Born on December 5, 1958 in Plovdiv 1983 - graduated with a master's degree from the National Academy of Arts - Sofia, specialty graphics with prof. Dr. Evtim Tomov, 1988 - specialization in the graphic studio "Rössler", Leipzig, Germany, 1989 - founding member of the group "Edge" 1995 - scholarship of the BINZ/39 Foundation, Kulturcentrum, Scuol, Switzerland, 1996 - subsidy of the ProHelvetia Foundation of the project "1 - 30" / publication of an author's book / 1999 - curator of the multimedia project "Communication Front", Plovdiv together with Emil Mirazchiev, Nadia Genova and Dimitrina Sevova 1999 - scholarship of the ProHelvetia Foundation - Künstlerhaus Bosville, Switzerland, 2001 - curator of the Week of Contemporary Art, Plovdiv, Ancient Bath - author's project "AIR CORRIDORS" 2005 – winner of the Grand Prix at the annual exhibition of the Society of Plovdiv artists 2007 – Winner of the Third Prize at the Annual Exhibition of the Society of Plovdiv Artists 2010 - Residency at Cite Internationale des Arts - Paris, France 2014 – founding member of the group "Women on the Edge" 2016 - winner of the Plovdiv Award for Fine Arts for solo exhibition of graphics "MACONDO" 2016 - winner of the Annual Award of Dyakov Gallery 2019 - winner of the Plovdiv Award for Fine Arts together with Albena Mihaylova - Benji, Veneta Marinova and Nadia Genova - "Women on the Edge" 2020 – curator of the representative exhibition "GRAPHICS NOW – PLOVDIV 2020" 2021 – winner of the Plovdiv Fine Arts Award for "GRAPHICS NOW" 202021 – curator of the representative exhibition "PAINTING NOW – PLOVDIV 2021" 2022 – curator of the representative exhibition "SCULPTURE NOW – PLOVDIV 2022" 2022 – winner of an award at the national exhibition "GRAPHIC FORUM" – Stara Zagora 2023 – curator of the representative exhibition "PHOTOGRAPHY NOW – PLOVDIV 2023"

Emanuela Kovach was born in 1967 in Sofia and lives and works in her hometown. She graduated in graphics from the National Academy of Arts, master's degree. From 2004 to 2017 she was an assistant professor of graphics and since 2021 she has been in Drawing path at the National Academy of Arts, Sofia. She is a member of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, Bulgaria. AWARDS: 2020 Award "Todor Atanasov" - Biennale of Contemporary Bulgarian Art, Burgas /Bulgaria/ 2020 Nomination for Graphics - 10th International Biennale of Small Forms - Pleven /Bulgaria/ 2020 Award Forum of Small Graphic Forms, Sofia /Bulgaria/ 2018 Award "Yordan Radichkov" - Biennale "Tenets", Montana /Bulgaria/ 2017 Award "Graphic Forum", Stara Zagora /Bulgaria/ 2010 Award for Graphics - National Allianz Awards /Bulgaria/ 2010 Award for Graphics - Regional Competition Sofia, Allianz /Bulgaria/ 2009 Award XV International Biennale of Graphics, Varna /Bulgaria/ 2009 Award for Technical Achievements II International Graphic Biennale, Minsk /Belarus/ 2007 Nomination for Awards for Contemporary Bulgarian Art M-Tel, Plovdiv /Bulgaria/ 2000 Award Competition "Study Drawing" NHA

Born 1958, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, graduated printmaking techniques, University of Veliko Tarnovo (1980). Specialized in wood engraving and woodcut. Exhibited artist and lecturer, active in the field of art prints, illustrations for fine press books (limited editions) and ex libris. Work in Public Collections: Prentenkabinet van Rijksmuseum Amsterdam; Meermanno Museum Den Hague, (The Netherlands); Print Collections of the University of Wales, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford and V&A, London(UK); Libraries of Congress Washington andYale University (USA); Sakima Art Museum and Tama University Art museum (Japan), Plantin-Muretus Museum, Antwerp (Belgium), Libraries of UBC Vancouver and University of Toronto (Canada)

Dimo Kolibarov was born on February 27,1965 in Pomorie ,Bulgaria. From 1979 to 1984 studied at the Tsanko Lavrenov Secondary School of Art in Plovdiv. From 1990 to1996 studied at the National Academy of Art in Sofia. Since 1987 he taken part in many exhibitions and competitions in Bulgaria and abroad. Since 2003 he is ass.proffessor in National Academy of Art-department Of Graphic Art. 2019 – 2024 Director of Branch Burgas – National academy of art Awards: 1991-Mention of Honour for collage-Toronto,Canada 1992-Second Prize for Graphic Art-Au Virage Gallery-Sepre,Switzerland 1993-Medal of Honour-Lodz,Poland 1994-Mention of Honor from Print Triennial-Orense,Spain 1994-Award from the jury-Print and Drawing Triennial-Vaasa,Finland 1994-Grants for Graphic Art-Open Society Foundation-Sofia,Bulgaria 1995-Prize for Graphic Art-Art Dialogue Foundation-Paris(France) from International Print Biennial-Varna,Bulgaria 1996-II-nd Prize from Mini Prints-Space Group-Seoul,Korea 1997-Purshace award-Gulky Museum-Portland,USA 2001-Award Mini Print-Nish,Serbia and Montenegro 2001-Diplom from Print Triennial-Ufa,Russia 2001-Prize for Graphic Art-Art Dialogue Foundation-Paris(France) from International Print Biennial-Varna,Bulgaria 2002-Grand Prix-Mini Print International Triennial-Tokyo,Japan 2002-Tablet of Honor “Josef Vashal”-Havirov,Czech Republic 2002-Mention of Honor-Biennial of Bulgarian Art-Pleven,Bulgaria 2003-Award from the jury-I-st International Biennial of Ex-Libris,Sofia 2005-Mention of Honor- “Ex-Libris Competition-Boggio Lomnago” Italy 2007-Diplom- “Mini print international triennial”,Vilnius,Lithvania 2008-Award for graphic art-Alianz-Bulgaria 2008-Special award from the jury-exlibris competition-Bogio Lomnago,Italy 2008-Second Prize-First International Print Biennial-Istanbul,Turkey 2009-First Prize- International Exhibition of small prints and ex-libris- Milano, Italy 2010-award from the jury-International print Triennial-Sofia,Bulgaria

Dimcho Milanov – Dimo, was born on February the 17th 1967 in Varna. He graduated from The Kazanlak Art School /specializing in Fine Arts / in 1986 . He made several solo exhibitions at home and abroad, namely: His prints and drawings are owned by Prince Charles, Simone II Saxe-Coburg, galleries and private collections in Bulgaria, Spain, Japan, UK, USA, Romania, Turkey, Russia, Germany, Austria, Russia, Australia, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, China. He works in the field of Graphics and Illustration, layout of the book, children's illustration, graphic design. Dimo Milanov lives in Varna. Since 2014, he has been a co-organizer and jury member of the "Exlibris Competition Varna". Solo exhibitions : 08. 1996 - City Art Gallery - Varna; 05. 2000 - Gallery BulArt - Varna; 10. 2001 - House - Museum George Velchev - Varna; 05. 2004 - Gallery Yucca - Varna; 03. 2008 - Gallery Zograf - Varna; 11. 2012 - House - Museum George Velchev - Varna; 04. 2013 - Largo gallery – Varna; 07. 2014 - LIK gallery Sofia; 02. 2017 - Largo gallery – Varna 03. 2018 - Frederikshavn Kunstmuseum – Denmark – ExLibris exhibition Participation in other exhibitions : 1997 - International Biennial of Graphic Art- Varna - Bulgaria; - House Wittgenstein - Vienna - Austria, Young Bulgarian Authors; - Days of Bulgarian Art - Graz - Austria; - The 19th International exhibition of graphic art- Kanagawa - Japan; 1998 - The 2nd International Triennial of Graphic Art - Sofia - Bulgaria; 1998 - The 5th International Biennial of Graphic Art - Ourense - Spain; 2001 - The 11th International Biennial of Graphic Art- Varna - Bulgaria; - The Graphic Art Triennial of Ural - Ufa - Russia; 2003 - International Festival of Graphic Art - Cluj - Romania; - The 1st International Ex - Libris competition - exhibition - Ankara - Turkey; -10 "Iosif Iser" International Contemporary Print Biennial - Ploiesti – 2013 - International ExLibris Competition Wine and Grape, Sremski Karlovci - Award of organizers. 2014 - Guangzhou International Exlibris and Mini-prints Biennial - Excellent Exlibris. - XV International Biennial of Small Graphics and Exlibris - Ostrów Wielkopolski 2014 2015 - Тokyo International Mini-print Triennial 2015 – Japan - 25th International Biennial of Modern Exlibris – Malbork 2015 - VII International ExLibris Biennial CONTRATALLA 2015 г. 2016 - 36 FISAE Vologda RUSSIA - XI International Graphic Competition for Ex Libris Gliwice 2016 – Award the honourable mentions. - XVI International Biennale Small Graphics and Exlibris Ostrów Wielkopolski 2016 - Guangzhou International Exlibris and Mini-prints Biennial - 8 International Exlibris and Small Graphic Form Competition Gdansk 2016 - URAL-PRINT-TRIENNIAL2016 - Konkurs EXLIBRIS Apatin Serbia 2016 2017 - First International Print Biennale Yerevan 2017 - Ruse Miniart 2017 - The 13th International Biennial of Graphic Art - Varna – Bulgaria - Konkurs EXLIBRIS Apatin Serbia 2017 2018 - 37 FISAE 2018 Prague