting „Light and shadow” in “Largo Art Gallery”, city of Varna                                                                                                                                         

2013: Solo exhibition - painting "Romantic strolls" in "Largo Art Gallery",city of Varna

2013: Solo exhibition in City Gallery "Boris Georgiev",city of Varna

2017: Solo exhibition – painting in “Forum Gallery”,city of Haskovo

Joint and group exhibitions:

 1979: Joint exhibition – painting, together with her father Yanko Marinov 

1986: Joint exhibition together with her husband Dimitar Borisov,city of Varna

1991: Joint exhibition together with Dimitar Borisov,city of Varna

1991: Joint exhibition together with Dimitar Borisov,city of Gais,Italy 

1992: Joint exhibition together with Dimitar Borisov,city of Hof, Germany  

1996: Joint exhibition with Dimitar Borisov,Snejina Popgencheva and Emil Popgenchev, in City Art Gallery ”Boris Georgiev ”,city of Varna

1998: Joint exhibition – painting, together with  Dimitar Borisov  in ”Eterna Art gallery”,city of Varna

2007: Participation in the First International Biennial of Miniature,city of Rousse

2009: Family exhibition – painting “Generations”, together with  Dimitar Borisov, Anna Borisova and Yanko Marinov, in  ”Largo Art Gallery”,city of Varna

2013: Participation in the International Biennial of Miniature,city of Rousse

2013: Exhibition of Miniature in "Maestro Art Gallery",city of Sofia

2014: Exhibition “The Next Eight” in Graffit Gallery,city of Varna

2015: Representative exhibition of Graffit Gallery in Berlin and Warsaw

2016: Participation in the Balkan Quadrennial of Painting “Myths and Legends of my People”,city of Stara Zagora

2017: National Exhibition "Ludogorie",city of Razgrad

2017: Group exhibition in Graffit Gallery,city of Varna

2017: “Lyric Messages”group exhibition of women artists of Varna in Graffit Gallery,city of Varna