Vassilen Vasevski (Vassi) was born in Sliven, Bulgaria. He holds a MFA in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria and AS in Commercial arts from Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne, IN, USA. He has participated in noumerous art show in Europe (Bulgaria, Sweden, France, Croatia, Switzerland) and the US (Chicago, New York, Houston, New Orleans, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne). Vassi teaches drawing, design and art appreciation art courses at Harold Washington college - Chicago.

"Today, as I create, I follow a genuine wish to connect with others, to reach their human desires through expressing what I see, feel or believe. My paintings are visions of a place of harmony and balance that I discovered in myself and I wish to share. I call my style “metaphysical romanticism” and believe that aesthetic experience can foster inner balance and change lives. For me art is a universal tool for wordless communication. My creative stance and worldview value parity, the interaction between cultures, and the power of art to bridge and reconcile differences."