Ivan Jakhanagiev was born in Sofia, in Bulgaria, in 1948. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia, graduating in 1977. His artistic activity, with over 30 years of experience and over one hundred solo exhibitions in galleries and public venues in all Europe, includes painting, printing, murals and illustration. A pioneer of body art in his country, Ivan Jakhanagiev is considered among the most important contemporary Bulgarian artists. Particularly famous are his cycles “Erotica”, “Spring”, “Figures” and “Monasteries”. In 2004, on the occasion of his birthday, the Presidency of the Republic of Bulgaria dedicated to him an anthological exhibition in the Parliament. On the same year he held his first exhibition in Rome. Ivan Jakhanagiev currently lives and works between Sofia and Rome.