Siyana Zaharieva
Date and place of birth:
04/24/1982, Pernik
Education:
2000 – 2004 National Academy of Arts, Sofia,
specialization “Book and Printed Graphics”
1995 – 2000 Art High School of Fine Arts
“Acad. Iliya Petrov”, Sofia
Professional experience:
I work in the field of illustration and graphic design. Unfortunately, the illustrations I have made for various advertising campaigns and products are more than those for books.
Exhibitions:
2018 Solo exhibition – illustration, Plus Tova, Sofia
2013 Participation in the exhibition “Color Me”, Sofia Design Week 2013
2013 XXIV International Biennial of Illustration Bratislava
2011 International Biennial of Illustration “46th Golden Pen Belgrade”
2010 Exhibition “Storytelling With Quill And Brush” – exhibition of illustrators from Bulgaria – DCAD, Wilmington, USA
2010 Member of the “Union of Bulgarian Artists”
2009 Poster Exhibition “Talking Animals” – accompanying the international illustration exhibition “Animaliter: the art of illustration” – Ruse
2008 Traveling exhibition “The Art of the Bulgarian Book” – Collection of the Bulgarian Cultural Institute (Nicosia, Cyprus and Seoul, South Korea, Rome, Helsinki, Tallinn, Warsaw, Buenos Aires and Canberra, Paris)
2007 Exhibition "Colorful Fairy Tale" – Bulgarian Cultural Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia
The exhibition is organized within the framework of the XXI edition of the International Biennale
of Illustration Bratislava (ВІБ 2007)
2006 National Exhibition "The Art of the Bulgarian Book" – Shipka 6 Gallery, Sofia
Awards:
2014 Fifth place in the international illustration competition "5th EPICASE Art&Illustration Competition 2014", South Korea
2012 Nomination for the "Hristo G. Danov" Award – category "Children's Publications"
2006 National Exhibition "The Art of the Bulgarian Book" – Young Author Award
Illustrated works:
"Urban Geography", Zornitsa Hristova and Desislava Dimitrova (Tochitsa Publishing House, 2016).
"Tale Notebook", fairy tales written by children and illustrated by 12 artists (Tochitsa Publishing House, 2012).
"Victor and the Magic Fairy", Polina Ilieva (Paradox Publishing House, 2011).
Favorite illustrator:
I'm currently excited about Carll Cneut.
Otherwise, my favorites are: Beatrice Alemagna, Emily Hughes, Marco Somá, Igor Oleynikov, Delphine Durand. I also have favorite Bulgarian illustrators: Lyuben Zidarov, Aleksandar Aleksov, Tonya Goranova, Yasen Gyuzelev
Favorite illustrated book?
I don't like to define them like that. It's different at different times.
Which book do you dream of illustrating?
Whenever I'm asked this question, I think of "The Ten Adventures of Lisko" by Boris Aprilov. I loved it very much as a child and I still feel extremely close to it. In fact, his other works too. I think he is a world-class author and I am sad that he is so forgotten nowadays.
Website:
http://siyanazaharieva.blogspot.bg/
https://www.behance.net/siyana_zd487
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