For OSTEN - art on paper and the World Gallery of Drawing - Skopje 2010, it is a great pleasure to have among the great masters of drawingthe French artist of Serbian origin - Vladimir Velickovic. The great interest for drawing among artists incited us to introduce few new steps and deliver our development projections. In addition to the special recognition to emphasize the participation of artists of particular cultural environment, in addition to the acknowledgments to young artists, to artists in whose opuses the drawing takes up significant and artistically verified place, OSTEN - art on paper, within the World Gallery of Drawing grants awards in the form of artist residency in Macedonia. Significant step in our development is the forming of the International Institute of Art on Paper with headquarters in Ohrid, the focalpoint of the development of Slavic literacy. The following international fine art institutions joined hands with this initiative such as the Biennale of Graphic Art - Varna, Bulgaria, Wassily Kandinsky Foundation - Moscow, Russia, Triennial of Graphic Art - Bitola, Macedonia.
Our next step is forming a Museum of Drawing, inviting new challenges for the artists as well as for us as hosts.
Awarded authors:
Grand Prix for Life Achievement - VLADIMIR VELICKOVIC, France
Award World Cultural Heritage - PABLO PICASSO, France
First Prize for Futurism - HYUN JIN KIM, Taiwan
First Prize for Expression - GLIGOR CEMERSKI, Macedonia
First Prize for Artistic Performance - LJUBODRAG JANKOVIC JALE, Serbia
First Prize for Fantasy - STEFAN PLANINC, Slovenia
First Prize on Topic - PAVLE KUZMANOSKI, Macedonia
First Prize for Graphic Art - AGATA GERCHEN, Poland
Award Golden OSTEN:
PAWEL WARCHOL, Poland
VASKO TASKOVSKI, Macedonia
PAOLO CIAMPINI, Italy
PETER HEYDECK, Germany
KUDOU TADATAKA, Japan
STEFAN BERGER, Sweden
Special awards:
Award for Art of Handmade Paper - SIMON SEMOV, Macedonia
Special Award for Original Expression - UROS TOSKOVIC, Serbia
Award for Collectionof Artworks of His Students - Prof. KIM SEUNG YEON, Korea
Award for Young Author from the Collection of Kim Seung Yeon - PAIK SU JEONG, Korea
Young Artist Award - TATJANA MANEVA, Macedonia
Award for National Collection - POLAND
Awards by OSTEN:
BOZIDAR DAMJANOVSKI, Serbia
JONATHAN MEDINA FURUYAMA, Brazil
ANTOANETA ABADJIEVA, Bulgaria
ROSICA LAZESKA, Macedonia