2022
The 2022 edition features over 500 original works from over 180 artists working from 40 countries!
Among this enormous range of highly compelling work, Miniprint Kazanlak was pleased to award the First Prize in Classical Printmaking to Bea van der Heijden (Netherlands), and the First Prize in Experimental Printmaking to Marek Grzyb (Poland).
We wish to express our sincere gratitude to the 2022 international jury composed of Hui Ju Chang (Taiwan), Agata Dworzak-Subocz (Poland) and Peter Boyadjieff (Bulgaria). Their commitment and contribution has allowed for a wide selection of varied and highly engaging work to take part in this edition, further corroborating Miniprint Kazanlak’s ambition to act as a forum for discussion and collaborative exchange between artists and art lovers for years to come!
ARGENTINA Floki Gauvry AUSTRALIA Jan Palethorpe, Cleo Wilkinson AUSTRIA Traude Pirker, Inge Stornig BELGIUM Bernadette Maréchal, Henry Pouillon, Laurent Wilmet BRAZIL Adriano Castro, Regina Dantas BULGARIA Peter Boyadjieff, Joanna Bradshaw, Kiril Kacarov CANADA Miguel Barros, Hans-Christian Behm, Alex Boya, Zahra BuAli, Deborah Chapman, Renée Chevalier, Margot Cormier Splane, Micheline Couture, Briar Craig, Laurence Finet, Denyse Gérin, Yvan LaFontaine, Guy Langevin, Michele Lapointe, Paule Levesque, Carol Mannas, Lauren McKinley Renzetti, Eric Mummery, Hélène Routhier, Daniela Zekina CHINA Hong Lam Lau COLOMBIA Alvaro Ricardo Herrera-Univalle CROATIA Ivana Gagić Kičinbači DENMARK Annette Caspeller, Eva Nedergaard ESTONIA Eve Eesmaa FINLAND Anna Arminen, Hannele Heino, Eeva Huotari, Janne Laine, Ulla Lindberg, Marje Viitala FRANCE Frederique Badonnel, Christophe Baillie, Marcelle Benhamou, Roger Bonnet des Claustres, Lionel Bras, Florence Jalice, Herman Janssens, Jeongeun Kim, Tania Kmit, Jean-Jacques Lecoq, Isabelle Lin, Saeko Matsushita GERMANY Louise Heymans, Chie Mori, Maximilian Tomasoni, Tina Wohlfarth GREECE Ioannis Anastasiou, Elsa Charalampous, Amaryllis Siniossoglou, Evangelos Tasios HUNGARY Csaba Pál IRELAND Ann Gilleece, Joan Gleeson, Bernadette Madden, Muntsa Molina ISRAEL Inbar Chotzen, Victor Lipkin, Yael Saranga ITALY Albina Dealessi, Eleonora Del Giudice, Barbara Ortelli Pin, Beatrice Palazzetti, Francesco Spallina JAPAN Akihiko Haraguchi, Koichi Honda, Tomoko Horiguchi, Ayako Iguchi, Yo Iseki, Takanori Iwase, Atsushi Matsuoka, Yoshiaki Murakami, Maki Nagumo, Megumi Orito, Mika Sakimoto, Mihoko Sekiguchi, Toshiaki Shozu, Yasufumi Takano, Akito Tanimura, Yuriko Terao, Tomoko Tsuchida, Yoshihiro Tsuji, Yasuyuki Uzawa, Eiko Yamaji LUXEMBOURG Yvonne Rodesch MEXICO Alejandro Ruiz González NETHERLANDS Jaco Putker, Bea van der Heijden, Jozina van Hees, Josée Wuyts + Frans De Groot NEW ZEALAND Barbara Graham, Mark Graver, Neil Johnstone NORWAY Ljudmil Nikolov POLAND Nastazja Ciupa, Adam Czech, Majka Dokudowicz, Agata Dworzak-Subocz, Hanna Grzonka-Karwacka, Marek Grzyb, Agnieszka Jankiewicz, Stanislaw Kaminski, Łukasz Koniuszy, Kacper Kościółek, Antoni Kowalski, Agnieszka Mazek, Krzysztof Pasztuła, Katarzyna Pyka, Weronika Siupka, Marta Śliwiak, Alicja Snoch-Pawlowska, Anna Trojanowska PORTUGAL António Canau, Inês Cannas, Rachel Ramirez SERBIA Snezana Stefanovic, Mirjana Tomašević SLOVAKIA Peter Kocak SLOVENIA Jaka Bonca, Sasa Gornik, Alja Košar SOUTH AFRICA Christiaan Diedericks, Eleanora Hofer SOUTH KOREA Kumnam Baik, Nasil Kwak SPAIN Iñaki Elosua Urkiri, Sònia Giravent, Jose Gracia, Camilo Gutiérrez SWEDEN Ann-Kristin Källström, Gunnar Nilmén, Elisabeth Ödmann TAIWAN Hui-Ju Chang, Chia-Feng Cheng, Tania Chou, Vanessa Huang, Yi-Hung Jen, Meng-ling Liao, Chu-Chun Tseng, Hsi-Ying Wang, Chinn Ying Yu THAILAND Thamrongsak Nimanussornkul, Weeraphat Suteerangkul TURKEY Oya Pekmener UK Anne Desmet, Colin Gillespie, Michelle Griffiths, Luce, Dave McGeorge, Janet Sang, Ruth Thomas USA Tatyana Brown, Karin Bruckner, Marie Bukowski, Rosemarie Gallinari, Judy Gardner, Anita Hunt, Monica Jacobs, Melody Leary, Cynthia Milionis, David Moyer, Kelly Nelson, Bob Tomolillo, Sylvia Solochek Walters
AWARDED ARTISTS
FIRST PRIZE IN CLASSICAL PRINTMAKING
Bea van der Heijden
Netherlands
Roodkapje (Little Red Riding Hood) (2020)
Etching on lino / 13x10 (19x15) / 1/5
FIRST PRIZE IN EXPERIMENTAL PRINTMAKING
Marek Grzyb
Poland
Holes (2022)
Digital Print / 10x10 (19x19) / 2/20
HONORARY MENTIONS
Koichi Honda
Japan
Daydream Atlas - a (2021)
Ink-jet / 13x10 (19x19) / 1/5
Agnieszka Jankiewicz
Poland
The cycle “Time” II (2022)
Monotype / 10x10 (18x18) / 1/1
Peter Kocak
Slovakia
The Star (2021)
Mezzotint / 10x10 (19x19) / 30
Michele Lapointe
Canada
Still Life (2021)
Digital Print (archival pigment) / 10x10 (19x19) / 1/3
Weeraphat Suteerangkul
Thailand
Siamese Fighting Fish 2 (2021)
Digital Print / 10x10 (19x19) / 1/9
Eiko Yamaji
Japan
My room, our world (2022)
Etching,Aquatint,Woodcut / 10x10 (18x18) / 1/10
JURY
Hui Ju Chang
Taiwan
Chang Hui Ju is an illustrator and printmaker who lives and works in Taiwan. She graduated from the National Taiwan University of Arts and has been working on mezzotints since 1997.
“The process of creating made me feel focused and energetic. I like to create with imagination, which makes me feel that I can break away from the real world and float in the unfettered air, relaxed and happy.
If we have opinions about the world we live in, then create a world of our own.”
Selected Awards include:
2021 Third International Print Biennale, Yerevan 2021/Special Jury Prize
2021 FIIC 2021 esito selezioni_Selected artist
2021 MINIPRINT KAZANLAK 2021_First Prize in the Classical Printmaking category
2021 InkMasters Print Exhibition 2021_Selected artist
2021 Contemporary Arts Center «White World» for the Second International mini print Triennial «Intaglio»_Selected artist
2021 ON PAPER Shortlisted Artist 2021
2020 Mini Prints Berlin 2021_Selected artist
2020 INTAGLIO ONLINE EXHIBITION_Selected artist
2020 Mini Prints Berlin 2020_Selected artist
2020 FISAE 2020 Ex libris Design Competition_Selected artist, Works are collected in the State Library of Victoria, Australia
2020 4° BIENAL INTERNACIONAL DE MINIPRINT 2020_Selected artist
2018 IPC International Mini Print Exhibition
Agata Dworzak-Subocz
Poland
Born in Poland, lives in Toruń, Poland. Studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Copernicus University in Torun. Assistant Professor in the Department of Graphic Arts, Institute of Arts. Faculty of Fine Arts at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun at the Serigraphy Studio.
Deals with printmaking, computer graphics and photography. In her works, reality and fiction become the material from which she builds virtual spaces. She plays with the concepts of space and dimensions and embeds the whole thing in a pixel world.
Organized 38 solo and 210 collective exhibitions and festivals in Poland and abroad – in Germany, USA, Korea, India, Bulgaria, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, Cyprus, Portugal, Belarus, Canada, China, Hungary, Turkey and Lithuania. She has been awarded two times with an Artists Scholarship founded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Peter Boyadjieff
Bulgaria
Peter Boyadjieff is an artist born in Kazanlak, Bulgaria. He holds a Masters in Visual Arts and Design at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria (1983) with additional specialization in computer graphics, at the I.C.A.R.I. Institute in Montreal, Canada (2000). His allegorical images combine physical realism and poetic imagery in order to critically engage the viewer and convey powerful ideas in a broader cultural context.
His work has been awarded many prestigious international awards, among which the First Prize at the 27e Salon du Printemps in 2012 (Canada), Highly Commended Artist award at the 8th British International Print exhibition in 2012 (UK), Gold Awards Winner in B&W Magazine in 2009 (USA), Honorary Mention at the International Art Miniature of Vieux-Lévis (Canada), First Prize and Invited Artist at the 28th Miniprint International of Cadaques in 2008 (Spain), an Honorable Mention at the 4th Muestra International de Miniprint de Rosario in 2008 (Argentina) and the 2007 Grand Prize at the 2007 International Digital Miniprint Bravo Est in Ottawa (Canada). His work has also been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions across Europe, North America, South America and Asia.
He was also a featured artist for the 2015 Art Venice Biennale in the ”Biennale Roadshow” (Italy), as well as a selected artist for Canada’s cultural program “The Living City” at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai (China).
EXHIBITING ARTISTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Miniprint Kazanlak wishes to express its sincere gratitude to:
The Mayoral & City Council of Kazanlak
The International Jury comprised of Hui Ju Chang, Agata Dworzak-Subocz & Peter Boyadjieff
The entire team at the Kazanlak Art Gallery
Our network of cultural communities of Kazanlak
and
All the participating artists whose original and personal work has made the International Contemporary
Miniprint of Kazanlak 2022 possible!