International Print Biennial Varna
Jury 2025
HONORARY CHAIRMAN OF THE JURY
PROF. STOIMEN STOILOV
INTERNATIONAL JURY
Richard Noyce - Great Britain
Elspeth Lamb - Scotland
Francesco Parisi - Italy
Zang Liang - China
SELECTION JURY
Peter Lazarov - Bulgaria
Emanuela Kovach - Bulgaria
Monica Romenska- Bulgaria
Dimo Kolibarov - Bulgaria
Dimo Milanov - Bulgaria
Prof. STOIMEN STOILOV / BULGARIA
1944 Birth in Varna (Bulgaria)
1972 Graduates from the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia (Bulgaria).
1991 His studio in Varna is burnt to the ground. Numerous works are lost. Settles in Vienna (Austria).
ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS IN:
Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, United States of America.
PRIZES:
2009The title Professor
1991Gottfried von Herder Prize for his complete works, University of Vienna (Austria)
1991Price at the 2nd Print Triennale, Chamallières (France)
1985Grand Prix for Bulgarian Participants at the 3rd Print Biennale, Varna (Bulgaria)
1984Price at Art Expo, New York (USA), granted by the foundation Bilan de l'art contemporain.
1983The 'Iliya Petrov' Grand Prix for Mural Painting awarded by the Union of Bulgarian Artists, Sofia (Bulgaria)
1982Silver Medal at the International Exhibition in Leipzig (Germany)
1976Grand Prix of the Biennale, Brno (Czech Republic)
Has been awarded many other national prizes for print and drawing.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AND MUSEUMS
AustriaMuseum of Graphic Art Albertina, Vienna, Vienna Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vienna, Artothek, Vienna, NÖ Landesmuseum, St. Pölten, BulgariaThe National Art Gallery, Sofia, Municipal Museum of Art, Varna, FranceBibliothèque nationale de France, Paris Fonds national d'art contemporain, Paris Art Dialogue Foundation, Paris, GermanyMuseum of Art Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Museum of Graphic Art of the Schreiner Foundation, Bad Steben, RussiaPushkin Museum of Art, Moscow, U.S. of A.The Library of Congress, Washington DC, New York Public Library, Princeton University Yale University, Florida State University (Strozier Library), Florida Atlantic University (Jaffe Collection), Middlebury College (Starr Library)
WORKS IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Austria, Australia, Bulgaria, France, Finland, Germany, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden,
The United States of America
RICHARD NOYCE / GREAT BRITAIN
Richard Noyce (b. 1944) British writer, artist, scholar and art critic, well-known especially for his international role in the world of printmaking.
Writes and speaks regularly on the visual arts and, in addition to many reviews and articles published in British and international magazines; has written several books on contemporary painting, graphic arts, and printmaking, including Contemporary Painting in Poland (1995), Contemporary Graphic Art in Poland (1997), Printmaking at the Edge (2006), Critical Mass: Printmaking Beyond the Edge (2006, reprinted 2008, 2010, 2013), Printmaking Off the Beaten Track (2013); Contributor to a number of other books, and catalogue essays for many artists’ and groups’ exhibitions.Awarded the 1996 AAASS/Orbis Polish Book Prize; Experienced international competition juror, serving as President of the Awards Jury at the Kraków International Print Triennial, 2003, 2006, 2009, awarded both the 40 th and 50 th anniversary medals of that Triennale. Juror for many other international print and drawing biennials and triennials. British representative at the 2016 Silk Road International Mural Painting Seminar in Chongqing, Sichuan, China; Commissioner for the British participation in the Ulsan International Woodcut Biennial, South Korea, 2019.
Honours BA in Art and Design, Leeds College of Art (1968); Honorary PhD in Art Criticism from the Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, where he is also an Honorary
Professor; the citation acknowledges his work in printmaking over a period of more than thirty years. Visiting professor and lecturer in a number of universities in North and South America, Europe and Asia; Papers contributed to many international conferences; Regular contributor to Printmaking Today (UK) and Actuel (France/Belgium), Contributing Editor (Europe) for Art Bahrain 2014-19.
ELSPETH LAMB / SCOTLAND
Research and Awards
2020 Creative Scotland Bridging Bursary
2019 The Victor Murphy Trust Award to research in Japan
2019 The Sean Connery Educational Trust Fund
2014 Gillies Award Royal Scottish Academy.
CS Professional Development Award to travel to the University
of New Mexico USA to study lithography.
Marshall Trust Award to travel to a conference in Japan : keynote presenter.
2013 Purchase Award the Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh
2011 Marshall Trust Award Glasgow to present a paper to the First International
Mokuhanga Conference in Japan
Hope Scott Research Award to travel to Japan and curate an exhibition in
Edinburgh during the International
Festival of Arts.
2010 Sasakawa Foundation of Japan Great Britain Award
2005 Birgit Skiold Award
Gillies Award Royal Scottish Academy
2004 Scottish Arts Council Award
Anglo-Daiwa Foundation of Great Britain Award
Glasgow City Council Cultural Grant “In Search of Whistler”
2002 Carnegie Award
Scottish Arts Council Award
Whitehill Trust Award
Hope Scott Trust Award
Publications
2006 Author of Papermaking for Printmakers published by Bloomsbury Books A&C Black London ISBN
0-7136-6587-4
2000 Essay Contributor to Tamarind : 40 years published by the University of New Mexico Press ISBN
no. 1-800-249-7737
2003 Nagasawa Cantrips : a Livre d’artiste co-published with Peacock Visual Arts Studio Aberdeen
FRANCESCO PARISI / ITALY
Francesco Parisi, art historian, teaches History of Drawing and Graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Macerata.
Specialising in art between the 19th and 20th centuries, in recent years he has curated the exhibitions European Secessions: Munich Vienna Prague; Art and Magic: The Fascination of Esotericism in Europe; Japanism, Winds of the East in European Art; Henry Toulouse-Lautrec Paris 1881-1901 (Palazzo Roverella, Rovigo);
He also curated the exhibition Preraffaelliti, un Rinascimento moderno (Musei di San Domenico di Forlì) and the exhibitions dedicated to Leonardo Dudreville and Nuove Tendenze, l'Avanguardia negli anni dieci and I futuristi e l'incisione, il segno dell'avanguardia (Lucca, Fondazione Ragghianti) and the exhibition Boccioni prima del Futurismo (Traversetolo di Parma, Fondazione Magnani Rocca).
He has published numerous essays and articles with particular reference to European symbolist graphics and painting; he edited the translation of Max Klinger's aesthetic treatise Pittura e Disegno (Dario Cimorelli Editore, Milan) and is currently editing the writings of symbolist painter Jean Delville.
ZANG LIANG / CHINA
Liang Zang 1984, Born in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China,2007, Graduated from Printmaking Department of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute,
Bachelor Degree 2012, Graduated from Printmaking Department of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Master's Degree 2024, Studying for Doctor's Degree of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Present Associate Professor, Master's Supervisor, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Vice Dean of the Printmaking Department，School of Fine Arts, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Vice Chairman of Chongqing Young Artists Association Office Director of Printmaking Committee of Chongqing Artists Association Member of Chinese Artists Association
Awards
2022, First Prize, The 4th Chongqing Exhibition of Print Works
2019, Excellence Award, The 7th Chongqing Fine Arts Exhibition
2017, Third Prize, The 6th Chongqing Fine Arts Exhibition
2016, Excellence Award, The first Southwest Youth Printmaking Promotion Program
2015, Second Prize, The 3rd Chongqing Exhibition of Print Works
2014, Second Prize, The 5th Chongqing Exhibition of Fine Arts
2012, Academy Award, Graduate Creation/Design Exhibition of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute
2012, ELAND Creation Scholarship 2012, Excellence Award, The 8th Annual Exhibition of Graduate Works of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute
2011, Excellence Award, The 4th National Youth Exhibition of Fine Arts 2010, Second Prize, The Second Chongqing Exhibition of Print Works 2010, Excellence Award, The 7th Annual Exhibition of Graduate Works of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute 2009, Excellence Award, The 4th Chongqing Exhibition of Fine Arts 2007, Excellence Award, Graduated Exhibition of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute 2007, Excellence Award, The 11th Annual Undergraduate Works Exhibition of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute 2006, Excellence Award, The 10th Annual Undergraduate Works Exhibition of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute 2003, Third prize, The 8th Annual Undergraduate Works Exhibition of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute
Collections National Art Museum of China National Museum of China Zhejiang, Art Museum Sichuan Art Museum Chongqing, Art Museum Guiyang Art Museum, Jinling Art Museum Ningxia Art Museum Jeonbuk Province, Art Museum (Korea), Art Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Normal University
PETER LAZAROV / BULGARIA
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)
EMANUELA KOVACH / BULGARIA
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
DIMO KOLIBAROV/ BULGARIA
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
DIMO MILANOV/ 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
MONICA ROMENSKA / BULGARIA
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"