Born in Bulgaria, Assadour Markarov is an artist, curator and art educator. He gave lectures in Japan, Britain, Ireland, Finland, etc. When he studied in China Academy of Art, his PhD advisor was Professor Shi Hui. 

Now Assadour Markarov is a professor in the Department of Sculpture, Varbanov Fiber Art Research Centre, Fiber and Space Arts Studio, China Academy of Art. In 1987, Assadour studied art in China and got his bachelor's degree in Calligraphy, and later researched on contemporary weaving art in Britain and Japan. 

In college, he majored in poster design at the beginning but by chance he got access to the tapestry art, i.e. the predecessor of fiber art. After studying for a year in National Academy of Art in Sofia, Bulgaria, he secured the only place and resolutely went to China to follow the footsteps of Professor Maryn Varbanov, the then pioneer in world tapestry art.