Assoc. Prof. Zora Stančič

Contact: zora.stancic@aluo.uni-lj.si
Location: Erjavčeva cesta 23
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Assistant Prof. Zora Stančič (MA) works in three main areas. She approaches graphics with an extended field approach, and in her graphic works she explores the relationship between classical graphic techniques and modern digital graphics. Scenography and costume design is one aspect of her artistic creation, but she has participated in various important and successful events in theatre and film. She derives her illustration style, which is based on freehand drawing, from her experience in graphics.

 

Education

  • 1979 – 1984: Study of Graphics, University of Sarajevo (Academy of Fine Arts), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 1990: Master of Arts, UL ALUO, title: “Framing and My Graphics”, mentor Prof. Zvest Apollonio

 

Work experience

  • 1985-2016: self-employed in culture, Ministry of Culture, Ljubljana
  • 2012: assistant professor of graphics
  • 2016-2021: higher education lecturer, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education

Art works

  • Zora Stančič, Poljubi me / Kiss me: graphics on silk pyjamas by AZ Factory 2021, Paris, France, curator: Alber Albaz
  • Andrej Rozman Roza Baal (theatrical play based on Baal by Bertolt Brecht), directed by: TAUFER, Vito, dramaturgy: Dubravko Mihanović, music: Alexander – Schatzi Pešut, set design: Zora Stančič, costume design: Barbara Stupica, animation: Andrej Kamnik, cast: Ivan Godnič, Vasko Atanasovski Trio, Jure Ivanušič, Uroš Maček, Robert Prebil, Matej Recer, Ivan Rupnik, Dario Varga, Matija Vastl, Première: 20th 3rd 2019, Slovenian Youth Theatre, Ljubljana, performance at the 51st week of drama at the Prešeren Theater in Kranj, Performance at the opening of the 34th Galella Evenings in Zagreb, Croatia
  • Nočno življenje (Nightlife), 2016, directed by: Damjan Kozole, costume design: Zora Stančič, cast: Pia Zemljič, Jernej Šugman, Marko Mandič, Peter Musevski, screenplay: Damjan Kozole, Ognjen Sviličić, photography: Miladin Čolaković, scenography: Dušan Milavec, Neža Zinajić, production Vertigo (SI), financial support Slovenian Film Centre, technical data DCP, in colour, 85 min, image format: 1: 2.35, sound 5.1. The film premièred at the category A Karlovy Vary Festival, where it received the Crystal Globe for Best Director, and has been invited to numerous festivals at home and abroad: Portorož, Motovun, Zadar, Sarajevo, Montpelier, Arras, Vienna, Trieste, Vienna, Sofiaetc. awards: Award for Best Director, Zadar, FSF Award Portorož, Award for Best Actress, FSF, Portorož, Nebojša Djukelić Award, Fest, Belgrade.
  • Zora Stančič, Nič posebnega / Nothing Special, Metropolitan Museum, New York, USA, purchase of books by Slovenian contemporary artists: POGAČAR, Tadej, VARL, Petra, HABICHT, Dejan, LAŽETIĆ, Tanja, January 2016 Note: text at the MMC event entitled The Metropolitan Museum bought books by Slovenian artists, 2 January
  • Zora Stančič, Brez naslova (No title), Hommage au metier de la gravure, Kunstlerhaus Klagenfurt, Austria, authors of the exhibition: Petar Waldegg and Prof. Dr. Philipp Maurer, group exhibition of graphic works, authors: Antoni Tapies, Emilio Vedova,, Pierre Soulages, Hans Hartung, Julije Knifer, FRELIH, Črtomir, BERNIK, Janez, JEMEC, Andrej, SPACAL, Lojze, 11 June 2015 – 14 August 2015. Catalogue of colour reproductions (32), 80 pages, 28 cm, published by Kunstverein Karnten, Klagenfurt
  • Zora Stančič, Angel, Shaving, 23rd International Graphic Biennial, Artists from the competition: invited, Jakopič Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 19 June 1999 – 30 September 09 1999
  • San Zanobi International Award
  • Zora Stančič, 12th Tallinn Print Triennial / Tallinn XII. graphics triennial, Tallinn, Estonia, group exhibition, 14 September 2001 – 21 October 2001. (Participation in the main exhibition on Mutating Image at Rotermann’s Salt Storage Arts Centre. Rotemannisoolalao arhitektuuri- ja kunstikeskus. International Triennial Award, Special Recognition.)
  • Zora Stančič, 5th International Biennial of Drawings and Graphics, Gyor, Hungary, honorary recognition of the international jury, group biennial exhibition.

 

Independent author and curatorial exhibitions

  • Zora Stančič, Marame (Headscarves), Eugen K. Brseč Gallery, Mošćenička Draga, Croatia, 12 July 2020 – 4 August 2020.
  • Zora Stančič, Zunaj kroga / Out of the loop / Fuori dal cerchio (spatial layout). Piran Coastal Galleries, Monfort Gallery, Portorož, 20 March 2020 – 10 May 2020 (Visibility of the exhibition in the media: www.rtvslo.si/4d/arhiv/174698177?s=mmc)
  • Zora Stančič, Eindrücke vom Rand. Objekte und Malerei /Impressions from the Edge. Objects and Paintings, solo exhibition by two authors with Boris Beja, BV Galerie, Klagenfurt, Austria, 3 October – 25 October 2017
  • Zora Stančič, Marama / Headscarf, History Museum of BiH, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, solo presentation in one of the three galleries of the museum, 9 March – 20 March 2017
  • Zora Stančič, Čije je moje tjelo (Whose is my body), MAP, Meeting Art Place, Brela, Croatia, solo presentation at the Centre for Visual Arts, 22 June 2013 – 21 July 2013
  • Zora Stančič, Kapelica v izložbi (Chapel on display), Kleine Kapelle im Schaufenster, Holasek Gallery, Graz, Austria, Art in Public Space, solo exhibition, 19 September 2009 to 30 September 2009
  • Zora Stančič, Best before / Uporabno do, Gallery MC, New York, USA, personal exhibition of two Slovenian authors with Elena Fajt, 1 December 2006 – 15 December 2006
  • Zora Stančič, curator Nives Marvin, Insieme / Together, Galleria A + A, Venice, Italy, with Huiqin Wang, 18 January 2006 – 7 February 2006
  • Zora Stančič, curator Philip Maurer, Die Kleine Galerie, Vienna, Austria, personal exhibition of two Slovenian creators with Jožef Muhovič, 22 April 2004 to 19 May 2004
  • Zora Stančič, curator Izeta Gradjević, Century / XX. Stoljeće / XX Century, Obala Art Centre Gallery at the Academy of Fine Arts, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, solo exhibition of graphics, 15 April 1998 to 4 May 1998

 

Group exhibitions

  • Zora Stančič, Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection. Join the Dots / Unire le distanze salone degli incanti, ex Pescheria Centrale, Trieste, Italy, 2018 participating artists: Gustav Gnamuš, Boris Beja, Zmago Lenardič, Aleksij Kobal, 29 May 2018 – 2 September 2018
  • Zora Stančič, curator of the exhibition Ladislav Sykora and Michal Lazorčik, Linoryt, Klatovy Gallery, Klenova, Czech Republic, group international (Czech Republic, Serbia, Poland, Netherlands, England, USA, Australia, etc.) exhibition of works created at the Linocut Symposium from 2001 to 2016, 26 March to 17 July 2016
  • Zora Stančič, curator of the exhibition Snežana Skoko, Što se dešava? / What Is Going On?, Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Serbia, art meetings, group international exhibition, participating artists from Croatia, Poland, Serbia and Slovenia, exhibition organiser: Punkt za umetnički aseksperiment and MPU, 10 February 2016 – 20 February 2016
  • Zora Stančič, NY Art Book Fair, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, USA, artist’s book fair, exhibition curator Tadej Pogačar, 18 September 2015 to 20 September 2015
  • Zora Stančič, curator for Slovenian artists: Huiqin Wang, The Seventh China Art Weekly Festival, International Art Exhibition, Nantong, China, 26 November 2014 – 3 December 2014
  • Zora Stančič, curator for Slovenian artists Breda Škrjanec, Napake (Errors), artist’s book, 7th International Triennial of Graphics Sofia, Bulgaria: Barbara Drev, Črtomir Frelih,, Matjaža Geder, Eva Lucija Kozak, Eva Žula, 10 November 2014 – 30 November 2014
  • Zora Stančič, Brez naslova (No title), 7th International Festival of Contemporary Arts AKTO / AKTO 7- Festival for Contemporary Arts, Bitola, Macedonia, 09 August 2012 – 12 August 2012
  • Zora Stančič, A tout prix (project in public space on a billboard), 27th International Graphic Biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 06 September 2007 – 28 October 2007 (Accompanying exhibition in Gallery P74, Ljubljana, Slovenia, book Nothing special and exhibition of prints from the book by Z. Stančič from: 3 September 2007 – 20 September 2007)
  • Zora Stančič, 26th International Graphic Biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia Accompanying exhibitions Sunek, group exhibition, graphics, 23 June 2005 – 2 October 2005
  • Prva linija (First line) – avant-garde and alternative prints in Slovenia from conceptualism to date
  • The most beautiful graphics – Slovenian graphics of the last fifty years
  • Zora Stančič, Printmakers from Slovenia, CCa Galleries, West St., Farnham, Great Britain, group exhibition, graphics (Transfer from Cambridge, Oxford and Bath, all CCA Galleries, 1993, transfer to CCA Galleries, London, Great Britain – 11 February 1994 – 26 March 1994)
  • Zora Stančič, Brez naslova (No title), 20th International Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia, group exhibition, graphics, 25 June 1993 – 30 September 1993

 

Collections

  • Zora Stančič, Nič posebnega / Nothing special, (artist’s book), 2008, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
  • Zora Stančič, Untitled, 2000, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Zora Stančič, Album, 1995, Revija, 2000, International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Zora Stančič, Avtocenzura (Self-censorship), 1997, Museum of Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Zora Stančič, Brez naslova (No title), 1994, Albertina, Vienna, Austria
  • Zora Stančič, The World is Watching You, Farewell, 1995, The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
  • Zora Stančič, Brez naslova (No title), 1993, Fonds National D’art Contemporain, Paris, France

 

Mentoring

  • Mentoring in student art assignments: 3
  • Completed diplomas (1st level): 16
  • Completed master’s degrees (2nd level): 10
  • Doctorates (3rd level):
  • Prešeren Awards (faculty): 1

 

Awards and recognitions

  • Recognition, May Salon, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2018
  • Župančič Award, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2016
  • Recognition of important works of art in the field of graphics, University of Ljubljana (Academy of Fine Arts and Design), 2011
  • Honorary Award, 5th International Biennial of Graphics and Drawing, Gyor, Hungary, 1999
  • Honorary Diploma, 12th Graphic Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia, 1999
  • San Zanobi Award, 23rd International Graphic Biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1999
  • Grand Prix, Biennial of Slovenian Graphics, Otočec, Slovenia, 1996:
  • Novo mesto Award, Biennial of Slovenian Printmaking, Otočec, Slovenia, 1992

 

Projects

  • 28 June – 16 July 2017 Zora STANČIČ, (editor), ZLOKARNIK, Mojca (editor). Avanti grafika! = Avanti graphic! DLUL Gallery, organisation and catalogue of the exhibition with Slovenian participation
  • 15 June – 07/07/2019 Zora STANČIČ, (editor), ZLOKARNIK, Mojca (editor). Avanti graphics! drugič = Avanti graphic! 2 # in DLUL Gallery, organisation, catalogue and curation of an international exhibition
  • 7 July – 7 August 2021 Zora Stančič, (editor), Mojca Zlokarnik (editor). Avanti grafika! Tretjič=Avanti graphic! 3# in DLUL Gallery, organisation, catalogue and curation of an international exhibition

 

Significant achievements

  • Zora Stančič, Zora Was Here, (Ljubljana in person, alternative guide, book no. 9). Ljubljana: Revija Likovne besede, Zveza društev slovenskih likovnih umetnikov: = Artwords Magazine, Association of the Slovenian Fine Artists Societies, 2015. 127 pp., Illustr., 16 cm
  • Župančič Award 2016
  • Zora Stančič, Oblike (Shapes), public work in MGLC – café, equipment, screen printing on walls, co-authors: Nena Gabrovec, Kaja Lipnik, Arne Vehovar, MGLC – café biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2015. (18 November 2015, Bavčar, Julijana: Spregovori tisto, kar manjka (The missing things talk). Café biennial [MGLC] Delo in dom 18 November 2015, cf.: year 23, no. 37, p. 26 – 27, ill. Delo in dom – addition to Slovenske novice magazine, Journal of Culture, Župančič Award 2016)
  • Zora Stancic, Petra Varl, Zadnjih dvajset let / The Past Twenty Years, MGLC, Ljubljana, Slovenia, personal retrospective exhibition of two authors (An extensive catalogue with numerous texts and reproductions of works was published at the exhibition, 01 July 2008 – 31 August 2008)
  • Zora Stančič, Revija, knjiga umetnika (Magazine, artist’s book), 2000, published by MGLC, Ljubljana, Slovenia From 28 December 2000 to 20 February 2001, solo exhibition and presentation of the artist’s book Revija, Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia (49 graphics 2000, inkjet print / canvas, screen printing / paper, linocut / wallpaper, screen printing / paper or plastic, solo exhibition.)
  • Zora Stančič, Album, knjiga umetnika (Album, the book of an artist), 1995, published by MGLC, Ljubljana, Slovenia, [texts Milan Kleč… [et al.]; translation by Mark Valentin; photo Jane Štraus, Blaž Zupančič], book, Slovenian, English. Ljubljana: International Centre of Graphic Arts, 1995, Ljubljana, 119 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Slov. and Eng. text Translation, 1,000 copies. Stančič, Zora (1956- – Albumi)

 

Membership in professional associations and commissions

  • Member of the Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies – DLUL (since 1985)
  • Member of the Ljubljana Association of Fine Arts Societies (since 1985)
  • Member of the DLUL Art Council
  • Member of S.K.O.M. (Association of Slovenian film set designers, costume designers, and mask designers)
  • Representative of PEF LJ in the expert council of Pionirski dom (since 2016)
  • Member of the expert commission for the program of galleries of the City of Ljubljana (from 2008-2017)

 

Membership in expert juries

  • Member of the jury for the Orion Awards for Achievement and the Butnskala Award for Originality, 2021
  • Member of the Ivana Kobilca DLUL Professional Awards Committee, 2019
  • Member of the commission for student Prešeren Awards at UL, 2018
  • Chairman of the Ivana Kobilca DLUL Professional Awards Committee, 2018
  • Member of the Likfest jury, Pionirski dom, Ljubljana, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Member of the Graphic Spring jury, International Exhibition of Student Graphics, Exhibition Centre Vetrinjski dvorec, Maribor, 2015
  • Member of the expert jury of the Biennial of Children’s Graphics, Žalec, Slovenia, 2015
  • Member of the Sarajevo Film Festival Jury for the EFA (European Film Academy) Award, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2014
  • Honorary President of the Biennial of Children’s Graphics, Žalec, Slovenia, 2013

 

Lectures, guest appearances at domestic and foreign universities and other cultural institutions

  • Participation in the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Sarajevo, Department of Graphics (1 March 2021 – 1 June 2021)
  • Erasmus+ tour at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Sarajevo, Department of Graphics (24 June 2021 – 29 June 2021)
  • Nema proza, workshop with students at the Blenkuš seminar at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana, 2017/2018, (at the invitation of Prof. Dr. Matej Blenkuš), which ended with an exhibition: https://www.zag.si/si/novice/vabilo-na-razstavo-nema-proza
  • Lecture and workshop on the topic of the artist’s book, 2016, Academy of Applied Arts, Department of Graphics, University of Rijeka, Croatia (at the invitation of Prof. Maja Franković)
  • Teaching the subject Graphics and Printed Art for the master’s degree in Fine Arts at the Faculty of Education, University of Maribor, 2014/15 and 2015/16
  • Lecture on Graphic Technique at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana, (8 April 2014 seminar in the subject Presentation Techniques, Prof. Jure Sadar), 2014
  • Lecture Printmaking at the University of Haifa, Israel, MA Program for Culture and Film Studies, (14 May 2013 at the invitation of Dr. Yvonne Kozlovsky Golan), 2013
  • Lecture Knjiga umetnika (Book of the Artist) at the Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana (19 March 2013, at the invitation of Prof. Črtomir Frelih, M.Sc.), 2013
  • Lecture Knjiga umetnika (Book of the Artist) at the National Library of Serbia in Belgrade, Serbia (11 January 2013, at the invitation of the curator of the exhibition Book Art Object 2, Nena Skoko), 2013
  • Lecture Knjiga umetnika (Book of the Artist), at the Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Ljubljana, (14 November 2012 at the invitation of Prof. Dr. Ana Kučan), 2012
  • Lecture and workshop for all departments at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (19 December and 20 December 2012, at the invitation of Prof. Dr. Amela Hadžimejlić) http://www.alu.unsa.ba/en/content/radionica-sa-zorom-stancic-knjiga-umjetnika