Anna Simeonoff
Anna is a poster artist and graphic designer. She completed her Master's degree at the National Academy of Arts, Sofia - specialty "Poster and visual communication".
Works in the field of poster, graphic and logo design, book layout. She has worked for various cultural organizations such as National Palace of culture, Kinomania festival, French Institute, Polish Institute, different publishing houses and others. Co-founder and curator of the plakatkombinat.com platform – an online gallery for poster art, which brings together leading Bulgarian artists working in the field of posters and graphic art. In recent years, she organized and curated more than 15 exhibitions of the group in Bulgaria, Europe and the USA.
Awards:
2019 First prize - Competition "70 years of the Polish Cultural Institute in Sofia"
2018 Second prize - "Buchschmuck" book cover competition - Goethe Institute, Sofia
2015 Audience Award - Exhibition poster "I love this film" - Cinema House, Sofia
2012 Second Prize - Poster Competition "Rio+20" at the International Stage Poster Triennial, Sofia
2004 Work and specialization at "Cité Internationale des Arts" - competition for residency program, Young Author category - Paris, France
2003 First Prize - Logo and Total Design for Airline "Viaggio Air"
Plakat Kombinat poster exhibition curation:
2023 - "The Running Ones" social project for poster and video art - House of cinema, Sofia
2020 - “Europe in Bulgarian” – poster exhibition – Museum house of humour and satire – Gabrovo, Bulgaria
2019 - "Europe in Bulgarian" to Plovdiv 2019 European capital - Tobacco warehouses
2015 - "I love this film" - exhibition of new movie posters in:
Wittgenstein House, Vienna; Bow Tie Cinema, New York; Casa del Cinema, Rome; House of cinema, Sofia
2015 - "The City" – Galerie BKI, Prague
2014 "Posters for new Bulgarian architecture" – One Architecture Week, Plovdiv
2014 - "Favorite city" - Bulgarian Cultural Institute – London
More important participations in exhibitions:
2022 – 10th International Triennial of the Stage Poster Sofia
2019 - "Festival posters" - a selection from the Sofia International Triennial of the Stage Poster
2017 - Lahti Poster Triennial 2017, Lahti Poster Museum, Finland
2017 - "Hommage à Despo" - National Theater "Ivan Vazov" - Sofia
2016 - International Poster Biennial in Mexico
2016 - 8th International Triennial of the Stage Poster Sofia
2013 - 7th International Triennial of the Stage Poster Sofia
2012 - "Rio+20" poster competition at the International Stage Poster Triennial, Sofia