International Biennale of Glass 2023
IBG 2023 Main Exhibition
The fourth edition of IBG presents 230 artists from 48 countries, whose works are prime examples of the variety of techniques in glassmaking and the wide field of aesthetic suggestions that the material offers.
Curator: Konstantin Valchev
October 6 – December 3, 2023
Official opening October 5 (Invitation only event)
National Gallery – Kvadrat 500
with
Focus on the Netherlands
Exhibition section realized in partnership with the Embassy of the Netherlands
Curator: Han de Kluijver
Guest Exhibitions:
IBG2023 provides its platform for the following exhibitions:
Glassification.hu
October 17 – November 3, 2023
Opening October 17, 18:00
Sredets Gallery of the Ministry of Culture
The Beginning
October 31 – November 30, 2023
Opening November 8, 2023, 17:00
UniArt Gallery, New Bulgarian University
Exhibition of glass art by students and professors from the Glass Department of the Anadolu University and the Glass Studio of NBU
Accompanying Exhibitions:
Metamorphosis
September 28 – October 20, 2023
Opening – September 28, 2023 at 19:00 (entrance with invitations)
Exhibition by Margarita Markova – Gita
Kamberov Art Gallery, 3 Bistritsa Str., Sofia
curators: Margarita Markova – Gita, Ivan Kamberov
Interplanetary Nomads
October 6 – October 27, 2023
Opening – 06 October, 18:30
Art glass exhibition by Plamen Kondov
Velmar Jewelry House, 51 Vasil Levski blvd., Sofia
curator: Hristina Bareva
Lectures:
National Gallery – Kvadrat 500
October 6, 2023 (Friday), 10:00 – 15:00
JanHein van Stiphout (Netherlands): Controversies in Glass
Jenny Ritzenhoff (Netherlands): Magical experiments and experience related to glass
Caterina Zucchi (Italy): Glass as an ornament for the body
Markéta Váradiová and Iva Kolorenčová (Czech Republic): Czech glass artists of the 20th and 21st centuries
Andrea da Ponte (Argentina): Digital transfer Color to Glass. Experimental method
Marta Edőcs (Hungary): Small Nation – Great Glass (The contemporary Hungarian glass art scene)
October 7, 2023 (Saturday), 10:00 – 13:00
Karen Browning & Jon Lewis (United Kingdom): Collaboration
Elenora Koh (Singapore): Glass art in this red dot
Cristina Ilinca (Romania): Glass and nature in a glimpse
Václav Cigler and Michal Motyčka (Czech Republic): Art is a never‐ending process of discovery
The Lathe Riders (an international group of cold workers): International Cold Working
María E. Diaz de Vivar (Spain): Objetos con Vidrio: “Glass and Community”
Sredets Gallery of the Ministry of Culture
October 19, 2023 (Thursday)
Marta Edőcs (Hungary)
UniArt Gallery, New Bulgarian University
November, 9, 2023 (Thursday), 11:00
Mustafa Ağatekin (Turkey)
Ömür Duruerk (Turkey)
The lectures will be broadcast online on our virtual platform IBG Connect.
The joint and diligent work on the preparation of the fourth edition strengthened the international spirit of continuity, support, and faith in the common sublime goal – the celebration of glass art, confirming the established slogan of the Biennale – TOGETHER!