Gallery "Bagrena" at the Center "Bulgarica" presents:
"Together / US Project 2" - exhibition of graphic and painting works by artists Onnik Karanfilyan and Nina Koleva-Karanfilyan
Opening:
Saturday, April 26, 2025 | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Bagrena Gallery / Bulgarica Center
1120 S Elmhurst Rd,
Mount Prospect, IL 60056
During the opening of the exhibition will also be presented the books "Dancing on the Rope/Homo Ludens" and "First person narratives, still singular" Onnik Karanfilian. We look forward to seeing you!
Onnik Stepan Karanfilyan is a Bulgarian artist born on March 8, 1963. In 1982 he graduated from the National Art School "Tsanko Lavrenov" with honors, being the first of the whole class to receive his diploma "Honors with distinction". Between 1984 and 1988 he worked in a screen-printing shop, OU "Kinefika" - Sliven, "Balkanbas" - Sliven. Between 1988 and 1994 he studied graphic arts at the National Academy of Art, in the class of prof. Stoyan Stoyanov - Techi. In 1994 he defended his master's degree.
His diploma work combines for the first time in the history of Bulgarian graphic art the classical techniques of printing (etching, drypoint, aquatint, lithography, relief printing) with computer graphics. His was also the first fully created digital print, printed on Magniani handmade paper in an extremely limited edition of 20 prints. One of his thesis works was selected for the Osaka Art Triennial '94 by a special jury. Onnik Karanfilyan is the only one selected among the 19 Bulgarian artists represented with 81 prints. In 1999, he married Nina Koleva-Karanfilyan, who also graduated in 1994 with a Master's degree in Textiles - Art and Design from the National Academy of Art in the class of prof. Vassil Ovcharov.
