Predan Barbara

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Dr Barbara Predan is an assistant professor, theoretician, researcher, designer and author. She received a bachelor’s degree in industrial design, and then a master’s degree in the theory and development of design from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana. In 2012, she received her doctoral degree from the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts and the University of Nova Gorica. She currently heads the ALUO Research Institute, leads the Visual Literacy research program (P5-0452), and serves as dean of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana.

Predan is the co-author of the books Back to Design: An Anthological Survey of the Theory of Design in Slovenia (2007) and Sustainable Alternatives in Design: It’s High Time We Start Losing Time (2009). She is the (co-)author (or editor) of the books and exhibitions Iskra: Non-Aligned Design 1946–1990 (2009), Niko Kralj: The Unknown Famous Designer (2011), Design education: what do you see? What do you think about it? What do you make of it? – 30 years of design at ALUO (2015), Design as the Capacity for Change: Slovenia Design Showroom Milano (2017), Death in Design (2017), Thinking the Conditions of Our Time (2019); Papiro-logía: circular design and the use of paper in interior design (2019), The Questions Raised by Design (2020); and is the author of the exhibitions Gorenje with Vision (2012), Wood25 (2016–19); and is the co-author of the exhibitions Past Future Perfect (2014–15), Marx After Marx: Kunst-Marx (2019). Since 2010, with Petra Černe Oven, she has been co-editing Zbirka 42, a series of books on design, under the auspices of the Pekinpah Association. She has also participated as author or editor in the following seven volumes: Service and Information Design: Examples of Good Practice (2010), The Utopian Seminar (2011), Designing an Agenda, or, How to Avoid Solving Problems That Aren’t (2013), The Public Sector: Agent of Progress? (2015), R. Buckminster Fuller: The Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth (2016), Death in Design (2017, 2020), and Edvard Ravnikar: Design (2017).

Predan has published professional and scholarly articles in Design Issues, Design Principles and Practices, The international journal of design in society, Filozofski vestnik, Dialogi, ČKZ, 2+3D, Oris, and Piranesi, among others. In 2014, she and Petra Černe Oven contributed the chapter “Information design as a (r)evolutionary educational tool” to the Routledge’s Information Design: Research and Practice edited by Alison Black, Paul Luna, Ole Lund, Sue Walker. She prepared the texts for the scientific monograph Information design: research and practice (Routledge, New York 2017) together with Dr. Petra Černe Oven. In 2019–2020, together with Tevfik Balcıoğlu and at the invitation of the organisers, she co-edited and co-chaired the section entitled “Politics and Design: Past, Present, Future” at the international conference International Committee for Design History and Design Studies (ICDHS 12) in Zagreb, October 2020. Received an invitation together with Dr. Petra Černe Oven to prepare a chapter on the history of Slovene design for the period 1945–2000 for Victor Margolin and Bloomsbury Press. They prepared the chapter for the book World History of Design, Volume III (Bloomsbury Press, 2026).

As an assistant professor, she teaches Development and Theory of Design and the elective course Service Design at the Department of Industrial and Unique Design of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana.

Predan is a co-founder and leader of the department of design theory at the Pekinpah Association, and, since 2014, the director of the Institute of Design, an academic research organisation. She teaches a course in the history and theory of design and an elective subject in service design at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana. Under the auspices of various institutions and events in Slovenia, Černe Oven and Predan have hosted over thirty world-renowned experts in the field of design. She regularly lectures at international academic and professional conferences, and, with Černe Oven, leads a number of Slovenian and international workshops in the field of service and information design.

 

Awards:

2020 – Design Principles & Practices International Award for Excellence: Award Winner for Volume 13

2019 – AIAP WOMEN IN DESIGN AWARD 2019, nomination in category: “PhD, Researchers and Teachers” (with Dr. Petra Černe Oven)

2018 – Recognition of the University of Ljubljana for special achievements and participation in the field of extracurricular activities

2017 – Award of the Slovenian Designers’ Association: Design excellence of the quarter in the field of “design theory and critique and professional journalism” (together with Dr. Petra Černe Oven)

2017 – Brumen Foundation Award in the category: information design, 6th Biennial of Visual Messages of Slovenia, National Gallery, Ljubljana (several co-authors)

2013 – Praise of the quarter of the Association of Designers of Slovenia – for a theoretical contribution to design (together with Dr. Petra Černe Oven)

2013 – Brumen Foundation Award in the category: web and mobile applications, 6th Biennial of Visual Messages of Slovenia, National Gallery, Ljubljana (several co-authors)

2012 – Award of the Slovenian Designers’ Association: Design excellence of the quarter in the field of “design theory and critique and professional journalism” (together with Dr. Petra Černe Oven)

 

Professional experience:

 

University of Ljubljana, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme in the Arts

2025–present: Member of the University of Ljubljana Senate

2025–present: Member of the University of Ljubljana Development Fund Committee (RSUL)

2021–2026: Member of the Publishing Council

2021–2025: Member of the Commission for Research and Development at the University of Ljubljana

2019–2024: Chair of the Program Council for the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in ART

 

University of Ljubljana, Academy of Fine Arts and Design

2025–until further notice: Dean of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana

2024–until further notice: Head of the “Visual Literacy” research program

2023–2025: Head of the Sustainability Group at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana

2022–present: Head of the Research Institute at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana

2021–2025: Vice Dean for Development and Research at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana

2020–2023: Head of the fundamental research project “Models and Practices of International Cultural Exchange in the Non-Aligned Movement: Exploring Spatio-Temporal Cultural Dynamics”

2019–2020: Head of the Department of Industrial and Unique Design

2018–2019: Curator of the Slovenian Pavilion at the XXII Triennale di Milano – the international exhibition “Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival”

 

Hyphen’s Editorial Board

2019–present: Editorial Board Member

 

Brumen Foundation

2018–present: Board Member

2005-2010: Project Manager

 

CODEC: international design network

2016 – present: Co-founder and board member

 

Design for Europe

2015–2016: Slovenian Ambassador

 

Scientific journal The Design Journal, Bloomsbury Publishing, London (UK)

2015 – present: Editorial Manager

 

Institute of Design, Ljubljana (an academic research organisation)

2014–present: Co-founder and Director

 

Cankarjev dom, Culture and Congress Centre

2013-2019: Board Member

 

Zbirka 42 (Collection 42 – a series of books on design)

2010–present: Co-editor

 

Pekinpah Association (cultural, publishing and production association)

2013–present: Head of Design Theory Section

2007–2013: Head of Pekinpah Association

 

Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean

2007-2018: Expert Committee Member

 

Biennial of Industrial Design – BIO

2006-2010: Expert Committee Member

 

Freelancer

2000–2017: Theoretician, Critic, Curator, Designer, Educator

Šeme Blaž

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Education:

  • 2006: completed post-doctoral research at the New Europe College in Bucharest and ICCROM in Rome, The Problem of Decay of Exterior Wall Paintings on Monuments: Comparative Study of Medieval Painted Churches of Bukovina (Romania) and Slovenia
  • 2005: PhD in Fine Arts / Restoration at UL ALUO with the topic Metoda ugotavljanja ohranjenosti in ogroženosti stenskih poslikav na zunanjščinah v Sloveniji na izbranem segmentu (Method for determining the preservation and endangerment of wall paintings on exteriors in Slovenia in a selected segment)
  • 2003: Master’s degree in restoration at UL ALUO, with the topic Eruptivni pojavi v ometih stenskih slik (Eruptive phenomena in the plastering of wall paintings)
  • 1999: graduated in painting from UL ALUO

 

Professional and collaborations:

  • 2000-2007: assistant at UL ALUO
  • 2007–: higher education teacher, assistant professor at UL ALUO
  • 2007–: research within the Research Institute of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design
  • 2020–: research within the interdisciplinary interfaculty Institute of the University of Ljubljana for Sustainable Heritage Protection (IULzTDV)
  • 2010-2020: Vice-Chair of the International Scientific Painting Committee at ICOMOS (ISC MP)
  • 2018–: reviewer of the international strategic network CELSA (Centre European Leuven Strategic Alliance)
  • 2010–: member of the SEE Mosaics expert group (Mosaic Conservation and Training of Conservators in south-east Europe)
  • 2006, 2015, 2017 guest lecturer at the universities of Bucharest, Dubrovnik and Udine
  • 1999–2000: conservator-restorer at the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, OE Kranj

For more than 20 years, he has led several conservation and restoration projects dealing with wall paintings, mosaics, stone statues and stucco

 

Scientific bibliography (selection 2016-2020):

  • ŠEME, Blaž. Conservation of exterior wall paintings in Slovenia: deficiencies in traditional practice and solutions for more sustainable preservation. Studies in conservation, ISSN 2047-0584. [Web ed.], 2020, ill.
  • ŠEME, Blaž. Ohranjanje in konserviranje-restavriranje modernih in sodobnih stenskih poslikav in mozaikov. (Preservation and conservation-restoration of modern and contemporary wall paintings and mosaics.) V: NEMEČEK, Nataša, (editor). Konservator-restavrator: povzetki mednarodnega strokovnega srečanja 2019 = Summaries of the International Meeting of Conservators-Restorers 2019, (Conservator-restorer, ISSN 1854-5289). Ljubljana: Slovenian Society for Conservation-Restoration: Community of Museums of Slovenia. 2019, p. 54-63, ilustr.
  • ŠMUC, Andrej, DOLENEC, Matej, KIKELJ, Martina L., LUX, Judita, PFLAUM, Miran, ŠEME, Blaž, ŽUPANEK, Bernarda, GALE, Luka, DOLENEC, Sabina. Variety of black and white limestone tesserae used in ancient mosaics in Slovenia. Archaeometry, ISSN 0003-813X. [Printed ed.], 2017, vol. 59, iss. 2, p. 205-221.
  • ŠEME, Blaž, PRISTOV, Tjaša (author, photographer). Conservation of mural paintings in secular buildings in Slovenia. Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis, ISSN 1392-0316, Pasauiletini pastatu sienu tapyba: aktualios restauravimo teorijos, metodikos ir problemos = Mural painting in secular buildings: relevant theories, methods and problems of restoration / sudarytoja, edited by Dalia Klajumiene. – Vilnius: Vilniaus dailąes academy, 2016, 2016, 82, p. 23-41, ill.

 

References, conservation-restoration of works of art and other projects (selection 2016-2020):

  • Management of the conservation and restoration intervention: modern mosaic in the City Savings Bank of Ljubljana; Presented in: Mozaik v poslovalnici Mestne hranilnice ljubljanske na Čopovi 3 v Ljubljani: poročilo o konservatorsko-restavratorskem posegu (Mosaic in the branch office of the City Savings Bank of Ljubljana at Čopova 3 in Ljubljana: report on the conservation and restoration intervention, Ljubljana 2018), Ljubljana 2018.
  • Interdisciplinary project management Študentska forma viva: študentski inovativni projekti za družbeno korist (ŠIPK) (Student forma viva: student innovative projects for social benefit (ŠIPK), Ljubljana, 2018; Presented in: ŠEME, Blaž (editor.). Student form viva. Proceedings, Ljubljana 2018
  • Conducting conservation and restoration interventions: several fragments of Emona wall paintings, which are kept in the Museum and Galleries of the City of Ljubljana; Presented in individual reports on interventions for fragments with working codes MGML1 – MGML8, Ljubljana 2017.
  • Interdisciplinary project management Development, processing and testing of new materials for the production and conservation-restoration of mosaics: Po kreativni poti do znanja (Creative path to knowledge PKPZ); Presented in: VIDRAJZ Mateja, (editor). Development, processing and testing of new materials for the production and conservation-restoration of mosaics: Final report on the achieved goals.
  • Management of the conservation and restoration intervention: a modern wall painting in the corridor of the Secondary Hairdressing School in Ljubljana; Presented in: ZGONIK, Nadja. Restored social realist painting: a necessary marketing of equality. Diary, 10 June 2017; Wall painting “Youth is involved in production” by Maksim Sedej and Dane Pajnič; report on the conservation-restoration intervention, Ljubljana 2017

Vuga Martina

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Education:

  • 2020: Habilitation title of assistant professor of higher education
  • 2005: Master’s degree from UL ALUO
  • 2003: Undergraduate study of restoration at UL ALUO

Work experience and collaborations:

  • 2005–2021 conservator-restorer for sculpture, employed at the National Gallery in Ljubljana; 2015–2021 Head of the Department for Conservation and Restoration at the National Gallery in Ljubljana

Scholarships:

  • 2013 The Structural Conservation of Panel Paintings in Dresden, an international training seminar on the structural conservation of table images at the Dresden Institute
  • 2012 International Course on Wood Conservation Technology in Oslo, as part of ICOM

Participation with a contribution to conferences:

  • 2019 – Cleaning, Ethics, Techniques, Aesthetics, Matica Srpska Gallery in Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2017 – RECH 4 in Split, Croatia
  • 2015 – Gilt-en Art in Evora, Portugal

Exhibitions (management and / or co-design):

  • 2019 Secrets of a long life – the path of works of art from the restoration studio to the exhibition, exhibition of the restoration department of the National Gallery, Narodni dom Gallery, National Gallery
  • 2018 Praznujmo skupaj (Let’s celebrate together). 100 years of the National Gallery, photographic exhibition of art details at the Jakopič Promenade, Ljubljana
  • 2010 Pre – med– after (2010), exhibition of the restoration department of the National Gallery, Narodni dom Gallery, National Gallery
  • 2009 Gothic winged altar from Britof near Ukanj (2009), exhibition Gallery Narodni dom, National Gallery

Memberships:

  • 2015– Member of the executive board of the Association of Restorers of Slovenia
  • 2009–2021: Member of the expert council of the National Gallery
  • 2015–2020: leader of the executive organisation of the international professional meeting of conservators and restorers (co-organisers SMS, DRS, NG)

Awards and recognitions:

  • 2018 – recognition for important works of art in the field of restoration of the University of Ljubljana
  • 2010 – recognition of Mirko Šubic of the Association of Restorers of Slovenia for work on the project »Alojz Gangl, sculptor on the way to modernity«

Restored works of art – References (selection):

  • 2021: Project »Frančišek Smerdu (1908-1964), Donation to the National Gallery«, National Gallery, head of conservation and restoration works, conservation-restoration of works of art (2012-2021)
  • 2006-2020: Conservation-restoration project of works of art for occasional exhibitions and the permanent collection of the National Gallery
  • 2009, 2010: Project »Alojz Gangl, sculptor on the way to modernity, Bela krajina Museum Metlika (2009), National Gallery (2010), conservation-restoration of works of art, author of the conservation-restoration part of the exhibition
  • 2007-2008: Castle and manor houses of Snežnik Castle. Project supported by European Regional Development Funds: Art collection of Snežnik Castle (National Museum of Slovenia), management and implementation of conservation and restoration works on the collection of historical decorative frames of art material on paper from the authentic equipment of the castle, for ALUO
  • 2006: “Ivan Napotnik, 1888-1960 from public and private collections”, National Gallery; Velenje Gallery (2006); “Ivan Napotnik, Slovenian Sculptor” (2008) Exhibition Centre of the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna; head of conservation and restoration works: conservation-restoration of works of art

Selected bibliography:

  •  Vuga Martin, Simon Škorja, The Universe of Cleaning- from theory to practice. V: Cleaning: Ethics, Technique, and Aesthetics: International Conservation Conference, 28-29. October 2019 = Cleaning: Ethics, Techniques and Aesthetics: international conservator conference, October 28-29, 2019.
  • Vuga, Martina. Filling and colour reintegration in a single step, conference paper. V: Postprints RECH 4 Croatia [Electronic resource] (2017).
  • Martina Vuga, Miladi Makuc Semion, Typical conservation problems of polychrome wooden sculptures in Slovenia, V: Conservar Patrimonio ISSN: 2182-9942.- Iss.22 (Dec 2015).
  • VUGA, Martina, MAKUC SEMION, Miladi. Technological aspects of sculptural creation and conservation-restoration of the work of Alojz Gangl. V: Conservator-restorer, abstracts of the professional meeting, Community Museums of Slovenia, 2010.
  • Vuga, Martina. Conservation and restoration of the works of Alojz Gangl. V: BREŠČAK, Mateja, editor (s), GANGL, Alojz. Alojz Gangl – sculptor on his way to modernity: [Bela krajina Museum, Metlika, 8 June 2009 – 3 January 2010, National Gallery, Ljubljana, 2 February 2010 – 16 May 2010]. Ljubljana: National Gallery; Metlika: Bela krajina Museum, 2010

Smole Jurij

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Education:

  • 1995: graduated in Sculpture from UL ALUO, works in stone, bronze and other metals
    1997: Master’s degree in Sculpture 1997 (with prof. France Rotar)

 

Work experience and collaborations:

  • 2009–: lecturer at the Department of Restoration UL ALUO
  • 2009–: tutor of the cross-border project for the preservation of Slovenian land through sculptural work in Jeremitišče and Štandrež
  • 2004–: expert associate: Institute of Metallic Materials and Technologies
  • 2015–: lecturer at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana
  • 2013– further program manager of the Domžale Gallery (program manager, organisation and setting up of exhibitions, art awareness, Galerija na potepu (Gallery on the go) excursions

Education (specialisation):

  • 1995 – 1998: Advanced training at the Brustolin foundry, Verona
    Expert in stone sculpture and precision casting of bronze and precious metals – castings made using the lost wax method

Projects:

  • 2002 – 2020: portraits of famous Slovenes: dr. R. S. Pejovnik, dr. France Bučar, Zofka Kveder, Jaki, dr. Jakob Turk, dr. Anton Debeljak, Drago Košmrlj, dr. Karel Verstovšek, dr. Spektorski, dr. Ivan Žolger, Jakob Aljaž, Claude Galien
  • 2019: Initiator of the project Reforma viva in Kostanjevica na Krki
  • 2020: founder of the Patina Centre (UL ALUO and Livartis)

Membership / Jury:

  • 2015 – 2019: member of the jury for the selection of commemorative coins at the Bank of Slovenia and medallist

Exhibitions (selection):

  • 2021 Monument in Suhorje
  • 2001–2019: author of awards for the International Festival of Creativity Golden Drum
  • 2001–2019: author of awards for the International Mountain Film Festival, Lirikon Festival, Effie Awards
  • 2018 Monument in Krka, Novo mesto
  • 2018 Monument in Solkan
  • 2018 Gallery Domžale
  • 2017 Monument in Jeremitišče
  • 2017 Galerie M, Schloss Portia, Villach
  • 2017 Monument in Štandrež
  • 2016 Dr. Karel Verstovšek, Velenje
  • 2014 Monument in Loški Potok
  • 2008 Velenje Gallery
  • 2007 Domžale Gallery
  • 2005 Grosuplje City of Statues, Grosuplje
  • 2005 Conciliation Chapel, Bizovik near Ljubljana
  • 2001 Kos Gallery, Ljubljana
  • 2001 Tržič Forma Viva, Tržič
  • 2000 Latobia, Ljubljana, Flyers
  • 2000 Corpus del akti, Ljubljana
  • 1999 City Hall, Ljubljana
  • 1999 Ilirija Gallery, Ljubljana
  • 1998 Kos Gallery, Ljubljana
  • 1997 Latobia, Ljubljana
  • 1997 City Hall, Ljubljana
  • 1994 / LRD Domžale

Mentoring and co-mentoring:

  • Mentor for the Faculty Prešeren Award: Zoran Flander
  • Co-mentor for the Faculty Prešeren Award: Angel Oblak, Matevž Barborič

Diploma theses:

  • 1999 Tehnologija keramike (Technology of Ceramics) / Vlasta Čobal; mentors: Jurij Smole, Matjaž Počivavšek
  • 2002 Mozaik (Mosaic) / Taja Lojk; mentor: Jurij Smole, co-author: Matjaž Počivavšek
  • 2008 Wood as a modern sculptural material / Marjeta Medved; mentor: Jurij Smole
  • 2010 Form and material: Expressiveness in relief: Development and realisation of ideas in different embossed forms and the influence of the use of different materials on the character of the form / Mirjam Semolič Sore; mentor: Jurij Smole
  • 2010 Various approaches to stone / Marko Zelenko; mentor: Jurij Smole
  • 2012 Sculpture techniques of aluminium casting, production of a figural statue from aluminium and video / Žiga Vojska; mentor: Jurij Smole, co-author: Bučar Dušan
  • 2012 Effect of stone treatment on its surfaces / Doroteja Erhatič; mentor: Jurij Smole, co-author: Blaž Šeme
  • 2012 Sculpture and technological aspects of the found object / Nina Hrelja; mentor: Jurij Smole
  • 2013 Technological approach to ceramic, coloured sculpture / Martina Marenčič; mentor Jurij Smole, co-mentor Matjaž Počivavšek
  • 2013 Reconstruction of the presbytery of the parish church of St. James in Ribno near Bled / Saša Stržinar; co-author: Jurij Smole, mentor: Blaž Šeme
  • 2015 Hollowing as a basic principle of sculptural construction / David Herzog Leitinger; mentor Jurij Smole
  • 2015 Restoration of the doors of the Cathedral of St. Nikolaj / Zoran Flander; mentor Jurij Smole, co-mentor Tamara Trček Pečak
  • 2016 The possibilities of sculpture using foamed concrete / Miha Knez; mentor: Jurij Smole
    2016 The process of making coloured statues from laminated polystyrene / Ivana Postić; mentor: Jurij Smole
  • 2016 Technology of making sculptures using recycled materials / Matej Vočanec; mentor: Jurij Smole
  • 2016 Technology as the foundation of expression in art in the case of masks / Maša Pelc; mentor: Jurij Smole
    2016 Replacement of missing handles on a porcelain vase from the National Museum of Slovenia / Barbara Škander; co-mentor: Jurij Smole
  • 2016 Selected methods of cleaning stone surfaces / Julija Zupan; mentor: Jurij Smole, co-author: Blaž Šeme
  • 2016 From tender to implementation / Miha Makovec; mentor Jurij Smole
  • 2016 Ethical approach to conservation-restoration of the Tomos Colibri 03 / Angel Oblak moped; mentor: Tamara Trček pečak, co-mentor: Jurij Smole
  • 2016 Cleaning of a bronze sculpture / Maja Cingerle; mentor: Jurij Smole
    Master’s theses:
  • 2008 Applied materials and techniques in contemporary sculpture / Živa Kutnjak; mentor Jurij Smole, co-mentor Alen Ožbolt
  • 2007 Modern practices in sculpture / Josip Barić; mentor Jurij Smole

Co-mentor:

  • 2016 Image and holder / Simon Jugovic Fink; co-mentor: Jurij Smole, mentor: Sergej Kapus

Černelč Robert

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Education:

  • 1995–99 Painting Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana.
  • 2000–02 Master’s degree from the Academy of Fine Arts.
  • 2001–2004 Master’s degree in film directing from the Academy of Theater, Radio, Film and Television.

 

Professional experience, areas of work and memberships of expert committees:

  • 2015-: teaches at the UL ALUO – Video, Animation and New Media and the UL AGRFT – Film and Television Directing.
  • 2004 member of the jury, UL AGRFT “Grossman Award” for the best screenplay.
  • 2004-2008 member of the expert jury, Film Fund of the Republic of Slovenia.
  • 2020 member of the expert commission of the Prešeren Fund.
  • 2021 member of the jury at the 24th Slovenian Film Festival, Portorož.
  • Member of the Slovenian Directors’ Association.
  • Areas of work: painting, film directing, video, set design and screenwriting.
  • 2019-: Head of Video, Animation and New Media.
  • 2021-: President of the Board of Directors of UL ALUO

 

References (selection 2017-2022):

  • Ljubljana, Equrna Gallery, Enter the Void, solo exhibition, 2022.
  • Feature film Ptičar (Birder), directing, script and scenography: Robert Černelč, 2021
  • Ljubljana, Bažato Gallery, Prostori na poti (Spaces on the Way), group exhibition, 2022.
  • Ljubljana, Cukrarna, Vračanje pogleda (Returning the Gaze), with Polona Tratnik, Hair in vitro, film, directed by: Robert Černelč, 2022.
  • San Sebastian Film Festival, feature film Inventura, directed by: Darko Sinko, pre-production set design by: Robert Černelč, 2021.
  • Kostanjevica na Krki, Božidar Jakac Gallery, Osamljenosti (Loneliness), 2020
  • Murska Sobota, Murska Sobota Gallery, Percepcija filma (Perception of the film), 2018
  • Brussels, Berlaymont Palace, (org. by the Ministry of Culture), paintings, 2017
  • Ljubljana, City Gallery, Telesnost (Corporeality), Video installation Nosferatu, 2017

 

Awards:

  • Prešeren Prize of the Academy of Fine Arts for painting, Ljubljana, 1999.
  • Sponsor’s Award, 10th ALU Student Colony, Velenje, 1999.
  • Award for a film form shorter than three minutes; videofilm “Abadon” (3 min) – V. Festival of Independent Film and Video of Slovenia, 2000.
  • Award for first place in the category of short fiction, videofilm “Dežanje” (17 min) – V. Festival of Independent Film and Video of Slovenia, 2000.
  • 3rd Prize of the May Salon, Ljubljana, 2000.
  • II. prize, XXXVII. International Ex Tempore Piran, Piran, 2002.
  • Prize for Young Perspective Painters, Izlake Painting Colony, Izlake, 2002.
  • Vesna for debutant of the year, short film “Worms”, Festival of Slovenian Film, Ljubljana, 2004.
  • Best Film Award – 3rd place, film Worms, Zlinsky pes, Zlin Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2005.
  • Vega Award for promising students abroad, Ministry of Education and Science, Ljubljana, 2005.
  • Special Mention of the International Jury, film “Worms”, European Festival of Film Schools Bologna, Italy, 2005.

 

Kuhar Rok

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1966 se rodi v Ljubljani.
1995 diplomira na Fakulteti za Arhitekturo v Ljubljani.
1996 zaključi podiplomski študij industrijskega designa na Domus Academy v Milanu, mentor Alberto Meda.
1997 začne samostojno pot na področju industrijskega oblikovanja.
Od 2005 skupaj s partnerko vodi biro Raketa.
Od 2017 zaposlen na Akademiji za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje v Ljubljani.

Frlic Metod

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Education:

  • 1988: graduated in sculpture under prof. Luj Vodopivec at UL ALUO special school at UL ALUO (Luj Vodopivec)
  • 1996: Master’s degree from the same professor at UL ALUO

 

Awards (selection):

2017

  • First prize in the Dr. France Bučar portrait competition, Ljubljana

2009

  • First prize in the Stane Kavčič portrait competition, Ljubljana

2008

  • “EXCELLENCE AWARD”, 2008 Olympic Landscape Sculpture Design Contest, Beijing, China
  • Mayor’s Award 2008, Ljubljana

2007

  • ZDSLU Award for 2007, Ljubljana;
  • May Salon Award, Ljubljana

2002

  • First prize for the installation of a statue in TR3, Trzin

2000

  • Artist in Residence Sapporo (scholarship), Sapporo, Japan

1997

  • Grand Prix at the 3rd Biennial of Kranj, Kranj

1995

  • Atelierhaus Worpswede, DAAD (scholarship), Germany

1993

  • May Salon Award, Ljubljana

Public layouts (selection):

2020

  • Portrait of doctor Marija Bračko, Škofja Loka
  • Portrait of Janez Stanovnik, Ljubljana

2019

  • Portrait of conductor Anton Nanut, Kanal ob Soči

2018

  • Portrait of biologist and nature conservationist Fran Jesenko, Škofja Loka

2017

  • Portrait of Dr. FRANCE BUČAR, Ljubljana
  • Portrait of Dr. IVAN TAVČAR, Tomb at Visoko in the Poljanska Valley
  • The sad part of the rosary, spatial layout, New Chapel, Poljane above Škofja Loka
  • Vatican, Portrait of Pope Francis, Vatican Museum

2016

  • SOKOL statue at Sokolski dom, Gorenja vas
  • Portrait of dentist Dr. JOŽE RANT, Škofja Loka

2015

  • Portrait of businessman VINKO STANONIK, Poljane above Škofja Loka
  • Portrait of Bishop ANDREJ KARLIN, Stara Loka

2013

  • Fountain “THOUGHTS OF THE HEART”, Vrsar (primary school atrium)

2011

  • Statue “KISS”, Gornja Radgona (city park)

2010

  • WELL OF LOVE IN THE TIME OF “MURENČKI” (crickets), Gorenja vas

2008

  • Fountain “SPRING”, Trzin

2006

  • MEMORIAL TO DUKE KOCELJ, Zalavar, Hungary
  • Portrait of soldier ANTON HAFNER, Škofja Loka

2005

  • UNTITLED 2033, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Portrait of ANTON AŽBE, Škofja Loka
  • TWO 2021, Forma viva Portorož, Portorož (Park sonce Lucija)
  • HIS DEPTH 2077, Kranjska Gora

2004

  • SOFTNESS OF THE SOLID, Caorle, Italy

2003

  • DREAMS IMMERSE IN A PIECE OF THE MORNING, Changchun, China

2002

  • VISION OF CLASS VI, Lendava
  • WAITING, Plemenitaš, Croatia

2001

  • PARTIAL VIEW, Tržič

1999

  • SOLAR ECLIPSE, Szentgotthard, Hungary
  • BIRTH OF VERSE, Ios, Greece

1994

  • Portrait of composer ANTON JOBST, Žiri

1990

  • CROSS, Kočevski Rog

1989

  • COITUS fountain, Trzin

Jeza Primož

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Diplomant Fakultete za arhitekturo v Ljubljani.

 

Delovne izkušnje:

2000–: predavatelj na Fakulteti za arhitekturo Univerze v Ljubljani.

2014­–: predavatelj na UL ALUO, smer Industrijsko oblikovanje.

1994: ustanovil je PRIMOZJEZASTUDIO, v okviru katerega je realiziral več kot 50 projektov s področja arhitekture in interiera.

V času študija se je ukvarjal z interierjem, grafičnem oblikovanjem (izdelal je več knjižnih oprem in promocijska gradiva založb DZS-ja ter Mladinske knjige) in filmsko scenografijo (realiziral je preko 40 scenografij reklamnih in kratkih filmov za domače in tuje produkcijske hiše).

 

Sodelovanja in projekti:

2008: knjiga Interier Primož Jeza 9+1, knjigo spremlja istoimenska samostojna razstava; predstavitev knjige v Ljubljani, Mariboru, razstavi v Moskvi in Beogradu.

Je selektor Meseca oblikovanja Ljubljana za Perspektivne oblikovalce.

Član številnih žirij kot npr. leta 2017 za Unesco.

Delo v komisijah (2016-20)

– predsednik natečajne komisije DUTB-ja za izvedbo študentskega natečaja “Natečaj za predlog opreme trosobnega stanovanja v soseski Celovški dvori”. Ljubljana 2016

– selektor Meseca oblikovanja Ljubljana za Perspektivne oblikovalce leta 2016. Ljubljana, 2016

– selektor Meseca oblikovanja Ljubljana za Perspektivne oblikovalce leta 2017. Ljubljana, 2017

– član natečajne žirije Unessca za likovno podobo rudnikov živega srebra CC Almadén in Idrija. Ljubljana 2017.

– selektor Meseca oblikovanja Ljubljana za Perspektivne oblikovalce leta 2018. Ljubljana, 2018.

– selektor Meseca oblikovanja Ljubljana za Perspektivne oblikovalce 2019. Ljubljana, 2019.

– selektor Meseca oblikovanja Ljubljana za Perspektivne oblikovalce 2020. Ljubljana, 2020.

– član žirije javnega razpisa za  »Spodbujanje kreativnih kulturnih industrij – Center za kreativnost 2020- 2021«, ki ga izvaja Ministrstvo za kulturo RS. Ljubljana, 2020

 

Nagrade, nominacije in priznanja (2016-20)

V zadnjem obdobju je bilo njegovo najbolj izpostavljeno delo stol Nico less, ki je večkrat nagrajeno:

– Red Dot Award 2016 winner (za stol Nico less)

– Oblikovanje leta, Mesec oblikovanja Ljubljana 2016 (za stol Nico less)

– Green Product Award 2018 (za stol Nico less)

– Circular Design of the year 2019 Moveco award (za stol Nico less)

– Iconic Awards 2019 Inovative interier (za stol Nico less)

– zmaga v Benetkah na mednarodnem natečaju Artre Laguna Prize 2020 v sekciji design art (Artre Laguna Prize 2020 winner) za delo Miza Frankenstein’s Bride.

Nominacije

Design Europa awards 2018 finalist, EU-LAC Foundation 2018 (za stol Nico less)

Archiproducts 2016 , Maison & Objet Paris, Pariz 2016 (za stol Nico less)

ArchiExpo i-NOVO awards at Orgatec 2016, Koeln 2016 (za stol Nico less)

Archiproducts 2017, Salone del mobile Milano, Milano 2017 (za stol Nico less)

Priznanje

2020: skupaj z doc. Barbaro Predan in Studiom Miklavc prejme Priznanje za oblikovalski dosežek leta 2020 od Društva oblikovalcev Slovenije za pregledno razstavo Ali ima prihodnost ponovitev? Interier 1990-2015.

 

 

Industrijsko oblikovanje:

JEZA, Primož. Načrtovanje idejnega in izvedbenega projekta modularne večfunkcijske zofe Venice. Ljubljana, 2017. Za: Prostoria d.o.o.

JEZA, Primož. Načrtovanje in izvedba stola iz filca ter lesa W22. Ljubljana, 2018. Za: Donar d.o.o.

JEZA, Primož. Načrtovanje in izvedba žametnega dvoseda Lars On Ljubljana, 2019. Za: Idiom d.o.o.

JEZA, Primož. Načrtovanje in izvedba nahrbtnika s stolom Backpack-a iz filca in kompozita ali lesene vezane plošče. Ljubljana, 2019. Za: Donar d.o.o.

JEZA, Primož. Načrtovanje in izvedba pisarniškega filc stola Nico ofice + – . Ljubljana, 2020. Za: Donar d.o.o.

JEZA, Primož. Načrtovanje in izvedba kovinskega barskega stola Nicolino. Ljubljana, 2020. Za: Donar d.o.o.

JEZA, Primož. Načrtovanje in izvedba stola Onemilionandhalfchiar (stol iz razrezanih bankovcev v vrednosti 1,5 miljona eur). Ljubljana, 2020. Za: Banka Slovenije

 

Razstave:

Razstavlja na samostojnih in skupinskih razstavah doma in v tujini:

– JEZA, Primož. Razstava slovenskega oblikovanja v Milanu, Odprto -100% odprto v galeriji Ventura futura v organizaciji MAO, z zofo Venice in stolom Nico less.  Milano, 2019

– JEZA, Primož. Skupinski nastop slovenskega oblikovanja na Maison & Object v  organizaciji MAO, z zofo Venice in stolom Nico less. Pariz, 2019.

– JEZA, Primož. “We ‘re open!” razstava slovenskega oblikovanja v galeriji Kunsthall Oslo, v organizaciji MAO, z zofo Venice in stolom Nico less.  Oslo, 2019.

– JEZA, Primož. The Circle (Krog), skupinski nastop slovenskega oblikovanja na 3 days of design Danska, v organizaciji MAO, z zofo Venice, stoloma Nico less in W22. Kopenhagen, 2020.

– JEZA, Primož. Tunel 29, Oblikovanje za postapokaliptični svet, skupinska razstava slovenskega oblikovanja v galeriji MAO, s predstavitvijo nahrbtnikom Backpack. Ljubljana, 2020.

– JEZA, Primož. Pregledna razstava slovenskega interierja Ali ima prihodnost ponovitev? Interier 1990-2015, v galeriji Kresija, s predstavitvijo kluba Propaganda, Administrativnega prostora PR- Slovenija in multimedijskega centra Kibla. Ljubljana, 2020.

 

Arhitektura:

– JEZA, Primož. Idejni projekt LMH (lesene modularne hiše) za prototip pri Laškem. Ljubljana, 2016. Za: Paron lesna industrija d.o.o.

– JEZA, Primož. Idejni in izvedbeni projekt mobilne hiše Felt house (Hiša iz filca). Ljubljana, 2017. Za: Adria dom d.o.o.

– JEZA, Primož. Idejni projekt za pridobitev projekta za gradbeno dovoljene hiše na Vrhovčevi ulici v Ljubljani. Ljubljana, 2017. Za: S-INVESTPROJEKT, inženiring d.o.o.

– JEZA, Primož. Projekt in izvedba razstavnega prostora na dogodku Salone del mobile Milano. Ljubljana, 2017. Za: Donar d.o.o.

– JEZA, Primož. Idejni projekt preureditve, prenove in nadzidave poslovne zgradbe Triglav na Dunajski cesti 22. Ljubljana, 2018. Za: Triglav upravljanje d.o.o.

– JEZA, Primož. Projekt atrijske hiše na Mirju z. Ljubljana, 2020. Za: Zasebni investitor

 

Konference, izobraževanja, predavanja:

S področja arhitekture in oblikovanja redno predava doma in v tujini.

2013: na povabilo University Colorado Denver v Aspnu predstavi Slovensko alpsko arhitekturo (skupaj s predsednico DAL-a Majo Ivanič).

2016: Konferenca Prenova za kreativni turizem, organizator Zavod Big, Mesec oblikovanja 2016, Mesto oblikovanja, Ljubljana.

2018: Znanstvena konferenca »Vloga znanosti pri inovacijah v lesarstvu«, organizator InnoRenew CoE z Oddelkom za lesarstvo v okviru prireditve Čar lesa 2018, Štihova dvorana CD, Ljubljana.

 

Mentorstvo pri interdisciplinarnih projektih:

Arheološki park Situla, študijsko leto 2015/16 (so sodelovali UL ALUO-IO, UL FA, UL BF in Mestna občina Novo Mesto). Tip projekta: Študentska interdisciplinarna delavnica prostorske, urbane, krajinske in vizualne ureditve arheološkega parka v Novem mestu.

Projekt Bovec, študijsko leto 2015/16 (sodelovali UL ALUO-IO, UL FA, UL EF in LTO Bovec). Tip projekta: Študentska interdisciplinarna raziskovalna naloga.

Naslov projekta: Mobilna bivalna enota za celoletno bivanje, študijsko leto: 2016/17 (sodelovali UL ALUO-IO, UL FA, Adria dom d.o.o. in ID interier design d.o.o.). Tip projekta: Študentska raziskava in eksperimentalno načrtovanje novih mobilnih enot za celoletno bivanje

PKP. Naslov projekta: Zelena dnevna soba, študijsko leto: 2017/18 (sodelovali Podjetje Tisa d.o.o., Zavod Bob, UL ALUO-IO in UL FA). Tip projekta: Trajnostno oblikovanje.

Naslov projekta: Mobilni delovni prostor, študijsko leto 2018/19 (sodelovali Podjetje Donar d.o.o., Ministudio d.o.o., UL ALUO-IO in UL FA), tip projekta: Produktno oblikovanje sodobnega pisarniškega pohištva.

Koštrun Peter

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2007: diplomiral na Akademiji za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje v Ljubljani

Redno razstavlja v domačem in mednarodnem prostoru vse od leta 2003, sodeloval je tudi na skupinski razstavi Photonic Moments III – salon sodobne fotografije vzhodne in jugovzhodne Evrope (2007), ki na letni bazi predstavlja vzhajajoče umetnike tega geografskega področja.