Name: Onnik Stepan Karanfilian – O n n i k

Born: 1963 Sliven, Bulgaria.

Education: 1994, MFA. The National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria.

One-Man Show:
2010 – “On the way”, IMOGA Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 – “Onnik and friends”, Gallery “Bulgarian Cultural Center”, Prague, Czech Republic
2008 – “Rakursi” gallery, “Exhibition for a Day”, Sofia, Bulgaria
2007 – “Galerie d’art du Rhone, Geneva, Switzerland
2005 – gallery “Eprueve d’Artiste”, Antwerpen, Belgium
2004 – gallery “Vuzrazdane”, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2002 – gallery “Tageia”, Varna, Bulgaria
2001 – National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria
2001 – Arthur Matossian Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
2000 – National Ethnographic Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria
2000 – Arthur Matossian Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
1998 – Gallery ”Art Forum”, Sofia, Bulgaria
1997 – FEZ, Berlin, Germany
1996 – Gallery ”Interart”, Sofia, Bulgaria
1996 – Gallery ”Hotel Intercontinental”, Sofia, Bulgaria
1993 – Gallery ”Gijzenrooi”, Geldrop, Nederland
1993 – Gallery ”Studio Spectar”, Sofia, Bulgaria

Awards:
2008 – First Prize at The 3rd International print competition “Bridge” - RHMD museum, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 – Brunovsky Certificate of Honour, Beijing, China
2008 – FISAE XXXII Ex-Libris Congress
2008 – The 1st International Biennial of Prints, IMOGA Museum, Third Prize Winner, Istanbul, Turkey
2007 – The 5th International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Prize Winner of “Bulgarian artist”, Sofia, Bulgaria
2007 – Special Prize winner at the second international exlibris competition-Ankara 2007, Turkey
2006 – Honorable mention, “Tabula rasa”, Istanbul, Turkey
2006 – Special award for the contribution to the exlibris art in Bulgaria at the National exhibition “Art of Bulgarian book”
2004 – Special Prize winner at the First F.I.S.A.E Exlibris competition, Geneva, Switzerland
2002 – Grand Prize for small-sized prints competition, Nish, Yugoslavia
2002 – Awarded for competition of UBA, Sofia, “Cite International des Art”, Paris
2001 – Second Prize Winner of the section Ex libris at the Vth European Biennial of Engraving, Acqui Terme, Italy
1999 – International Prize Winner for Realistic Art at the Int.Biennial, Varna, Bulgaria from Dr. Philipp Maurer “KLEINE GALERIE”, Vienna, Austria
1998 – The 2-nd International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, awarded from ”INTERART ” Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria
1997 – International Prize of ”ART DIALOGUE ”, Paris, France
1993 – Second Prize Winner of Gallery ”AU VIRAGE”, Switzerland
1988 – The ”Ecology” show, Second prize Winner, NA of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria

Member of :
2010 – Honorary membership of Istanbul Exlibris Society
2002 – Bulgarian Delphic Council, founder
2002 – Association of Exlibris Friends in Bulgaria
2001 – International Exlibris Center – Sofia, founder
2000 – Association “Euro integration”, founder
1994 – Union of Bulgarian Artists

selected works