1970 - born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria

1982 - started private lessons at Mincho Panayotov's Studio

1989 - finished High School of Fine Arts

1996 - graduated with MFA from National Art Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria

1996-2004 - taught Art in different schools in Plovdiv, including the High School of Stage and Screen Arts

2004 - 2010 - lived in St Louis, MO, USA and worked at The Saint Louis Art Museum

2014 - 2019 - graduated with Master of Theology from Paissiy Hillendarsky Plovdiv University

2010 - present - lives and works in Plovdiv, Bulgaria

M e m b e r: Artists Fellowship "26-5" (since 1998); Plovdiv Artists Union (since 1998) ; Art St Louis (2005-2010); St Louis Artists Guild (2007-2010); Union of Bulgarian Artists - UBA (since 2020), Bulgarian Iconography Association (since 2020)

Galina's works are in many private and public collections in Bulgaria, USA, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, China, Australia, France, Ukraine