About
CURRICULUM VITAE
Peter Lazarov Artist/Printmaker
E-mail: pepeldog@gmail.com , peterlazarov@hotmail.com (the only working one during my Chinese trips)
1958 Born Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1980 Imitative Arts, Printmaking and Graphic Techniques, University St.Kiril i Metodii, Bulgaria
1989-90 Assistant-professor at Printmaking Department, University St.Kiril i Metodii, Bulgaria
2000 September/November – Workshop for mokuhan – Japanese watercolour woodblock printmaking, Nagasawa, Japan
2003 May Symposium for Small Prints, Velico Tarnovo, Bulgaria
June/July Artist in Residence for Papermaking at Awagami Factory, Japan;
September/November – Malaspina Printmakers, Vancouver, Canada; St. Michael’s Printshop, St. John’s, NF, Canada
2004 Artist in Residence for Lithography, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2005 Artists Meeting ‘Duppini’, Bulgaria
2006 July – Artist in Residence ‘Work in Progress’, Norden, Germany
September – Artists Meeting video art ‘Kamen Briag’, Bulgaria
2007 Lomea Annual Eco Art Symposium Rousse; Printmaking Symposium Smolyan (Bulgaria)
2009 2010 and 2011 – Artist in residence at Guanlan Printbase, Shenzhen, China
2011 and 2012 – giving a workshop in wood engraving at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China
2012 Art Colony Velika Plana and Art Colony Poganovski Monastery (Serbia, July/August)
2012 2013 and 2015 – series of lectures at prestigious highschools in Beijing, China
2013 One semester teaching the course of woodcut and Workshop Handmade Artists books at ScFAI, Chongqing, China
2014/15 2015/16 One semester teaching the course of woodcut at ScFAI, Chongqing, China
2015 July Workshop wood engraving at zommerakademie, Norden, Germany
2015 August Workshop woodcut and wood engraving for young students, Chongqing, China
Selected Exhibitions:
2014 7th DOURO Print Biennial, Portugal
2013 Global Print 2013, Portugal
2013 8th International Review of Woodcutter’s and Linoleum Ex-libris Print named after Paweł Steller, Katowice, Polland
2013 One man show at Diversity&Art Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland (January/February)
2012 Int. Print exhibition ‘Leonardo Sciascia, amateur d’estampes’, Palermo, Fabriano, Firence, Venezia, Milano (2013), Italy
2011 798 First Beijing Intеrnational Print Expo, Beijing, China
2011 Exhibition ‘The master and the Student’, Ivan Marinov & Peter Lazarov, Han Hadji Nikoli, Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria
2011 IV Int. Printmaking Exhibition, Tophane, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 Open Stal Oldeberkoop, Friesland, Nederland
2011 2007, 2005, 2003 International Print Biennial, VARNA, Bulgaria
2011 Allianz Bank Exhibition, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
2010 Het Ideale Boek and Mooi Marginaal 2008-2009, Museum Meermanno, Den Haag, Holland
2010 6th Print Triennale, Sofia, BG
2010 Triennale de Chamalieres, Auvergne, France
2008 2nd Fu Xian Zhai (Shanghai) and Lu Jiazui “Mei Yuan Cup” (Shanghai), China
2008 One-man show during the XXXII Congress of FISAE, Beijing, China (October)
2008 Xylon 14, France
2007 L’Arte e il Torchio, Museo Civico, Cremona, Italy
2007 Iternational Exhibition Un Monde en Noir et Blanc, Montreal, Ottawa, Canada
2006: II.International Print Exhibition, Tohane-i Amire art gallery, Ýstanbul, Turkey.
2003 and 2005: Touring Exhibition Wrexham Print International, UK
2000 and 2002: Grafiek Nu 10, Holland
2002: The 12th Space Int. Print Biennial, Seoul, Korea
1995-2014 Annual Exhibitions, the Society of Wood Engravers, UK
Selected Prizes:
2013 Honorable Mention of the Silesian Bibliophiles and Iconophiles Association – Diplomma and Medal named after Paweł Steller
2011 Allianz Bank Award for printmaking, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
2010 One of the three Awards of Equal standing at the 6th Sofia Print Triennial, Bulgaria
2008 Honourable Mention at the 2nd Fu Xian Zhai, Shanghai, China
2008 Honourable Mention at the XXXII Congress of FISAE, Beijing, China
2006 Honourable Mention at the 2nd International Printmaking Exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey
2004 Emile Puettmann Prize, Boekkunstbeurs Leiden, Holland
2003 The Prize for Outstanding Engraving from overseas, 66th Annual, SWE, UK
2002 Collection Purchase Prize, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK
1993 Jury-prize, International Graphic Exhibition, Maastricht, Holland
Selected Published Works:
2013 Printmaking off the beaten track, by Richard Noice, publisher Bloomsbury, UK
2011 De prentkunst van Peter Lazarov, by Pieter Jonker, 304 pages, about 500 colour reproductions, publisher Nobilis Foundation, Holland
2010 Het Ideale Book, editors Paul van Capelleveen and Clemens Wolf, publisher Vantilt, Holland
2008 Leeslint, Meermanno Museum Den Haag, article “Met steun van Vrienden”, by Paul Capelleveen
2006 Parenthesis 12 (UK & USA), Peter Lazarov and his Pepel Press by Willem Keizer;
Papermaking for Printmakers, by Elspeth Lamb, A & C Black Publishers, London;
Graphische Kunst /1, Gravierende impressionen, by Eva Masthoff – Germany
2004: UTZ magazine, Edizioni Progetti Farnesiani – Ortona, Italia
2003: Endgrain Edition 3, a BarbarianPress edition with wood engravings (50) printed from the original blocks, Mission, Canada (www.barbarianpress.com)
2002: PEPELpressFine press limited edition handmade art books.
2014 Tragic Greek Heroines, by Christos Giannakos (poetry), eight large engravings on plastic; edition of 50
2013 The Puppeteer and the Puppet, by Phil Madden (poetry), silkscreen; box; edition 20
2012 Eternal Battle, by Christos Giannakos (poetry), three large engravings on plastic; box; edition of 100
2012 Shadow of a butterfly, collaboration with Ema Tsoneva (poetry&monotypes), wood engravings; box; edition of 20
2011 Prospero’s Books, by Peter Greenaway, silkscreen, 7 leather bound Deluxe copies, edition of 12
2010 May Book, poems by Omar Khayyam and Heinrich Heine, engravings on wood and plastic, edition 10
2010 39 Faces of Urban Moon, haiku by Phil Madden; silkscreen, woodcut and wood engraving, edition 20
2009 Three with the Moon and His Shadow, by Li Bai, woodcuts, edition 6 + one A/P Deluxe copy
2009 Language Land/ Taalgebied, by Willem Roggeman, allograph prints, edition 20
2009 Haat gaat gekleed als vreedzame mensen, poem by Rutger Kopland, allograph prints, Chine Colle text, edition 15
2008 According to Alzheimer, Sieds de Boer/ Peter Lazarov, Typography, woodcut and wood engravings, edition 20
2008 Siegfried’s Passion (after Richard Wagner’s Siegfried), Lithography, edition 8
2006 Beowulf, Mollie Zanoni/ Peter Lazarov, Woodcut, edition 10
2005 Melancholi…., Typography, Wood engravings, edition 30
2004 Shoji, Teodor Lazarov/ Peter Lazarov, Typography, Wood engravings, edition 44
2004 RubbingRoads, Typography, Woodcuts, Wood engravings, edition 44
Work in Public Collections:
Prentenkabinet van Rijksmuseum Amsterdam; Meermanno Museum Den Hague, (Holland);
Print Collection of the University of Wales (UK); Libraries of Congress Washington (http://lccn.loc.gov/92201703) and Yale University (USA) (http://orbis.library.yale.edu/vwebv/search?searchCode=GKEY%5E%2A&limitTo=none&recCount=50&searchType=1&searchArg=peter%20lazarov) ; Veliko Tarnovo University St. Kiril i Methodii and Plovdiv City Library Ivan Vazov (Bulgaria),
Sakima Art Museum (Okinawa Pref. Japan), Plantin-Muretus Museum, Antwerp (Belgium), Libraries of UBC Vancouver (http://ubc.summon.serialssolutions.com/search?s.cmd=addFacetValueFilters%28ContentType%2CNewspaper+Article%3At%29&spellcheck=true&s.q=peter+lazarov) and University of Toronto (Canada) http://search.library.utoronto.ca/search?Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Ntk=Anywhere&N=0&Nu=p_work_normalized&Ntt=peter%20lazarov&Np=1) etc.
Dear Lazarov,
My name is Rodrigo and I`m very interested in your work. I’d like to know if you are interested in create an ex libris for me.
Best Regards,
Rodrigo
Dear Rodrigo,
Thank you for your email.
I am glad you like my engravings.
It would be pleasure to create an ex libris on your name.
Please, let me know you preferred themes.
For discussing further details, please use the following email address: pepeldog@gmail.com
Kind regards,
Peter