Alexi Natchev
Alexi Natchev is a children's book illustrator and printmaker originally from Bulgaria; he moved to the U.S. around 1990. He has been a professor at the School of Fine Arts, the University of Connecticut, the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia, the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.
Natchev is also Professor Emeritus at the Delaware College of Art and Design, where he was in charge of the Illustration Program from 2007 – 2018. He resides in Newark, Delaware.
Awards
[edit]- Artist Fellowship, State of Delaware (2001)
- Sydney Taylor Book Award (2013, for the artwork of The Elijah Door)
- Honor Book for Young Readers (2013, for the artwork of The Elijah Door)
- Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Award (2013, for the artwork of The Elijah Door)
Books
[edit]Natchev illustrated The Tale of Urso Brunov: Little Father of All Bears and Urso Brunov and the White Emperor.