List of accepted artists The exhibition is held With Special Thanks and works December 15 2015 for the cooperation to: March 15 2016 Australia 1 Lessedra Gallery Japan Artists Association Austria 4 25, Milin Kamak Street, Lozenetz Belarus 1 Belgium 4 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria Brazil 2 The project is presented ARCHIVO GRAFICO, Mexico Prof. Felipe Cortes Reyes Bulgaria 24 on the web Canada 22 www.lessedra.com Chile 1 Czech Republic – 2 link COMPETITION Denmark 5 England 4 6TH LESSEDRA Publisher: LESSEDRA Gallery Estonia 1 INTERNATIONAL s Finland 6 & Contemporary Art Project France 13 PAINTING & MIXED MEDIA Germany 8 COMPETITION 25, Milin Kamak Street, Lozenetz Ghana 1 The Catalogue presents 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria Greece 3 Tel.: (++359 2) 865 04 28, Hungary 2 (++359 2) 866 38 57 Israel 7 234 Artists e-mail: [email protected] Italy 2 [email protected] Japan 18 from Korea 1 43 countries Republic of Kosovo 1 Concept for the book: Georgi Kolev©2014 Latvia 1 Mauritius 1 Mexico 11 Morocco 1 Pre - press: Christophor Krustev©2015 The Netherlands 7 Republic of South Africa 2 Norway 4 Spain 3 Poland 10 Sweden 7 Print: Asiprint©2015 Portugal 2 Switzerland 11 Romania 3 Thailand 1 Serbia 3 Turkey 13 Slovak Republic 2 U. S. A 12 Slovenia 2 Ukraine 1 © Lessedra 2015 – 2016 INTERNATIONAL JURY Research Assist. Altay Aldoğan, Prof. Elif Çimen, Balikesir Univer- Assist. Prof. Selivihan Kılıç, Balikesir Balikesir University Fine Arts Faculty, sity Fine Arts Faculty, Turkey University Fine Arts Faculty, Turkey Turkey Prof. Nuray Gümüştekin, Balikesir Research Assist. Esra Aydın, Balikesir Anna Yaneva, Bulgaria – Professor of University Fine Arts Faculty, Turkey University Fine Arts Faculty, Turkey Art New Bulgarian University 2 PRIZES FIRST PRIZE AYAKO HONDA, Japan My Ship – 1, 2015, Paper, Acrylic, Ink, 15x15 cm My Ship – 2, 2015, Paper, Acrylic, Ink, 15x15 cm My Ship – 3, 2015, Paper, Acrylic, Ink, 15x15 cm AGIM SALIHU, Republic of Kosovo HILKE ELIZABETH HELMICH, Germany SECOND PRIZE The Window 2, 2015, Mixed Media Installation, 15x15 cm 13. Tag der Reise, 2015, Mixed Media (Etching), 10x10 cm LORRAIN DAGENAIS, Canada MALL NUKKE, Estonia PRIZES THIRD PRIZE 3 The Bird Falling 1, 2015, Mixed Media, 14x14 cm Reflection III, 2015, Oil on Panel, 15x15 cm PATSY PAYNE, Australia Mindful 3, 2015, Drawing with Thread on Paper, 15x15 cm Elif Çimen 4 Esra Aydın JURY & PRIZES Visiting Artists and Jury members Altay Aldoğan JURY & PRIZES Nuray Gümüştekin 5 Selivihan Kılıç Anna Yaneva DEDICATED TO LESSEDRA BOBBY MOOR, Switzerland 6 Vernetzung (Net Work), Triptych, 2015, Acrylic on Canvas, 3x15x15 cm Networking: The Triptych “networking” is intended to represent the many artists that crosslink repeatedly worldwide. In today‘s global world is linking some of the most important, especially among artists. And the exhibition of Georgi Kolev (gallery LESSEDRA) is artistic networking SPECIAL PRESENTATION SPECIAL in its purest form. This inspired me to represent it with my technique. One more thing to my art - xaoxart. Xaox was an anarchic remnant of the eighties from my city. It was at that time at each house wall to find. Xaox bzw.xaoc is derived from chaos. And I see the big chaos on the blank white canvas and this chaos I arrange with my painting. With my best Regards Bobby Moor SPECIAL PRESENTATION OF THE FIRST PRIZE WINNER FROM THE 5TH MIXED MEDIA LEONARDO RIAL, Spain Leonardo Rial by the 12th Mini Print Annual during the judging Presented with 15 works created in Mixed Media, PRESENTATION SPECIAL size 39,5 x 29,5 cm Born in Cangas do Morrazo, Spain, in 1953. Leonardo studied Arts at “Escuela de Artes y 7 Oficios de Vigo”. Soon, he became a member of “Taller Experi- mental Gráfica de Vigo” and afterwards he co-founded the atellier “Obra Gráfica Galega”. Leonardo normally exhibits in the “Feria Inter- nacional de Arte Múltiple Contemporáneo- Estampa” in Madrid, Spain, as well as in other exhibitions in Canada, Portugal, Italy, Bulgaria and United Kingdom. His artworks are dis- played in Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid, Spain; Sala Temática de las Artes Gráficas de la Diputación de Lleida, Spain; Museo Manuel Torres, Spain and in private collections around the world. Over the years Leonardo has won international prizes and became member of the jury of various international artistic events. International prizes: 2014 First prize at the 5th Lessedra Interna- tional Painting & Mixed Media Competition, Sofia, Bulgaria 2012: Second prize at the 3rd Lessedra Inter- national Painting & Mixed Media Competition, Sofia, Bulgaria. 2012: First prize at the 11th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria. Untitled, 2015, Mixed Media,39,5x29,5 cm Untitled, 2015, Mixed Media,39,5x29,5 cm 2011: Special prize at the 10th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria. 2009: First prize at the 29th Mini Print Interna- tional of Cadaqués, Girona, Spain. 8 2007: Second prize at the 7th Bienial Eixo Atlántico, Vigo, Spain. 2007: Finalist at the 27th Mini Print Interna- tional of Cadaqués, Girona, Spain. Untitled, 2015, Mixed Media,39,5x29,5 cm Untitled, 2015, Mixed Media,39,5x29,5 cm SPECIAL PRESENTATION SPECIAL Untitled, 2015, Mixed Media,39,5x29,5 cm Untitled, 2015, Mixed Media,39,5x29,5 cm Untitled, 2015, Mixed Media,39,5x29,5 cm SPECIAL PRESENTATION SPECIAL Untitled, 2015, Mixed Media,39,5x29,5 cm 9 Untitled, 2015, Mixed Media,39,5x29,5 cm Leonardo Rial, June 2012, at the Art Village Untitled, 2015, Mixed Media,39,5x29,5 cm FEATURED ARTIST GISELA K. WOLF, Switzerland A kind of a Retrospective, show- ing 15 works created in a time span of about 30 years, exe- cuted in the Medium of Acrylic, Drawing, Monotype, Serigraph. Cycle envelopes element “winter”, 1995, mixed media, 50x40 cm Cycle envelopes element “winter”, 1995, mixed media, 50x40 cm 10 SPECIAL PRESENTATION SPECIAL Gisela Wolf in the Gallery BURGWERK, Basel, September 2015 Cycle envelopes element “winter”, 1995, mixed media, 50x40 cm SPECIAL PRESENTATION SPECIAL BIOGRAPHY: The artist lives in Switzerland, near Basle. In her early years she visited the Académie de la Grande Chaumière at Paris. Cycle “diary”, 2004, monotypes, drawings, prints, 42x29cm Cycle “diary”, 2004, monotypes, drawings, prints, 42x29cm But in the following years she was working as a journalist and 11 editor and furthermore she wrote lyrics and fiction. Up to 2012 she had therefore her own edition OSL, made co- vers and illustrations. In 1985 she started painting again. Next to autodidactic formation she also took courses at the Academy Walter Oscar Grob in Zürich as well as at the ”Schule für Gestaltung” in Basel. Exhibitions in Switzerland and Germany. She is a member of SGBK, VIS- Cycle “diary”, 2004, monotypes, drawings, prints, 42x29cm ARTE and ADS. THE WORKS: Closely connected through stylistic and thematic polarity are the works of Gisela K. Wolf changing between order and movement, composition and variation, in previous years also in a representational, narrative manner. She then developed a painting that allows both vitality and dynamism as well as grad- ing by varied form elements. For a long time, she worked with concrete forms, based on enve- Cycle “envelope elements with birds”, lope elements, mostly in acrylic, 2010, mixed media and drawing, 29x21 cm 12 and also created serigraphs on “carrier pigeons” in connection Cycle “envelope elements with birds”, 2010, mixed media and drawing, 29x21 cm with a big exhibition at Allschwil. The philosophical component here was to keep things hidden, obvious and secret. At that time she created her the first book objects and pictures with writing. SPECIAL PRESENTATION SPECIAL Through the synergy of words and images Gisela K. Wolf cre- ated abstract paintings. Cycle “envelope elements with birds”, 2010, mixed media and drawing, 29x21 cm With “Lookland” and “Traces” the artist understands a view on the picture, including an inward look as well as a sight of the external world, playing with the adequate images of the observer and thus hide from him the reality of see- ing. SPECIAL PRESENTATION SPECIAL Here for instance, we have to consider Gisela K. Wolf’s mixed- media pictures inspired by the latest lyric poems of Ingeborg Kaiser. These are in accordance with the title of the book “Vom Schweigen sprechen” (speak- ing of silence) discreetly hold in Cycle “traces”, 2015, Acryl, 27x19 cm Cycle “traces”, 2015, Acryl, 27x19 cm gray/white/gold. 13 The artist has kept her ability of working fast while drawing or paint in a drawing manner. With these snap-shots she tries to catch the most important things in life for herself. Elfi Thoma Präsidentin SGBK, Schweizer- ische Gesellschaft Bildender Künstlerinnen September 2015 - Translation: Doris Claude Cycle “traces”, 2015, Acryl, 27x19 cm Cycle “speaking of silence”, 2015, inspired by the poems of Ingeborg Kaiser, all mixed media, 15x12 cm Invitation to the exhibition “envelope elements” Cycle “speaking of silence”, 2015, inspired 14 with serigraphy’s to the “carrier pigeons by the poems of Ingeborg Kaiser, all mixed media, 15x12 cm SPECIAL PRESENTATION SPECIAL Cycle “speaking of silence”, 2015, inspired by the poems of Ingeborg Kaiser, all mixed media, 15x12 cm Opening reception wit the wines from Lovech winery specially donated by the director Rossen Daskalov SPECIAL PRESENTATION SPECIAL 15 Rada with her friend are happy in the exhibition Opening reception - competition between fine art and the art of food... complex, including a scenography studio, cos- tume and scene shops, and rehearsal studios. 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