From February 2 to March 5, 2024, the exhibition "Mario Zhekov - 125th anniversary of the artist's birth" will be on display in the Kapana gallery. It will present 42 watercolor works and gouaches, most of which will be shown for the first time to a Plovdiv public. They include samples from almost all periods of his work. With the exhibition Stara Zagora Art Gallery is visiting the City Gallery of Fine Arts - Plovdiv, and has included a significant number of works from parts of collections along with works from its painting collection.

Marin Zhekov Todorov, as is the artist's birth name, remains in the history of Bulgarian art as one of the most significant marine artists. His talent was shaped mostly at the Paris School of Painting and through the constant contact he sought with the sea and nature. A traveler at heart, he finds his inspiration in various places such as Istanbul, Paris, Nice, Dubrovnik, Ohrid, Prague, Budapest, and "among the rocks and lonely beaches of Sozopol and Nessebar - notes Prof. Marin Dobrev - he recreates the endless incarnations of the sea, the light and the movement of water”. His desire is to reveal the beautiful corners of Bulgaria - Nessebar, Sozopol, Tarnovo, Tryavna, Karlovo, Plovdiv, Stara planina and Rila. His watercolors touch with their lightness, airiness, flutter, free brush and reveal the power of modernism in our art.

With gratitude for the cooperation and participation of art critic Prof. Marin Dobrev in the preparation and implementation of the exhibition.
An official opening is not scheduled.

The exhibition has an entrance fee.