We are happy to announce the official opening of the 2015 International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak! The exhibition is currently showcased at Kazanlak Art Gallery, at the heart of the Rose Festival cultural festivities.
This third selection features over 300 works from 92 artists coming from 34 different countries, making it our most international exhibition to date!
The 2015 jury consisted of Guy Langevin (Canada), Ursula Hülsewig
(Germany) & Peter Boyadjieff (Bulgaria), presided over by the direction of Miniprint Kazanlak, in collaboration with the city of Kazanlak’s administrative council.
On behalf of our organization team, we wish to express our sincere gratitude to the 2015 Jury; their experience and exceptional commitment has allowed for a wide selection of varied and engaging work to take part in this third edition, and further corroborates the Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak’s ambition in becoming a forum for discussion and collaborative exchange between artists and art lovers in the years to come.
We would like to congratulate this year's awarded artists:
First Prize in Traditional Printmaking, and Individual Exhibition:
Rafael Kenji, Brazil
Abelha de Marnay-sur-Seine, 2014
First Prize in Experimental Printmaking, and Individual Exhibition:
Kinichi Maki, Japan
Time Slip 3, 2015
Honorary Mentions:
Stephen Barnwell, USA
GMO, 2014
Lars Holmström, Finland
Zona V-IV/B p, 2014
Takanori Iwase, Japan
Flow 1, 2014
Ann-Kristin Källström, Sweden
A special light that day II, 2014
Mohamed Zakaria Soltan, Egypt
Cairo el Fatemia 2, 2014
Kouki Tsuritani, Japan
They are always together, 2013
We would also like to thank all the participating artists in this 2015 edition! Their beautiful work and creative dedication to the field of printmaking is what has made this event possible, and we hope that they and many more will join us in this newly celebrated tradition in the town of Kazanlak in the years to come!
Selected Artists of the 2015 edition:
Rebecca Allaigre- France
Frederique Badonnel- France
Mika Aono Boyd- USA
Stephen Barnwell- USA
Ariane Blanc-Quenon- Switzerland
Jaka Bonča- Slovenia
Mariela Canchari- France
Annette Caspeller- Denmark
Adriano Castro- Brazil
Rosario Quincha Duran- Spain
Haruko Cho- Japan
Margot Cormier Splane- Canada
Briar Craig- Canada
Pál Csaba- Magyarország
Adam Czech- Poland
Madeline Deriaz- Canada
Abel Dewitz- Germany
Brenda Diller- USA
Elizabeth Dove- USA
Catalina Duran McKinster- Mexico
Matthew Egan- USA
Manfred Egger- Austria
Iñaki Elosua Urkiri- Spain
Eduardo Esparza- Colombia
Marija Falina- Germany
Barbara Babiscia Fallini- Italy
Melanie Gairns- UK
Floki Gauvry- Argentina
Colin Gillespie- England
Isabelle Gourcerol- France
Maria Heed- Sweden
Eiko Hiroki- Japan
Lars Holmström- Finland
Katrine Høyberg- Denmark
Ursula Hülsewig- Germany
Takanori Iwase- Japan
Neil Johnstone- Scotland
Ann-Kristin Källström- Sweden
Rafael Kenji- Brazil
Hyun-Jin Kim- Taiwan
Diana Kleiner- Argentina
Eveline Kolijn- Canada
Hyejeong Kwon- South Korea
Yvan Lafontaine- Canada
Guy Langevin- Canada
Mengling Liao- Taiwan
Tabitha Logan- Canada
LUCE- UK
Bernadette Madden- Ireland
Armelle Magnier- France
María Elena Mainieri- Argentina
Kinichi Maki- Japan
Maria Lucia Maluf- Brazil
Bassem Mansour- Kuwait
Benhamou Marcelle- France
Katherine Marmaras- Australia
Makoto Matsubayashi- Japan
Atsushi Matsuoka- Japan
David Mazure- USA
Lauren McKinley Renzetti- Canada
Fiona Mill- UK
Atsuko Minami- Japan
Marcela Miranda- Italy
Nan Mulder- Netherlands
Yuki Nagashima- Japan
Mia O- Japan
Akiko Okajima- Japan
Paolo Pestelli- Italy
Eija Pii- Finland
Henry Pouillon- Belgium
Luis Reynel- Mexico
Antonio Ruiz- Mexico
Feliks Sarv- Estonia
Sabina Siler Hudoklin- Slovenia
Amaryllis Siniossoglou- Greece
Valerie Syposz- Canada
Suzuki Takae- Japan
Hiro-omi Takeuchi- Japan
Eva Toker Jawerbaum- Argentina
Anna Irena Tomica- Poland
Kouki Tsuritani- Japan
Rikhardur Valtingojer- Iceland
Marchelo Vera- USA
Irene Weiss- Argentina
Art Werger- USA
Cleo Wilkinson- Australia
Laurent Wilmet- Belgium
Yoshiko Yoshida- USA
Omer Zaballa Larumbe- Spain
Camila Zaccarelli- Chile
Mohamed Zakaria Soltan- Egypt
Daniela Zekina- Bulgaria
Miniprint Kazanlak 2015 - Official Kazanlak Opening!
