60 Diopters CARTOONvision – Jubilee solo exhibition of the Cartoonist Ivaylo Tsvetkov
The opening will take place on April 1st, starting at 17:30, in Hall 7 of the Museum of Humor and Satire.
Ivaylo Tsvetkov is one of the most active cartoonists in Bulgaria. Winner of a number of international awards, he does not fail to react to political events in our country and around the world through his cartoons and caricatures.
In 2022, he was awarded the Golden Aesop Grand Prize in the Cartoon Section at the 25th Gabrovo Biennial.
In his jubilee solo exhibition at the Museum of Humor and Satire, he is now presenting 109 works – cartoons and caricatures, 38 of which have won prizes in competitions in Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
Ivaylo Tsvetkov was born in 1964 in Troyan but grew up in Lovech. He graduated from the National School of Applied Arts in Troyan, profiling in Ceramics. He has worked as an artist in the periodicals Pardon, Duma, Republika, Monitor, Telegraph, Politika, Eurosport, Tema magazine. Over the years, he has contributed with cartoons in Hornet, Тhe Three Fools, Lud Trud, Hunting and Fishing magazine, etc.
In the period 2016-2020, he was secretary of the Cartoon Section of the Union of Bulgarian Artists (UBA). He is also a member of the international associations of cartoonists FECO, Cartooning for Peace, and Cartoon Movement. He was chairman and member of the jury in cartoon competitions in Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia, Italy, France, Slovakia, Romania, Russia, Iran, Poland, Turkey, Belgium, Ukraine. He holds about 140 awards and honors from international caricature competitions. His solo exhibitions were presented in Osijek (Croatia), 2006; Surgut (Russia), 2008; Prešov (Slovakia), 2016; Vinica (Macedonia), 2018; Sofia (Bulgaria), 2022. He has two books of cartoons published (1996 and 2016) and has been a member of the UBA since 1995.He is currently a cartoonist for the Telegraph newspaper.
