1.Gold Prize
  Julian Dimitrov Jordanov          Bulgaria

Born in Lovech, Bulgaria in 1965. MA in fine arts from the National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria. Participated in a lot of international exhibitions all over the world and won 15 international awards. Held several solo exhibitions in Bulgaria, Belgium, Germany, Turkey, and so forth. Fascinating in unparalleled skill and romanticism creativity, and being expert in etching and flying dust skill. First Prize at The First International EXLIBRIS Competition, Ankara, Turkey in 2003. Gold Prize at the 32nd FISAE Exlibris Congress, Beijing, China in 2008.

2.Silver Prize
  Martin R. Baeyens       Belgium

Born in Melle, Belgium in 1943. Active painter, graphic artist and designer. Dean of the design and graphic arts department，the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Gent. Released a long list of sole exhibitions (103) worldwide. Participated in 871 international exhibitions and Won 97 awards around the world. In the Exlibris world he takes an important and special place. Nature is at the centre of his art work. In his free graphic he is also specialized in silk screen. He prints his works himself, a technique in which he is a perfectionist. As visiting lecturer he was active at the Frans Masereel Centre for Graphic in Belgium, the Texas Tech university in Lubbock USA and in several university’s in Turkey and North Cyprus. For Erasmus (educational exchange project) he was invited to the academies of Barcelona, Lisbon, Krakow, Limerick and Vilnius. Silver Prize at the 32nd FISAE Exlibris Exhibition, Beijing, China in 2008

3.Silver Prize  
  WU Bin                  China

Graduated from Department of Fine Arts, Shanxi University in 1993. Completed postgraduate studies of Printmaking Department, China Central Academy of Fine Arts. Vice director of Teaching and Research Section, Department of Fine Arts, Business College of Shanxi University. Member of China Artists Association. Standing director of Shanxi Artists Association. Participated in a lot of exhibitions both in and abroad and won several awards. Held many solo exhibitions and group exhibitions. Silver Prize at the 32nd FISAE Exlibris Congress, Beijing, China in 2008.
 

4.Bronze Prize   
  Vladimir Zuev           Russia

Born in Sverdlovsk Region, Russia in 1959. Graduated from the Fine Art Faculty of State Pedagogical Institute in Nizhny Tagil and working as Professor of Fine Art Faculty in Nizhny Tagil State Socio-Pedagogical Academy. Member of the Artists Union of Russia. Participated in more than 200 international graphic art and exlibris exhibitions. Awarded with more than 50 Diplomas, including 12 1st Degree Diplomas. Held many solo exhibitions all over the world. Printmaking techniques, especially flying dust, can be said to have reached a pinnacle in the realm of technique. Bronze Prize at the 32nd FISAE Exlibris Congress, Beijing, China in 2008.
 

5.Bronze Prize 
  Jiri Brazda          Czech Republic

Born in Teplice, Czech Republic, in 1952. Graduated from College of Applied Arts, Prague. As an internationally renowned artist, he has won 26 international awards. Works mainly with etching techniques, abstract and representational integration, create a fantastic, weird life pattern. 1st Prize at XI.International Graphic Competition for Exlibris, Gliwice, Poland in 2005. Bronze Prize at the 32nd FISAE Exlibris Congress, Beijing, China in 2008.

 
6.Honorable Mention
  Natalija Cernecova       Latvia

Born in Riga, Latvia in 1969. Studied at the Latvian University and then at the Art School in Riga. Has created 240 exlibris since 1988. Actively participates in the graphics exhibitions all around the world. Winner of many competitions in the field of exlibris and small graphics. An internationally renowned artist with good etching techniques. Her works are featured in the combination of superb realism and romantic mood, mysterious, lyrical and unique. Honorable Mention in the 32nd FISAE EXLIBRIS Congress, Beijing, China in 2008.
 

7.Honorable Mention 
  Martin Manojlin    Czech Republic

Born in 1972 at Ostrov nad Ohri, Czech Republic. Graduated from UJEP University. Prefers techniques of relief printing especially linocut and woodcut. Combines these classical techniques with active and structural graphic, also with printing from other structural materials. His favorite theme is the nature，in abstract form and even in realistic interpretation. Held many solo exhibitions in Czech Republic even in the world. Presented many exhibitions including international graphics and exlibris exhibitions and won more than 20 awards. Honorable Mention in the 32nd FISAE Exlibris Congress, Beijing, China in 2008.

 
8.Honorable Mention
  DONG Xiaozhuang        China                

Standing director of the Exlibris Seminar of China Artists Association. Member of China Artists Association. Deputy director of Graphic Art Committees of Sichuan Artists Association. Vice chairman of Chengdu Artists Association. Owner of Dong Xiaozhuang International Ex-Libris Art Collection. Received Lu Xun Prize for Excellent Graphic Artists. Held several solo exhibitions, including National Art Museum of China in 1989. Works were applied to textbooks for secondary school and collected by many museums, galleries and private collectors worldwide. As a visiting scholar and a participator of international exhibitions, he has been to more than 30 countries in Asia, Europe and America. Honorable Mention in the 32nd FISAE Exlibris Congress, Beijing, China in 2008.

9.Honorable Mention
  Hasip Pektas           Turkey

Born in Ermenek in 1953. Graduated from Gazi Teacher Training Institute, Worked as a Professor at Hacettepe University. Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Graphic Design and working as a Professor at Isik University. President of Ankara Ex-libris Society and Istanbul Ex-libris Museum. Presented many exhibitions including international graphics and exlibris biennials and won kind of awards. Won Artist Seref Akdik special prize in the printmaking field in 1974. Won first prize of the Third Biennale Ex-libris Italy-Turkey in Ortona in 1996. Honorable Mention in the 32nd FISAE Exlibris Congress, Beijing, China in 2008.

10.Honorable Mention
   Evgeny Bortnikov         Russia

Born in 1952 in Sverdlovsk (now-Yekaterinburg), Russia. Graduated from the Graphic Art Faculty of Nizhny Tagil State Pedagogical Institute. Member of Russia Artists Union. Participated in nearly 130 international exhibitions and rewarded with prizes and medals all over the world. Certificate of Honor for Important and Sustained Contributions to the Art of Exlibris in the 2nd International Exlibris Competition. Golden Prize at the First International Exlibris Invitation Exhibition, Shanghai, China in 2007. Honorable Mention in the 32nd FISAE Exlibris Congress, Beijing, China in 2008.

11.Honorable Invitation
   Emilio Carrasco Gutierrez    Mexico

Born in Mexican City in 1957. Studied drawing at Carlos Orozco Romero’s workshop. Also took Drawing and Painting courses with the Master’s Gilberto Aceves Navarro. Attended to “Universidad Complutense de Madrid” where he gets the Degree of Drawing Professor. Has fulfilled 61 individual exhibitions in Mexico and Spain, and has been part of 142 group exhibitions in Mexico, Central and South America in addition to U.S.A and Europe. We can observe his works in different museums and galleries in Mexico, Central America and Europe. The winner of the prize of the “Artes plasticas del Estado”and the “Pedro Coronel Prize”, both in Zacatecas City. Awarded by the “Ideale Leonardo Da Vinci Museum” from Italy, with the Prize Traditional techniques in Ex-Libris engraving category.

12.Honorable Invitation
   SHEN Yanxiang                    China

Born in Hebei, China in 1939. Graduated from Graphic Department, China Central Academy of Fine Arts. Professor in Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts. Member of China Artists Associaiton. President of the Exlibris Seminar of China Artists Associaiton. Executive vice president of 32nd FISAE Exlibris Congress. Received Lu Xun Prize for Excellent Graphic Artists. Regularly exhibited, published and awarded both in and abroad. Works were collected by museums, prominent galleries and private collectors worldwide.

13.Honorable Invitation
   ZHANG Jiarui                      China

Born in 1934. Vice chairman of Liaoning Artists Association. Chairman of Dalian Artists Association. Member of China Artists Association. Vice president of the Exlibris Seminar of China Artists Associaiton. Held several solo exhibitions in China, Japan, and so on. Works owned by many famous museums and galleries, such as the British Museum, the European Woodcut Print Art Foundation, etc. Received Lu Xun Prize for Excellent Graphic Artists. Gold Prize by International Symposium of Print Art in Japan.

14.Honorable Invitation
   CHEN Yadan                         China

Graduated in Chinese Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1956. Professor of Acadamy of Fine Arts in Tsing-Hua University. The first artist in China that went to the Antarctica and through Lop Nor. Vice president of the Exlibris Seminar of China Artists Association. Executive president of 32nd FISAE Exlibris Congress. Held several solo exhibitions both in and abroad, including National Art Museum of China. Works were collected by many museums and institutions, such as UNICEF, Olympic Art Center, National Art Museum of China, etc. Won the title of "World Famous Women", "Outstanding People's Artist" issued by Science and Technology Award Office of the State Council Office and won Lu Xun Prize for Excellent Graphic Artists.

15.Honorable Invitation
   LIU Shuohai                         China

Born in Tianjin in 1955. Executive vice president of the Exlibris Seminar of China Artists Association. Executive vice president of 32nd FISAE Exlibris Congress. Member of China Artists Association. Member of China Calligraphists Association. Owner of Shuohai International Exlibris (Graphic) Art Collection. Received Lu Xun Prize for Excellent Graphic Artists. Torch Bearer of 2008 Beijing Olympic Game. Solo Exhibition in China National Art Museum in 1989. Exhibited many times in Italy, the United States, France, Austria, Hong Kong, etc. Thousands of pieces of his works were collected by Chinese and foreign art galleries, museums and collectors.

16.Honorable Invitation
   Christine Deboosere     Belgium

Obtained the degree of Art Film and Photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent (KASK). In 1989, she changed teaching specialty to graphic design. Regularly exhibits her work in Belgium and abroad, both in museum and prominent galleries. She has been nominated many times in many international Ex Libris competitions. Her speculative creations reconstruct contemporary images in visual art, being unique in the exploration of Conscious Stream, full of imagination and charm. In 2007, she was awarded the special prize in the international Ex Libris Competition, Ankara, Turkey.

17.Friendly Invitation
   Willy Braspennincx    Belgium

Born at Wuustwezel, Belgium in 1947. Graduated from Graphic Art at the Academy of Art Merksem. Then started making exlibris in 1982.Participated in many exhibitions at home and abroad ever since 1969 and was honored more than 20 times. Works mainly with nature and music, make people moved and inspired.

18.Friendly Invitation
   Muge Gultekin              Turkey

MA and Research Assisstant in Art Education, Social Sciences Institute, Uludag University. She prefers etching technique, and themes of nature and beings. With special perception, she presents mystery, dream, tension and loneliness of life in her works.

19.Friendly Invitation
   Chandrinou Theodora       Greece

Born in 1969, Athens, Greece. Post Graduated education, Engraving Faculty, Athens School of Fine Arts. Member of the Greek Fine Arts Association. Participated at many Art Exhibitions in Greece and other countries in the world with several awards. As a well-known artist in Exlibris field of Greece, she is expert in Wood Engraving. Her Artworks derive from the respect on the nature from Ancient Greek.

20.Friendly Invitation
   Anna Tikhonova            Belarus

Born in Minsk, Belarus, in 1977. Graduated from Belarusian State Academy of Arts, graphic art department. Post graduated education, department of theory and history of art, Belarusian State Academy of Arts. The author of scientific research publications both about Belarusian and European exlibris of XX-beginning XXI Century. Member of the Belarusian Union of the Artists and Union of the Belarusian Writers. Her works are regularly exhibited in international exhibitions and won 5 awards. Filled with humor and wit, her works are quite refreshing by peculiar vision and smart idea. Grand Prix at the 4th Triennial Exlibris Bratislava 2004, Slovakia.

21.Friendly Invitation
   Rafi Munz                         Israel

Born in Haifa, Israel, in 1938. B.A in The Bezalel School of art, Jerusalem. M.A in Central school of arts and crafts, London. Specialising in graphic in Kunstneijverheid School, Amsterdam and Goldsmiths’ College, London. Managing director of the Kibbutz art studios in Tel Aviv. He is very witty to make his works relax，imaginative，natural. He symbolizes the nature, and generalizes it to extreme.

22. Friendly Invitation
    Marlene Neumann              Germany

Since 1986，she has studied art in various techniques with her main research interests in silk painting, watercolour painting , graphic, Ex Libris and specialized in Master Course in etching. Member of Deutsche Exlibris Gesellschaft, Schweizerischer Ex Libris Club and GEDOK. Held numerous individual and group exhibitions in Germany as well as abroad. Her various works are in a private and public possession worldwide. As an internationally famed artist, she use etching technique presenting solemn,rational, abstract,warm,and playful creations.

23.Friendly Invitation
   Havasi Tamas              Hungary

Born in 1972 in Tiszal?k, Hungary. PhD absolutory at Eaves Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary. Associate professor in College of Nyíregyháza, Visual Culture Department. Member of Association of Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists. His works are regularly exhibited both in and abroad and awarded. 3th award at “El sol i la luna” Ex libris Exhibition, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2004. With the awareness of contemporary art, his works have a distinctive personal style and poetic expression.

24.Friendly Invitation
   Dudics Monika            Hungary

Born in 1972 in Debrecen, Hungary. Teacher of ELTE University in Budapest, Hungary. Artworks are regularly exhibited both in and abroad. Graphic research is the direction of her artistic expression, which follows the trend of contemporary art.

25.Friendly Invitation
   Kojic Tijana                         Serbia

Born in Belgrade, Serbia in 1987. Student of Applied Arts in Belgrade. Member of Ex-Libris Association of Belgrade. A recipient of 2008-Award of Ex-libris Association of Belgrade.  With unique shape, delicate style, beautiful composition, and mysterious images, her art received wide concerns from international exlibris artists and collectors.

26.Friendly Invitation
   Irina Yelagina             Russia

Born in Nizhny Tagil, Russia in 1983. Graduated from Fine Art Faculty of Nizhniy Tagil State Social-Pedagogical Institute, Studio of Professor Vladimir Zuev. Since 2005, she has participated in more than 40 international exhibitions and won 10 awards or diplomas. 2nd Prize in 2nd European Copper Plate Engraving Competition, Museo Bodoniano, Parma, Italy. Grand-Prix in Fine Arts Competition of young artists, Moscow, Russia, 2008.

27.Friendly Invitation
   Arkady Pugachevsky          Ukraine

Born in 1937 in Kiev, Ukraine. Graduated from graphic department of the Polygraphic Institute of The Ukraine. Member of XYLON Ukraine, Deutschen Exlibris-Gesellschaft (DE). Society of Wood Engravers (UK). Paticipated in more than 50 international exhibitions and received 17 international awards. Specialty of the artist is in the field of engraving. ?The Best Overseas Artist? of the 63th Annual Exhibition 2001–2002, The Society of Wood Engravers, United Kingdom. First Prize in 1992 International Bookplate Competition "Columbus Voyage 1492". Cracow, Poland.

28.Friendly Invitation
   Gonca Erim                  Turkey

Born in 1968. Associate Professor in U.U.Education Faculty. MA in Uluda? University Fine Arts Education. Doctorate Degree in Marmara University, Graphic art. Member of National Art Education Associotion- U.S.A and Turkish Visual Arts Education Association. Participated in more than 30 exhibitions both in and abroad. Her works appear an original state of natural images, touching the retrospection from nature and beings.

29.Friendly Invitation
   Rakesh Bani                      India

Born at Distt. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh State, India. Obtained Master Degree of Fine in Graphics (Print Making) and Pursuing Ph.D. at Indira Kala Sangeet University. Release a list of solo and group exhibition both in and abroad. Participated many international exhibitions and awarded many national prizes and diplomas. Works were collected by many museum and galleries. His art possesses a mysterious supernatural force, which is from the oriental philosophy of the classical aesthetic awareness and alertness. Nokia arts awards – Asia pacific at Singapore, in 2000. 48th National Academy Award, Lalit Kala Akademy, New Delhi, India, in 2006.

30.Friendly Invitation
   Igor Cvacho             Slovakia

Born in Zilina, in 1961. Graduated from the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava and finished a two-year course in graphic arts, University of Fine Arts in Bratislava. His works were presented on international exhibitions and were collected in several galleries and private collections in many countries.  Held more than 20 individual and group exhibitions. Member of Slovak Fine Art Union-Graphics Club and Cont-Art. His works with strong visual impact and superb etching technique are regarded as the high-level collection internationally. 1st prize of graphics Biennial of Art, Ostrava, Czech Republic, 1994.

31.Friendly Invitation
   Vladimir Vereschagin            Russia

Born in Onega, Archangel Region, Russia in 1949. Graduated from the Arts and Crafts Academy named after Vera I. Moukhina. Participated in various exhibitions and contests connected with the minor forms of graphic design and in competitions of Exlibris designers and awarded with a number of high-class awards. As an internationally renowned printmaker, he is expert in linocuts, lithography, and mezzo-tinto. Full of imagination, his works are exquisite and deep with philosophical generalizations, reflecting the absurd reality of modern times in an expressive, often metaphorical form. One of the world-class illustrious printmakers in the eyes of European and Japanese collectors.

32.Friendly Invitation
   H.MUJDE AYAN                     Turkey

Born in 1972, in Ankara, Turkey. Graduated from the Ataturk Education Faculty of the Marmara University, Graphic Art Department of the Art Training Institution. M.A. at Graphic Department of Social Sciences Institute and Ph.D. at the Art Teacher Department of the Institute of Educational Sciences, the Marmara University. Associated Professor at Marmara University Atatürk Education Faculty, Art Education Department. Member of International Plastic Arts Society and Ankara Exlibris Society. Opened 6 solo exhibitions, more than 60 mixed exhibitions and won 16 awards.