5th International Exlibris Competition Varna

To The Artworks

Jordan Petkov Art Foundation and Largo Art Gallery present

an exhibition of the selected artworks from the 5th edition of the International ExLibris Competition Varna 2023

14 June - 20 July 2023
Opening – Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 6:30 PM

On June 14, 2023, at 6:30 PM, the exhibition with the selected participants in the fifth edition of the International ExLibris Competition Varna will be opened at Largo Gallery's main hall. The gallery is the organizer of the prestigious international competition, and from this year the co-organizer of the competition is the Jordan Petkov Art Foundation. On the same evening, in Hall 2 of the gallery, a solo exhibition of graphics by the winner of the fourth edition of the competition in 2021, Belarusian artist Ivan Rusachek, will be presented. For the fifth time in a row, the competition is realized with the financial support of the Varna Municipality through the Culture Fund.

From the 280 artists registered online from all over the world, the selection jury chose 140 artists from 31 countries to participate in the representative exhibition and the competition catalog. The winners of the awards will be determined on June 12, 2023 by a five-member jury composed of the chariman Dimo Kolibarov and members Anna Tikhonova - Jordanova, Rumen Nechev, Dimo Milanov and Nelly Valcheva. The winner of the competition and the awarded artists will be officially announced during the opening reception of the exhibition on June 14, 2023 at Largo Gallery.

The Artistic Director of the competition is the world renowed name Julian Jordanov. First, second and third prizes, a prize for a young author, a prize in the name of Jordan Petkov, a prize of the Association of Artists-Varna - a bronze plaque and a special prize in the name of Eduard Penkov will be awarded.

Several additional events are included in the accompanying program of the competition. The first of them is the traditional solo exhibition of the graphic of the winner from the previous edition of the competition. In Hall 2 of the gallery until June 24, the Varna audience will be able to enjoy etchings by the Belarusian artist Ivan Rusachek. The second event of the program is a relief- printing workshop in July, lead by the graphic artist Georgi Kenarov. In the month of August, as part of the XXII edition of the International Biennale of Graphics in Varna, the City Art Gallery "Boris Georgiev" will host an exhibition with selected works from the five editions of the International ExLibris Competition Varna.

From September, the representative exhibition of the competition starts its traditional tour around Bulgaria, with the first stop being the Center for Contemporary Art and Library - Burgas, an exhibition organized with the cooperation of the National Academy of Arts in Burgas.

The International ExLibris Competition Varna is realized with the financial support of the Jordan Petkov Art Foundation and the Municipality of Varna through the Culture Fund. Largo Gallery sincerely thanks the sponsors of the contest - "Largonet" Ltd., Godzilla restaurant chain, the Association of Artists - Varna and for the media support of Bulgarian National Television, Bulgarian National Radio Varna and TUNNELLIGHT. More information about the competition can be found on its website: www.exlibris-competition-varna.org, as well as on the website of the Largo Gallery at www.largogallery.com.

Nelly Valcheva, Executive Director

International Exlibris Competition Varna