Krum Damianov was born on 3 August 1937 in Rakitovo (Bulgaria). In 1962 he graduated in Sculpture at National Academy of Art, Sofia, in the studio of Prof. Lyubomir Dalchev. In the period 1969 – 1994 he teaches Drawing and Modeling in the University for Architecrture, Construction and Geodesy, Sofia, where he becomes a professor. After 1994 he teaches  Sculpture at the National Academy of Art, Sofia. One of the main themes in his works is the heroism and suffering of Bulgaria. There is no plastic material not used by the great master in his creative practice. Stone and metal, wood and clay, even leather, this is the material world in which its unique images are born. The monumental sculpture, to which Professor Damjanov has a proven weakness, has for decades built his creative character. The author’s name is related to a number of valuable monuments and memorial ensembles in Bulgaria – “The Creators of the Bulgarian State” in Shumen, the monuments of Asenevtsi in Veliko Tarnovo, “Kambanite” in Sofia, “The Flag” (Stara Zagora) The “passage” in the creative base for ceramics in Cherven Bryag. Besides monumental sculpture, Damianov works in the field of the sculpture of the cavalry. Over the years, he has been collaborating with arch. Ivan Kasarov, Arch. Bogdan Tomalevski, Arch. Lozan Lozanov, Valentin Starchev and Ivan Neshev, as well as personalities such as Ivan Slavov and Bozhidar Kozarov, arch. Bogomil Davidkov and arch. Blagovest Valkov. Krum Damianov is well known outside of our country and many of his best works are present in galleries and private collections in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Austria, USA, South Korea. He attended the OCHI at the Paris Biennial Youth Biennial. He has numerous solo exhibitions in Paris, Miami, Sofia, Brussels. She has participated in sculpture symposia in Austria, Poland, Germany and the Arts Olympiad, Seoul, South Korea and other countries around the world. Winner of the highest alliances and state awards – the Ivan Lazarov Prize for Monumental Sculpture for 1965 and 1982. In 2009, Receives the Paisii Hilendarski State Prize for remarkable contribution and achievements in modern Bulgarian art. Laureate of Bulgarian Dimitrov Prize.