Eighth International Biennial Art of Miniature
2021, Ruse, Bulgaria
The forum is held under the patronage of the mayor of the city of Ruse, Mr. Pencho Milkov, and is implemented with the financial support of the Municipality of Ruse and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria.
243 artists from from Bulgaria, Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Great Britain, Germany, Israel, Spain, Cyprus, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Turkey, Croatia, South Korea, France, Japan have submitted works to participate in the competition. On October 1, a jury chaired by Teatske Burgerjon – artist, Collection research and project coordination, Musée du Petit Format d’Art Contemporain (MPFAC), Nismes, Belgium, and members Iva Chavdarova – Direction Culture of Municipality of Ruse; Elena Panayotova – artist, representative of Union of Bulgarian Artists – Sofia; Yordan Kisov – artist, and Elena Velikova – director of the Art Gallery – Ruse, selected the works and presented the winners in the categories of Painting, Graphics, Drawing, Sculpture and Photography, as well as the winner of the Grand Prize of the Municipality of Ruse. According to the competition rules, additional awards were provided by public organizations and sponsors. All nominated and awarded authors received diplomas and plaquese, created by Professor Emil Popov.
Nominations for Painting:
- Aneliya Raykova
- Britt Schneider, Germany
- Vyara Guneva
- Mario Nikolov
- Nedret Yashar, Bulgaria/Turkey
- Cvetka Hojnik, Slovenia
- Yasuyuki Uzawa, Japan
Nominations for Graphic:
- Aleksandra Lason, Poland
- Eva Choung-Fux, Spain
- Lukasz Cuwicki, Poland
- Rumen Nechev
- Silviya Bozhilova
Nominations for Drawing:
- Aneliya Nikolova
- Veledin Marinov
- Veselin Damyanov – Ves
- Ireneusz Kopacz, Poland
- Martina Karaivanova
- Gordana Andrasic, Croatia
Nominations for Sculpture:
- Varban Hristov, Bulgaria/France
- Gue Schmidt, Austria
- Kaloyan Iliev – Kokimoto
- Olga Yordanova
Nominations for Photography:
- Alexandru Serbanescu, Romania
- Alexandar Nishkov
- Maria (Mia) Bozhilova
AWARDS:
Grand Prix: Nedret Yashar (Bulgaria/Turkey), Eve
Award for Painting: Mario Nikolov, QR – The Tower of Babel (according to the painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder from 1563)
Award for Graphic: Rumen Nechev, Ex Votos VІ-2
Award for Drawing: Veselin Damyanov – Ves, He is!
Award for Sculpture: Gue Schmidt (Austria), The World Viewed from the Side / View І
Award for Photography: Alexandru Serbanescu (Romania), A Modern Day Prayer Totem
Publics Award: Nedret Yashar (Bulgaria/Turkey)
Award of the Union of Bulgarian Artist: Aleksandra Lason (Poland), Leftovers I
Award of the Art Gallery Ruse: Vyara Guneva, …Am
Award of the Econt Foundation: Aneliya Raykova, Poetic Pianissimo
Award of the Lombardi Hotel: Grisha Kubratov, Nostalgic in Blue
Award of Obshtinski Pazari Ltd: Dimitar Staykov – Demetrius, Planetoid 27, 51%
Award of Association Sagrazhdani: Mona Moneva, Ruse I, II, III
Catalogue
Implemented with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture. The edition is bilingual - in Bulgarian and English, with hardcover, contains 348 color pages. It includes more than 200 artists from 19 countries, presented with one of their works in the categories of painting, graphics, drawing, sculpture and photography, as well as biographical data. The catalogue is made by the gallery team. The photographs are the work of Tsvetan Chetushki, the prepress preparation of Ivaylo Marinov, the printing was made at Ruse Press-Multicommerce base.
