2026
The 2026 edition features over 320 original works from 115 artists working from 32 countries!
Among this enormous range of highly compelling work, Miniprint Kazanlak was pleased to award the First Prize in Classical Printmaking to Radoslaw Kostusiak (Poland), and the First Prize in Experimental Printmaking to Rachel Ramirez (Portugal).
We wish to express our sincere gratitude to the 2026 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!
ARGENTINAL Floki Gauvry, Eva Toker Jawerbaum AUSTRALIA Victoria Bilogan , Kathy Holmes AUSTRIA Traude Pirker, Inge Stornig, Christian Wirth BELGIUM Bernadette Maréchal, Henry Pouillon BULGARIA Peter Boyadjieff, Ivan Gaidarov, Milena Krasteva, Daniela Zekina CANADA Alex Boya, Miguel Barros, Hans-Christian Behm, Zenon Burdy, Margot Cormier Splane, Laurence Finet, Michèle Lapointe, Carol Mannas, Lauren McKinley Renzetti, Hélène Routhier, Catherine Tam COLOMBIA Alvaro Herrera Univalle CROATIA Mia Vucic DENMARK Annette O. Caspeller FINLAND Janne Laine FRANCE Marcelle Benhamou, Roger Bonnet des Claustres, Dominique Jammy, Marijke Jonker GERMANY Timo Ehmke, Judith Sturm GREECE Amaryllis Siniossoglou, Evangelos Tasios HUNGARY Csaba Pál IRELAND Joan Gleeson, Bernadette Madden, Mary McGrath ISRAEL Victor Lipkin ITALY Dario Grigolato, Francesco Spallina JAPAN Haruko Cho, Akihico Haraguchi, Yusa Hori, Takanori Iwase, Sayuka Kimura, Yukie Motegi, Maki Nagumo, Yukiko Nishitani, Mika Sakimoto, Mihoko Sekiguchi, Yasufumi Takano, Yuriko Terao, Tomoko Tsuchida, Yoshiko Watanabe, Chiaki Yamada MACEDONIA Marija Svetieva MEXICO Fernando M. Dias, Moyshen Moreno, Alifie Rojas NETHERLANDS Hilly van Eerten, Josée Wuyts NEW ZEALAND Sue Cooke, Barbara Graham, Neil Johnstone NORWAY Jane Hupe, Elisabeth Østensvik POLAND Maciej Barański, Adam Czech, Grzegorz Frydryk, Agnieszka Jaworska, Radoslaw Kostusiak, Natalia Kozak, Kinga Maksimowicz, Agnieszka Mazek, Emilia Organa, Krzysztof Pasztuła, Agata Perzyńska, Maryna Podolska, Katarzyna Pyka, Iwona Rypeść-Kostović, Aneta Sadowska, Marta Sliwiak, Małgorzata Stachurska, Dominika Surmacz, Marcin Surzycki, Anna Trojanowska, Aleksandra Turyk PORTUGAL António Canau, Rachel Ramirez ROMANIA Ivona Mariș SLOVENIA Saša Gornik, Maja Ljubič SOUTH KOREA Youngim Kim, Jung Hwa Ko, Oh Soo Jin SPAIN Sònia Giravent, Lourdes Perlas Zurita SWEDEN Hanna Cantillana Wiklund, Maria Heed, Gunnar Nilmén, Elisabeth Ödmann TAIWAN Chia-Feng Cheng, Tania Chou, Ying-Ying Hsieh, Ru-Yu Lin, Yung-Chih Yeh THAILAND Thamrongsak Nimanussornkul TURKEY Oya Pekmener UK Colin Gillespie USA Marie Bukowski, Suzanne Michele Chouteau, Deborah Cornell, Monica Jacobs, Vassilen Vassevski
AWARDED ARTISTS
FIRST PRIZE IN CLASSICAL PRINTMAKING
Radoslaw Kostusiak
Poland
Spirit of the rose hills (2025)
Copperplate engraving / 11x7.5 (19x19) / 13/50
FIRST PRIZE IN EXPERIMENTAL PRINTMAKING
Rachel Ramirez
Portugal
Leaf Sequence (2026)
Nature Print & Gold Foil / 12x10 (19x19) / 1/1
HONORARY MENTIONS
Floki Gauvry
Argentina
Forest #1 (2025)
Photo-intaglio & stamp / 10x15 (19x19) / 1/1
Monica Jacobs
USA
Cháy (2026)
Mixed Media Print / 10x10 (18x18) / 1/1
Sayuka Kimura
Japan
I Saw Nothing (2026)
Etching, aquatint / 10x10 (17.5x16) / 2/7
Gunnar Nilmén
Sweden
Light in the darkness I (2024)
Etching / 6x7 (17x18) / 1/20
Dominika Surmacz
Poland
Scheme_L1 (2026)
Flat printing / algraphy / 10x10 (19x19) / EA
Yung-Chih Yeh
Taiwan
March III (2026)
Combined methods / 10x10 (19x19) / 1/3
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!