Kalina Kraleva / Bulgaria

Kalina Kraleva was born in 1983 in Sofia. In 2012, she graduated with a master's degree from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia with a degree in "Graphics". She works mainly in the field of etching and watercolor. Since 2007, Kalina has regularly participated in numerous international competitions (Bulgaria, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Serbia, Egypt, Belarus). In 2014, she won second prize in the prestigious International Bookplate Competition Bodio Lomnago Library - Italy, and in 2016 she became the winner of first prize in the same competition. In 2019, she was selected as one of the 35 Bulgarian artists to present Bulgarian graphics in the prestigious exhibition "Roses and Lions" - an exhibition - graphics under the auspices of the Italian Exlibris Association. The exhibition, curated by Nelly Valcheva, Director of Largo Gallery, was shown in May 2019 at Palazzo Lombardia - the seat of the Regional Government of Lombardy in Milan, as a side event of the Fifth International Meeting of Bookplate Collectors - Varese, Italy. Kalina Kraleva lives and works in Sofia.