Peter Lazarov
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Peter Lazarov was born on December 22, 1958 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He graduated from Ivan Marinov's class at the University of Veliko Tarnovo (1980) with a degree in Graphics. He works in the field of graphics (wood engraving and woodcut), book illustrations (handbooks and limited editions) and bookplates. Member of the British Society of Wood Engravers (1996-2016) and the Union of Bulgarian Artists (since 1988). From 2011 to 2019 he taught wood engraving, woodcut and handmade art books in Chongqing, China. Lazarov is the winner of numerous awards – First Prize (2023) and Third Prize (2021) in the International Ex-Libris Competition Varna, Third Prize in the International Ex-Libris Competition Bodio Lomnago Library, Italy (2021), First Prize for Graphics at the Annual Art Exhibition in Chongqing, China (2020), First Prize at the National Exhibition of Graphics, Pazardzhik, Bulgaria (2017), Award for Outstanding Engraving from Abroad, 66th Annual Award, Great Britain (2003), Jury Prize at the International Graphic Exhibition, Maastricht, Netherlands (1993), etc. Lazarov's works are present in numerous public and private collections around the world: in the Netherlands - Graphic Cabinet of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and Meermanno Museum, The Hague; Great Britain - Collection of Engravings of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, University of Wales, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; USA - Library of Congress - Washington and Yale University Library; Japan - Sakima Museum of Art (Okinawa Prefecture) and Tama University of the Arts, Tokyo; Canada - Libraries of UBC Vancouver and the University of Toronto; Plantin-Muretus Museum, Antwerp (Belgium), etc. Since 2021, Peter Lazarov has been living and working in Bulgaria again.