After finishing high school in Vidin, his hometown, Stavri Kalinov decided to start working in 1966, as an independent in the world of advertising, which allowed him to work with several artistic materials. Finally in 1969 he resumed his studies at the Nikolai Pavlovich Institute of Fine Arts, where he started studying wood carving. In 1977 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Sofia. Stavri Kalinov creates sculptures and paintings always following the traditions and culture of his native country. His personages and patterns, fantastic and very expressive, are always use as a symbol. Stavri Kalinov has exhibited his work in several different galleries in the world: In Bulgaria, Australia, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, France and in the United States.