NINTH INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL “THE ART OF MINIATURE” 2023, RUSE, BULGARIA
2023, 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.
330 artists from from Bulgaria, Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Great Britain, Germany, Israel, India, Spain, Canada, Cyprus, Moldova, N. Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia, Turkey, Croatia, France, Sweden, Japan have submitted works to participate in the competition. On September, 29, 2023, a jury chaired by Zoran Arsovski – artist and curator of visual arts, design and architecture at the Centre for Culture Trayko Prokopiev, city of Kumanovo, Republic of North Macedonia. The works were also evaluated by Iva Chavdarova – chief expert of the Department of Culture at the Municipality of Ruse, Valentin Uzunov – artist and representative of the Union of Bulgarian Artists – Sofia, the artist Martina Karaivanova and the director of the Art Gallery Elena Velikova, 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.
Exposition includes 270 artists with 598 works.
Nominations for Painting:
- Dimitar Cholakov
- Ivan Shishkov
- Momir Knezevic, Serbia
- Konstantin /Kosta/ Donchev
- Lyubima Bаrdarova
- Nedret Yashar, Bulgaria/Turkey
- Nikolay V. Dobrev
- Tihomir Vitkov,
- Trayana Panayotova
Nominations for Graphic:
- Veselin Damyanov – Ves
- Ivan Ninov
- Marek Grzyb, Poland
- Marta Tomczyk, Poland
- Mersiha Merdzanovic-Memic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nominations for Drawing:
- Bisera Valeva
- Vladimir Kirov
- Zarko Vuckovic, Serbia
- Ireneusz Kopacz, Poland
- Maria Todorina
- Michal Marek, Poland
- Tsvetelina Stefanova
Nominations for Sculpture:
- Alfred Graselli, Austria
- Bogomil Nikolov
- Yoana Alexandrova
- Nikoleta Ivanova-Stoimirova
Nominations for Photography:
- Petya Vasileva
- Pepa Markova
- Svetlin Savov
- Silvia-Maria Stoica, Romania
- Teodora Nishkov
Awards:
Grand Prix: Dimitar Cholakov. Motive ІІ
Award for Painting: Trayana Panayotova. After the Wind I
Award for Graphic: Marta Tomczyk, Poland. Your Portrait disappear in the Tokonoma of my Memory III
Award for Drawing: Irineusz Kopacz, Poland. Mapping (Horizon III)
Award for Sculpture: Nikoleta Ivanova-Stoimirova. Rest
Award for Photography: Svetlin Savov. Vibrations II
Union of Bulgarian Artist Award: Nikolay V. Dobrev. Impromptu Still Life in Beige
Ruse Art Gallery Award: Manol Panchovski. Vibrations II
Audience Award: Manyo Manev
Econt Express OOD: Yavor Michev. Freedom Against the Wind
Obshtinski Pazari EOOD Award: Ertan Alev. The Storm has Passed
Lombardi Hotel Award: Vladimir Kirov. Tought on the Past Time
Dr. Petar Beron Association Awards: Ubavka Tonchev. Еxpectation; Iva Staneva . Waft
Catalogue
Realized with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria. The edition is bilingual - in Bulgarian and English, with hard covers, contains 396 color pages. It features more than 270 authors from 25 countries, represented with one work each in the categories of painting, graphics, drawing, sculpture and photography, as well as biographical information. The catalog was produced by the gallery team. The photographs are the work of Valentin Rusev, the pre-press preparation by Ivaylo Marinov, the printing was carried out at the base of Ruse Press-Multicommerce.