Amateras
annual exhibition/competition
for paper art 2026,
selection of artists and artworks

We are pleased to announce the selection of the artists and their works that will participate in the annual exhibition/competition for paper art. The exhibition is part of Sofia Paper Art Fest 2026.

The exhibition will take place from April 28 to May 16 at the National Palace of Culture (NDK). The selection will present 61 artists from 18 countries:

ARGENTINA
Leticia Burgos: Nature I, II, III

AUSTRIA
Elmar Peintner: The Space Behind
Wilhelm Schramm: Farb - Altar; Rain Falls

BULGARIA
Andrea Kozhuharova: Bloody-Cow!
Anna Stankova: Paper Houses
Ashkan Sedat: Closer
Desislava Alexandrova: Resonance – 1, Resonance – 2
Ekaterina Hristova: Mythical Creatures / Samodiva; Mythical Creatures / Karakondjul; Mythical Creatures / Hala
Ekaterina Andreeva and Iva Slavkova: Inner Stream
Elena Belova: Shape of Vitality 1, 2, 3
Emanuela Krumova: The Emotions Above Us; Fan
Efrosina Stoycheva: A White Thought for the Tree
Kalina Hristova: Without Frame
Krasimira Drenska: Marks of Memory I, II, III
Maria Johneva: Path to the Sea; Night Chord
Martina Karaivanova: Rituals Below the Line I, II, III
Milena Atanasova: No name I, II, III
Nia Decheva: Like a Fish Out of Water
Pavlina Sarbova: Dream 8; Dream 18; So close yet so far
Ralitsa Kondakova: Stag Beetle
Simona Angelova: Lost Trails
Simona Vladimirova: Forgiveness
Stefan Gadzhovski: Sciography
Teodora Tacheva: Memory Unfolded
Tsvetomira Antova: White Echo
Vesela Tsvetkova: Beyond the Visible
Venelina Petkova: Morpho
Violeta Apostolova: Parts of Me…
Violeta Snegarova: After the Darkest Hour
Zdravka Kostadinova: No name
Zlatka Andreeva: The White Radiance; Chinese Vase; Tender Soul

BULGARIA / CANADA
Atanas Mihalchev: Oxygen; Air Liquid; Vortex

BULGARIA/CHINA
Phenix Varbanov: No Gravity

CHINA
Yi Hu: Buddhist scripture roll or reel

BULGARIA / FRANCE
Veska Abad: Pumpkin

GERMANY
Beate Laurien-Tsupnikl: Forget-me-not
Ursula von Kirchbach: Paperobject curved shape in white; Paperobject Grey-Black-Red; Paper-lay-work

HUNGARY
Illés Orsolya Tunde: Black Book

JAPAN
Atsumi Murata: Horizon I, II
Kenji Sato: Untitled
Mayuko Kume: Flowing I, II
Minoru Goto: Rainbow
Midori Kubota: Horizontal Lines Composition; Vertical Lines Composition
Namio Masuda: Kanazawa; Three Flowers; Tulip
Noriko Amano: Quiet Growth
Shinichi Ishihara: Work 46
Tamaki Sato: Window

POLAND
Agnieszka Chrzanowska-Malys: Plant Structures
Elżbieta Gibulska: Untitled I, II
Hanna Rozpara: Spacetime fault VI, VII, IX
Hugo Chrzanowski-Malys: Earth print
Krzysztof Olszewski: Untitled X, XI
Maria Matyja-Rozpara: Scroll II

PORTUGAL
Antonio Canau: Symbiotic Sculptural Form in Gold?; Two Golden Bird-Man Figures

SLOVENIA
Metka Pepelnak: Interference

TURKEY / BULGARIA
Sirin Yilmaz: Different Sides of the Border; Looking Around; After All
Sukran Tumer: Gold unwearable clothing; Silver unwearable clothing; Copper unwearable clothing

NORWAY
Eva Sjowall: Beginning; End

NORTH MACEDONIA
Kristina Zimbakova: The Mountain of Words; Orphan Power

UNITED KINGDOM
Jane Walker: Color Composition