Vesselin Vesselinov

Born in Byala, Russe county, Bulgaria, 5.10.1959 Graduate of Teacher's College, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1982. Saint Kliment Ohridsky University, Sofia, Bulgaria, Law School. Abandoned 1989, due to emigration.

Bachelor of Arts, Humanities and History (extended minor), Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2001. Currently a graduate student of Simon Fraser University, Liberal Studies Program.

Scholarships:

• Father Michael Bach Memorial, autumn 2000
• SFU open scholarship, spring 2001
• SFU open scholarship, summer 2001
• SFU graduate scholarship, autumn 2002

Awards:

Member of the Golden Key International Honour Society

Contributor to the weekly Literaturen Forum (Literary Forum), Sofia, Bulgaria

Author of two books of fiction: Beyond the Ocean and A Week (in Bulgarian)

Emil Lazarov

Born 1960, Bulgaria.

1976 - 1983 Sporadically studied with various established artists, predominantly drawing and photography.

1981 - 1989 Worked as a graphic artist, technical illustrator and commercial photographer.

1985 - 1988 Studied marketing and history of the economic thought in the National Business University, Sofia.

1992 - 1995 BA, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. Majored in studio art, with concentration on computer art and printmaking. Art history minor.

1995 - 1996 Worked as a graphic designer and printmaker in Vermont. Exhibited in the University of Vermont art gallery and at Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center, Middlebury, VT.

1999 MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Art and Technology department. Concentrated on computer-controlled 3-D installations, web art and art criticism.

1996 - present Works as a web developer, web designer and IT consultant in Chicago, Illinois.

1999 Started erunsgallery.com as a web exhibition space for artists.

SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF J. L. BORGES TAKEN FROM THE EMPTY POCKET LITERARY ENCYCLOPEDIA

By

Vesselin Vesselinov

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The museums forbid the disclosure of their names. The objection is based on the fact that the number of visitors has increased after Borges' death. The increase, however, has nothing to do with the museums' expositions. The new visitors have uniformly asked to see the room where the former curator had been working, thus disturbing the normality of the business day. Curious phenomena has been noticed: all new visitors are short , balding, middle aged men of the silent type, with blond mustaches. The museums' staff is under the impression that the new visitors are actually one man. What cannot be explained is how it is possible for one man to visit the three museums at the same time, given that they are located in different countries: Argentina, France, and the USA. Also, crowds with blond mustaches have been observed sometimes visiting the museums, thus deepening the mystery: Is it possible for one man to create a crowd? Until the mystery is solved, the museums' names cannot be published.

Untitled, 1996
Woodcut by Emil Lazarov