Zdravka Budinova – Zdravolina
Date and place of birth: July 21, 1990 in Sofia
Education: National High School of Applied Arts St. Luke, Sofia – Graphic Design; Bachelor’s degree at the National Academy of Arts NHA, speciality Poster and Visual Communication; Specialization at Universidad de Granada, facultat de bellas artes Alonso Cano, Spain;
Master’s degree at Instituto di diseño IED Madrid, speciality Graphic Design
Professional experience: Since 2010 Graphic designer and illustrator freelancing for the country and abroad; Since 2014 Creative designer and illustrator at “Ahorn Design”; Illustrator of children’s books at “Ina” publishing house; Illustrator of clothes for children’s fashion store Elisplay
Exhibitions: – Four solo exhibitions of illustrations and posters 2014, 2015, 2016;
Participation in over 35 international and national exhibitions, competitions in Bulgaria, Belgium, Poland, Czech Republic, China, Italy;
4 participations in workshops and practices in Bulgaria;
Prague Biennale 2017;
National Triennial of the Stage Poster Sofia 2010, 2013, 2016;
Beijing design week 2016;
Poster Triennial in Trnava 2015,
19th Balkan Youth Festival Sandanski 2014.
One design week Sofia 2012 and others
Awards: – 2016 1st place for illustration in the iGreet competition, Sofia,
2016 Selected illustrator for the UNICEF "Benefactor" campaign
2015 1st place scholarship for master's degree studies at IED Madrid Graphic design
2014 1st place for a poster in the virtual triennial of graphic design Veliko Tarnovo
2014 1st place for visual identity for Via Pontica 2014
2014 1st place in the selection "Knight of Sofia" International competition "Knight of the Brush" with over 400 participants from all over the world. Award presented by the Mayor of Sofia Yordanka Fandakova
2012 2nd place poster of the audience "Trash and made" Czech Center, Sofia
2012 1st place poster of the audience in the RIO-20 competition, Sofia
2010 Award and participation in an exhibition in the poster competition "200 years since the birth of Chopin"
Illustrated works: "Destine OOD", Ergo Publishing House 2014;
Over 60 book covers and illustrations for some of them by GoldeggVerlag Austria;
Illustrator in "No Poetry" issue 5, 2015;
Published illustrations in a poetry collection "Klakson Press";
Participant in comic editions of "Ko-mixer" issues 5, 6 and 8;
Online participation in the competition-gallery “Show me your type” 2016, 2017
Author's zine “Posters for…” 2015; Author's book-zine with illustrations “Characters” 2016
Children's coloring book “Blackberry Confectionery”, published by Ina 2017
Favorite illustrator: Maria Paukova, Marina Muun, Maraya, BlexBolex, Lyuben Zidarov, Zoya Boteva, Lyuba Haleva, Damyan Damyanov, Kapka Kaneva
Favorite illustrated book? Lyuben Zidarov “Andersen's Fairy Tales”; Encyclopedias of Golden Fairy Tales illustrated by Tony Wolf
Which book do you dream of illustrating? The two extremes - classic fairy tales, for example, by Andersen, as well as modern fairy tales, novels, poems.
Website: www.zdravolina.com
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