With a large retrospective covering his 45 years of creative activity, the famous poster artist Kostadin Ottonov will celebrate his 75th birthday. His exhibition will open on October 10 at 18:00 in 2019 Exhibition Hall at 32 Gladstone Street. The exhibition "Kostadin Ottonov. Graphic design" will be open until October 29 with free admission. It is implemented with the financial support of the Municipality of Plovdiv and is part of its Autumn Salon.
Kostadin Otonov was born on February 17, 1948 in the Plovdiv village of Katunitsa. In 1968 he graduated from the Art High School in Sofia, and in 1977 he graduated from the Art Academy in Sofia, majoring in "Poster" under Prof. Alexander Poplilov and assistant Ivan Gazdov. He lives in Plovdiv and works mainly in the field of applied graphics and spatial layout. About his creative handwriting, Prof. Dr. Nenko Atanasov, head of the "Poster and Visual Communication" department at the NHA emphasizes:
"The presence of the author is remarkable, and his unceasing creative activity is of absolute magnitude - from the end of the 1970s to today. An essential prerequisite for this definition is that Kostadin Otonov plunged headlong into the profession of "poster artist" in the most favorable period of development of applied graphics, working among the creative competition of a constellation of renowned artists. And regardless of the fact that his work is multifaceted, the theatrical poster for him is the source of spiritual delight, where he has insatiable fun…”
Kostadin Ottonov participated in all county exhibitions from 1977 to 1995.