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Ivo Stamenov - Otto is a graduate of Technical University - Sofia.

Since 1989 he has worked in many theatres in Sofia, and with the advent of private radio stations in Bulgaria (around 1992) he is a sound engineer at Radio Express, Radio 99 and Radio Vitosha.

Around 2002 he started experimenting with wood as a material. He started with children's toys, and quickly came up with the idea of workshops where participants make their own toys and Ivo shows and helps. These workshops became very popular in Bulgaria and Europe. They are still held today.

In 2013 he created a working mini model of a theatre, with which he participated two years in a row in the largest toy exhibition in the world in Nuremberg.

Around 2015, he started making boutique lamps from wood that tell stories (www.ivostamenov.com).

With his lamps he participates in collaborative exhibitions with other artists, and since 2020 he also makes one solo exhibition in Sofia every year.