Prof. Zmago Lenárdić

Contact: zmago.lenardic@aluo.uni-lj.si
Office hours: Sreda od 11.00 do 12.00 ure
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Education:

  • acad. painter
  • sociologist (+ graduate of philosophy)

Work experience

  • 1988-2003 independent worker in culture
  • 1992-1999 teacher of Art History at the Secondary School of Arranging (part-time)
  • 1994-2004 education professional for painting at the Famul Stuart Art School (now the Academy of Arts, University of Nova Gorica)
  • 2003-2005 employed at ALUO, subject of Design (Departments: Painting, Sculpture)
  • 2005-… employed at ALUO, subject Painting
  • 2016 Visiting Professor of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb

… and cooperation:

  •  1989 N. Koprivšek: Railway Information, Experimental Theatre Glej / Ljubljana, Sarajevo, Zagreb, Maribor / – scenography
  • 1992 J. Hribernik: Staircase (art video) – scenography
  • 1994 J. Hribernik: Ballabende (art video) – set design & play
  • 1995 J. Hribernik: Lok telesa / Arch of the body (art video) – animation – – 1996 Image of an Image (show about culture, TV SLO) – visual image of the show
  • 1998 Slovenian magazine (TV SLO) – scenography
  • 2000 Slovenian Day – Presentation of Slovenia in the Millennium House – video (J. Hribernik – Z. Lenárdič)
  • 2000 S. Nešković-Peršin: Hov, hov Suzana (dance solo), / Ljubljana, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Belgrade, Salzburg, Castiglioncello, Paris / – videos in the show (z  J. Hribernik) & scenography
  • 2003 “Black Event”, feature film (49 min.) – screenplay, storybook, story board, set design and with J. Hribernik)  co-direction film in dance solo performance by S. Nešković-Peršin: Black Event – I’ll be right there / Ljubljana, Copenhagen /
  • 2004 Impromptu (TV SLO – monthly show about the art of music and dance in the editorial office for serious music and ballet – visual image of the show
  • 2007 What’s going on with audiovisual archives? / What is Happening to Audiovisual Archives? – mednarodni seminar / international seminar, organisation SCCA, Ljubljana, Ida Hiršenfelder: Transient Bodies (Z. Lenárdič: “Big Blue Subway”, J. Hribernik & Z. Lenárdič: “Elsa und Lohengrin”)
  • 2007 Celje, Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art, Media Fokus – interview with curator Irena Čerčnik,
  • 2009 A film in 23 chapters – The Death of Socrates, directed by N. Prosenc (Kanalya Pictures 2010, 82 min.); directing, screenplay (with J. Hribernik) one chapter (8 min.); broadcast Los Angeles, Belgrade, Ljubljana…
  • 2011 Prague, Artyčok, Ida Hiršenfelder: Online Exhibition (video: Grant me my wish)
  • 2014 Ljubljana, Equrna Gallery, Atopično telo / Atopic Body – Marjan Gumilar (W.W. Anger, B. Bem, N. Čelhar, Z. Lenárdič, J. Meden, K. Ole)
  • 2016-17 Ljubljana, Ethnographic Museum, Slovenian Youth Theatre, Ljoba Jenče: The memory of the world sings in me (scenography)
  • 2018 Budapest, Art Market Budapest, Millenárs Budapest (October 11-14) – Made in China project – Gallery Ljubljana
  • 2019 Belgrade, House of Culture, Alternative Film / Video. New Film and Video Festival (DIVA Station / SCCA-Ljubljana – program Welcome to an 8-minute fall picnic in the past, (curated: B. Borčić in P.Cerovšek)
  • 2020 Ljubljana, ŠKUC Gallery, SCCA, Video Dvorišče.
  • 2020 Ljubljana, Gallery, Online project KontraKino # 1: Re-projections GG 2015-19;

Scholarships:

  • 1986-88: v času študija na ALU končan dvoletni študijski program – modul Pedagogika

 

Scholarships / grants / artist in residence:

  • 1985-88 Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana
  • 1992 March-June, DAAD Scholarship in Atelierhaus Worpswede, Worpswede
  • 1996 Representative of the Republic of Slovenia (organiser’s choice) “Container 96 – Art Across Oceans” (with J. Hribernik), Copenhagen 96 – European Capital of Culture
  • 1999-2000 Atelier in New York, Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and Soros – Open Society Institute
  • 2000 Scholarship at Kunststation Kleinsassen, Kleinsassen
  • 2005 Visiting Artist at Ateliers Höherweg, Düsseldorf

 

Important exhibitions:

 

(independent – selection from a total of 40)

  • 1989 Berlin (D), Galerie Stil & Bruch (p T.Pogačar)
  • 1992 Munich, Producer Gallery, Boogie Woogie Augustus
  • 1992 Ljubljana, ŠKUC Gallery, Das Bild braucht den Rollstuhl (z J.Hribernik, Staircase)
  • 1994 Ljubljana, Small Gallery, 2 x 2.98280 kW
  • 1997 Ljubljana, Monument Protection Centre (Ljubljana 1997 – European Month of Culture, Elsa und Lohengrin (with J. Hribernik)
  • 2001 Maribor, Maribor Art Gallery, Ni teme ni teme / No Subject, No Darkness, (with B. Kemperle)
  • 2005 Düsseldorf, Ateliers Höherweg e.V., Innuendo / Andeutung
  • 2005 Topolo, public permanent installation “Plitev vdih” / “Shallow Breath”
  • 2006 Ribnica, Miklova hiša, LIQUID SPACE / Fireworks / Network / Suicide /, individual sequences involved: J.Hribernik, D.Švarc and M.Lazar
  • 2007 Celje, Gallery of Contemporary Art Celje, Current Space II / Liquid Space II, individual sequences involved: J.Hribernik, D.Švarc and M.Lazar
  • 2010 Ljubljana, City Gallery Ljubljana, Podrsavanje / Shuffle, individual sequences involved: J. Hribernik, M. Lazar, Z. Z. Lenárdič, R. Likon, M. Mrak, J. Smole, D. Švarc in D. Teropšič
  • 2011 Kostanjevica na Krki, Božidar Jakac Gallery (independent church), Second Life
  • 2017 Velenje, Velenje Gallery, Don’t think Art! + Velenje, Gorenje Exhibition Center, Slip Space, (guest: J. Hribernik: Tense Present)
  • 2019 Novi Sad, Gallery of the Vojvodina Artist Association, Don’t think Art! (Festival of Contemporary Art Danube Dialogues 2019)

     

 

(video works – selection from a total of 21)

  • 1994 2 x 2,98280 kW, endless tape / Beta sp
  • 2000 Big Blue Subway /12min.42s., Beta sp
  • 2004 NewMoscowYork / 20min., DVD / with J. Hribernik
  • 2006 Suicide / Endless Tape DVD
  • 2007 Čakanje sprememb / Waiting for Changes / DVD, 30min., endless tape
  • 2010 NeoDance, HD, 12 min., short film
  • 2013 The Meeting (at the End of the Day), HD, 17min. 35s., short film

 

(group – over 100, selection of recent years)

  • 2015 Ljubljana, MSUM, Crises and New Beginnings: Art in Slovenia 2005-2015
  • 2016 Maribor, Maribor Art Gallery / The Earth is Flat (Contemporary Slovenian and Chinese Painting)         Beijing, Today Art Museum, Flat and Distant, China – Slovenia Contemporary Art Exhibition
  • 2017 Kragujevac, Gallery of the National Museum Kragujevac, “Jugoslovensko slikarstvo druge polovine 20. veka” iz fonda Umetničke galerije „Nadežda Petrović“
  • 2018 Čačak, Nadežda Petrović Art Gallery, Izazovi postmoderne: Umetnost osamdesetih iz zbirke Jugoslovenska umetnost druge polovine 20. veka
  • 2018 Strasbourg, Apollonia, échanges artistiques européens, e.city-Ljubljana / Projected Visions. From art in the urban context to fiction and dystopia (curator: B. Borčić)
  • 2020 Maribor, UGM Maribor Art Gallery, 100+ Highlights from the UGM Collection

     

 

Participation with a contribution to conferences:

  • 2000: Belgrade: Symposium “A sociological approach to the Balkan cities in transition” axis
  • 2000: Glasgow: Symposium “Art and social inclusion”

 

Awards and recognitions:

  • 1985 Redemption award at the International Student Competition “Turkey in my mind”, Ankara
  • 1988 Prešeren Award of the Academy of Fine Arts Ljubljana
  • 1990 1st prize (purchase), Meeting of the new generation of graduates of the Academy of Fine Arts Ljubljana, Velenje
  • 1990 Redemption Award of the Fund for Culture of the Municipality of Čačak at the 16th Nadežda Petrović Memorial, Čačak
  • 1992 Grand Prize of the Association of Slovenian Fine Artists, Majski salon 92, Ljubljana
  • 2004 Župančič Award for Outstanding Achievements in Culture in Ljubljana
  • 2012 Jakopič Award, Ljubljana