We are happy to announce the official opening of the 2016 International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak! The exhibition is currently showcased at Kazanlak Art Gallery, at the heart of the Rose Festival cultural festivities.
This fourth selection features over 260 works from 92 artists and 36 different countries, making it our most international exhibition to date!
The 2015 jury consisted of Rafael Kenji (Brazil), Kinichi Maki (Japan) & 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 2016 Jury; their experience and exceptional commitment has allowed for a wide selection of varied and engaging work to take part in this fourth edition!
We congratulate this year's awarded artists:
First Prize in Traditional Printmaking, and Individual Exhibition:
Deborah Chapman, Canada
Surplombant le vide, 2015
First Prize in Traditional Printmaking, and Individual Exhibition:
William Barnhart, USA
Two4One, 2016
Honorary Mentions:
Haruko Cho, Japan
B-cushion plover-8, 2015
Mark Graver, New Zealand
A. auricla-judae, 2015
Janne Laine, Finland
Misty Island 1, 2015
Yoshiaki Murakami, Japan
Fossil of Flight Seed, 2016
Weronika Siupka, Poland
Gate 1, 2014
Zheng Yuanwei, China
Rare bird - Chinese Sparrowhawk, 2015
We would also like to thank all the participating artists in this 2016 edition!
Selected Artists of the 2016 edition:
Ahlam Al Arif, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Fatima Al Marri, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Mariko Ando, Canada
William Barnhart, United States (USA)
Ana Barroso Calle, Bolivia
Margaret Becker, Republic of Ireland
Marcelle Benhamou, France
Marcin Bochenek, Poland
Valérie Boivin, Canada
Jaka Bonča, Slovenia
Peter Boyadjieff, Bulgaria
Zdenek Bugan, Slovakia
Myles Calvert, Canada
Annette O. Caspeller, Denmark
Adriano Castro, Brazil
Deborah Chapman, Canada
Florence Chapuis, France
Elsa Charalampous, Greece
Renée Chevalier, Canada
Haruko Cho, Japan
Norico Conno, Japan
Adam Czech, Poland
Lillianne Daigle, Canada
Pamela de Brí, Republic of Ireland
Paweł Delekta, Poland
Agnieszka Dobosz, Poland
Veronica Domingo, Spain
Iñaki Elosua Urkiri, Spain
Babiscia Barbara Fallini, Italy
Eirini Fokas, Australia
Saeko Furukata, France
Pier Giacomo Galuppo, Italy
Floki Gauvry, Argentina
Colin Gillespie, United Kingdom (UK)
Mark Graver, New Zealand
Hannele Heino, Finland
Eleanora Hofer, South Africa
Lars Holmström, Finland
Ursula Hülsewig, Germany
Eeva Huotari, Finland
Takanori Iwase, Japan
Neil Johnstone, United Kingdom (UK)
Ann-Kristin Källström, Sweden
Rafael Kenji, Brazil
Diana Kleiner, Argentina
Isao Kobayashi, Japan
Kana Kobayashi, Japan
Alja Košar, Slovenia
Maria Kruschewsky, Brazil
Hyejeong Kwon, Korea South
Yvan LaFontaine, Canada
Janne Laine, Finland
Meng-ling Liao, Taiwan
Jose Maximiano Lima Arruda, Brazil
Kinichi Maki, Japan
Hayashi Mariko, Japan
Line Marsdal, Norway
Atsushi Matsuoka, Japan
Lauren McKinley Renzetti, Canada
Iosif Mihailo, Romania
Shinobu Mitsuhashi, Japan
Yoshiaki Murakami, Japan
Kumiko Nakajima, Japan
Mia O, Japan
Akemi Ohira, United States (USA)
Csaba Pál, Hungary
Djenane Pamplona, Brazil
Ilana Pichon, Canada
Paula Pohli, Republic of Ireland
Henry Pouillon, Belgium
Adam Rake, United States (USA)
Christopher Rigney, United States (USA)
ZeRo Schneedorf, Brazil
Mandeep Manu Singh, India
Amaryllis Siniossoglou, Greece
Weronika Siupka, Poland
Sarah Smelser, United States (USA)
Renata Sosinska, United Kingdom (UK)
Akari Sugimoto, Japan
Takae Suzuki, Japan
Yasufumi Takano, Japan
Ruth Thompson, Australia
Eva Toker Jawerbaum, Argentina
Marija Tomaz, Croatia
Anna Irena Tomica, Poland
Leo Vinicius, Brazil
Sylvia Solochek Walters, United States (USA)
Haya Weisshaus, Israel
Zheng Yuanwei, China
Camila Zaccarelli, Chile
Mohamed Zakaria Soltan, Egypt
Daniela Zekina, Bulgaria