Countries  40 The exhibition is held With Special Thanks Argentina  1 for the cooperation to: Austria  1 December 14th 2012  4 Japan Artists Association Bulgaria  36 March 22nd 2013 Mr. Bunmey FUKITA, Mr. Norio UME,  4 Lessedra Gallery Ms. Miyo Yoshida Canada  13 Colombia  1 25, Milin Kamak Street, Lozenetz  3 ARCHIVO GRAFICO, Mexico  4 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria Prof. Felipe Cortes Reyes Finland  12 France  9 Germany  14 Greece  3 Hungary  1 3RD LESSEDRA Publisher: LESSEDRA Gallery  2 INTERNATIONAL Ireland  2 & Contemporary Art Projects Israel  3 PAINTING & MIXED MEDIA Italy  1 COMPETITION 25, Milin Kamak Street, Lozenetz Japan  12 The Catalogue presents 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria Kazakhstan  2 Tel.: (++359 2) 865 04 28, Korea  1 (++359 2) 866 38 57 Liechtenstein  1 232 Artists e-mail: [email protected] Mauritius  2 [email protected] Mexico  23 from The Netherlands  4 New Zealand  3 40 countries Norway  3 Poland  2 Concept for the book: Georgi Kolev©2013  1 Romania  2 Pre - press: Christophor Krustev©2013  1 Slovenia  3  6 Switzerland  13 The project is presented Print: Sweden  12 on the web Togo  1  10 www.lessedra.com Ukraine  2 link COMPETITION U. S. A.  10 © Lessedra 2012 – 2013 Zambia  1 INTERNATIONAL JURY SIRIN BENUGUR, Turkey Assist.Prof. Dr. Faculty of Art OLGA GRIMSMO NILSEN, and Design CHRISTO YOTOV – YOTO, Bulgaria Norway Eskisehir Osmangazi University Artist First Prize Winner from the 2nd Painting & Mixed Media PELIN AVSAR, Turkey ADY YOTOVA, Bulgaria Competition DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY, Artis FACULTY OF FINE ARTS GRACE NEHMAD, Mexico DEPARTMENT OF PAINTING Artist KITAHYA

FIRST PRIZE 2

ELVIRA RODRIGUEZ ROURA, Spain PRIZES

Lipstick, 2012, Encaustic and Oil on Cardboard, 15x15 cm Short Break, 2012, Encaustic and Oil on Cardboard, 15x15 cm Equilibrium, 2012, Encaustic and Oil on Cardboard, 15x15 cm HEINZ-PETER KOHLER, Switzerland LEONARDO RIAL OTERO, Spain

SECOND PRIZE

Self Portrait, March 2012, Watercolor, 15x15 cm HKJ I, 2012, Mixed Media and Bold Embossing, 15x15 cm ELISABET PERSSON, Sweden PRIZES

THIRD PRIZE 3

Happy General – Glad Gedneral, 2011, Enamel, Glaze, 15x15 cm LUCIA GOMEZ, Colombia SARA WAISBURD, Mexico

Terra Incognita # 16, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 15x15 cm From the Origin, 2012, Etching Ink on Plexiglas, 15x15 cm BRITTA WESTHAUSEN, Denmark DALE COPELAND, New Zealand

FIVE SPECIAL PRIZES

Urban Farming (B), 2012, Ink + Acrylic on Veneer, 15x15 cm Despair, 2012, Collage on Watercolor Paper, 13x15 cm GINNY O`BRIEN, U. S. A.

4 PRIZES

Totem Trail, 2012, Paper, Paint, Silk Cloth, Leaves, 13x13x3,5 cm KERSTIN FRIEDRICHS, Germany NESLIHAN KIYAR, Turkey

Vico III, 2012, on MDF Board, 15x15 cm Esvaplar II, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 11x14 cm FEATURED ARTIST

GRACE NEHMAD, Mexico

Installation of 32 works 15x15 cm, Paintings & Poetry SPECIAL PRESENTATION

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FIRST PRIZE WINNER FROM THE 2ND PAINTING & MIXED MEDIA COMPETITION 

OLGA GRIMSMO NILSEN, Norway Portrait, From the Cycle VAKKERT OG VONDT (Beauty and Pain), 2007, Pencil Drawing on Paper, 16x16 cm

Grace Nehmad, Mexico and Olga Grimso Nilsen Norway by the opening ONE OF THE THIRD PRIZES FROM THE 2ND COMPETITION

PELIN AVSAR, Turkey Cycle Women and Identity 8 Paintings, 20 x 40 cm

Georgi Lessedra with Pelin Avsar in the National Gallery in Sofia in front of the painting of the artist KOMET (Gurkan Coskun), presented in the exhibition Contemporary Turkish Painting

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Pelin Avsar in front of her works 

SPECIAL PRESENTATION SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL PRESENCE IN THE GROUP EXHIBITION

NOBUYO IWASAKI, Canada 

Yanchanikki Graffiti – Spirit of Fig/Phoenix nerise (calypso 2012), 65,5x101,7 cm ANA ZOEBISCH, Mexico CLAUDIA CATELLI, Brazil

ARCHIVO GRAFICO MEXICO SPECIAL PRESENTATION

Utopia I, 2012, Ink on Plexiglas, 15x15 cm Fallia, 2012, Acrylic on Cardboard, 15x15 cm DINA ARAKELIAN BAKJEJIAN, Mexico GARLOZ – JIMENA GARCIA LOZANO, Mexico LAURA VILLEGAS SANDOVAL, Mexico

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Respiraciones (Breaths), Tormenta (Storm), 2012, Etching Ink on Plexiglas, 15x15 cm Puberty, 2012, Ink over Acrylic on Plexiglas, 15x15 cm 2012, Etching Ink on Plexiglas, 15x15 cm MARGARITA CHACON BACHE, Mexico MIRIAM LIBHABER, Mexico RAFAELLA BIANCHI BELTRAMI, Mexico

In Red II, 2012, Oil on Canvas, 14,5x14,5 cm Senado de Mexico 2, 2012, Etching Ink on Plexiglas, 15x15 cm Aperturas C, 2012, Etching Ink on Plexiglas, 15x15 cm RENATA GERLERO ESTRADA, Mexico SARA HERNANDEZ – PONS MENDEZ, Mexico SARA MENDEZ FABRE, Mexico

Agua (Water) I, 2012, Etching Ink on Plexiglas, 15x15 cm Untitled III, 2012, Etching Ink on Plexiglas, 15x15 cm Grius, 2012, Etching Ink on Plexiglas, 15x15 cm

SIRIN BENUGUR, Turkey 8 Culture, Layer, Typography, Triptych, 2012, Acrylic on Canvas, 3x15x15 cm

Sirin and Pelin with Georgi in the Exhibition Contemporary Turkish Painting specially organized for their visit in The National Gallery in Sofia SPECIAL PRESENTATION SPECIAL ALAN GORODZINSKY, Mexico AIDA ALEJANDRA ALTAMIRANO GONZALEZ, Mexico ALAN GORODZINSKY & STUDENTS MEXICO SPECIAL PRESENTATION

98 (Pigeon de la Paix), 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 15x15 cm Matrona (Matron), 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 15x15 cm AIDA ISABEL FLORES CORDERO, Mexico DELIA KALACH MUSSALI, Mexico

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Ms Fox, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 15x15 cm Winker, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 15x15 cm GABRIELA PEREZ CORTES, Mexico ROSA ELENA MEZA HUACUJA, Mexico

Georgi Lessedra with Sirin Benugur in front of the work of Erol Akyavas in the National Gallery in Sofia Torn, 2012, Monotype, 15x15 cm Future, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 15x15 cm ABDOUL – GANIOU DERMANI, Togo ADRIANA LUCACIU, Romania ALEXANDER SINISSOUGLOU, Greece

Black and White Harmony II, 2012, Acrylic on Paper, 15x15 cm New Wold III, 2012, CGD, 15x15 cm Amaryllis, 2012, Watercolor, 15x 2 cm ALEXANDRU JAKABHAZI, Romania AMARYLLIS SINIOSSOGLOU, Greece ANA MASCARO, Spain

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Communication, 2012, Drawing on Paper, 15x15 cm Journey I, 2012, Watercolor, 6x6 Image on 15x15 cm Paper Untitled II, 2012, Mixed Media on Canvas, 13x18 cm ANA ROSA NAVARRO, Mexico ANDREA DÖRING, Germany ANGELICA DIAZ RAFOLS, Mexico INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL

At Time at Casablanca, Living with Hope, 2012, Watercolor, 15x15 cm 2012, Gouache on Canvas on Board, 15x15 cm El Faro (The Lighthouse), 2012, Oil on Paper, 15x15 cm ANNE C. THIBAULT, Canada ARMELLE MAGNIER, France ASA LINDSJÖ, Sweden INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS

1 DSP, 2012, Image Transfer, Graphite, Acrylic, Varrnish on Plexiglas, 15x15 cm LR II, 2012, Etching and Embosing, 15x15 cm Free, 2012, Oil on Canvas, 15x15 cm ASTRID HÜTTER, Germany AULIKKI NUKALA, Finland AVIVA EVEN ZOHAR, Israel

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Waves III, 2012, Ink on Paperboard, 15x15 cm The Stairs, 2012, Watercolor, 15x15 cm Untitled # 2, 2006, Photograph, 15x15 cm AYTEN MUNGAN, Turkey BEA VERHEUL, The Netherlands BEATE CH. BATIAJEW, Germany

Awakening, 2012, Oil on Paper, 15x15 cm Untitled II, 2012, Aquatint, 15x15 cm Untitled I, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 15x15 cm BEATRICE ARCHINARD, Switzerland BLANDINE OUELLET, Canada BONNIE HELM – NORTHOVER, Canada

Indus Crocodile, 2011, Engraving, Etching, Aquatint, 10x10 cm Bond 2, 2012, Inks on Cardboard, 10,5x5 cm Valkyrie III, 2012, Mixed Media, Collage, 15x15 cm BRIGITTE PAZOT, France CARLO MARIA GIUDICI, Italy CELINE BROCHU, Canada

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Bosco onirico in Brianza II, Terre – Ciel, 2012, Watercolor, 15x13 cm 2012, Tempera, Watercolor, 15x15 cm Printemps II, 2012, Oil on Canvas, 7,5x10 cm CEM KÖSE, Turkey CLARA HERSCOVICI, Israel CLAUDE CARRETTA, France INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL

Worry, Worry, 2012, Mixed Media on Wood, 13x14,5 The Path, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 9x9 cm Honfleur 1, 2012, Watercolor, 15x15 cm COLETTE CLEEREN, Belgium CORINNA SCHROEDER – VFRIHLING, Germany CRISTINA LISBOA, Brazil INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS

Your Honour, I`m Iris!, La Bourse, 2012, Watercolor on Postcard, 8,9x14 cm 2012, Color Pencil on Papyrus, 14x14 cm The Old Lady` s Brooch II, 2012, Acrylic on Canvas, 15x15 cm DAGMAR FRICK – ISLITZER, Liechtenstein DANIEL VERDIN, France DANIELLE FLEMING, Scotland

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Sage, Freshly Picked, 2012, Over painted Photograph, 8,8x11,6 cm Bistrot en Dardogne, 2012, Photograph, 10,5x15 cm The Renal Diagrams, 2012, Wire and Plaster, 17x15x7 cm DAVID CASADEMUNT, Spain DEEPA BAUHADOOR, Mauritius DIANA KLEINER, Argentina

Turned Away, 2012, Yemanja, Empress of the Water, Queen of the Sea, Lady of Life V, Friendship, 2012, Hand made Paper and Acrylic, 15x15 cm Acrylic and Watercolor on Paper, 7,5x15 cm 2011, Digital Photo over Canvas Kodak, 6,5x7,8 cm DILEK ÖZMEN, Turkey DINAH CROSS JAMES, U. S. A. DIZAR ZENCIRCI, Turkey

Universal Peace, 2012, Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas, 15x15 cm Blue Door, 2012, Oil on Paper, 15,8x12,8 cm Untitled III, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 14x14 cm DUSANKA JABLANOVIC, Switzerland EKIN DEVECI, Turkey ELISABETH DI MEGLIO, France/Canada

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Fade Away, 2010, Drawing, Watercolor, 13x18 cm Untitled II, 2012, Mixed media on Paper, 15x15 cm Hurbanisation III, 2012, Mixed Media, 12x15 cm ELISABETH JOBIN – SANGLARD, Switzerland ELMAR PEINTNER, Austria EMILIE PERSON, Switzerland INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL

Sunset in Winter of my Tree, 2012, Pulp Paper Painting and Black Ink on Canvas, 15x15 cm Four Female Beings, 2012, Acrylic on Paper, 11,6x14,4 cm Rise, 2012, Ink on Paper, 10,2x15 cm EVERT MEILINK, The Netherlands EWA PETTERSSON, Sweden FLORENCE CHAPUIS, France INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS

On my Planet, Triptych, Part III, Jelly – Fish III, 2012, Oil on Canvas, 15x15 cm 2012, Acrylic on Paper, 10,5x10,5 cm In Eyes, 2012, Photograph, 18,5x18 cm FRANCINE BROUILLARD, Canada FRANCINE PLANTE, P O K I O, Canada GALINA ARPPE, Finland/Russia

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Right to Religios Believes, Red Night 1 (Girl), Equilibre, 2009, Lithograph, 4,8x2,8 cm 2012, Wood, Bullets, Glue, 15x9x3,5 cm 2012, Colored Pencils and Graphite, 15x15 cm GISELA K. WOLF, Switzerland GREETJE VAN DEN AKKER, The Neterlands GUNILLA HALLBERG, Sweden

A Story about the Life : The Feeling, Party, 2012, Acrylic, 14,5x14,5 cm Untitled II, 2012, Mixed Media on Canvas, 15x15 cm 2011, Mixed Media on Textile, 15x15 cm GUY SCHIBLER, Switzerland/France HELENE PESTRE, France HELLA FROWEIN – HAGENAH, Germany

Renaissance, 2012, Wasserwege (Water Paths) 01, Photograph, 15x15 cm Mosaic and Wood, Bas – Relief, 14,5x9,5 cm VonZum I, 2012, Digital, 14x14 cm HILDA RICHERS – KIESERITZKY, Germany HILKE ELIZABETH HELMICH, Germany İNCİ TARAKÇIOĞLU, Turkey

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Michelle, 2012, Gouache on MDF Board, 15x15 cm One Day in... II, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 14x14 cm Identity Woman III, 2012, Acrylic on Canvas, 9x12 cm INGA – MAJ VON MUEHLENFELS, Sweden INGER THURFJELL, Sweden ISAMU INADOME, Japan INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL

Dunes, 2011, Acrylic on Paper, 12,5x15 cm Princess Mama, 2012, Mixed Media on Canvas, 15x15 cm Lamp, 2012, Dry Point, Watercolor on Paper, 15x15 cm ISAO KOBAYASHI, Japan IZTOK SMAJAS – MUNI, Slovenia JADWIGA DUNIN – BORKOWSKA, Canada INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS

The Place where the Memory returns No 37-6, AREA Nr. 1, 2012, Acrylic, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 12x15 cm Mixed Media on Paper Canvas, 14x9 cm Passion Released, 2012, Gouache, Acrylic, 14,8x13 cm JAKA BONCA, Slovenia JAN WELLENS, Belgium JUNE EDWARDS, U. S. A.

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Fragment X, 2012, Untitled II, 2012, Fountain Pan, 15x15 cm Mister World, 2012, Watercolor and Ink on Paper, 15x15 cm Paper Collage with Digital & Ink Color, 10,8x14,5 cm JUSSARA PIRES, Brazil JUTTA UHDE, Germany JUTTAMARIE FRICKE, Germany

Alter Ego, 2012, Mixed Media Passion, 2012, Acrylic on Canvas, 15x15 cm Untitled I, 2012, Ink Drawing on Paper, 15x11 cm (Monotype, Etching, Watercolor), 15x15 cm Ady Yotova, Christo Yotov and Pelin Avsar

Sirin Benugur and Georgi Lessedra talking about the works of Sirin

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Study for a Portrait of the International Jury (from left) Pelin Avsar, Turkey, Ady Yotova and Christo Yotov, Bulgaria, Sirin Benugur, Turkey, Grace Nehmad, Mexico and Olga Nilsen, Norway

The three Graces are happy in the Coffee Bar – Pelin, Sirin and Grace

Christo, Pelin, Grace and Georgi Lessedra by the open- ing of the exhibition Grace Nehmad and Pelin Avsar in Sofia City Art Gallery

Sirin Benugur with Snezhina Bisserova in the Printmaking Department – Art Faculty of Sofia University

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Working Dinner with visiting artists and jury members (from right) Arve and Olga Nilsen, Norway, Sirin Benugur, Turkey, Christo Yotov and Ady Yotova, Bulgaria, Pelin Avsar, Turkey, Grace Nehmad, Mexico and Georgi Lessedra

International visiting artists by the opening of the exhibition

Christo Yotov, Pelin Avsar and Grace Nehmad in front of the Installation Work of Grace as Featured Artist KARIN JANSEN, Ireland KATERINA TSITSELA, Greece KATSUHIKO YASUDA, Japan

Hon 3, 2012, Acrylic on Canvas, 13,5x15 cm Germany, 2012, Mixed Media, 20x30 cm Tree 1, 2012, Acrylic on Japanese Paper, 13,5x12 cm KAZUKO MISAWA, Japan KICKIE HÖGSTRÖM, Sweden KIKA KAMBARA, Japan

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Flow 9, 2012, Oil on Paper, 15x15 cm Poppy III, 2012, Watercolor, 15 x 15 cm A Way out of his, 2012, Acrylic on Canvas, 15x15 cm KIMBERLY CALLAS, U. S. A. KINGSLEY KAPOBE, Zambia KIRSTEN MURHART, Denmark INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL

Moon Becomes Man, Man Becomes Owl, 2012, Oil Pastel, Charcoal, Pencil on Paper, 9 x 8,5 cm No Gender Violance, 2012, Acrylic on Canvas, 16x11,5 cm Sasja, 2012, Oil on Canvas, 15x15 cm KOICHI HAREMAKI, Japan KUMNAM BAIK, Korea KURT RIES, Germany INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS

Queen of the Night, 2012, Work 1, 2012, Mixed Media on Photograph, 15x15 cm Recollection I, 2012, CG Pigment Print, 5,6x8 cm Acrylic, Pigments, Ink on Cardboard, 15x11 cm LAURA VILLANUEVA, Mexico LEE LOVSIN, Canada LENA ADAMINA WALDAU, Sweden

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Living Close to the Edge, Aquatic Character, 2012, Charcoal, 15x15 cm 2012, Oil on Canvas glued to Cardboad, 15x15 cm Book 1, 2011, Intaglio from Plastic Plate, 7x9 cm LESHA KOKOSKY, Ukraina LINDSEY GRAHAM, England LINE MARSDAL, Norway

Leda, 2012, Turbulent, 2012, Hand Colored Etching, 5x5 cm I can` t do it, 2011, Collage and Mixed Media on Handmade Paper, 15x15 cm Image on 15x15 cm Paper Mixed Media (Collagraph & Watercolor), 15x15 cm LISA GRAHAM, U. S. A. LOTTA ENGSTRÖM LODIN, Sweden LUCE, Belgium

Olof Väntar (Olof is waiting), Seeking, 2012, Digital Print, 10x15 cm 2011, Acrylic on Wood, 10x10 cm Hotel Colonial, 2011, Ink Drawing on Photo, 8,3x13,5 cm LUIS REYNEL JIMENEZ, Mexico LUKASZ CYWICKI, Poland MARCELA ARIAS, Mexico

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Las Palabras Ahogadas, Bilimbique 2, De la Serie Antes muerta que sencilla, 2012, Watercolor and Collage on Paper, 15x15 cm Person of the Time 11, 2012, Linocut, 10x10 cm Mixed Media on Paper, 7,3x15,3 cm MARCELLE BENHAMOU, France MARIAN LÓPEZ PLANA, Spain MARIANNE GROSS, Denmark INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL

La memoire de la mer (The Memory of the Sea) III, 2012, Mixed Media, 15x15 cm Color of Silence III, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 15x15 cm Landscape II, 2012, Watercolor, 10,3x14,6 cm MARIE – JOSEPHE BOURGAU, France MARIE – PAULE LE BOHEC, France MARJA – LEENA VALKOLA, Finland INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS

Small Unusual Pond, 2012, Watercolor, 15x15 cm The Tear II, 2012, Digital Image, Handmade Paper, 15x15 cm My Home I, 2012, Acrylic on Canvas, 15x10x3,3 cm MARTHA WHITTEMORE, U. S. A. MARTHA WICKS DE FARIAS, Brazil MASAKI MURAKAMI, Japan

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Lighted Rooms Inside My Head – No 3, Duas Baianas, 2012, 2012, Mixed Media, 10,2x10,2 cm Mixed Media & Collage on Canvas, 15x15 cm Red Grid II, 2012, Sprayed Acrylic on Red Paper, 15x15 cm MATJAZ PENKO, Slovenia MEINT VAN DER VELDE, The Netherlands MELEK SAHAN, Turkey

Donkeys, 2012, Ink on Paper, 15x14 cm Untitled II, 2012, Mixed Media on Cardboard, 10,5x15,5 cm Untitled III, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 15x15 cm MELISSA FURNESS, U. S. A.. MIA JARNSJÖ, Sweden MICHAEL KENNEDY, England

Turn Away, 2012, Mixed Media on Wooden Panel, 12,7x12,7 cm With Wings, 2012, Mixed Media on Silkboard, 15x9 cm Archive I, 2012, Oil & Acrylic on Cardboard, 15x15 cm MICHELINE COUTURE, Canada MICHIKO YAMADA, Japan MIRIAM RODRIGUES, Portugal

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Grandes Marees 3, 2012, Collage, 13x11 cm Hydrangea, 2012, Watercolor on Paper, 15x15 cm Autumn, 2012, Photo Etching, Chine Colle, 15x15 cm MONTSE MARCET SOLER, Spain MYRNA BERCOVITCH, Canada NADJA ARPPE, Finland INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL

Memories of Rose 5, Pomegranate, 2012, Collage, Watercolor, 15x15 cm 2012, Mixed Media on Wood, 12,5x12,5x4 cm Rain, 2012, Ink Drawing, 9x9 cm NICOLAS RILLIET, Switzerland OLLE QVENNERSTEDT, Sweden ORAZBEK ESENBAEV, Kazakhstan INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS

Untitled III, 2012, Neocolor on Paper, 15x15 cm The Lady, 2012, Mixed Media on Silkboard, 15x15 cm Hunters, 2012, Ink on Silk on Cardboard, 15x15 cm PÁL CSABA, Hungary PAIVYT NIEMELAINEN, Finland PAUL HUTCHINSON, New Zealand

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Puppet_02, 2012, Mixed Media, 13x13 cm Gone with the Wind, 2012, Mixed Media, 15x15 cm Finger Painting, 2012, Oil on Ivory, 5,5x2,6 cm PAUL SCOTT PAGE, U. S. A PAULA POHLI, Ireland PEKKA HANNULA, Finland

Singing in the Rain, 2012, Handyman Services, 2011, Photograph, 12,3x15 cm Egg Tempera and Ink Painting, 14x14,5 cm Stone Wool Drawing, 2012, Mixed Media, 15x15 cm PIA ERLANDSSON, Sweden PREMA DHUNNOO GEERJANAN, Mauritius R. PROST, U.S.A.

Dancing Woman II, 2012, Watercolor, 15x15 cm Aquatic Mysteries, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 15x15 cm C. P. NO 01, 2012, Mixed Media on Wood, 12,5x15 cm RAIMO LEHTOMAA, Finland REGINE MÖNKEMEIER, Germany REGINE PARENT, Belgium

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Hommage a Duke Ellington, Maya Forest Impressions II, Flight 2, 2012, Ink on Paper, 15x15 cm 2012, Acrylic on Paper, Hand-press Printing, 15x15 cm 2012, Linocit, Woodcut, Hand Painting, 15x15 cm RENATA SOSINSKA, Poland RITA VICKERY, England RITVA LINDBERG, Finland INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL

Ophelia`s Eyes, 2012, Artist`s own techique, 15x15 cm Seen from Above, 2012, Silkscreen, Oil, Oil Pastel, 14,5x15 cm Accidents don`t just happen, 2012, Watercolor, 10,8x15 cm ROBERT TUCKER, U. S. A. RUDOLF FRANKHAUSER, Switzerland RUTH RIGHETTI, Switzerland INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS

Veer, 2012, Collage, 13x13 cm Untitled II, 2012, Acrylic on Paper, 15x15 cm Nutwork II, 2012, Pigments on Cardboard, 15x12,5 cm SAARA TIKKANEN, Finland SABINE HUBER, Switzerland

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Bye, Bye 3, 2012, Drawing on Paper, 15x15 cm Japan III, 2012, Computer Modifuies Photograph, 13,5x15 cm SEIJI HOSOMIZU, Japan SHAWN SERFAS, Canada

Ruth Righetti (in the middle) with daughter Bigna and Verena Vogt from Switzerland in front of their works in the exhibition on January 31st 2013

Untitled b, 2012, Oil on Cotton cloth over Paper cloth, 15x15 cm Horizon Cross, 2012, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite on Paper, 14x14 cm STEFAN F. KONRAD, Germany STEPHEN LOVETT, New Zealand SUJATA HUMANE, India

Composition (Triptych), 2012, SCISSORS (shadows,elements, At Sea my Dear, 2012, light, special paper, RAYOGRAMM), 15x15 cm Archival Digital Print from Collage, 13x9,5 cm Letter Box, 2012, Acrylic on Canvas, 15x15 cm SUSANNE FASSE, Germany TARJA POLARI, Finland TERRY TRICKETT, England

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Juli 1, 2012, Acrylic on MDF Board, 15x15 cm Starry Sky, 2012, Acrylic on Paper, 15x15 cm Air, 2012, Ink Jet Print on Archival Paper, 15x15 cm TIINA SALO – DEVRIES, Finland TUOMAS IKONEN, Finland VERENA VOGT – MOSER, Switzerland INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL

Forest 3, 2012, Acrylic on Paper, 15x15 cm Skull Boy, 2012, Acrylic on Wood, 15x15 cm Panda, 2012, Mixed Media, 10,5x14,7 cm VERONIQUE DETHIOLLAZ, Switzerland VESSELA NAYDENOVA, Ukraine VLADIMIR GRIGORIAN, Kazakhstan INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS

L` ile D` Anna (Anna` s Island) 2, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 15x15 cm Fairy Tale I, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 30x25 cm Silent Day, 2012, Oil on Canvas on Board, 15x15 cm WENCHE SUNDE, Norway WOLFGANG LIEBELT, Germany YOICHI FUJITA, Japan

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Blueblack 3, 2012, Gokayama in Winter, 2012, The One who waits I, 2012, Watercolor, 15x15 cm Rotring Rapidograph, 10,5x14,8 cm (DIN A6) Acrylic and Pigments on Canvas over Board, 15x15 cm YOSSEF SHEMESH, Israel YOZO SANO, Japan YUKO FUJITA, Japan

Summer, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 10x10 cm Whisper – 1, 2012, Gesso, Acrylic on Stilen board, 15x15 cm Missing Bowl 2, 2012, Dry Point, 10x7 cm YUKTI ARORA, India YVONNE HUGGENBERGER, Switzerland ZUHAL ARDA, Turkey

Strange Blossomings, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 10x14,5 cm Sight I, 2012, Oil on Aluminium, 15x15 cm Denizalti I, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 14x14 cm Ady Yotova and Christo Yotov by the opening

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Olga Nilsen from Norway talking to visitors by the opening

Pelin Avsar from Turkey and Grace Nehmad from Mexico are happy to meet at Lessedra becoming good friends INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL ADY YOTOVA, Bulgaria ALEXANDER MIRCHEV, Bulgaria

BULGARIAN ARTISTS Curator CHRISTO YOTOV BULGARIAN ARTISTS

Landscape I, 2012, Oil on Cardboard, 15x15 cm Lighthouse, Diptych, 2012, Oil on Canvas, 2 x 15x15 cm CHRISTO YOTOV – YOTO, Bulgaria DIMITAR MINKOV, Bulgaria DELIA CHAUSHEVA, Bulgaria

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Play Lady Play, 2012, Love, 2012, Oil on Canvas on Wood, 15x15x5 cm Collage on Cardboard Panel (Framed), 15x15 cm Composition II, 2012, Oil on Canvas, 15x15 cm GENCHO DENCHEV, Bulgaria IVAN BACHVAROV, Bulgaria IVAN NINOV, Bulgaria

Composition I, 2010, Oil on Wooden Panel, 15x15 cm Flower, 2012, Etching, 15x10 cm Still Life I, 2012, Watercolor, 15x15 cm KIRIL HARALAMPIEV, Bulgaria MARIANA MARINOVA, Bulgaria MICHAIL LALOV, Bulgaria

Landscape I, 2012, Oil on Canvas, 15x15 cm Morning, 2012, Oil on Canvas (Framed), 15x15 cm Duet V, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper (Framed), 15x15 cm NIKOLAI B. ROUSSEV, Bulgaria PETYA ILIEVA, Bulgaria STOIL MIRCHEV, Bulgaria

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To be on the BG Streets, 2012, Composition II, 2012, Oil on Canvas, 15x15 cm Triptych, Part I Mixed Media, 15x15 cm Summer Rain II, 2012, Oil on Canvas, 15x15 cm YANA AGIRMAN, Bulgaria BULGARIAN ARTISTS BULGARIAN

Landscape I, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 15x15 cm Artists – students from New Bulgarian University NEW BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY

Artists – Students from the Studio of Prof. ANNA YANEVA BULGARIAN ARTISTS

Pelin Avsar, Sirin Benugur and Grace Nehmad with the students from the class of Prof. Anna Yaneva from New Bulgarian University ANNA YANEVA, Bulgaria ALEXANDER PEEV, Bulgaria SIMONA KARAIVANOVA, Bulgaria

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My Beloved Monster and Me, 2012, Triptych, Part I Morning, 2012, Oil on Wooden Panel, 14x14 cm Composition in Red, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 15x15 cm Acrylic on Canvas, 10x10 cm GERGANA SHEHTOVA, Bulgaria NADEZHDA ARSOVA, Bulgaria ALEXANDER TASSEV, Bulgaria

China, The Moon Festival, 2012, Oil on Canvas, 9,8x10 cm Landscape I, 2012, Oil on Canvas, 10x10 cm Autumn, 2012, Oil on Canvas, 10x10 cm VESSELINA GEKOVA, Bulgaria NINA DIMITROVA ILIEVA, Bulgaria STILIANA DINEVA, Bulgaria

Composition, Diptych, Part II 2012, Acrylic on Canvas, 7x7 cm Magic, 2012, Oil on Canvas, 9,5x9,5 cm Cherry Blossom, 2012, Mixed Media on Canvas, 10x10 cm MILA NUNEVA, Bulgaria MARIANA MINKOVA, Bulgaria EMIL PASHOV, Bulgaria

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Figures I, 2012, Acrylic on Canvas on Cardboard, 11x14 cm Untitled, 2012, Mixed Media, 15x15 cm Boat, 2012, Watercolor on Paper, 15x10 cm PLAMENA IVANOVA VASSILEVA, Bulgaria SENYA VALKOVA, Bulgaria GEORGI PETROVICH YONOV, Bulgaria

Colorful Composition, Composition, Diptych, Part I The Cock, 2012, Oil on Canvas, 15x15 cm 2012, Mixed Media on Cardboard 21x15 cm 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 15x15 cm TANYA ZELYAZKOVA, Bulgaria SIMEON SIMEONOV, Bulgaria RALITZA KARAMUSALOVA, Bulgaria BULGARIAN ARTISTS

Outcast I, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 15x15 cm Still Life, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 15x10 cm Earth, 2012, Mixed Media on Cardboard, 15x15 cm TSVETOMIRA BORISOVA, Bulgaria IVAN, Bulgaria MARGARITA METODIEVA, Bulgaria

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Composition I, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 14x14 cm Fire Painting I, 2012, Mixed Media on Paper, 11x16 cm Cube Composition, 2012, Oil on Canvas on Board, 4x6x6 cm

International visiting artists with the students from New Bulgarian University Georgi Lessedra with granddaughter Rada by the opening of the exhibition Christo Yotov and Georgi Lessedra talking about the presentation of Bulgarian artists 36

Rada receiving the catalogue from Olga by the opening of her exhibition in the National Group Portrait with International visiting artists and the students of Prof. Anna Yaneva Gallery in Sofia, February 21, 2013