Nude

24.06 - 10.07.2011
An exhibition by Ivaylo Sakelariev
Opening: 24.06.2011 at 18:00
Snezhana

Ivaylo Sakelariev
Born on January 12, 1962 in Shumen.
He took up photography when he was 12 years old. Ivaylo finished his secondary education in his town of birth and in 1988 he graduated from Julius Fuchik Printing and Photography Vocational School.
He has experience as a photo reporter in daily press. In the period 1994 – 2000 he covered the activities of the "Vasil Drumev" Dramatic and Puppet Theatre in Shumen.
Member of Shumen Photographers Society since 1984.

His experience features:
PHOTOVACATION '1988 – VI place;
"STYLB" – Yambol, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997 – nomination;
1988: won the Photo Competition of the "Narodno Delo" newspaper, Varna;
1989: "BULGARIA – ANCIENT AND YOUNG" Biennale, the special award of "Bulgarian Photography";
1999: "Bulgarian Photography" Biennale;
1999: "Piccicatto in Color and Light"Plain-Air;
PHOTOVACATION 1999
FEMINISTIC Photo Exhibition;
Best Author’s Award by Citycolor; Award by Korexim, Bulgaria;
2000: "Veliko Tarnovo in the 21st Century", Veliko Tarnovo;
2001: PHODAR Biennale, nomination;
2001: Photoacademica, gold medal for Fine Art photography, special award for portrait, award by the students’ jury;
2001: Competition – review of modern Bulgarian photography for the past 10 years, organized by PHOMUS; nomination in Fine Art photography section;
2001: Glass World Plain-Air, Veliko Tarnovo;
2002: 8th PHOTOVACATION, 2nd place;
2003: 9th PHOTOVACATION, 2nd place;
2003: First National Photo Salon "Varna", award for monochromatic photography;
2003: Grand Competition", PHOTO magazine, France – Minolta Award for nude photography;
2004: HASSELBLAD-Austrian Super Circuit – golden statuette and gold medal in Nude Photography section;
2004: CANON Bulgaria exhibition;
2005: participation in Trierenberg Super Circuit 2005 - Linz-AUSTRIA
2005: Photoacademica-2005, bronze medal;
2005: Shumen Art and Culture Award;
2005: Salon international de la Photograpie, Click photo' -TOURLAVILLE-France – author’s exhibition;
2005: 11th PHOTOVACATION, nomination;
2005: Award for December in the Ministry of Education and Science Calendar;
2005: Grand Competition", PHOTO magazine, France – Canon Award for nude photography;
2006: Graz-Austria, author’s exhibition, Nude Photography;
2006: "Bodygraphy" Plain-Air, Veliko Tarnovo;
2006: Trierenberg Super Circuit 2006- Linz-Austria, gold medal for Nude Photography;
2006: 12th PHOTOVACATION, "Bodygraphy" Award for the best nude photography;
2007: Participation in Trierenberg Super Circuit 2007- Linz-Austria;
2007: "Bodygraphy" plain-Air, Veliko Tarnovo;
2007: 3rd Nude Phototgraphy Plain-Air, "Shkorpilovtsi-2007";
2007: 13th PHOTOVACATION, the Big Prize;
2008: EROS- 2008 – award;
2009: 5th Nude Photography Plain-Air "Shkorpilovtsi-2009;
2009: "Varna" Photo Salon;
2010: 6th Nude Photography Plain-Air "Shkorpilovtsi-2010";
2010: "The Four Seasons in Shumen" Photo Competition – 1st Prize

In the course of years he has participated in over 20 joint photo exhibitions and has organized 5 individual exhibitions: Shumen-1989; Photovacation-1999; Siouville-Hague - France- 2005; 2006 - Graz-Austria; Photovacation 2006

His photos have been published in various magazines: "Bukgarian Photography", "Media and Advertising", "Bulgarian Telegraph Agency – Paralles", "Photo" – Paris and other non-specialized publications.

Address: Shumen 9700, 17 L. Karavelov str.
Phone: 054 85 71 03
GSM: 0887 80 26 36
E-mail: rolisake@abv.bg, photo5.6@mail.bg
www.sakelariev.com