Chark are three young illustrators – Andrea Popyordanova, Victoria Staykova and Mila Yaneva, united by their common interest in handmade books. Their work is a real pleasure for multiple views and a unique feeling of freedom they create through drawings, color selection, lines and fonts. They use different techniques – from inks and pencils to screen printing, collages and digital media. They are excited about socially engaging projects embracing a wide range of target groups, widening the scope and techniques of illustration, and visual communication as a response to a concrete problem. They are also engaged in the development of the TI-RE platform for independent editions of Bulgarian artists.
Mila Yaneva (1991) has a Master degree in Visual Arts, Illustration and Graphic Storytelling, LUCA School of Arts, Brussels, Belgium, Bachelor degree in Book and printed graphics, National Academy of Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria, Erasmus, Illustration, LUCA School of Arts , Gent, Belgium.
Andrea Popyordanova (1992) has a Bachelor degree in Illustration from Edinburgh College of Art; Erasmus Illustration, HEAD Strasbourg, France
Viktoria Staykova (1991) has a Master degree in Illustration: Authorial Practice at Falmouth University, Falmouth, UK, Bachelor degree in Book and printed graphics, National Academy of Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria, Erasmus, Advertising Illustration, UCA, Gent, Belgium
DESIGN IS: the relationship with the society, the people and their specific interests and worldviews, as well as a window to their needs.
AWARDS AND PARTICIPATIONS:
2017 Exhibition-installation for MINI Countryman showroom, collaboration with Eva Ventova and Phormatik Lab
2016 Human Rights Illustrated, Red House Cultural Centre, NIGHT Plovdiv, an exhibition of posters organised by Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
2016 presentation and exhibition of collective book “29th” at Literary Cafe and Club “Peroto” Sofia
2015 participation in Hip Hip Zine Fair, first independent book art fair in Sofia
2015 Fruitmarket Gallery Artist Book Fair, Edinburgh, Scotland
CLIENTS AND COOPERATIONS:
Studio Komplekt, Mini Cooper, Absolut, TI-RE, Sofia Art Book Fair, Hip Hip Library, Fruitmarket Gallery, Sofia City Library, Digital Art Festival Sofia, “List” Publishing, Arts&Therapy Institute Sofia, DOIT Foundation, Falmouth University, Edinburgh College of Art
