Berlot Pompe Uršula

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Education:

2010: Doctorate, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana

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

2000: DNSAP – diploma École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris

1998: Diploma – academic painter, Academy of Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana

1992 – 1994: study of philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

 

Work experiences:

2009 – present: teaches at the Department of Theoretical Sciences UL ALUO

2006 – 2010: Lecturer at the College of Design, Ljubljana

2003 – 2006: Lecturer at the Callegari Institute, Italian School of Design, Ljubljana

 

Memberships and collaborations:

2012–: member of the editorial board of the Journal for the Critique of Science, Imagination, and the New Anthropology

2016–: member of the editorial board of the journal Art Words

2010–: member of the Society for Aesthetics in Ljubljana

1999–: member of the Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies (ZDSLU)

 

Awards and recognitions:

2021: Recognition of Rihard Jakopič, ZDSLU, Ljubljana

2020: International Award ‘Featured Artist’, ADA – Archive of Digital Arts, Austria

2006: Award – Schering Stiftung, residency at Kunstlerhaus Bethanien 2007, Berlin

2005: Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award, New York

2004: Henkel Art Award, KulturKontakt Austria, Vienna

 

 

Exhibitions:

In her artwork, Uršula Berlot Pompe deals with the intersections of art, science and philosophy. She explores relationships between the real and the virtual, between direct and technologically mediated perceptual experiences of reality, often using technologically advanced optical research tools (radiology, microscopy). In experimental and research-oriented artistic practice, she intertwines various media and genres, and explores the forms of mental spaces in video works, light-kinetic installations or drawings, the question of simulated nature and the relationship between mind, body and technological media.

International exhibitions include exhibitions at museums such as Today Art Museum in Beijing, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, BA-CA Kunstforum Tresor in Vienna, Living Art Museum in Reykjavik, Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin. She has also exhibited in national exhibitions such as Moderna galerija, UGM Maribor, Centre of Contemporary Arts Celje, Loža Gallery, Nova Gorica City Gallery, Koroška Gallery of Fine Arts, Equrna Gallery, Škuc Gallery).

 

Selection of international exhibitions:

2021 ‘Triennial of Central European Culture and Art: The Universal ‘, Olomouc Museum of Art, Olomouc, Czech Republic (next)

2019 ‘Endemic vs. Global’, C3 Science Complexity Centre, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico

2018 ‘Extra/Ordinary’ Plug-in New Media Art – Contemporary Istanbul, IKM Istanbul Congress Centre, Istanbul

2016 ‘Flat and Distant – China and Slovenia Contemporary Art’, Today Art Museum, Beijing

2013 ‘Museo Illuminato’, Museo Revoltella, Trieste, Italy

2012 ‘Scatole sonore/Sound Boxes, Palinsesti 2012’, Palazzo Altan, San Vito al Tagliamento,

Italy

2009 ‘Biennale Quadrilaterale 3: Media Art – Angles and Intersections’, Museum of Modern and

Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia

2009 ‘SCI-ART’, Enrico Astuni Gallery, Bologna, Italy

2008 ‘Glow: Forum of Light in Art and Architecture ‘, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

2008 ‘Transmediale 08: Conspire ‘, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany

2007 ‘Pulse / Intersections’, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (solo)

2006 ‘Art’Fab: L’art/ la femme/ L’Europe’, La Citadelle, Saint-Tropez, France

2006 ‘Our House is the House That Moves’, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

2001 ‘Sakaide Art Grand Prix 2001’, Sakaide Civic Art Museum, Sakaide, Japan

 

Selection of national exhibitions:

2020 ‘Bodyfraction’, City Gallery Nova Gorica (solo)

2019 ‘New Window. Duplicate Extension’ by Urs Bold, Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana (duo)

2019 ‘SELFIE / sh / me – self-portraits’, Piran City Gallery

2017 ‘Polymorphic Imprint’, UGM studio, Maribor (solo)

2017 ‘Epilogue – Space, Body and Media in Transition’, Dvorec Novo Celje near Žalec

2016 ‘The Earth is Flat – Contemporary Slovenian and Chinese Art’, Art Gallery

Maribor (UGM), Maribor

2015 ‘Pixxelpoint 2015: Subject – 16th International Festival of Media Arts’, City Gallery Nova Gorica

2014 ‘La magia dell’arte; I protagonisti dell’arte Slovena contemporanea 1968 – 2013’, Villa

Manin, Passariano di Codroipo

2012 ‘Almost Spring – 100 Years of Slovenian Art’, UGM, Maribor

2012 ‘Vanitas’, Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia (solo)

2012 ‘Bodyscope’, Kibla – multimedia centre, Maribor (solo)

2011 ‘Contemporary Art from Slovenia’, European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main

2010 ‘Drawing in Slovenia II. 1940 – 2009 ‘, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb

2008 ‘Transience’, Božidar Jakac Gallery, Kostanjevica na Krki (solo)

2008 ‘Poetics’, Carinthian Gallery Slovenj Gradec

2005 ‘Slovenian Art 1995-2005: Territories, Identities, Networks’, Modern Gallery,

Ljubljana

2005 ‘Towards Zero Gravity’, Modern Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia. http: //zerogravity.mg-

lj.si/eng/svetloba/berlot.htm

2002 ‘Reflection’, Small Gallery – Modern Gallery, Ljubljana (solo)

 

References:

She is the author of a monograph on Duchamp and also articles on the field of art theory which thematically address issues of perception and representation of space in fine arts, technology and neuroaesthetics, and concepts of traditional aesthetics such as representation, simulation and mimesis.

Selection:

  • Berlot Pompe, Uršula. Complexity and Technological Biomorphism in Contemporary Abstract Painting. Proceedings for Tomaž Brejec: Special edition of the Proceedings of Art History, Ljubljana: Slovenian Art History Society, 2020
  • Berlot Pompe, Uršula. Pictorial Abstractions: Visualising Space in the Eras of Modernism and Information, AR / Architecture Research I / 2018 “Correspondences”. Ljubljana: Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana, 2018
  • Berlot Pompe, Uršula. Space and the Spectator: Embodied Perception in the Art of Installation. Journal of Critique of Science, Imagination and New Anthropology XLVI / 274: 27-54. Ljubljana: Institute Journal of the Critique of Science, 2018
  • Berlot Pompe, Uršula. Intuition in Contemporary Art. Art Words, 106. Ljubljana: ZDSLU, 2017
  • Berlot Pompe, Uršula. Neuroart, Neuroaesthetics and the Question of Consciousness. ČKZ, XLIV / 265. Ljubljana: Institute Journal of the Critique of Science, 2016
  • Berlot Pompe, Uršula. Minimal Difference and Modern Mimesis. Art Words, 103. Ljubljana: ZDSLU, 2016
  • Berlot Pompe, Uršula. Space and Light in 20th Century Art Installations. Gaps (Praznine) 08/2015. Ljubljana: Praznine Art Education Association, 2015
  • Berlot Pompe, Uršula. Duchamp in Mimesis. Ljubljana: Research Institute of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, 2011
  • Berlot, Ursula. Duchamp and the Notion of Optical Tactility. Art, Emotion and Value. 5th Mediterranean Congress of Aesthetics. University of Murcia, 2011
  • Berlot, Ursula. Biomimesis and Contemporary Art. Journal of Critique of Science, Imagination and Anthropology, vol. XXXIX, 2011, no. 244. Ljubljana: Študentska založba, 2011

 

 

Mentoring:

Doctoral thesis mentoring

GOLOB, Urška. The Influence of Digital Media on the Creative Process in Fine Arts: doctoral dissertation. Ljubljana, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana, 2018

 

Mentoring of theoretical work in master’s theses

LEKŠE, Lene. Strategies and Expectations, ALUO, 2021

ERJAVEC, Nika. Sensory Perceptions at the Intersection of Art and Science, ALUO, 2021

ŠVET, Teodora. Layers of Reality, ALUO, 2021

MILOVANOVIC, Danilo. Artivism – Engaged Urban Art in the Public Space, ALUO, 2020

ZORZUT, Neja. Amorphous Object Fusion; Alohton, ALUO, 2020

PREZELJ, Tim. The Microscope as a Bridge Between Science and Art, ALUO, 2020

HOZJAN, Veronika. Neurological Foundations of Perception and Artistic Creation; Look at Me!, ALUO, 2020

KOSI, Janja. Everyday Life of Heterotopic Space, ALUO, 2020

KOCMUR, Tatjana. Body Installation – Between Performance and Object, ALUO, 2020

PREK, Urša. Movement in the Diversity of Time and Space, ALUO, 2020

VUČKO, Teja. The Outpouring of Presence into the Eternal and (Internalised) Spaces of the Landscape; Beyond, ALUO, 2019

DRVARIČ, Živa. Expansion of the Circle; (Un) happiness, ALUO, 2018

GRUDNIK, Jasmina. Time Capture; Model of my Life, ALUO, 2018

PORI, Zala. Art as an Intuitive Practice; Transparency and Abstract Field, ALUO, 2018

RESNIK, Mira. The Influences of the Formal and Conceptual Expansions of the Painting Space in the 1960s on Contemporary Art; My Works in Space and Time, ALUO, 2018

KLEVA IVANČIĆ, Rok. Illustration Portfolio – from Concept to Edition, ALUO, 2016

 

Co-mentorship in master’s theses

PREZELJ, Tim. The Microscope as a Bridge Between Science and Art, Biotechnical Faculty, 2020

BELTRAN, Jana. Spaces of Colour and Light, ALUO, 2016

 

Mentoring in diploma theses

AREH, Marko. Indoor and Outdoor LED Lights, Faculty of Design, 2011

JORDEVA, Marija. Uniqueness of Colour Effect: Subjective Influence of Colours in Interior Design, VŠD, 2010

 

Co-mentorship in diploma theses

MIHEVC, Matej. Neural Networks and the Future of Cultural Production, ALUO, 2021

KUCLER, David. It is Easier to Imagine the End of the World, ALUO, 2021

KOBAL, Pia. Taxonomy of the Visual, ALUO, 2021

PRISLAN, Katarina. Modern Man Seeks ALUO, 2021

KLINAR, Ema. Paradox Portrait, ALUO, 2021

BOJANIĆ, Maja. From Home, with Regards, ALUO, 2020

TOVORNIK, Nina. Everything is Worth Failing, ALUO, 2020

BAUMAN, Inja. Light Tolerance and Nature Conservation Ethics in Painting, ALUO, 2019

LEKŠE, Lene. Mountain, ALUO, 2018

KOCMUR, Tatiana. Body Image in my Practice, ALUO, 2015

OBLAK, Jerca. The Role of Drawing in Contemporary Art and my Practice, ALUO, 2014

MEGLIČ, Maruša. The Confessional Art of Louise Bourgeois. Discovering Aspects of Women through Art, ALUO, 2012

KUMAR, Voranc. Projection and Space of Difference, ALUO, 2012

HRUP, Anamari. Synthesis Between the Subject and the Abstract in the Pictorial Field through the Analysis of One’s Own Work and the Work of Selected Authors, ALUO, 2012

 

Čehovin Eduard

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Education:

Prof. Eduard Čehovin graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade, the Department for Graphic Design, Graphic Communication and Typographies.

 

Professional experience:

He teaches the elective subjects of interactive design, kinetic typography and graphic design at the Department for Design at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana.

Member of the Committee for Academic Affairs

He lectures and writes articles on graphic design and is a member of many international juries in the field of design.

 

Scholarships, specialisations:

As a scholar of IREX – International Research and Exchanges Board, USA – he spent one year at the University of Buffalo and at Parsons School of Design in New York.

 

Awards:

He won the most prestigious international awards, such as Type Directors Club (TDC), Art Directors Club Award (ADC), Good Design Awards, Graphis Annuals Awards in Design Quarterly (USA), and D&AD (UK).

 

Publications:

His works were published in all major international graphic-design publications and books, such as Graphis Annuals, Communications Arts, Print, HOW, Visible Language, Typo Directors Club Annual, Art Directors Club Annual, Creative Quartely . USA; Linea Grafica – Italy; Novum – Gemrany; Etapes – France.

 

Exhibitions:

He exhibits in solo and group exhibitions in Slovenia and around the world, including Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Taiwan and the USA.

His works are included in the permanent collections of the International Trademark Centre in Zandhoven, Belgium; Museum of Applied Arts in Zagreb, Croatia, Les Silos – Maison du Livre et de l’Affiche – Contemporary Collection in Chaumont, France; Museum of Applied Arts in Belgrade, Serbia; MGLC – International Centre of Graphic Arts in Ljubljana, Slovenia; Museum of Design (Poster Collection) in Zurich, Switzerland; The Chicago Athenaeum in Chicago, USA and the private collection of Merrill C. Berman in Rye, USA.

 

Memberships:

Member of TDC (Type Directors Club), New York.

 

References:

 

AWARDS

2014 – Winner, za plakat 92nd ADC and 11th YG exhibition, QUAD INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS, Kassel, Germany

2013 – Gold Award, za plakat THE RESISTIBLE RISER OF ARTURO UI, GRAPHIS POSTER ANNUAL 2013, New York, USA

2012 – Gold Award, za logotip INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DESIGN, GRAPHIS LOGO DESIGN 8, New York, USA

2012 – Gold Award, za BILLBOARD FOR 10th SEASON, GRAPHIS POSTER ANNUAL 2012, New York, USa

2008 – Good Design Award 2008, za časopis DVA (TWO) MAGAZINE, THE CHICAGO ATHENAEUM – Museum of Architecture and Design, Chicago, USA

 

PUBLICATIONS

  • 2013 – Eduard Čehovin, Kinetic Zebra, Novum+, Outdoor, NOVUM, 07.13; Marta Almeida; Magazine Verlag GmbH, Munchen, no. 42 (review)
  • 2012 – Functional, Constructivist, NEW MODERNIST TYPE; Steve Heller and Gail Anderson; Thames & Hudson, London, UK; no. 23, 77
  • 2011 – Slovenia, Best in Europe & Africa, GRAPHIS POSTER ANNUAL 2014, B. Martin Pedersen; Graphis, New York, USA; st. 197 (Knjiga)
  • 2111 – Theater, Resistible rise of Arturo Ui, GRAPHIS POSTER ANNUAL 2013, by B. Martin Pedersen; Graphis, New York, USA; p. 227-228 (Knjiga)
  • 2008 – Editorial, GRAPHIS DESIGN ANNUAL 2009 by B. Martin Pedersen; Graphis, New York, USA; p. 101 (Knjiga)

 

EXHIBITIONS

  • 2014 – MANDELA POSTER PROJECTS, National Museum of Contemporary History, Ljubljana, Slovenia (skupinska)
  • 2104 – 1ST ASIAN INVITATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN EXHIBITION, Daejeon Linli Museum of Art, Daejeon, South Korea (skupinska)
  • 2012 – Artistic ZEBRA/ Street Art Project; Front of Museum of Contemporary Arts, Novi Sad, Srbija (samostojna)
  • 2010 – Hidden Heroes. The Genius of Everyday Things, Weil am Rhein, Nemčija (skupinska)
  • 2009 – 80+80 PHOTO_graphisme, Pariz, Francija (skupinska)

 

CONGRESSES

  • 2015 – Na tipografskem kongresu TYPOGRAPHIC DAY 2015 – TYPOGRAPHY, SENSITIVITY AND FINENESS je pod International Speakers sprejet in predstavljen projekt EUROPE 2020, Industrial Design Centre (IDC) na Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), India
  • 2012 – Na tipografskem kongresu TYPOGRAPHIC DAY 2012 – TYPOGRAPHY AND PUBLICATION je pod International Speakers sprejet in predstavljen projekt Dva (Two) Magazine, Magazine for Visual Relations, Industrial Design Centre (IDC) na Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), India

Fras Domen

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Domen Fras is a graphic designer and typographer who feels great among students, especially when he passes on knowledge of typography and typefaces – the fields of his practice, study and research. www.fras.si www.aparat.org  

Education

  • 1998: graduated from the Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana
  • 2000: received his master’s degree from Central Saint Martins University of the Arts London
 

Professional experience

  • 2019 visiting professor at Umjetnička akademija u Splitu, Croatia
  • 2017 employed at Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Univeristy of Ljubljana, associate professor
  • 2011 employed at Faculty of Natural sciences, University of Ljubljana, assitant professor
  • 2002: co-founded the Trajekt Institute for Spatial Culture
  • 2001-2011: self-employed person in culture, established the Aparat type & design studio
  • 2000–: In two decades of intensive design practice, he has participated in numerous public and cultural projects in various media linking architectural, graphic and typographic design, some of which have been awarded.
He complements his teaching with organizing international summer schools, mentoring Tipo Brda typographic workshops, and conducting educational workshops.  

Participations in conferences

  • 2014: speaker at the conference Association Typographique Internationale in Barcelona
  • 2020: speaker at the conference ATypi All Over (on-line)
 

Memberships

  • 2018: expert member of the committee for the Prešeren Fund for Design and Architecture
  • 2016: member of the jury for the Book of the Year of the Chamber of Book Publishers and Booksellers
  • Member of the Associtaion Typographique Internationale
 

Awards

  • Award at 21st Salon of Architecture, Novi Sad, 2018
  • BVSS Ljubljana, Excellence Mention, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2015
  • BVSS Ljubljana, Jury Mention, 2015
  • 24th Slovenian Book Fair, Most beautiful Slovenian book, 2008
 

References (selection)

  • Š. Kuhar & R. Potokar: Stories of Slovenian Architecture, book design, Beltrina, Ljubljana, 2020
  • Types and Faces of Ljubljana (Type Walk), short film for the conference ATypi All Over, 2020
  • Looking Back up Close – solo review exhibition, display of prof. Fras’s planning process and design approaches Domžale Gallery, February 2019; UMAS/DVK Gallery Split, Croatia, May 2019; Razstavišče na gradu, Ravne na Koroškem, March 2020
  • D. Fras: Nazaj od blizu: Aparatove črke & oblike 1998–2018, book, 2019
  • N. Charney: Eternal Architect: The Life and Art of Jože Plečnik, Modernist Mystic; book design, Muzeji in galerije mesta Ljubljane & Totaliteta (Award 21st Salon of the Architecture, Novi Sad, Serbia), 2018
  • Impresionists by Drago Tršar; exhibition design, Pomurski muzej Murska Sobota (Jury Mention, 7. BVSS, Ljubljana), 2014
  • 20th anniversary of Slovenia’s independence; collectors coins design, Bank of Slovenia, Ljubljana (1st Prize, public competition), 2011
  • Š. Kuhar & R. Potokar: Let’s See the City; book design, Ustanova Fundacija Piranesi, Ljubljana (24th Slovenian book fair, Most beautiful Slovenian book), 2008
  • Bus stops LPP Ljubljana; Information design, Proreklam –Europlakat, Ljubljana (Excellence Mention, 2nd BVSS, Ljubljana), 2005
 

Exhibitions (selection)

  • Mladi smo in živi: 100 let šole za arhitekturo v Ljubljani (10. mar.–23. avg. 2020); skupinska razstava študentskih del UL Fakulteta za arhitekturo & Cankarjev dom
  • Nazaj od blizu – samostojna pregledna razstava, Galerija Domžale, februar 2019, Galerija UMAS/DVK Split, Hrvaška, maj 2019, Razstavišče na gradu, Ravne na Koroškem, marec 2020
  • 9 kovancev; samostojna razstava, (z Majo B. Jančič), 8. dec. 2009–31. dec. 2009, Mestni muzej Ljubljana, Ljubljana

Drinovec Boštjan

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Šifra raziskovalca: 54285

Izobrazba

  • 1998: diplomiral na UL ALUO, smer kiparstvo
  • 2001: magistriral UL ALUO

 

Delovne izkušnje in sodelovanja

  • 2008–: predavatelj na ALUO UL, industrijsko in unikatno oblikovanje, docent
  • 1994-: ustvarja v AKC Metelkova Mesto

 

Članstvo v društvih in komisijah

  • 2020: Član strokovne komisije za likovne in novomedijske umetnosti za podelitev Prešernovih nagrad in Nagrad Prešernovega sklada
  • 2019: član strokovne komisije za likovne in novomedijske umetnosti za podelitev Prešernovih nagrad in Nagrad Prešernovega sklada
  • 2000-: Član DLUL

 

Nagrade, priznanja

  • 2018: Natečaj za postavitev spomenika Jerneju Kopitarju – II. nagrada (avtorji Boštjan Drinovec, Špela Kuhar, Robert Potokar in Jasna Andrič) , MOL, Ljubljana.
  • 2015: Nagrada Majskega salona 2015, ZDSLU.
  • 2006: Priznanje pomembnih umetniških del v kiparstvu, Univerza v Ljubljani.
  • 2005: Dobitnik Županjine nagrade, Oko in duh, Ljubljanski Magistrat.

 

Razstave

 

Stalne razstave/postavitve

  • 2019: Veterni oblak, Pedrovo pri Braniku.
  • 2019: Portret dr. Toporišiča, Dobova.
  • 2019: Relief Ive in Franja Stiplovška, Posavski muzej Brežice.
  • 2016: Drevesni delec, Svetlobna gverila, Park ob Gradaščici, Ljubljana.
  • 2012:  Kakofonični generator MM, Garaže, Metelkova mesto.
  • 2011: Portret Josipine Hočevar, Krško.
  • 2009: Spomenik Nestlu Žganku, Titov trg, Velenje.
  • 2008: Zvonka – (s Primožem Oberžanom), Metelkova Mesto, Ljubljana.
  • 2008: Sonični oblak (s Primožem Oberžanom), Forma viva, Ravne na Koroškem.
  • 2007: Veterna harfa(s Primožem Oberžanom), Metelkova Mesto, Ljubljana.
  • 2006: Klopca za dva, Metelkova Mesto, Ljubljana.
  • 2005: Hipo v kadi, Grosuplje – mesto kipov.
  • 2005: Portret Frana Robleka, spominsko obeležeje na rojstni hiši, Žalec.
  • 2004: Prvi stik, FORMA VIVA, Kostanjevica.
  • 2004: Portret Franceta Prešerna, Slovenska misija NATO, Brusel.
  • 2004: Spomenik Edvardu Kocbeku, Tivoli, Ljubljana.
  • 1998: Veterni kip, Golec pri Braniku.
  • 1996: David, fasadna postavitev grške kopije, Metelkova Mesto, Ljubljana.

 

Skupinske razstave (izbor)

  • 2020: V ognju rojeni, Balassijev inštitut, Ljubljana.
  • 2019: Tense Present, Kibla Portal, Maribor. Podzemlje (z vj Mescem), Svetlobna gverila, Ljubljana.
  • 2018: Razstava idejnih rešitev za dopolnitev niš, Narodna galerija, Ljubljana.
  • 2017:
    • Dialogue with Emperor Qin, EU and China Sculpture Show’,Port of Antwerp.
    • Razvoj slovenske kiparske misli, Kazemate, Ljubljana.
    • ‘Dialogue with Emperor Qin, EU and China Sculpture Show’,ULB Sovay , Bruselj.
    • ‘Dialogue with Emperor Qin, EU and China Sculpture Show’, Summerhall, Edinburgh.
    • Sila zvoka – ritem časa, Muzej premogovništva Velenje.
    • MARAVEE LUDO. REKREACIJA, Galerija Loža, Koper.
    • Sodobno slovensko kiparstvo, Mestna galerija Nova Gorica.
  • 2016:
    • Drevesni delec (projekcija VJ Mesec), Svetlobna gverila, Park ob Gradaščici, Ljubljana.
    • Poletje 2016, Galerija Equrna, Ljubljana.
    • ALUO 70 Index, Rektorat Univerze v Ljubljani.
    • Made in China na Art market Budapest 2016, Budimpešta.
    • ‘Dialogue with Emperor Qin, EU and China Sculpture Show’, Here East, London.
  • 2015:
    • Majski salon, Lokarjeva galerija, Ajdovščina.
    • Air – Majski salon 2015, Slovenski kulturni center Korotan, Dunaj.
    • Potovanja Majskega Salona 2015 – Zrak, Razstavni prostori Vivo, Ljubljana.
    • Air, Gallery 12-14, Dunaj.
    • Made in China na Art market Budapest 2015.
  • 2014:
    • ‘Made in China’, MGLC, Ljubljana.
    • ‘Dialogue with Emperor Qin, EU and China Sculpture Show’, Lizbona, Portugalska.
    • ‘Made in China’, Mestna galerija, Ljubljana.
    • ‘Dialogue with Emperor Qin, EU and China Sculpture Show’, Sofija, Bolgarija.
    • Legokebab,  Made in China Berlin, Alexanderplatz, Berlin.
    • Mednarodna likovna kolonija, Galerija muzej Lendava, Lendava.
  • 2013:
    • ‘Made in China’ , Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana.
    • Končna postaja, Galerija Alkatraz, Ljubljana.
    • ‘Dialogue with Emperor Qin, EU and China Sculpture Show’, Tallinn, Estonija.
    • (november 2012: Galerija Loža, Koper)
  • 2012:
    • Izstopna postaja, Rosalux Gallery, Berlin.
    • Vmesna postaja, Galerija Alkatraz, Ljubljana.
    • Pot skozi skulpturo, Mestna Galerija Ljubljana.
    • FORMA VIVA – 50 let, Koroški pokrajinski muzej Sl. Gradec – razstavišče Ravne.
    • ‘Dialogue with Emperor Qin, EU and China Sculpture Show’, Shanxi Art Museum, Xian (marec 2012: Heilongjiang Art Museum, Heilongjiang; april 2012: Suzhou Museum, Suzhou; julij 2012: Ningbo Museum, Ningbo; august 2012: Hubei Art Museum, Hubei; september 2012: Changchun Art Museum, Changchun; november 2012: Fujian Art Museum, Fuzhou, Fujian Province) , Kitajska.
  • 2011:
    • Kiparstvo danes, kipi, figure in telesa, Galerija sodobne umetnosti Celje.
    • Fotonskizvonovi, Bitnik(oboje s Primožem Oberžanom), Svetlobna gverila, Ljubljana.
  • 2010:
    • Razširjeni prostor, Galerija Propaganda, Varšava.
    • Berljivo, Mestna galerija Nova Gorica.
    • Kiparstvo danes, Lapidarij pokrajinskega muzeja Celje.
    • Berljivo, Gruberjeva galerija na prostem, Ljubljana.
  • 2009: Tehnologije v likovni umetnosti, Galerija Velenje.
  • 2008: POETIKE NOVEGA TISOČLETJA, 10. obletnica Mestne Galerije Nova Gorica.
  • 2006:
    • Galerie Šikoronja, Rosegg, Austrija.
    • Drevo idej, spremljevalna r. (Sublimno v kiparstvu), Magistrat, Ljubljana.
  • 2005:
    • Naplavine 2005, Galerija hest, Ljubljana.
    • Oko in Duh, Ljubljanski Magistrat, Ljubljana.
    • Proces Metelkova, Galerija Alkatraz, Ljubljana.
  • 2004:
    • Mali uporniki na robu panonske ravnine, Evropski trienale male plastike, M.  Sobota.
    • Čas v okruških podob, Galerija Lek, Ljubljana.
  • 2003:
    • METELKOVA MESTO V Sao Paulu, Bežigrajska galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenja.
    • Majski salon, Jakopičeva galerija, Ljubljana.
  • 2002:
    • BRONASTA DELAVNICA, Galerija A+A, Benetke, Italija.
    • Mestna galerija Ljubljana (prostori zbirke), Slovenija.
    • IKONOGRAFIJA METROPOLE,  25. Bienale Sao Paula, Brazilija.
    • ESCAPE FROM ALKATRAZ, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, New York, ZDA.
    • BRONASTA DELAVNICA, Equrna, Ljubljana.
  • 2001:
    • Majski salon, Jakopičeva galerija, Ljubljana.
    • HIC ET NUNC, San Vito al Tagliamento, Italija.
  • 2000:
    • Svetlobna postaja, SLO FINE ARTS v ok. Manifesta III, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana.
    • 2.s, Galerija Miklova hiša, Ribnica.
  • 1999:
    • HOMO.SAPIENS.3000, Kibela in Narodni dom, Maribor.
    • THIS IS YOUR SHADOW ON MY WALL, Trdnjava Kluže, Slovenija.
    • BIENALE MLADIH SREDOZEMLJA IN EVROPE, Rim.
  • 1998:
    • SVETLOBNI KIPI V VRTU, Vila Katarina, Ljubljana.
    • BREAK 21, antenski vrh Ljubljanskega gradu, Ljubljana.
  • 1997:
    • THIS ART IS RECYCLED, Galerija ŠKUC, Ljubljana.
    • MEDNARODNI BIENALE MALE PLASTIKE, Murska Sobota.
    • BIENALE MLADIH MEDITERANA, Moderna galerija, Reka,  Hrvaška.
    • KUSTOSOVA JEDILNICA, Galerija Alkatraz, Metelkova Mesto, Ljubljana.
  • 1996: Razstava del mlajših slovenskih likovnih ustvarjalcev, Knjižnica Cirila Kosmača, Tolmin.
  • 1994: Razstava študentov ALU v Tivolskem gradu, Ljubljana.

 

Samostojne razstave (izbor)

  • 2020: Umetni raj, Savinov salon, Žalec.
  • 2019: Changing pictures (z Birgit Pleschberger), Museumspavillon, Stadtgalerie Salzburg.
  • 2019: Mislec, moduli in algoritmi (z Urošem Potočnikom), Galerija DLUL, Ljubljana.
  • 2019: Umetni raj, GalerijaGallery, Ljubljana.
  • 2018: Moebiusov trak, Razstavišče Monfort, Portorož.
  • 2017: Galerija Minus 160, Muzej premogovništva Velenje.
  • 2016: Kymatikon (s Primožem Oberžanom), Contemporary 12-14, Dunaj.
  • 2015: Retrofonija (s Primožem Oberžanom), Galerija Veselov vrt, Ljubljana.
  • 2014: Drevesni delec, Galerija Meduza, Koper.
  • 2014: Drevesni delec, Galerija Alkatraz, Ljubljana.
  • 2013: Galerija Salsaverde, Izola.
  • 2011: Zvočna postaja(s Primožem Oberžanom), Razstavni salon Rotovž, UGM, Maribor.
  • 2011: Kakofonični generator Krško, Galerija Krško.
  • 2010: Kakofonični generator, Kibla, Maribor.
  • 2010: Kakofonični generator, Galerija Alkatraz, Ljubljana.
  • 2009: Ples vetra, Galerija Loža,  Koper.
  • 2007: Organopatent za sanje, Galerija Krka, Novo mesto.
  • 2007: Galerija Gorenje, Velenje.
  • 2006: Oseminštiridesetkratokolisveta, Lapidarij, Galerija Božidar Jakac,
  • 2005: Neskončni svet, Galerija Equrna Ljubljana.
  • 2005: Neskončni svet, Mestna galerija Nova Gorica.
  • 2004: Mali uporniki na bregu Ljubljanice, Galerija Hest, Ljubljana.
  • 2003: Svetlobna postaja Meduza, Galerija Meduza Koper.
  • 2001: Trog, Galerija Ivana Groharja, Škofja Loka.
  • 2000: Svetlobna postaja Alkatraz, Galerija Alkatraz, Mesto Metelkova, Ljubljana.
  • 1999: MODRORDEČA MEDIANA (s Tobiasom Putrihom), Likovni salon, Celje.
  • 1999: MODRORDEČA, Galerija Alkatraz, Mesto Metelkova, Ljubljana.
  • 1998: RDEČI TRIKOT, Galerija Kapelica, Ljubljana.
  • 1997: Galerija Kapelica, Ljubljana.

Umetniške zbirke

  • 2018: Mladenka in mladenič, Narodna Galerija, Ljubljana.
  • 2014: DJ, Galerija muzej Lendava, Lendava.
  • 2010: Fantek, ki pleše, zbirka NLB.
  • 2007: Valentina halogena, zbirka Gorenje, Velenje.
  • 2005: Reticulum Monoceros, Mestna galerija Nova Gorica.
  • 1997: Mali uporniki na robu, Galerija Murska Sobota.

Botas Kenda Boštjan

Written by

Education:

  • Graduated in publishing design from the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED), Milan

 

Work experience and collaborations:

  • 2022 – 2024: Head of the Design+Science Learning Unit at EUTOPIA Universities
  • 2020 – current: co-founder of the Design+Science Summer School
  • 2017 – current: full professor of visual communication at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana (UL ALUO)
  • 2017-2019: Vice-Rector for Arts at the University of Ljubljana
  • 2017: chaired the commission for the national strategic document on design.
  • 2015 – current: participation in the promotion of the research-based Doctorate of Arts in Practice through CA²RE, ADAPT-r (PRS) and the Doctorate of Arts programme at the University of Ljubljana.
  • 2013-2017: Dean of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design
  • 2011-2013: Head of the Department of Visual Communication at UL ALUO
  • 1994: founder and partner of studiobotas, a graphic design studio focusing on book design and signage in public space

 

References, exhibitions (selection):

  • 2011: solo exhibition Jeste li mislili studiobotas? (Did you mean studiobotas?) ULUPUH Gallery, Zagreb,
  • 2010: exhibition All Shades of Green, studiobotas in cooperation with AKKA represented Slovenia at the 12th Venice Biennale of Architecture,
  • 2006: solo exhibition Invisible Design in Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana

 

Awards:

  • 2018, 2019: 4x Best Slovenian Book, Ljubljana
  • 2018: IDA/International Design Awards, Los Angeles, USA
  • 2018: Plečnik Award, Ljubljana
  • 2017, 2018: Golden Pencil, ZAPS, Ljubljana
  • 2015: ADI Compasso d’oro – Design for Food and Nutrition, Milan, Italy
  • 2013: Best of Alpe Adria Awards, Venice, Italy
  • 2009: 2x Best Slovenian Book, Ljubljana
  • 1997: Premio d’Arte Filatelica, Asiago, Italy

 

Selected bibliography:

  • 2006: Monograph studiobotas isbn 961-238-649-8,
  • 2010: Jeste li mislili studiobotas?
  • 2015: studiobackstage isbn 978-961-281-853-1