Nabernik Bratuš Marija

Education:

  • 2007: graduated from UL ALUO, majoring in design
  • 2012: received her Master’s degree from UL ALUO

 

Scholarships:

  • 2006:  advanced training in illustration and graphics during a study exchange at the Prague Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design (UMPRUM)

 

Professional experience and collaborations:

  • 2020–: Head of the Department of Illustration Development
  • 2015: habilitation in the field of visual communication design and management of the study field Illustration at UL ALUO
  • 2013: collaboration with UL ALUO
  • 2013: habilitation in the field of media production
  • 2011: obtained the title of lecturer for colleges
  • 2009–2015: self-employed in culture as a visual message designer and illustrator
  • 2008–2015: collaborated as a lecturer with the Institute and Academy of Multimedia (IAM) in Ljubljana

Her areas of work are scientific illustration, illustration and graphic design. She presents her works at national and international selections, creates for clients and participates in public competitions. Her work focuses on illustrative projects as well as theoretical field research and teaching.

 

Acknowledgements and awards:

  • 2016 Honorary Mention in the International Selection of Scientific Illustrators, Illustraciencia 4, Barcelona, Spain
  • 2014 Recognition for important works of art in the field of visual communications, Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana
  • 2011 Primavera Award (Invited Youth 2011), Association of Fine Artists Maribor
  • 2007: Award of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design
  • 2005: Acknowledgement of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design
  • 2005 (Group) European Educational Publishers Award for Best European Textbook Set

 

Exhibitions:

  • MINI CASTRA 2020. International small format watercolour festival, AJDOVŠČINA, SLOVENIA, 28.08. – 3. 10. 2020
  • 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Slovenian Biennial of Illustration, CANKARJEC DOME-GALLERY, LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA, 2008 – 2019
  • 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th, Illustraciencia, BARCELONA, SPAIN, 2015 – 2018
  • 46th, 47th, and 49th Golden Feather of Belgrade – 11th, 12th, 14th International Biennial of Illustration, BELGRADE, SERBIA, 2011 – 2017
  • Inspirational rationality. A brief overview of the development of scientific illustration in Slovenia, VODNIKOVA DOMAČIJA GALLERY, LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA, 4 October 2018 • 24 November 2018
  • MARIJA NABERNIK. Image of Reality, BOTANICAL GARDEN, LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA, 15 June 2018 • 2018
  • CASTRA 2015. International Biennial of Watercolours, LIČNA HIŠA, AJDOVŠČINA, SLOVENIA, 29 August 2015 • 30 September 2015
  • TRENUTEK /Augenblick / Moment. Selected works by Carinthian artists, CARINTHIAN GALLERY OF FINE ARTS, SLOVENJ GRADEC, SLOVENIA, 21 December 2012 • 15 February 2013
  • TRENUTEK /Augenblick / Moment. Selected works by Carinthian artists, GALLERY RAVNE, RAVNE NA KOROŠKEM, SLOVENIA, 19 December 2012 • 15 February 2013
  • PRIMAVERA AWARD WINNERS 2011, MEDIA NOX GALLERY, MARIBOR, SLOVENIA, 04 July 2012 • 31 July 2012
  • VISIONARIES, MODERN GALLERY, LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA, 18 March 2004 • 18 April 2004

 

Bibliography:

The importance of scientific illustration: an analysis of the development of scientific illustration through historical, political, sociological and technological context in Slovenia. Petra Černe Oven, Marija Nabernik. Conference paper: 13. International Conference on Design Principles & Practices, St. Petersburg University, 1-3 March 2019.  COBISS.SI-ID 3883118

Theoretical and historical aspects of botanical illustration, Marija Nabernik & Petra Černe Oven (pp. 60 – 81). Kreuzer, Vinzenz; Kreuzer, Conrad. Collection of ampelographic depictions of Vinzenz and Conrad Kreuzer / [texts by Jože Mlinarič … [et al.] ; edited by Primož Premzl; Croatian translation Poliglotka d.o.o. ; translation into German and English by Ksenija Vidic; copy Vojko Stiplovšek, Marjan Smerke] 2., supplemented ed. Publishing and production Maribor: Art Cabinet Primož Premzl, 2019 (Maribor: Florjančič). ISBN – 978-961-6055-51-2, COBISS.SI-ID97074433

Likovna in vsebinska obravnava endemičnih in ogroženih rastlinskih vrst v Sloveniji = Illustrations and descriptions of endemic and endangered plant species in Slovenia / [editors Marija Nabernik … [et al.] ; plant descriptions by Janoš Portir and Annasibila Požrl; translated by Urška Lisjak; illustrations by Marina Gabor … et al.]. Publishing and production Ljubljana: Botanical Garden of the University of Ljubljana, Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, 2019 ([Škofja Loka]: Nonparel). ISBN – 978-961-6822-56-5, COBISS.SI-ID 298790912.

Stanič Tomo

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)