Contemporary Bulgarian Exlibris Artists

Nikolay Yanakiev (26.12.1957, Burgas) is an author with refined artistic sensibility, sense for details and perfection. His activity is a fact in our art life more than 10 years. His one-man shows in Bulgaria, Austria, USA, Holland, Portugal, participations in many international exhibitions, the prize of graphic biennial in Varna and the Exlibris awards from Belgrade and Malibor - Poland are confirmation not only for his artistic merits but for his international recognition as the honourable membership of the prestigious Tokyo Mini-print Saloon.

The delicacy and finesse of the small-sized graphic forms corresponds with the artistic nature of the author showing his art-aesthetic viewpoints.

The presented bookplates is convincing way for the connoisseurs to fill the valuable and significant art of one of the representative Bulgarian artists.

Albena Spasova, art manager

With the Following motto
"Provocation of the Exlibris",
we will publish personal viewpoints of the presented artists.

N.Yanakiev:
"Since the exlibris is an inseparable part of the rare books and now the big editions are a fact, the exlibris comes out of the book and becomes an independent graphic art.
My private ends are, the exlibrises I make to become fine art creations."
10 April 2002, Burgas