Kokalj Gregor

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I was born on 21 February 1967 in Ljubljana. I attended primary school in Šentvid near Ljubljana and continued my education at the Secondary School of Design and Photography in Ljubljana. In 1987 I enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts, majoring in painting, where I received the Prešeren Student Award in 1989, and in 1991 I graduated from prof. Janez Bernik. In 1992 I enrolled in a specialist study of painting under the mentorship of prof. Lojze Logar and graduated in 1994 with a degree. In the same year, I enrolled in the specialist study of restoration with prof. France Kokalj and graduated in 1996 with a degree. In 1994, I was elected an assistant intern in the Department of Restoration, and in 1997 I was awarded the title of full-time assistant in drawing and painting in the Department of Restoration.
As part of my obligations at the Department of Restoration and Conservation, I participated in pedagogical and professional work in drawing and painting, as well as in development of conservation and restoration. I participated in restoration and conservation projects which were carried out within the Department of Restoration and projects on the Creative Path and Student Innovative Projects. I actively participated in the editing of the Archive of Works of Art owned by the Academy of Fine Arts and the design of both the painting and graphic collections. I participated in arranging and organising departmental as well as academic exhibitions at various locations in Slovenia and abroad. I actively participated in the evaluations of departmental study programs and their updating and upgrading. As part of pedagogical processes, I participated in the subjects of the Department of Restoration, Drawing and Techniques I, II and Painting and Techniques I, II. As an assistant, I also participated in the restoration subjects Copistics I.
I participated in the management and organisation of drawing courses at the Academy of Fine Arts, first in the Department of Painting under the leadership of Prof. Novinec, and later also independently in the restoration department.
During my studies (both undergraduate and postgraduate), I actively developed my work in painting and restoration.
I developed figural art which I can define as a personally coloured version of figural art. I developed my painting in the context of modernist authors, with whom dealing with our own image and the human characters around us developed in the spirit of dealing with the role of man in society, the creative space of the artist and existential philosophy. The continuity of the most famous figuralists who expressively transformed human characters, Picasso and Beckmann, was continued by the painters Baselitz, Immendorf, Luepertz in a distinctly subjectivist way which was reflected in special, original and almost unreadable iconography and expressionist moves. This subjectivist new expressionism remained alive with painters of distinctly authorial positions in the 1990s and seems to be the only way to preserve the tradition of European subjectivism. I use these starting points to attempt to build my personal expression, particularly with expressive branding of small deformations of mutual relationships, traumatology of home space and the self-irony of one’s own position.

The figures placed on some sort of a stage express the time in which they live, their urban environment from which they come, and they all emerge with symbols of their daily lives and attitudes to more or less important details.
During my undergraduate studies, I participated in several group exhibitions within the Academy of Fine Arts, where I presented my paintings and graphic works.
In my postgraduate studies, I also exhibited at selection exhibitions, such as the International Biennial of Graphic Arts, the Biennial of Slovenian Graphics and the International Selection Bureau at the Hauser Art Center in America. After completing my postgraduate studies, I presented my work in several group and solo exhibitions, including Forma Eterna and Positions of the Body, which were presented to the international public in Bologna, Spittal, Celje, Bonn and Finland.

As part of my activities in the restoration department of the Academy of Fine Arts, I also participated in several restoration projects. Already in my postgraduate studies, I have participated in the conservation and restoration of the Komenda pulpit, and later I led the conservation and restoration of the frescoes in the church of Sv. Lambert in Rut, interior stucco in the Slovenian Philharmonic, Royal frescoes on Prem, research into plaster in the old prelature in the Kostanjevica monastery, and small projects in conservation and restoration of frescoes, plaster and wood.

 

Exhibitions

  • 1991: Students of the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, City Gallery Ljubljana
  • 1992:
    • How far does the picture go? Rihard Jakopič Art Exhibition, Ljubljana
    • Students of the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, City Gallery Ljubljana 
  • 1993:
    • Young Slovenian Graphics, MGLC, Ljubljana
    • 20th International Graphic Biennial, Modern Gallery, Ljubljana
    • Ivan Napotnik Gallery, Velenje 
  • 1994:
    • 3. Biennial of Slovenian Graphics, Dolenjska Gallery Novo Mesto
    • Modern Gallery, Zagreb
    • Ivan Napotnik Gallery, Velenje
    • Student exhibition of graphics 1978-1994, Modern Gallery, Ljubljana
    • 25th Bradley National Print & Drawing exhibition, Hauser Art Center, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois/USA 
  • 1995:
    • 21. International Biennial of Graphic Arts, Modern Gallery, Ljubljana
    • The 18th International Independent Exhibition of Prints in Kangawa, Japan
    • Forma Eterna, Modern Gallery, Bologna
    • Forma Eterna, Schlos Portia, Spittal
    • Forma Eterna, Museum of Modern Art, Celje 
  • 1997: Mihelič Gallery, Ptuj
  • 1998:
    • Mihelič Gallery, Ptuj
    • City of Dobrovo, Galerija
  • 1999:
    • Grohar Gallery, Škofja Loka
    • At the last minute, Brussels
  • 2000
    • XXIII. INT ART, Udine 2000
    • 6. Exhibition of the art colony in Vienna
    • Body position, Künstlerforum, Bonn 
    • Body position, Voipaalassa, Finland
    • KOKALJ, Gregor (artist). The Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies: Exhibition on the occasion of the admission of new members to the Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies 
  • 2001: La Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
  • 2002: Wild at Heart, Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana
  • 2003: Pristina (M.Mulliqi Gallery)
  • 2014:
    • Our time: year 1987-1991: Art Factory-Majšperk
    • Words from pictures, Domžale Gallery 
  • 2020: Mlinček, Domžale Gallery

 

Restoration projects

  • 1996: Conservation and restoration of Jelovšek’s pulpit in Komenda
  • 1999:
    • Conservation and restoration of Gothic frescoes in St. Margaret church in Radomlje
    • Conservation and restoration of the Throne of Mary on the Holy Mountains in Bizeljsko
  • 2000:
    • Conservation and restoration of the Royal frescoes in the church of St. Helena in Prem
    • Probing and conservation of frescoes in the parish church of St. Lambert in Rut, Baška grapa
  • 2001: Renovation of stucco in the main and entrance hall of the Ljubljana Philharmonic
  • 2002: Conservation and restoration of the side altar in the church of St. Helena, Dolsko
  • 2004:
    • Conservation and restoration of the side altar in the church of St. Helena, Dolsko
    • Conservation and restoration of altars in the church of St. Nicholas, Bizovik
    • Conservation and restoration of the main altar (architectural work) in the Holy Mountains, Bizeljsko 
  • 2005: Conservation and restoration of frescoes by Tone Kralj in the church of St. Helena in Prem

 

Kolonije

  • 1993-1994: Colony Izlake, Izlake
  • 1991-1993: Colony Velenje, Ivan Napotnik Gallery, Velenje
  • 1994: Candles Colony, Rose Valley, Austria
  • 1997-1998: Colony Štatenberg
  • 2000: 6th Vienna Art Colony

 

Nagrade

  • 1991: Prešeren Student Award
  • 1993: Ivan Napotnik Award

 

Projekti PKP in ŠIPK

  • Development, processing and testing of new materials for the production and conservation-restoration of mosaics, Participating UL members: UL ALUO, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UL FGG) Pedagogical mentors: doc. dr. Blaž Šeme (UL ALUO), doc. mag. Gregor Kokalj (UL ALUO), prof. mag. Milan Eric (UL ALUO), prof. dr. Violeta Bokan-Bosiljkov (UL FGG), Duration: 1 March to 31 July 2017
  •  Marij Pregelj under the microscope – Research of the painter’s technology, planning of interventions and participation in the conservation-restoration of selected works of art, Participating UL members: UL ALUO, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology (UL FKKT), Pedagogical mentors: Assoc. prof. mag. Tamara Trček Pečak (UL ALUO), doc. mag. Gregor Kokalj (UL ALUO), prof. Eduard Čehovin (UL ALUO), Assoc. prof. dr. Irena Kralj Cigić (UL FKKT), Duration: 1 March to 31 July 2017
  • Innovative approaches to storing graphic sheets and other printed material on paper, Participating UL members: UL ALUO, Faculty of Arts (UL FF), Pedagogical mentors: Assoc. prof. dr. Nadja Zgonik (UL ALUO), doc. Gregor Kokalj (UL ALUO), Assoc. prof. Jure Miklavc (UL ALUO), doc. Rebecca Vidrih (UL FF), Duration: 1 March to 31/07/2018
  •  How to change the attitude towards waste through innovative re-use of materials, Pedagogical mentor: doc. Gregor Kokalj (UL ALUO), Duration: 16 June to 15 September 2018
  • Online artwork and copyright, Participating UL members: UL ALUO, Faculty of Law (UL PF), Pedagogical mentor: Assoc. prof. dr. Nadja Zgonik, doc. mag. Gregor Kokalj (UL ALUO), Duration: 1 February to 30 June 2020

Kariž Žiga

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Education:

  • graduated in painting from ALU UL in 1973
  • completed a painting specialisation at ALU UL in 2001
  • exhibited his work Terror = Decor: Art Now in 2003 in the Slovenian Pavilion at the 50th Venice Biennale
  • began an artistic collaboration in 2007 with artists Janez Janša and Janez Janša
  • employed at ALUO UL since 2010 as an instructor at the Department of Painting
  • co-founded an “artist-run” gallery in 2015 with a group of artists in the Šiška area of Ljubljana GalleryGallery, which is part of the art project Made in China
  • in 2021, the same group of artists in the Ljubljana area of Bežigrad established an “artist-run” gallery GalleryGallery – 2, where Kariž also lives and works

 

Solo exhibitions (selection):

2021

  • “Kariž Watches the Light”, Botegin Gallery, Koper, Slovenia

2018

  • Paradise”, GalerijaGallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • “One, One, One“, Together with Janez Janša and Janez Janša, Spazio Gamma, Milan, Italy2017
  • “Janez Janša®”, Together with Janez Janša and Janez Janša, + MSUM, Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • “350 Janez Janša Bottles”, Together with Janez Janša and Janez Janša, Poznań Festival, Piraeus Culture Incubator, Poznań, Poland
  • “Freud! Marx and I are Coming!”, Photon Gallery, Vienna, Austria

2016

  • “All About You”, Together with Janez Janša and Janez Janša, Cultural Centre Tobačna 001, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • “Freud, Marx und Ich”, Galerie cubus-m, Berlin, Germany

2015

  • “Freud, Marx and I.”, Cultural Centre Tobačna 001, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • “Trust”, together with Janez Janša and Janez Janša, Aksioma Project Space, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2013

  • “Work”, Together with Janez Janša and Janez Janša, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia

2011

  • Paradise Lost”, together with Vasja Cencič, Modern Gallery, Auditorium, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • “New Works”, together with Viktor Bernik, Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2010

  • “Visual bureaucrats. Triple image separation / difficult image separation / multiple image exclusion. The most beautiful picture, the prettier picture, the pretty picture (no title).” Together with Bojan Gorenc and Alen Ožbolt, Maribor Art Gallery, Slovenia

 

Group exhibitions (selection):

2019

  • “Time Without Innocence. Recent Painting in Slovenia”, MG +, Modern Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2018

  • “Places of Sustainability. Pavilions, Manifestos and Crypts”, + MSUM, Metelkova Museum of Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • “PORNO – POP”, The Concept Space, London, UK
  • “Verknipt”, WARP, Contemporary Art Platform, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

2017

  • “Make Truth Great Again”, Galerie Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
  • “Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Necessarily Meant to Be Viewed as Art (after Bochner)”, CAC Beech / Landskrona, Landskrona, Sweden
  • “Go Canny! Poétique du sabotage”, Villa Arson, Nice, France

2016

  • “Made in China: Prospective”, GalerijaGallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • “THREE ROOMS (AND A CORRIDOR)”, Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • “Good Luck, Archaeologists!”, Maribor Art Gallery, Maribor, Slovenia
  • “Made in China, Cocktail Party”, Art Market Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
  • “Coup de Ville, WARP ”, Contemporary Art Platform, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
  • “Crises and New Beginnings: Art in Slovenia 2005-2015”, + MSUM, Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2015

  • “Splice”, Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • “The Magic of Art”, Künstlerhaus, Wien, Austria
  • “Accumulation of Matter”, Lehrter Siebzehn, Berlin, Germany

Djukić Emina

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Izobrazba

  • 2006: študijska izmenjava Univerza za umetnost in oblikovanje, Cluj Napoca, Romunija
  • 2008: diplomira na Akademiji za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje, UL, študijski program: oblikovanje, smer: vizualne komunikacije
  • 2013: magistrira na Akademiji za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje v Bratislavi (VŠVU), študijski program: fotografija. Študij zaključi z odliko (summa cum laude) in nominacijo za rektorjevo nagrado
  • 2014: Priznanje pomembnih umetniških del na področju fotografije (UL)

 

Delovne izkušnje in sodelovanja

  • 2002 – 2004: honorarno zaposlena kot snemalka in oblikovalka na lokalni Televiziji Medvode
  • 2004 – 2007: honorarno zaposlena kot oblikovalka in fotografinja na agenciji Pristop
  • 2005 – 2011: aktivno deluje v Mladinskem kulturnem društvu Medvode, vodi fotografsko sekcijo, organizira in vodi fotografske delavnice in razstave ter sodeluje pri programskih vsebinah društva. V letu 2009 aktivno sodeluje pri spremembi društva v Javni zavod Mladinski center Medvode. 2010/2011 zaposlena kot programska vodja zavoda.
  • 2007 in 2008: kot strokovna gostja sodeluje pri projektu UŽU MDM, Cene Štupar (Usposabljanje za življenjsko uspešnost) ter izvaja delavnice v Zavodu za prestajanje kazni zapora DOB, Slovenska vas ter Zavodu za prestajanje kazni zapora Povšetova, Ljubljana
  • 2008: pridobi status samozaposlene v kulturi s plačanimi prispevki, poklicni naziv: oblikovalka in fotografinja
  • 2011 – 2012: Vodenje video delavnic za romske otroke v romskih naseljih na Dolenjskem (Hudeje, Smrekec, Rosalnice, Kerinov grm) in v Prekmurju (Vanča Vas – Borejci) / v sklopu projekta Dvig socialnega in kulturnega kapitala v okoljih, kjer živijo predstavniki romske skupnosti, v sodelovanju z INV Inštitutom za narodnostna vprašanja)
  • 2007 – 2013: mentorica na poletni fotografski delavnici Celje Fokus (2013: umetniška vodja poletne fotografske delavnice Celje Fokus)
  • od 2013: Strokovna zunanja sodelavka na Akademiji za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje v Ljubljani, OVK, smer fotografija
  • od 2016: članica uredniškega odbora Revije Fotografija, Membrana
  • od 2017: zaposlena na Akademiji za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje v Ljubljani, OVK, smer fotografija

 

Umetniška dejavnost

 

Javna izvedba, objava ali predstavitev lastnega umetniškega dela

  • 2001: Transgeneracija / festival Transgeneracija / Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana (SI)
  • 2004: Srečko Kosovel / Moderna galerija Ljubljana (SI)
  • 2005: Slovenski pregovori / Slovenski etnografski muzej, Ljubljana (SI)
  • 2005: Brumen, bienale vidnih sporočil 2. / Narodna galerija, Ljubljana (SI)
  • 2006  Emocije / Mladinski kulturni center Medvode (SI)
  • 2006: BoxRo / Sinangoga gallery, Center Madžarskih študentov / Cluj Napoca, (RO)
  • 2006: Unnoticed / University of Art and Design, Cluj Napoca (RO)
  • 2006: Egosistem / festival Memefest, Ljubljana (SI)
  • 2006: Okupator / Celje (SI)
  • 2006: Simboli / Artcamp Tarsa / Rikard Benčič, Reka (HR)
  • 2007: Brumen, bienale vidnih sporočil 3. / Narodna galerija, Ljubljana (SI)
  • 2008: Studio je oder! / Mladinski kulturni center Medvode (SI)
  • 2008: The surface of Susak / EKOS, Susak (HR)
  • 2008: Vajkard / Grad Snežnik (SI)
  • 2009: Izgubljena v oblakih / Kulturni center Medvode (SI)
  • 2009: Izgubljena v oblakih II. / Erbergovi paviljoni graščine Dol, Dol pri Ljubljani (SI)
  • 2009: Brumen, bienale vidnih sporočil 4. / Narodna galerija, Ljubljana (SI)
  • 2009: Vajkard / Grad Snežnik (SI)
  • 2010: Lahkost bivanja / Dober fokus, dobrodelna dražba / Stari grad Celje (SI)
  • 2010: Mentorji / Celje fokus / Mladinski kulturni center Medvode (SI)
  • 2010: Iskanje obzorja / Erbergovi paviljoni graščine Dol, Dol pri Ljubljani (SI)
  • 2010: Izgubljena v oblakih / MIKK, Murska sobota (SI)
  • 2011: Iskanje obzorja / Muzej Primoža Trubarja, Rašica (SI)
  • 2011: Jumbomanija / prostorska intervencija ob predstavitvi istoimenske knjige / festival Lieber.ac / Foersterjev vrt, Ljubljana (SI)
  • 2011: Fokus v prerezu / Galerija Plevnik – Kronkowska, Celje (SI)
  • 2011: Atelier 339 / Kursalone, Pieštany (SK)
  • 2011: Sledi Barv, Sledi časa / Medvode (SI)
  • 2012: Secret passage / Clutch gallery, Bratislava (SK)
  • 2012: Novesta / Batovi zavodi, Partizanske (SK)
  • 2012: Coexistence / festival Emzin 2011, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana (SI)
  • 2012: Fokus v prerezu II. / Galerija Plevnik – Kronkowska, Celje (SI)
  • 2012: Coexistence / Fstop.zc 2012 / Kafe Kokpit, Praga (CZ)
  • 2012: Fragile history / Academy of Fine Arts, Katowice (PL)
  • 2012: Magic moments / festival OFF, Bratislava (SK)
  • 2012: Fresh news delivery / SEDF, Srednje evropski dom fotografije, Bratislava (SK)
  • 2013: Magic moments / Emzin 2012, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana (SI)
  • 2013: Fokus v prerezu III. / Galerija Plevnik – Kronkowska, Celje (SI)
  • 2013: Bratislavske megle / samostojna fotografska razstava (soavtor Aljaž Velički) / Slovensko veleposlaništvo na Slovaškem, Bratislava (SK)
  • 2013: Iskanje obzorja / samostojna fotografska razstava (s soavtorjem pesmi Jakom  Krambergerjem), Mala galerija, Cankrajev dom, Ljubljana (SI)
  • 2014: Breme svobode / samostojna fotografska razstava, Galerija Photon, Ljubljana (SI)
  • 2015: Margine: Slovenska sodobna fotografija / skupinska fotografska razstava, Muzej savremene umjetnosti RS, Banja Luka (BIH)
  • 2016: Najlepši kraj na svetu : sodobna slovenska fotografija / skupinska fotografska razstava, Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb (HR)
  • 2016: Color: Nove stare kompozicije / samostojna razstava, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana (SI)
  • 2017: Družinska skupnost, Praznovanje / soavtor Jaka Kramberger / performance v okviru razstave Peter Rauch: Paviljon v seriji Prepih, MSUM, Ljubljana (SI)
  • 2018: Družinska skupnost 2. / samostojna razstava / soavtor Jaka Kramberger / Umetniški projekt Hiša na hribu, Žlebe (SI)
  • 2021: Festival Folio / Predstavitev avtorske prakse / Centro de la imagen / Mehika (MEX)

 

Filmografija

  • 2005: Homo cadacus / animirani film / avtor (mentor prof. Zdravko Papič)
  • 2006: Egosistem / animirani film / scenarij, režija in animacija
  • 2006: Okupator / animirani film / asistent, trik kamera
  • 2006: Mozaik / kratki dokumentarni film / FDV / soavtor, scenarij, kamera
  • 2007: Point of view / animirani film / soavtor, scenarij, animacija, trik kamera
  • 2008: Genesis /animirani film / montaža
  • 2009: Dlake na jeziku / serija dokumentarnih oddaj / vest.si / soavtor
  • 2009: G. Pozdavest / kratki igrani film (režija Urška Djukić) / direktor fotografije, kamera
  • 2010: Prvi dan v službi / kratki igrani film (režija Urška Djukić) / direktor fotografije, kamera, asistent režije
  • 2010: Endless loop / animirani film / soavtor, animacija
  • 2010: Afnam se z besedami / kratki dokumentarni film / soavtor, scenarij, režija, kamera
  • 2011: Šport in šola z roko v roki / kratki dokumentarni film / ŠC PET, Ljubljana / soavtor, scenarij, režija, kamera
  • 2013: Slovenija znižuje CO2, Dobre prakse / serija animiranih filmov za istoimenski evropski projekt, UKOM in Umanotera, predvajane na RTV in objavljene na speltni strani projekta
  • 2013: Korak bliže / kratki dokumentarni film / INV, Ljubljana / soavtor, scenarij, režija, kamera, montaža
  • 2013: Video portreti Zoisovih in Puchovih nagrajencev za podelitev nagrad in priznanj Republike Slovenije v znanosti 2013 / soavtor, scenarij, režija, kamera, montaža / (režija prireditve: Maruša Kink, režija TV prenosa: Slavko Hren)

 

Bibliografija

 

Monografije

  • 2011: avtorska knjiga Jumbomanija
  • Emina Djukić in Anton Kramberger, Jumbomanija : sociološka in oblikovalska kritika veleplakatov, znanstvena monografija, 2011, Ljubljana : Fakulteta za družbene vede, ISBN 978-961-235-435-0
  • 2013: avtorska knjiga Iskanje obzorja
  • misli Jaka Kramberger ; podobe Emina Djukić, 2013, Ljubljana : Zavod Oink, ISBN 978-     961-281-123-5
  • 2014: avtorska knjiga Burden of freedom : a story about life, chaos and other casual things
  • Ljubljana, 2014, samozaložba, ISBN 978-961-276-939-0
  • 2016: avtorska knjiga Color : A Slice in Time of a Certain Ground
  • Ljubljana 2016, Rostfreipublishing, ISBN – 978-961-94082-0-9

 

Članki

  • 2008: Objava prispevka o oglasnih panojih (v sklopu članka Sogovorniki z idejami in argumenti) / Ljubljana, glasilo Mestne občine Ljubljana, december
  • 2015: Skupina Shilo : v slogi je moč ali fotografija kot politična participacija / Fotografija: revija slovenskih fotografov. ISSN 1408-3566. – Št. 64/65 (2015), str. 28-31
  • 2017: Kaj je (dobra) fotoknjiga? ali Fotoknjige z domačih knjižnih polic / Fotografija : revija slovenskih fotografov. ISSN 1408-3566. – [Št.] 75/76 (2017), str. 6-11
  • 2018: Studijski portret kot konstrukt : intervju z Ano Peraico / Fotografija : revija slovenskih fotografov. ISSN 1408-3566. – [Št.] 82/83 (2018), str. 14-17, 91, 93
  • 2019: Homo Photographicus: intervju z Juanom Foncuberto / soavtorica Jasna Jernejšek / Fotografija : revija slovenskih fotografov.
  • 2020: Dvoumne reči : intervju z Jasonom Fulfordom / soavtor Peter Rauch / Fotografija : revija slovenskih fotografov.

 

Objave o delih v strokovni literaturi

  • 2006: Objava plakatov Azbest mori država molči
  • Božidar Flajšman, Vizualna ekologija : ekološki nagovori vidnih sporočil / [predgovor Stane Bernik], znanstvena monografija, 2006, Ljubljana : Akademija za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje : Liberalna akademija, 2006  ISBN 961-91062-4-5
  • 2010: Objava nagrajenega dela Egosistem
  • Oliver Vodeb, Nikola Janović, Demonstrating relevance: response-ability : teorija, praksa in imaginacija družbeno odzivnega komuniciranja = theory, practice and imagination of socially responsive communication / uredila in kurirala, edited and curated by Oliver Vodeb, Nikola Janović, znanstvena monografija, 2010, Ljubljana: Fakulteta za družbene vede, Založba FDV : Memefest, ISBN 978-961-235-411-4T

 

Nagrade in priznanja

  • 2004: Študijsko priznanje za posebne dosežke, Akademija za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje, Ljubljana (SI)
  • 2004: Priznanje odličnosti Bienale vizualnih komunikacij Brumen (SI)
  • 2004: Slovenska finalistka za nagrado D&AD, mednarodni študentski oblikovalski natečaj             (VB)
  • 2005: Študijsko priznanje za posebne dosežke, Akademija za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje, Ljubljana (SI)
  • 2006  Prva nagrada v kategoriji gibljiva vidna sporočila (animirani film Egosistem), Memefest, international festival of Socially Responsive Communication and Art (SI)
  • 2007: Priznanje odličnosti Bienale vizualnih komunikacij Brumen (SI)
  • 2009: Priznanje odličnosti Bienale vizualnih komunikacij Brumen (SI)
  • 2009: Nominacija za nagrado FSF, kategorija študentski filmi (za film G. Podzavest) (SI)
  • 2011: Dvoletna štipendija za podiplomski študij v tujini / Ministrstvo za kulturo (SI)
  • 2011: Nominacija za nagrado FSF, kategorija študentski filmi (za film Prvi dan v službi)
  • 2011: Nominacija za Essl Award 2011 (za študentska filma G. Podzavest in Prvi dan v službi)
  • 2012: Ožji izbor festival Emzin – Fotografija leta 2011 (SI)
  • 2012: Prva nagrada direktorja Novesta, za projekt Novesta, Partizanske (SK)
  • 2012: Študijska pohvala in motivacijska štipendija za posebne dosežke, Academy of fine arts and design, Bratislava (SK)
  • 2013: Ožji izbor festival Emzin – Fotografija leta 2012 (SI)

Stanič Tomo

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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)

Čerče Ksenija

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Ksenija Čerče (1969) graduated (1999) and received her master’s degree (2002) in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. Prior to that, between 1988 and 1996, she completed her studies at FNT TT Clothing and Textile Design. In 2003, she received the Fulbright Scholarship for advanced study in the United States where she received a master’s degree in video and sound art (from Liz Phillips) at Purchase College State University of New York. She was an active member of Circulation 2 between 2007 and 2011. She creates in painting as well as in sound and video art, where her work focuses on researching elementary topics: the phenomenology of materiality, experiencing the relationship between visual and auditory perception and especially the multifaceted interdependence of the media in which they arise.

She has recently worked as a project leader for the Goethe Institute (2018) and as a visiting researcher at Humboldt University in Berlin (2019). She is employed at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design of the University of Ljubljana as an associate professor in the field of painting.

She is the recipient of several awards, including the Rihard Jakopič Award for the exhibition The voice of the image in the Equrna Gallery (2018), the Fulbright Scholarship (2003), the working scholarship of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia (2006 and 2002) and the Golden Bird Award with Circulation 2 (2010).

 

Education

2006   MFA, Purchase College, State University of New York, New York USA

2002   Master of Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana

2000   Diploma – graduate engineer of clothing and textile design, UL FNT TT          Design of clothing and textiles

1999   Diploma – Academic Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana

 

Academic titles 

2006   Associate Professor, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University

of Ljubljana

2011   Assistant Professor, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana

Recognition of important works of art, Academy of Fine Arts and

Design, University of Ljubljana

 

Awards and scholarships (selection)

2019   Visiting researcher at Humboldt University in Berlin

2018   Jakopič Award

Project leader with the Goethe Institute

2010   Golden Bird (with Circulation 2)

2006   Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia

2003   Fulbright Scholarship

1999–2002   Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia

1997   Award for scenography and costume design, Festival of European Theatre

Academies, Brno

 

REFERENCES

Solo exhibitions (selection)

2021   Kdo se boji roza barve? (Who is afraid of pink?), UGM studio, Maribor Art Gallery

2019   Vneto (inflammable), Multimedia Centre KIBLA- Kibela, Maribor

2018   Glas slike (The voice of the image), Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana

           NE (NO), SCCA Project Room, Ljubljana

2015   Barva prepovedanega (The colour of the forbidden), Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana

2011   Dialog (dialogue) Čerče / Vucetić. rec # 21, sound video ambience, Art Gallery

Maribor, Court Tower, Maribor

2010   EHO (ECHO), 8 channel sound ambience, Maribor Art Gallery, Hladilnica,

Maribor

2009   Ephemera, interactive 16-channel ambient ambience, Kunsthaus Graz –

MKL, Graz

Nič ni slika (Nothing is a picture), Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana

Dialog (Dialogue) Vučetić / Čerče, Liquid, 8 channel audio video ambience, Cultural Centre

Belgrade, Belgrade

Še ni brez naslova (Not without a title yet), City Gallery Nova Gorica

2008   Sonic, audio video ambience, Kibla Multimedia Centre, Maribor Synagogue

2007   Eter (Ether), audio video ambience, Ljubljana Festival, Ljubljana Castle – Kazemate

2006   Slišane slike (Heard Pictures), Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana

 

Group exhibitions (selection)

2022   Vračenje pogleda (Returning the look), Cukrarna, Ljubljana

2020   Nezaslišan svet, ki ga imam v glavi, Metamodernizem in metaromantika v

           slovenskem slikarstvu (The Outrageous World I Have In My Head, Metamodernism And Metaromanticism in Slovenian painting), Monfort, Portorož

2019   Nezaslišan svet, ki ga imam v glavi, Metamodernizem in metaromantika v

           slovenskem slikarstvu (The Outrageous World I Have In My Head, Metamodernism And Metaromanticism in Slovenian painting)

Slovenia

           Čas brez nedolžnosti (Time without innocence), Modern Gallery, Ljubljana

2017   Arbitrarnost v besedi in v vsakdanu (Arbitrariness in word and in everyday life), Paul’s House, Bad Radkersburg, Austria

           MIG 21 migration interdisciplinary movement 21, Museum of Contemporary Art

Vojvodina, Novi Sad

2016   MIG 21 migration interdisciplinary movement 21, Kibla Portal, Maribor

2014    Sodobno slovensko slikarstvo- Prve generacije po letu nič; od Joni Zakonjšek

            do Suzane Brborovič (Contemporary Slovenian painting – First generation after the year zero); from Joni Zakonjšek to Suzana Brborovič), Cankarjev dom Gallery, Ljubljana

            Sodobno slovensko slikarstvo- Prve generacije po letu nič; od Joni Zakonjšek

            do Suzane Brborovič (Contemporary Slovenian painting – First generation after the year zero); from Joni Zakonjšek to Suzana Brborovič), Coastal galleries, Piran

60! Panorama, Maribor Art Gallery, Maribor

2013    Gallery Weekend, Iberart Gallery, Berlin

Skoraj pomlad (Almost Spring), Maribor Art Gallery + Slavija N ° 11, Maribor

2011     Preview – The Emerging Art Fair, Tempelhof, Berlin

Sodobna umetnost iz Slovenije (Contemporary art from Slovenia), European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main

2010     Hočemo biti svobodni, kot so bili očetje (We want to be free as were the fathers, MGLC, Ljubljana

Renaissance Nostra, Private View, Jarmuschek + Partner, Berlin

2009    Arzenal depo (Arsenal depot) / 2K9. Sodobna raziskovalna umetnost 80 let po Delaku (Contemporary research art 80 years after Delak), Film studio

Viba film, Ljubljana

Prototype 11, Netart Community Convention, Kunsthaus Graz – MKL

28th Graphic Biennial. Matrica: nestabilna realnost (Matrix: unstable reality), Ganes Pratt Gallery, Ljubljana

Licôf – sodobna umetnost na severnem Jadranu (Licôf – contemporary art in the northern Adriatic), Palinsesti 2009, San Vito al

Tagliamento

Poletje, predlogi za stalno zbirko (Summer, proposals for a permanent collection), Maribor Art Gallery

2008    Sodobna slovenska umetnost (Contemporary Slovenian art), works of art from the Faktor banka collection, Museum of Art

Harkov

Poetika (Poetics), Carinthian Gallery of Fine Arts, Slovenj Gradec

2007    LabSUs, City Gallery, Labin

2005    From the Perception Lab: Sound Show, Pelham Art Center, New York

Slovenska umetnost 1995-2005; teritoriji identitete mreže (Slovenian Art 1995–2005; territory, of identity, of network), Modern Gallery,

Ljubljana

Prva linija (First line) – avant-garde and alternative prints in Slovenia from conceptualism to date

accompanying exhibition of the 26th Biennial of Graphic Arts, MGLC, Ljubljana

 

Publications (selection)

Ksenija Čerče, THE ERECTION OF LANGUAGE, About the Voice and the Inflamed Touch, Artwords 002, Winter 2019, pp. 6-12

Ksenija Čerče, EREKCIJA JEZIKA, o glasu in vnetem dotiku (THE ERECTION OF LANGUAGE, About the Voice and the Inflamed Touch, Likovne besede, no. 112 zima 2019, pp. 70-75

Ksenija Čerče: LIKOVNA AFIRMACIJA PROSOJNOSTI, Smernice slikanja v akvarelni obliki (ART AFFIRMATION OF TRANSPARENCY, Guidelines for painting in watercolour technique), University textbook issued by: Research Institute of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana, publishing house: Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana 2016, ISBN 978-961-93514-8-2

Ksenija Čerče: Čas v sliki in kodiranje transformacij (Image time and transformation coding), Likovne besede, no. 94 winter 2011, pp. 32-39

Ksenija Čerče, Hortus Conclusus, Likovne besede, no. 61/62 winter 2002, pp. 93-97

Ksenija Čerče, Hortus Conclusus, in: House Chaos, The Woman and the Destroyed Home Discourse Re-Build, 359°- Network for Local and Subaltern Hermeneutics, Skopje, 2003, pp. 96-108

 

Media releases / archives (selection)

– Amir Muratovich, Zapeljevanje pogleda (Seduction of the view): Gustav Gnamuš/ Ksenija Čerče,

https://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/zapeljevanje-pogleda/174590741, RTV SLO, 31 July 2019

– Osmi dan, Ksenija Čerče in Equrna :https://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/radio-ga-ga-video/174335921, RTV SLO, 14 May 2015

– Aleksandra Saška Gruden: Naši umetniki pred mikrofonom (Our artists in front of a microphone),  https://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/nasi-umetniki-pred-mikrofonom/174818045, RTV SLO – ARS , 30 October 2021

– Čas brez nedolžnosti (Time without innocence), conversation with Nika Zupančič), http://mrezni-muzej.mg-lj.si/si/mreznimuzej/3/22/?artworkid=1186 , Modern Gallery, 26 March 2019

– Saša Šavel, Platforma (Platform): Dotik je nevaren (Touch is dangerous): Umetnice nekoč in danes (Artists then and today)

https://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/platforma/174672510, RTV SLO; 13 July 2020

– Andreja Kočar: Platforma (Platform): Dialog s sliko- sodobne slovenske slikarke (Dialogue with painting – contemporary Slovenian painters), https://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/platforma/174434757, RTV SLO, 31 October 2016

– Aleksandra Saška Gruden: VIEWS AND CONSIDERATIONS: Pomen subkultur v družbi in kulturi (The importance of subcultures in society and culture) https://ars.rtvslo.si/2021/01/razgledi-in-razmisleki-287/, RTV SLO, 4 February 2021

 

International projects for ALUO (selection)

2019-21 NO PROMISES, Mail Art project with Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle (Burg Halle)

2019 CONTREFAIT: PLAYFUL ACCESS TO PORTRAITURE, workshop in collaboration with High school for graphics and book art Leipzig

2018 UNFOLDING MEMORY, art book workshop, partners: Goethe Institute, MGLC International Centre of Graphics Ljubljana, ALUO, NUK – National and University Library

2018 PROFESSORS’ VISIT FROM ALUO TO GERMAN ART EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS WITH GOETHE INSTITUT, (UDK Berlin, HGB Leipzig, Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle (Burg Halle), KH Berlin Weissensee)

2018 TEXTURE- BETWEEN MIMESIS AND ABSTRACTION, workshop

2017 DAAD PROMOTION, promotion of scholarships for ALUO students and professors

2013 PREVIEW ART FAIR BERLIN, promotion of ALUO students at the Berlin Art Fair