Yoan Leviev (1934-1994) was a Bulgarian artist, painter, and creator of monumental artworks such as large-scale mosaics and murals.
Leviev was a member of the innovative Plovdiv School of the 1960s - a group which also included Encho Pironkov, George Bozhilov, Dimitar Kirov, Kolyo Vitkowski and Hristo Stefanov, known as the "April Generation”. Leviev's work encompasses the fields of easel and monumental painting, mural paintings, decorative panels and mosaics. From 1970 onwards, he held numerous solo exhibitions in Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna and abroad, including in Warsaw, Prague and Los Angeles.

In 1958, he graduated with monumental and decorative painting at the National Art Academy in Sofia in the class of Professor Georgi Bogdanov. From 1960 onwards, he regularly took part in exhibitions in Plovdiv and collective exhibitions by the Union of the Bulgarian Artists, of which he became a member in 1961. The same year, he spent two months in Italy.

Leviev took part in collective exhibitions in youth biennales in Paris (1961 and 1963). His first solo exhibition was in Sofia in 1973, at the Union of the Bulgarian Artists Gallery in Sofia. Other solo exhibitions included those in 1975 and 1981 at the Autumn Art Exhibitions in Plovdiv. A jubilee exhibition of paintings and drawings was held in 1984 in Plovdiv, and shown again in 1985 in Sofia. The year 1986 saw two exhibitions of Leviev's work at galleries in Los Angeles. Other exhibitions in the US were held in 1989 ("Watercolours from Bulgaria", Lori Kay Gallery, Los Angeles) and in 1991 (a solo exhibition at the Hilton Towers Gallery, Anaheim, 20 works from the "Song of Solomon" cycle). There was a solo exhibition at the Serdica Gallery in Sofia in May 1991.

Leviev visited Mexico in 1977, taking part in an exhibition and meeting prominent Mexican artists. In 1984, he spent two months in Paris on a grant from the Union of the Bulgarian Artists, at La Cité internationale des Arts.

In addition, in his earlier career Leviev did scenography for operas by Lyubomir Pipkov, Parashkev Hadzhiev, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, and ballets by Manuel de Falla, and Jules Levy.

There are works by Yoan Leviev owned by the National Art Gallery and the Sofia City Art Gallery in Bulgaria, as well as by many international galleries.

Music: A. Scriabin - Prelude Op. 11, No. 21 in B Flat Major

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