2025
The 2025 edition features over 360 original works from over 120 artists working from 35 countries!
Among this enormous range of highly compelling work, Miniprint Kazanlak was pleased to award the First Prize in Classical Printmaking to Maria Heed (Sweden), and the First Prize in Experimental Printmaking to Chy Nakajima (Japan).
We wish to express our sincere gratitude to the 2025 international jury! Their commitment and contribution has allowed for a wide selection of varied and highly engaging work to take part in this edition, further corroborating Miniprint Kazanlak’s ambition to act as a forum for discussion and collaborative exchange between artists and art lovers for years to come!
AUSTRALIA Victoria Bilogan AUSTRIA Leo Hainzl, Traude Pirker, Inge Stornig BELGIUM Bernadette Maréchal, Henry Pouillon, Rita Vandevorst BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA Mersiha Merdžanović-Memić BRAZIL Maria Kruschewsky BUGARIA Peter Boyadjieff, Todor Todorov, Daniela Todorova, Daniela Zekina CANADA Miguel Barros, Hans-Christian Behm, Alex Boya, Laurence Finet, Yong Sook Kim-Lambert, Carol Mannas, Lauren McKinley Renzetti, Hélène Routhier, Patricia Salat, Catherine Tam CROATIA Ivana Gagić Kičinbači DENMARK Annette O. Caspeller FINLAND Eeva Huotari, Janne Laine FRANCE Marcelle Benhamou, Roger Bonnet des Claustres, Lionel Bras, Marijke Jonker, Uddin Xecon GREECE Amaryllis Siniossoglou, Evangelos Tasios HUNGARY Csaba Pál IRELAND Joan Gleeson, Bernadette Madden, Mary McGrath, Deirdre Shanley, Linda Uhlemann ISRAEL Victor Lipkin ITALY Albina Dealessi, Francesco Spallina JAPAN Haruko Cho, Akihico Haraguchi, Nanako Hattori, Yusa Hori, Ayako Iguchi, Yo Iseki, Takanori Iwase, Isao Kobayashi, Taichi Kodama, Maki Nagumo, Chy Nakajima, Yukiko Nishitani, Mika Sakimoto, Mihoko Sekiguchi, Toshiaki Shozu, Yasufumi Takano, Akito Tanimura, Yuriko Terao, Tomoko Tsuchida, Yoshihiro Tsuji, Yoshiko Watanabe MACEDONIA Marija Svetieva MEXICO Fernando M. Dias, Moyshen Moreno NETHERLANDS Hilly van Eerten, Josée Wuyts NEW ZEALAND Sue Cooke, Barbara Graham, Neil Johnstone POLAND Adam Czech, Agata Dworzak-Subocz, Gabriel Gąsior, Natalia Goliszek, Wiktoria Kaczmarek, Łukasz Koniuszy, Natalia Kozak, Krystian Kruk, Maria Nowicka, Agata Perzyńska, Katarzyna Pyka, Iwona Rypeść-Kostović, Aleksandra Sadło, Aneta Sadowska, Marta Sliwiak, Agata Strzyżewska, Dominika Surmacz, Marcin Surzycki, Anna Trojanowska, Marcelina Trojnar, Daria Waszczuk, Joanna Wdowiak, Julia Wojtowicz, Zofia Zacharewicz PORTUGAL António Canau ROMANIA Ivona Mariș SLOVAKIA Barbora Paulovičová SLOVENIA Saša Gornik, Alja Kosar, Maja Ljubič SOUTH AFRICA Gervasio Robles SOUTH KOREA Jung Hwa Ko, Oh Soo Jin SPAIN Sònia Giravent, Estel Julià, Lourdes Perlas Zurita SWEDEN Maria Heed TAIWAN Hui-Ju Chang, Chih Ling Chou, Tania Chou, Peggy Lee, Yung-Chih Yeh, Chinn Ying Yu THAILAND Thamrongsak Nimanussornkul TURKEY Oya Pekmener UK Paul Camic, Colin Gillespie, Chris Long UKRAINE Maryna Podolska, Hanna Popruha USA Marie Bukowski, Deborah Cornell, Monica Jacobs, David Moyer, Meredith Setser
AWARDED ARTISTS
FIRST PRIZE IN CLASSICAL PRINTMAKING
Maria Heed
Sweden
Viability (Livskraft) (2024)
Etching / 9x9 (19x18) / 7/18
FIRST PRIZE IN EXPERIMENTAL PRINTMAKING
Chy Nakajima
Japan
Hideaway-m #3 (2025)
Collage relief of prints on washi / 10x10 (19x19) / 1/1
HONORARY MENTIONS
Krystian Kruk
Poland
Bio-interface Beetle Type (2025)
Etching, aquatint / 10x10 (19x19) / 4/20
Maria Kruschewsky
Brazil
The green sea (2025)
Monotype / 10x10 (19x19) / 1/1
Meredith Setser
USA
Colorblind Cloud (2025)
Lithography, etching, collage, wax / 10x10 (19x19) / 1/1
Lourdes Perlas Zurita
Spain
Serie Natura 104 (2025)
Printing On Japanese Paper With Silver Leaf And Silver Oxide / 10x10 (19x19) / 1/1
Yuriko Terao
Japan
Cactus (2024)
Screen print / 10x10 (19x19) / 6/10
Yung-Chih Yeh
Taiwan
Pink poppy flower (2025)
Engraving / 10x10 (19x19) / 1/5
EXHIBITING ARTISTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Miniprint Kazanlak wishes to express its sincere gratitude to:
The Mayoral & City Council of Kazanlak
The International Jury
The entire team at the Kazanlak Art Gallery
Our network of cultural communities of Kazanlak
and
All the participating artists whose original and personal work has made the International Contemporary
Miniprint of Kazanlak 2025 possible!