Results of 6th International Ex-libris Competition – Istanbul 2025
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The 6th International Ex-libris Competition Jury was composed of the following names: President: Dr Hasip Pektaş, Ex-libris Artist, President of Istanbul Ex-libris Association (Turkey), Members: Prof: Dr. Erkan İbiş, Rector of Istinye University (Turkey), Dr. Şükrü Bozluolcay, Chairman of Bozlu Holding, Collector (Turkey), M. Sonay Gürgen, Chairman of Selçuk Ecza Deposu, Collector (Turkey), Veselin Damyanov-Ves (Bulgaria), Ex-libris Artist.
It was observed that the participation in the competition was high and many master artists took part. 540 artists from 34 countries participated in the competition with 1340 ex-libris. The countries with the highest number of participants were Turkey, Russia, Poland, Republic of China, Bulgaria, Italy, Argentina and others. The selection process took place in several stages. The ex-libris to be included in the exhibition were selected through a pre-selection process. 214 artists’ ex-libris were proposed to be exhibited and included in the catalogue. In the evaluation process, attention was paid to originality, technical and aesthetic competence, and the relationship between painting and writing. After extensive discussions, 56 artists were unanimously awarded 14 Awards, 14 Honourable Mentions and 28 Certificates of Honour.
Award Ceremony and Exhibition Opening; 22 August 2025 will be held during the 2nd International Exlibris Congress. Address: Istinye University, Vadi H Campus, Vadistanbul Sariyer / Istanbul. The competition catalogue will be printed and placed on the website. http://www.aed.org.tr/en/awesome-dialymotion-post-2
Prizes
Istinye University First Prize (1000 USD); Mikhail Verkholantsev (Russia)
Selçuk Ecza Deposu Second Prize (800 USD); Onnik Karanfilian (Bulgaria)
Bozlu Art Project Third Prize (600 USD); Marin Gruev (Bulgaria)
Istanbul Ex-libris Society Young Artist Prize (500 USD); Emre İnan (Turkey)
Medical Park Special Prize (500 USD); Igor Baranov (France)
AveA Health Special Prize (500 USD); Ivo Mosele (Italy)
Liv Hospital Special Prize (500 USD); Christine Deboosere (Belgium)
Glana Cosmetics Special Prize (500 USD); Valerio Mezzetti (Italy)
Tülay-Şükrü Ertürk Special Prize (500 USD); Yu Wang (China)
Ayşe-Noyan Ünal Special Prize (500 USD); Martin R. Baeyens (Belgium)
Ayfer-Zeki Tutkan Special Prize (500 USD); Gennady Vial (Belarus)
Özden Pektaş Turgut Special Prize (500 USD); Elzbieta Radzikowska (Poland)
Gülcan-Salih Apaydın Special Prize (500 USD); Yulia Protsyshyn (Ukraine)
Hatice-Hasip Pektaş Special Prize (500 USD); Julieta V. Warman (Argentina)
Honorable Mentions
Anna Trojanowska (Poland)
Jichao Zhao (China)
Katarzyna Handzlik (Poland)
Ksenia Avramova (Russia)
Lukasz Cywicki (Poland)
Marek Grzyb (Poland)
Mariusz A. Danski (Poland)
Natallia Murauyova (Belarus)
Refiye Endez Mengü (Turkey)
Svetlana Ryabova (Russia)
Tezcan Bahar (Turkey)
Todor Ovcharov (Bulgaria)
Wu Ruiduo (China)
Yaroslav Makarov (Russia)
Honorary Certificates
Anna Tikhonova Yordanov (Belarus/Bulgaria)
Baiwen Lu (China)
Esteban Grimi (Argentina)
Havasi Tamas (Hungary)
Hristo Kerin (Bulgaria)
Hristo Naidenov (Bulgaria)
Jinwei Tian (China)
Jiri Brazda (Czech Rep.)
Krzysztof Marek Bak (Poland)
Leonid Kuris (Israel)
Leonid Stroganov (Russia)
Li Deng (China)
Ling Hsiang Chang (Taiwan)
Luigi Casalino (Italy)
Marcela Miranda (Italy)
Maria Maddelena Tuccelli (Italy)
Marziya Zhaksygarina (Kazakhstan)
Mauricio Schvarzman (Argentina)
Maya Tcholakova (Bulgaria)
Michele Stragliati (Italy)
Mykhailo Drimaylo (Ukraine)
Nilgün Köseoğlu (Turkey)
Rakesh Bani (India)
Rumen Nistorov (Bulgaria)
Ryszard Balon (Poland)
Sergey Kirnitskiy (Ukraine)
Şuayyip Yücel (Turkey)
Vladimir Zuev (Russia)
Exhibition and Cataloque
Agnieszka Wierzbicka (Poland)
Ahmet Selçuk Kızılışık (Turkey)
Akimova Katya (Russia)
Alejandra Corrini (Argentina)
Aleksandr Ulybin (Belarus)
Aleksey Danilov (Russia)
Alexander Shabaev (Russia)
Alicja Bekiesz (Poland)
Alicja Kieliszek (Poland)
Alperen Güldü (Turkey)
Anastasiya Mitrokhina (Russia)
Anastasiya Shvedava (Belarus)
Andras Reti (Hungary)
Anna Trojanowska (Poland)
Ayşe Anıl (Turkey)
Ayşen Erte (Turkey)
Aysın Akay (Turkey)
Berna İşbilir Aydın (Turkey)
Bernard Mailer (Germany)
Berrin İlhan (Turkey)
Betül Uras (Turkey)
Buket Peker (Turkey)
Camilla Casalino (Italy)
Canan Bilge (Turkey)
Carla Fusi (Italy)
Davis Yue (Hong Kong)
Deborah Chapman (Canada)
Denis Bulavintsev (Russia)
Diana Kim (Kazakhstan)
Dilara Büyükikiz C. (Turkey)
Dilara Oktar Gürses (Turkey)
Dina Leonova (Russia)
Dudu Bayram (Turkey)
Ece Çolak (Turkey)
Ecem Maçıkan (Turkey)
Ela Nur Pelen (Turkey)
Emily Hung (China)
Erkin Keskin (Turkey)
Ertan Aktaş (Turkey)
Fatma Şaşmaz (Turkey)
Filiz Pür (Turkey
Galina Pavlova (Bulgaria)
Galina Yutkina (Russia)
Gennady Pugachevsky (Ukraine)
Gianna Alexopoulou (Greece)
Güler Yıldız Gürüz (Turkey)
Hai Cheng Wang (China)
Hakan Arslan (Turkey)
Haowen Zheng (China)
Harry Jürgens (Germany)
Hüseyin Obruklu (Turkey)
Igor Cvacho (Slovakia)
İrem Akbaharer Arslan (Sweden)
Irina K. Zhumabekova (Russia)
Iryna Koliadina (Ukraine)
Iscsu Istvan Molnar (Hungary)
İsmail Aslan (Turkey)
Iurii Aleksandrov (Slovakia)
Ivana Vidic (Serbia)
Jen-Yu Yang (Taiwan)
Jichao Zhao (China)
Jinwei Tian (China)
Jiri Brazda (Czech Rep.)
Julia Soloveva (Russia)
K.Özlem Alp (Turkey)
Kana Veradacha (Thailand)
Karina K. Janiszeliska (Poland)
Kazimierz Babkiewicz (Poland)
Kun Wang (China)
Lenka Lesnovska (Czech Rep.)
Liudmila Prokhorova (Russia)
Lu Wei (China)
Malou Oi Yee Hung (Hong Kong)
Maria E. Skorys (Poland)
Mehlika Korol (Turkey)
Mehmet Demiralp (Turkey)
Mei Yee Clara Hung (Hong Kong)
Melihat Tüzün (Turkey)
Melike Fatsa (Turkey)
Milada Wieckowska (Poland)
Mingfang He (China)
Monika Dzivba (Poland)
Mualla Gürle (Turkey)
Murat Ertürk (Turkey)
Nanhao Wang (Italy)
Nanni Moretti (Italy)
Nazan Sönmez (Turkey)
Nazmiye B. Belen (Turkey)
Neriman Pilavoğlu (Turkey)
Nesligül Hasdemir (Turkey)
Nina Kazimova (Russia)
Nurten Erdoğan (Turkey)
Oleg Dergachov (France)
Olga Samosujk (Russia)
Olga Tereshchenko (Belarus)
Ovidiu Petca (Romania)
Pavel Pich (Czech Rep.)
Pavel Puchugin (Russia)
Pawel Delekta (Poland)
Perla Margulies (Argentina)
Piotr Gojowy (Poland)
Quan Gao (China)
Quan You Zhau (China)
Rado Galaganov (Bulgaria)
Rajmund Aszkowski (Poland)
Remo Giatti (Italy)
Rumen Nistorov (Bulgaria)
Ryszard Balon (Poland)
Salih Apaydın (Turkey)
Salih Geçimli (Turkey)
Sandra La Porta (Argentina)
Sandro Chinellato (Italy)
Sasha Korotaeva (Russia)
Sergey Garezin (Russia)
Sergey Kirnitskiy (Ukraine)
Sergiy Hrapov (Ukraine)
Şevval Varol (Turkey)
Sezin Türk Kaya (Turkey)
Silvana Martignoni (Italy)
Sinem Algan (Turkey)
Snezhina Biserova (Bulgaria)
Sophia Andreeva (Kazakhstan)
Stella Bykova (Russia)
Svetlana Claude (France)
Svetlana Grueva (Russia)
Svetlana Ryabova (Russia)
Svetlana Volosiuk (Belarus)
Tatuana Kryukova (Russia)
Toshifumi Kawaguchi (Japan)
Tvin Zeytounian (Sryia)
Vasiliki Iliakopoulou (Greece)
Vedat Çolak (Turkey)
Victor Guzeniouk (Russia)
Vladimir Lupandin (Russia)
Vladimir Mymrin (Russia)
Vladimir Savel Jun (Czech Rep.)
Vladimir Vereschagen (Russia)
Vladislav Kvartalnyi (Belarus)
Wangang Tie (China)
Wieslawa Kurdek (Poland)
Xiabing Wang (China)
Xiang Zhang (China)
Xisheng Liu (China)
Xu Hongqiang (China)
Yang Wang (China)
Yaroslav Gurev (Russia)
Yeşim Önde (Turkey)
Yin Wan Chan (Hong Kong)
Yong Mei Ye (China)
Yurduşen Konanç (Turkey)
Yuri Novoselov (Russia)
Yury Molibozhenko (Russia)
Yusuf Keş (Turkey)
Zegrean Sergiu (Romania)
Zhang Sen (China)
Zhi Xin Ye (China)
Zhou Ying (China)
Zuzanna Radzikowska (Poland)
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