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Ivan Ninov

1946 Born in Tsonevo village, Varna district, Bulgaria

1960 Art High School in Sofia, Bulgaria

Lives and works in Sofia, Bulgaria

His works are drawings, water colors and graphics. Ivan Ninov is undisputed authoritative personality of the graphic area not only in Bulgaria, but also abroad.

Awards

2001 Award “Silver Point”, Small size, International Biennial of Graphic, Uzice, Serbia

2002 First Prize for Graphic, Small size, International Exhibition, Baia Mare, Romania

2004 Prize for Graphic, Small size, International Salon of Graphic, Timisoara, Romania

2007 Special Award for Graphic, International Biennial of Dry Point, Uzice, Serbia

2007 Prize for Graphic, International Biennial of the name of Prof. Stoyan Stoyanov, Varna, Bulgaria

2012 Prize for Graphic, National competition Allianz, Sofia, Bulgaria

2014 First Prize for Graphic, International competition for Miniature art, Gorni Milanovac, Serbia

2018 Residence at La Cité Internationale des Arts Foundation

Selected Critiques

“... An artist with his own objectivity, synthetic and monumental, regardless of the form of the art paper, and, above all, an artist with a lot of interior energy and power. Offbeat in terms of behavior, human and artistic presence. An intuitive and – in some mysterious way of plastic upbringing – а highly cultivated artist, monumental, austere and ascetic, stripping things to their essence. Ivan Ninov is gentle, lyrical and intimate in his own way. Far from worldly vanity, the temporary and transient world of bohemian illusions, Ivan Ninov has always been close to himself, to his own essence and nature, which means to his own plastic world.”

Acad. Svetlin Rusev – Artist