Third Sculpture Symposium- Fanano, Italy- , 1992

• 2010
• Gallery Pirosmani– presentation- Istanbul, Turkey
• II International Sculpture Symposium Besiktash- Istanbul, Turkey
• Alive in Metal- exhibition of students in the National Arts Academy- curator - Sofia, Bulgaria
• 2009
• International Meeting in Miniature Sculpture Exhibition- Luxembourg
• V International Sculpture Symposium- Alanya, Turkey
• 2008
• Gallery Pirosmani– presentation- Istanbul, Turkey
• International Sculpture Symposium "Kuzgun Acar"- Bursa, Turkey
• International Symposium of Sculpture(EIAS)- Dubai, UAE
• 2007
• Gallery Nikolov- presentation- Cologne, Germany
• "Scrap metal"- exhibition of students from the National Arts Academy- curator- Sofia, Bulgaria

Velislav Minekov graduated sculpture in 1986 at the Art Academy of Sofia, Bulgaria, in the class of Dimitar Daskalov. He specialized metal design in Hamburg with Prof. Jürgen Birthe. Velislav Minekov is currently professor in the specialty "Metal" at the Art Academy of Sofia, Bulgaria. He is son of the famous bulgarian coryphaeus in monumental sculpture Velichko Minekov.

Prof. Velislav Minekov deals primarily with sculpture and metal design. He helped in the organisation of two ​​exhibitions of his students- "Scrap" (2007) and "Living in metal" (2010).

Prof. Velislav Minekov has solo exhibitions in Turkey and Germany. He participated in numerous international sculpture symposiums and competitions.