Curiculum Vitae

Personal data:
Itzko Maznev was born on December 4th, 1964, in Plovdiv.
He graduated with Bachelor of Arts in 1996 specializing in graphic design from the National Academy of Fine Arts under professor G. Simeonov. He became a member of the Guild of the Bulgarian Artists in 1993. And in 1996 he became a member of the Guild of the Plovdiv's Artists.

Individual exhibitions:
2003 - February - Plovdiv, Gallery "Romfeya"
2002 - October, Sofia, Gallery "Art 36"
2002 - August, Varna, Gallery "Bulart"
2001 - August, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2000 - February-March, Plovdiv, Gallery "Markovo Tepe"
1999 - June, Plovdiv, Gallery "Dissonance"
1998 - March, Sofia, Gallery "Art 36"
1997 - November, Plovdiv, Gallery "Lukas"
1996 - Sofia, Gallery "Art 36"
1996 - Plovdiv, Gallery "Jannet"

Selected participations in curators' projects and collective exhibitions:
2002 - March, Graphic's hall, Gallery "Rompheya", Plovdiv
2000 - March, Introductory Exhibition at the Center of Contemporary art, Plovdiv
2000 - July-October, Bulgarian - Canadian coproduction, Plovdiv, BLUNT "Hold your breath" - Plovdiv/Montreal
1999 - May, "The alternative galleries of the 90s", Center of Contemporary art, Plovdiv 1999 - September, "Culture/Subculture", Varna, Annual Exhibition at the Center of the Fine Arts "Soros", Sofia
1998 - September, "15 x 5", Hall of the Guild of the Plovdiv's Artists
1998 - October, "Verse and Brush", National Gallery of Fine Arts
1998 - January, "Object to a square", Sofia city gallery of fine arts
1996 - May, "The person. The exhibit" - Week of the contemporary arts, May 25-31, hall "Starinna", Plovdiv

Participation in international exhibitions:
2000 - "Estampa" - international show of graphic design, Madrid
1999 - Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
1999 - Accompanying Exhibition of the Central European Initiative, Prague and Trieste
1996 - Biennale of the Graphic design, Orrense, Spain
1995, 1998 - Triennale of the Graphic design, Sofia
1995 - Small graphic forms, Lodz, Poland
1993, 1995, 1997 - Biennale of the Graphic design, Varna
1993 - First biennale of the graphic design, Maastricht, Holland

Prizes:
1997 - Prize for "Graphic Design" of the Guild of the Plovdiv Artists at the Annual exhibition of the Plovdiv's Artists
1998 - Prize of Foundation "Art Dialog" at the second triennial of the graphic design, Sofia
1999 - National competition of the Guild of Bulgarian Artists for prestigious work at the studios of Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
1999 - Second Prize at the Guild of the Plovdiv Artists at the Annual exhibition of the Plovdiv's Artists
2001 - First Prize at the Guild of the Plovdiv Artists at the Annual exhibition of the Plovdiv's Artists

Abstract or fotorealistic – Itsko Maznev’s artworks provocate us to think for hidden nature of surrounding us world. Visual fragments from our daily round acquire depth and deep sense. The precise vision is a key towards a Multiplan and experienced philosophy.