YULIAN YORDANOV
Fine Artist
EDUCATION & ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
• 1995 — Master of Arts in Graphic Arts, National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
Specialization in Printmaking under the guidance of Professor Petar Chuklev
• 1984 — Diploma, Iliya Petrov School of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
DISTINCTIONS & AWARDS
2010 – 2022
• 2022 — Honorary Diploma, 5th International Ex-libris Competition, Istanbul, Turkey
• 2018 — Artist of the Decade 2008–2018, Largo Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
• 2017 — Award, National Graphic Art Exhibition Georgi Gerasimov, Pazardzhik City Gallery, Bulgaria
• 2016 — Second Prize, 36th FISAE International Exlibris Exhibition, Vologda, Russia
• 2015 — Honorary Diploma, VII Biennal Internacional d’Exlibris Contratalla 2015, Tarragona, Spain
• 2014 — Nomination, XV International Biennial of Small Graphic Forms and Exlibris, Ostrow Wielkopolski,
Poland
• 2013 — Honorary Diploma and Medal, XXIV International Biennial Exhibition of Modern Exlibris, Malbork,
Poland
• 2010 — Special IMOGA Award, 33rd FISAE Exlibris Exhibition, Istanbul Museum of Graphic Art, Istanbul,
Turkey
1995 – 2008
• 2008 — Gold Award, 32nd FISAE Exlibris Exhibition, Beijing, China
• 2007 — Honorary Diploma, The Second International Exlibris Competition, Ankara, Turkey
• 2007 — Memorial Prize, Shanghai Fu Xian Zhai 1st International Exlibris Invitation Competition, Shanghai,
China
• 2006 — Award of the Bulgarian Exlibris Center, 2nd International Biennial of Exlibris, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 2005 — Honorary Diploma, 1st International Biennale Exlibris and Small Graphic Forms, Gniezno, Poland
• 2005 — Honorary Diploma, 1st International Exlibris Triennale of Lefkas, Lefkada, Greece
• 2005 — Award of The Royal Circle of Former Atheneum Students, 15th International Exlibris
Competition, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
• 2003 — First Prize, The First International Exlibris Competition, Ankara, Turkey
• 2003 — Intaglio Printing Award, 1st International Biennial of Exlibris, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 2001 — Honorary Diploma, International Exlibris Competition, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
• 2000 — The Tagus International Purchase Prize, 4th British International Miniature Print Exhibition,
London, England
• 1999 — Special Award of the Art Dialogue Association, X International Print Biennial, Varna, Bulgaria
• 1996 — Honorary Diploma, IV Bienal Internacional de Grabado, Ourense, Spain
• 1995 — Award from Martin Levine, President of the American Society of Printmakers; Honorary Diploma,
8th International Print Biennale Varna, Varna, Bulgaria
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Works by Yulian Yordanov are held in the collections of the International Exlibris Centre (Sint-Niklaas,
Belgium), the Exlibris Museum in Istanbul (Turkey), the Gallery of Graphic Art (Varna, Bulgaria), the
Museum of Modern Art in Minsk (Belarus), and the SIEAC Museum / Shuo Hai International Exlibris
Collection in Tianjin, China.
His works are also represented in private collections in Bulgaria, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Lithuania,
Poland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey, Italy, Spain,
Switzerland, Greece, Japan, China, the United States, and Australia.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• 2012 — Jury member, International Exlibris Competition on “Information Management”, Hacettepe University,
Ankara, Turkey.
• 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2025 — Art Director of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th International Exlibris
Competitions, Varna, Largo Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria.
• 2023 — Jury member, XIX International Exlibris Competition “Ex Libris – Ex Dilemma”, Regional Library,
Ruse, Bulgaria.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 – 2025
• 2025 — Harmony in Diversity, Mostove Gallery, Lovech, Bulgaria
• 2024 — Largo Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
• 2024 — Vazrazhdane Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
• 2024 — Bulgarian Cultural Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia
• 2023 — Graphic Bridges, Glogovec, Slovakia
• 2023 — SIEAC Gallery, Tianjin, China
• 2021 — Largo Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
• 2020 — Largo Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
2010 – 2019
• 2019 — Vazrazhdane Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
• 2018 — Largo Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
• 2018 — Collision-Fusion, SIEAC Gallery, Tianjin, China
• 2017 — SIEAC Gallery, Tianjin, China
• 2016 — Kunstsalon id+Art Kunstcenter Hamme, Hamme, Belgium
• 2016 — Gallery 10, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 2015 — Vazrazhdane Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
• 2015 — Largo Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
• 2015 — Arte Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 2015 — Petko Zadgorski City Art Gallery, Burgas, Bulgaria
• 2015 — Iliya Beshkov City Art Gallery, Pleven, Bulgaria
• 2014 — Largo Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
• 2013 — Vazrazhdane Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
• 2012 — Vox Gallery, Burgas, Bulgaria
• 2012 — Largo Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
• 2012 — Museum of Modern Art, Minsk, Belarus
• 2012 — SIEAC Gallery, Tianjin, China
• 2011 — Xotaris Art Gallery, Crete, Greece
• 2010 — Vazrazhdane Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1996 – 2009
• 2009 — Nesy Gallery, Burgas, Bulgaria
• 2008 — Vazrazhdane Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
• 2007 — Art Shop Gallery, Izmir, Turkey
• 2005 — Vazrazhdane Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
• 2005 — Selvin Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
• 2004 — Burgas Gallery, Burgas, Bulgaria
• 2004 — Bulart Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
• 2004 — Bayer Gallery, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
• 2003 — Vazrazhdane Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
• 2001 — Burgas Gallery, Burgas, Bulgaria / Izmir, Turkey
• 2001 — Sharon Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 2000 — E/A Epreuve d'Artiste Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
• 2000 — Bulart Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
• 2000 — Vazrazhdane Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
• 1998 — Rathaus Gallery, Erfurt, Germany
• 1997 — Bulart Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
• 1996 — Varosha Gallery, Lovech, Bulgaria
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & BIENNIALS
2015 – 2025
• 2025 — International Graphic Exhibition Flight, Largo Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
• 2024 — XIV International Graphic Competition for Exlibris, Gliwice, Poland
• 2022 — XI International Biennial of Small Forms, Pleven, Bulgaria
• 2019 — SIEAC Gallery, Tianjin, China
• 2017 — XIX International Biennale of Graphic Art, Varna, Bulgaria
• 2017 — XXVI International Biennial Exhibition of Modern Exlibris, Malbork, Poland
• 2017 — XXI International Exlibris and Mini Print Biennial, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
• 2016 — 36th FISAE International Exlibris Exhibition, Vologda, Russia
• 2015 — VII Biennal Internacional d’Exlibris Contratalla, Tarragona, Spain
• 2015 — XXV International Biennial Exhibition of Modern Exlibris, Malbork, Poland
• 2015 — XX International Exlibris and Mini Print Biennial, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
2005 – 2014
• 2014 — XV International Biennial of Small Graphic Forms and Exlibris, Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland
• 2013 — XXIV International Biennial Exhibition of Modern Exlibris, Malbork, Poland
• 2013 — Premio Santa Croce Ex Libris – Piccola Grafica, Santa Croce, Italy
• 2013 — Exlibris Collection, National Polotsk Historical Museum-Preserve, Polotsk, Belarus
• 2012 — Exlibris Exhibition, Book Salon, Minsk, Belarus
• 2012 — Exlibris Collection, Museum of Modern Art, Minsk, Belarus
• 2011 — XXIII International Biennial Exhibition of Modern Exlibris, Malbork, Poland
• 2010 — XXXIII FISAE International Exlibris Exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey
• 2010 — Mey Yuan Cup Shanghai International Exlibris Invitational Exhibition, Shanghai, China
• 2009 — Exhibition of the 32nd International Exlibris Biennial Award-Winning Artists' Works, Binzhou, China
• 2009 — XXXII FISAE International Exlibris Invitation Exhibition, Chengdu, China
• 2009 — International Exlibris Exhibition, Debrecen, Hungary
• 2009 — Shanghai Fu Xian Zhai 3rd International Exlibris Invitation Competition, Shanghai, China
• 2009 — 22nd International Biennial Exhibition of Modern Exlibris, Malbork, Poland
• 2008 — Shanghai Fu Xian Zhai 2nd International Exlibris Invitation Competition, Shanghai, China
• 2008 — 1st International Print Biennial – Istanbul 2008, Istanbul, Turkey
• 2008 — 32nd FISAE Exlibris Exhibition, Beijing, China
• 2007 — 21st International Biennial Exhibition of Modern Exlibris, Malbork, Poland
• 2007 — The Second International Exlibris Competition, Ankara, Turkey
• 2007 — Shanghai Fu Xian Zhai 1st International Exlibris Invitation Competition, Shanghai, China
• 2006 — 2nd International Biennial of Exlibris, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 2006 — 31st FISAE Exlibris Competition, Switzerland
• 2006 — Premio Santa Croce Exlibris, Piccola Grafica, Santa Croce, Italy
• 2005 — 6th International Graphic Competition for Exlibris, Gliwice, Poland
• 2005 — 1st International Biennale Exlibris and Small Graphic Forms, Gniezno, Poland
• 2005 — 1st International Exlibris Triennale of Lefkas, Lefkada, Greece
• 2005 — 20th Anniversary International Biennial Exhibition of Modern Exlibris, Malbork, Poland
1995 – 2004
• 2004 — 4th Triennial Exlibris, Bratislava, Slovakia
• 2003 — V International Graphic Competition for Exlibris, Gliwice, Poland
• 2003 — The First International Exlibris Competition, Ankara, Turkey
• 2003 — 1st International Biennial of Exlibris, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 2002 — International Exlibris Competition, Prague, Czech Republic
• 2002 — 19th International Exhibition of Modern Exlibris, Malbork, Poland
• 2001 — XI International Biennale of Graphic Art, Varna, Bulgaria
• 2001 — International Exlibris Competition, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
• 2001 — Third International Triennial of Graphic Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 2000 — 4th British International Miniature Print Exhibition, England
• 1999 — X International Biennale of Graphic Art, Varna, Bulgaria
• 1999 — XIV Premio Internazionale Biella per l'Incisione, Biella, Italy
• 1998 — Second International Triennial of Graphic Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 1998 — V Bienal Internacional de Grabado, Ourense, Spain
• 1997 — 9th International Biennale of Graphic Art, Varna, Bulgaria
• 1997 — International Print Triennial Society, Krakow, Poland
• 1997 — International Triennial of Graphic Art, Bitola, Macedonia
• 1997 — The Third British International Miniature Print Exhibition, England
• 1997 — 41st Triennale Mondiale d'Estampes Petit Format, Chamalières, France
• 1997 — The 19th International Independante Exhibition of Prints, Kanagawa, Japan
• 1996 — IV Bienal Internacional de Grabado, Ourense, Spain
• 1996 — International Exlibris Concourse – Paul Verlaine, Metz, France
• 1995 — 8th International Biennale of Graphic Art, Varna, Bulgaria