Asst. Prof. Dr. Tomo Stanič
Tomo Stanič has a degree in architecture, a master’s degree in sculpture and a doctorate in theoretical psychoanalysis. For several years, he has been active in culture, through various art exhibitions, theoretical interventions and various international cultural collaborations, as well as within the scientific field (writing theoretical discussions, participating in round tables, lectures, editing and publishing professional journals in the field of fine arts and architecture). He is mainly interested in the intersection of visual art with art theory.
Education
2010 university graduate engineer of architecture (Faculty of Architecture, UL)
2014 graduate sculptor (Bologna Program, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, UL)
2016 Master of Sculpture (Bologna Program, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, UL)
2018 PhD (Interdisciplinary study program Humanities and Social Sciences – Theoretical Psychoanalysis, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana), doctoral dissertation title: Transfer art and thinking objects, mentor: Prof. Dr. Mladen Dolar
2019 recognition of important works of art in the field of sculpture
Awards and recognitions
2016 ALUO Award for Master’s Thesis
2016 Nomination for the OHO Group Award
2015 Nomination for the award for the best scenographic publication by the Prague Quadrennial of Scenography – magazine Praznine / several issues
2013 ALUO Award for the academic year 2012/2013 / sculpture
2013 Nomination for Plečnik Medal for contribution to the enrichment of architectural culture – magazine Praznine / several issues
2012 ALUO Award for Outstanding Achievement / Sculpture
2009 3. Prize in the competition for the conceptual design of the Lavrica Primary School
2008 1. Prize in the competition for the arrangement of Rotovški trg with Rotovž and the Maribor Library
List of exhibitions (selection)
+ international exhibitions
The Inauthentic Issue, A) Glimpse) Of), Athens, Greece (2018) // work exhibited in a publication, international selection (ŠTD: 5; ŠTK: 3)
Nostalgia, Art number 23, Misc. Arts Centre, Timisoara, Romania (2018) // International Group Exhibition in the Field of Sculpture and Visual Arts (ŠTD: 5; ŠTK: 3)
The Natural, The (Un) cleansed & The Foreign, Station Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon (2019), international group exhibition in the field of sculpture and visual arts (STD: 5; ŠTK: 3)
+ international selection in Slovenia
Take time out, repetition and slowing down, Centre for Contemporary Arts Celje, Celje (2019) // international group exhibition in the field of sculpture and visual arts (STD: 5; ŠTK: 1)
+ presentation of Slovenian art abroad
Dis-communications, Šira Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia (2017) // presentation of Slovenian art abroad / solo exhibition in the field of sculpture and visual arts (STD: 4; ŠTK: 3)
+ nominations / awards in Slovenia
Exhibition of nominees for the OHO Group Award, Maribor Art Gallery, Maribor (2016) // group exhibition of nominees for the OHO Sculpture and Visual Arts Award (STD: 8; ŠTK: 2)
List of publications
+ Scientific monograph:
An architectural spectator
Studia humanitatis, Apes Collection, Ljubljana, 2011
+ Scientific monograph (accepted for publication):
The image and its exterior
Society for Theoretical Psychoanalysis, Analecta Collection, Ljubljana (expected March 2018)
An architectural spectator, Studia humanitatis, Apes Collection, Ljubljana, 2011 // professional monograph on the intersection of spatial practices and visual perception (STD: 3; ŠTK: 3) Cobiss.si-ID – 257596416
The image and its exterior, Society for Theoretical Psychoanalysis, Analecta Collection, Ljubljana, 2018 // professional monograph on visual art and the problem of image (STD: 3; ŠTK: 3) Cobiss.si-ID – 295453696
Professional articles
Untouchability and voyeurism, Gaps no. 1, Praznine Art Education Association, Ljubljana 2011
(STD: 1; ŠTK: 1) Cobiss.si-ID – 265160448
The voice of the image and incomparable, Problemi 9/10, Analecta, Society for Theoretical Psychoanalysis, Ljubljana 2013 (ŠTD: 1; ŠTK: 1) Cobiss.si-ID – 54993250
Failed art, ŠUM: Journal of the Critique of Contemporary Art, no. 3, Ljubljana 2014
(STD: 1; ŠTK: 1) Cobiss.si-ID – 277610752
Sketch of time, ŠUM: Journal of the Critique of Contemporary Art, no. 4, Ljubljana 2015 (STD: 1; ŠTK: 1) Cobiss.si-ID – 29102872
Postcards, international proceedings: Architecture ≠ art, Praznine Art Education Association in cooperation with the Igor Zabel Society for Culture and Theory, Ljubljana 2017 (ŠTD: 1; ŠTK: 1) Cobiss.si-ID – 290159104
Mimesis, Problemi 5/6, Analecta, Society for Theoretical Psychoanalysis, Ljubljana 2018 (ŠTD: 1; ŠTK: 1) Cobiss.si-ID – new publication / not yet registered
The interspace of art, ČKZ – Journal for the Critique of Science year XLVI, no. 274, Ljubljana 2018 (STD: 1; ŠTK: 1) Cobiss.si-ID – new publication / not yet registered
Membership in professional and scientific associations
2011 – 2017 member of the art-educational association Praznine
2013 – 2015 part of the Neteorit collective (collective for contemporary art and philosophy)
2014 – 2015 member of the editorial board of the journal ŠUM
2016 – external critic and member of the commission for master’s theses of the Faculty of Architecture (FA)
2018 – invited lecturer of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design (ALUO), course sculpture and course photography
Invited lectures (selection)
12/5/2012 Image spill, a set of public lectures within the Gaps 5×20 II.
Faculty of Architecture (FA)
5/20/2014 Postcards, public lecture / international conference: Architecture ≠ Art
Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO)
6/20/2014 Failed art, public lecture
Modern Gallery (MG)
11/21/2014 Words and works, public lecture
Metelkova Museum of Contemporary Art (MSUM)
3/27/2018 Split space, public lecture
ŠKUC Gallery
4/13/2018 Inter-spaces of art, public lecture within the ALUO UHO
Modern Gallery (MG)
Participation in commissions
+ Expert commission:
Arrangement of a water sculpture at the intersection of Tomšičeva ulica and Slovenska cesta in Ljubljana
+ Master’s commission:
External guest critic of the defence of the final works
at the unified master’s degree in architecture (October 2017)
+ Master’s commission:
An external critic of the defence of the concluding works
at the unified master’s degree in architecture (February 2018)
