The BAZA award winner for 2013 is Kiril Kuzmanov
BAZA Award 2013 - Nominated artists:
Dimitar Solakov
Emilian Lalev
Iskra Blagoeva
Kiril Kuzmanov
Nikolay Zanev
Sasho Popovski
Stela Vasileva
Zoran Georgiev
For the fifth time this year the Essential Reading for Art Writers Award, an initiative of the Institute of Contemporary Art – Sofia, was presented. Former recipients of the award are Boryana Rossa (2007), Daniela Radeva (2008), the author of the internet blog 'Nothing Personal' (2009) and the editorial team (Petya Alexandrova, Nina Venova, Lyudmila Dimova) of LIK Magazine (2010).
The 2012 award is presented to Vladiya Mihaylova – art critic, theoretician and contemporary art curator.
Тази година за четвърти път бе връчена наградата „Избрана литература за пишещите за изкуство (Essential Reading for Art Writers)" – инициатива на Института за съвременно изкуство – София. Досега носители на наградата са Боряна Роса, Даниела Радева и автора на блога „Нищо лично".
Наградата за 2010 се присъжда на екипа на списание ЛИК (Петя Александрова, Нина Венова, Людмила Димова).
For 2009 the award is the book “Institutional Critique and After” (papers from the SoCCAS Symposia in 2005; Paperback Edition, JRP/Ringier 2006; Authors: Andrea Fraser, Isabelle Graw, Jens Hoffmann, Renee Green, Hans Haacke, Monica Bonvicini, Mike Kelley, John Searle, The Yes Men and John C. Welchman, Editor) and it is awarded to the author (or authors) of the Internet blog “Nothing Personal”.
The BAZA award winner for 2010 is Anton Terziev.
Anton Terziev, Contemporary Tools of Labor, ICA-Sofia Gallery, 2012
Nominated artists:
Jury:
Iara Boubnova, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Rene Beekman, Nadezhda Oleg Lyahova and Daniela Radeva
The BAZA award winner for 2009 is Samuil Stoyanov
On the Top – Exhibition of Samuil Stoyanov and Its Effect on Global Warming, ICA-Sofia Gallery, 2010
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The BAZA award winner for 2008 is Rada Boukova
Rada Boukova, STILL LIFE... all the rest is by the way, ICA-Sofia Gallery, 2009