About 1500 illustrations
from 26 countries of the world, including Serbia, arrived at the online illustration
contest of the 7th Book Illustration Festival "BookILL Fest". The jury composed of Slobodan Ivkov (president), Sibila
Petenji Arbutina and Senka Vlahović selected the illustrations by 120 authors
for the exhibition and awarded authors from eight countries in the categories
of poetry and prose books, books for children and books illustrated with
photographs. Award ceremony and opening of the exhibition will take place on
June 2, 2018, at 12 am at the Gallery of the Banat Cultural Center in Novo
Milosevo (Serbia).
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| Author: Tàssies (Spain) |
The jury made the following decision on the
prizes:
AWARD for the best illustration of the BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Nina Poliak (Russia)
for illustrations of the book „Fox Omen” (project)
AWARD for the best illustration of the
POETRY BOOK
Tàssies (Spain)
for illustrations of the book „An”, author: Agathí Dimitrouka, publisher: „Kaleidoscope Publications”, Athens, Greece, 2018.
AWARD for the best illustration of the FICTION BOOK
Aleksa Gajić (Serbia)
for illustrations of the book „Kliment
i Naum: kroz vatru do ćirilice” author: Slobodan Stanišić, publisher:
„Pčelica”, Čačak, Serbia, 2017.
AWARD for the best foto-illustration of the BOOK
Kapka Kaneva (Bulgaria)
for
illustrations of the books:
– „Ходене на пръсти”, author: Желко Иванкович, publisher: „Panorama Publishers” Sofia, Bulgaria, 2016, and
– „Предi да ме е отнесъл дяволът”, author: Стеван Тонтич, publisher:
„Ergo”, Sofia, Bulgaria,
2017 .
SPECIAL PRIZE
Jugoslav Vlahović (Serbia)
for an
illustration author's project „Flower power: crtačka antiratna post-hipi
utopija”, publisher: „New Moment New Ideas Company”, Belgrade, Serbia. 2018.
SPECIAL PRIZE
Miroslav Cipar (Slovakia)
for illustrations of the poetry book „Škvrny”,
author: Katarina
Mosnakova-Bagľašova, publisher: „Banatski kulturni centar, Novo
Miloševo, Serbia, 2018.
SPECIAL PRIZE
Kosta Milovanović (Serbia)
for illustrations of the book for children„Mrnjavčevići”,
author: Pop D. Đurđev, publisher: „Pčelica”, Čačak, Serbia, 2017.
SPECIAL PRIZE
Ekatarina Šoronda (Serbia)
for tactile
illustrations for the blind and visually impaired children in the book „Morske
životinje” (project)
SPECIAL PRIZE
Dale Blankenaar (South Africa)
for illustrations of the poetry book „Rympies vir Kleintjies en Kleuters”, authors: Riana Scheepers, Suzette Kotze-Myburgh, Gertie Smit,
publisher: „Tafelberg
Publishers”, South Africa, 2017.
SPECIAL PRIZE
Lena Guberman (Israel)
for illustrations of the
book „My Book Of Dreams ”, author: Sarit Eliahu, publisher: „Am Oved Publishers”, Israel, 2016 .
SPECIAL PRIZE
Biljana Mihajlović (Serbia)
for a single
illustration from the book „Sakupljač oblaka” (project)
SPECIAL PRIZE
Erika Cunja (Italy)
for illustrations of the book „L'innaffiatoio”, publisher: „Valentina
edizioni”, Italy, 2016.
In addition to the exhibition of selected illustrations,
a guest exhibition "Awards of the Biennial
of Illustration Bratislava 2017" will be opened, too (in cooperation
with the International House of Art for Children "Bibiana" from
Bratislava (Slovakia) and Foundation "Babka" Gallery from Kovačica (Serbia)).
Book Illustration Festival "BookILL Fest"
is held for the seventh time, organized by the Banat Cultural Center and the
Novi Sad Fair. The festival has been expanded this year - in addition to the festival
program traditionally holding place in Novi Sad - for the first time program
will take place in Novo Milosevo, too. The first part of the festival program
was held in March this year at the Book Fair in Novi Sad. (More about the
program held in Novi Sad you can see here)
The exhibition of selected and awarded illustrations
that will be opened on June 2 in Novo Milosevo will be exhibited at and at the
next Book Fair in Novi Sad in March 2019.
AUTHORS OF ILLUSTRATIONS SELECTED FOR THE EXHIBITION
SERBIA
Anđelković, Mladen
Avramović, Maša
Banović, Nemanja
Batajić Sretenović, Olivera
Benčić, Darko
Bogovac, Tamara
Borković, Tošo
Branović, Marija
Bunuševac, Kosta
Bursać, Vladimir
Carević, Milan
Čelanović, Tihomir
Dragaš, Nikola
Đukić, Ivana
Đuran, Nebojša
Gađanski, Dušan
Gajić, Aleksa
Galfi, Milena
Grigorjev, Ana
Jovanović, Aleksa
Kaluđerović Tonić, Milena
Kicušić, Marica
Krivokuća, Jovana
Krstić, Igor
Kuprešanin, Dragana
Kuzeljević, Jovana
Lakićević, Dušan
Maldaner, Daliborka
Mihajlović, Biljana
Mijatović, Mijat
Milinković, Radmila
Milovanović, Kosta
Miočinović Andrić, Magdalena
Mišković, Nevena
Morariu, Dominika
Nikolić, Dragana
Novakov, Goran
Nožinić, Jovana
Pataki, Andrea
Pešić, Jelena
Petkov, Nikola
Petrović, Marija
Poppins, Oli
Radanović, Dragana
Radić Mitrović, Manja
Radosavljević Nikola
Rajković, Jelena
Ristić, Ivana
Rituper, Aleksandar
Šoronda, Ekatarina
Stefanović, Olgica
Štetić, Bogdan
Štetić, Slobodan
Stevanović, Tanja
Stojanović, Danica
Tilinger, Luka
Todorović, Predrag
Ukropina, Jovan
Vartabedijan, David
Veselinović, Marina
Vlahović, Jakša
Vlahović, Jugoslav
Vojnović, Mihajlo
MONTENEGRO
Kovačević, Branka
SPAIN
Tàssies
Vivanco Extramiana, Sylvia
PORTUGAL
Sobral, Catarina
MACEDONIA
Anke, Klein
Dimitrievski, Mihailo
Jovanovska, Ana
Tocinovski, Emilija Stojče
ROMANIA
Berezoschi, Roberta
Cepleanu, Diana Margareta
Ignat, Iulia
Karda, Zenkő
Paraschivu, Mihaela
Zelmira, Szabo
RUSSIA
Bankov, Mikhail
Evdokushina, Irina
Fomina, Victoria
Khitrova, Anastasiya
Makhrova, Svetlana
Martynova, Tamara
Molodcova, Darya
Patrusheva, Mary
Poliak, Nina
Skomorokhov, Yuriy
Solyannikova, Nadya
Tereshin, Nikita
Оrekhova, Natalia
ITALY
Cunja, Erika
TURKEY
Altun, Ugur
Goknil, Can
Tarçalır Erol, Büşra
ISRAEL
Benziman, Naama
Guberman, Lena
CYPRUS
Eleftheriou, Sandra
Metaxoulla Kleanthous
IRAN
Amekan, Hassan
Moghadam, Sara
UNITED KINGDOM / LITHUANIA
Gelaziute-Petrauskiene, Egle
BRASIL
Manzo, Maurizio
BULGARIA
Kaneva, Kapka
ESTONIA
Ehrlich, Katrin
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Rubinić, Maja
MEXICO
Gurovich Pinto, Natalia
POLAND
Rigall, Grażyna
MOLDOVA
Cazacu, Olga
Zamșa, Simion
SLOVENIA
Bricelj, Suzi
Musil, Manica K.
DENMARK
Wichmann, Kamilla
CROATIA
Vladić-Maštruko, Manuela
SLOVAKIA
Cipar, Miroslav
Kamasi, Sofija
Souček, Michal
UKRAINE
Doicheva-But, Nadiia
SOUTH AFRICA
Blankenaar, Dale