Prof. Zmago Lenárdić

Contact: zmago.lenardic@aluo.uni-lj.si

Office hours: Sreda od 11.00 do 12.00 ure

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Course:

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