Dear artists,
We warmly greet Your great response and the quality of the works with which You have participated on 37th World Gallery of Cartoons Skopje 2009.
We are currently in the finishing stage of our preparations for the exhibition of our World gallery of cartoons which will be opened on 22nd October 2009 at 20,20h in Osten gallery in Skopje, Macedonia, and where the prizes will be granted.
On 18th and 19th September 2009, international jury has made their decisions.
Gran Prix
ROBERT DANDAROV – USA
First prize
MIROSLAV GEORGIEVSKI MIRO – Macedonia
Second prize
BŔETISLAV KOVAŔÍK – Czech Republic
Third prize
RUMEN DRAGOSTINOV – Bulgaria
Special prizes of the jury:
- Oktay Bingöl – Turkey
- Goran Divac – Serbia
- Pande Petrovski – Macedonia
- Musa Gümüş – Turkey
- Seyran Caferli – Azerbaijan
Special prize from ROTARY CLUB - Skopje
Paolo Dalponte – Italy
Osten, the organizer of 37th World Gallery of Cartoons Skopje 2009 is granting the following special prizes:
Arben Meksi – Albania
Diego Mallo Ferrer – Spain
Dushan Ludwig – Serbia
Konstantin Kiosu – Romania
Eray Ozbek – Turkey
Paolo Dalponte – Italy
Gašper Rus – Slovenia
Ross Thomson - USA
International jury of 37th World Gallery of Cartoons Skopje 2009:
- Darko Markovic – president (cartoonist, Macedonia)
- Vasil Vasilev – member (academic sculptor, Macedonia)
- Vencislav Andonov – member (director of Graphic Biennial – Varna, Bulgaria)
- Aleksandar Blatnik – member (painter and cartoonist, Serbia)
- Mosha Todorovich – member (gallerist, Serbia)
- Vlado Gjorevski – member (coordinator of the international graphic triennial Bitola, Macedonia)
- Ljuben Paunoski – member (art critic)
President of international jury
Darko Markovic
OSTEN
director
Mice Jankulovski