Born in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 1979. Lives and works in London.
Studies
2003 Graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice, Italy
2004 Pg Dip Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London
2006 MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London
Upcoming Solo Shows
Umetnostna Galerija Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
Galerija Ganes Pratt, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Adhoc Gallery, Vigo, Spain
Solo Shows
2007
“Mythmaking as a Colonisation Tactic”, Tobacco Museum, Tobacna Ljubljana, Ljubljana
“Tourists Welcome”, Ljubljana international Airport, Ljubljana
“Forged Territories”, BearspaceSE10, London
“Visitour”, Galerija Ganes Pratt, Ljubljana
2005
“Bon Voyage”, Eurocity train Ljubljana-Venice-Ljubljana, project INTERREG III A
2004
“So, when do we leave for Alpha Centauri?”, Galleria Porta degli Angeli, Ferrara
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
“PILOT 3”, Yokohama/Tokio, Japan
2007
“Present State”, curated by Michelle Deignan, Five Years Gallery, London
“Landescape”, curated by Simona Vidmar and Breda Kolar-Sluga, Künstlerhaus, Graz
“Jürgen”, Vsak clovek je kustos, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana
“Bad Girls & Bad Boys II”, Mestna galerija Ljubljana
“PILOT 3”, Venice, Italy/ Chelsea School of Art, London
“Catlin Art Prize”, Ada Street Gallery, London
2006
“PP Untitled/Fast and Lost”, Bevilacqua la Masa, Palazetto Tito, Venice
“Parklife”, Bearspace at ZOO Art Fair
“George Polke Opens, Invites, Presents”, 46-68 De Beauvoir Crescent, London
“Goldsmits Degree Show 2006”, Goldsmiths College, London
“Bad Girls & Bad Boys”, Galerija Ganes Pratt, Ljubljana
2005
“Markers V; Poles Apart / Poles Together”, curated by Doron Polak and Juan Puentes, an outdoor installation for 51. Venice Biennale, Venice
“Everybody for Safari”, curated by Nicole Hewitt and Davorka Vucic Sneperger, festival »Visura Aperta«, Momiano, Croatia
“Bevilacqua la Masa 89°ma collettiva”, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice
2004
"Dafne
revisited”, Galleria A+A, Venice
“Q 13”, Centro culturale Candiani, Mestre-Venezia
“Waiting Room Station No.2 Sarajevo”, National Gallery of BiH, Sarajevo, BiH
“Goldsmits Degree Show 2004”, Goldsmiths College, London
“AGORA”, Transition Gallery, London
“Gemine Muse”, curated by Giacinto Pietroantonio, Museo Storico Navale, Venice
2003
“Waiting Room”, 11. Biennial of Young Artists COSMOS, Athens
“The Big Bright Blue Factory”, a mobile project for the exhibition “Dafne”, collaboration with Crash in Progress, fondazione Thetis, Arsenale, Venice
2002
“85°ma mostra collettiva”, Bevilacqua la Masa, San Marco, Venice
”Forme umane”, fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Palazetto Tito, Venice
2000
“ARTEC - Art reaches out to Technology in Europe through Communication”, San Erasmo, Venice
1999
“Percorsi d`Arte”, Galleria d`Arte Moderna, Bologna
Selected Press and Bibliography
2008 “Portfolio Magazine”, Issue 43, Edinburgh May 2008
2008 “Falter Magazine”, Issue 2, London April 2008
2007 “To Feel Love at the Brnik Airport”, Petja Strajhar, Vecer, Maribor 18.7.2007
2007 “Pilot III”, Pilot, London
2007 “Goldlink”, Goldsmiths College, London July 2007
2007 “Landescape”, Simona Vidmar and Breda Kolar Sluga, Umetnostna Galerija Maribor and Kunstlerhaus Graz, Maribor/Graz
2007 “Represent”, Capucine Perrot, A-N Magazine, London June 2007
2007 “To the National Gallery as to the ZOO”, Anzej Dezan, Ona, Delo, Ljubljana 24.3.2007
2007 “Art as Tourism”, Mojca Strajhar, Dnevnik, Ljubljana 20.3.2007
2007 “Forged Territories”, Matjaz Brulc, Polet, Delo, Ljubljana 15.3.2007
2007 “Goldlink”, Goldsmiths College, London Febuary 2007
2006 “Bevilacqua la Masa 90º colletiva”, Marinella Venanzi and Stefano Coletto, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice
2006 “Goldsmiths MA Show”, Goldsmiths College, London
2006 “A Beginning with Bad Girls and Bad Boys”, Marijan Zlobec, Delo, Ljubljana 28.4.2006
2005 “Bon Voyage – We give You a Free Pass to Enter the Desired Destination”, Mara Ambrozic and Jasmina Cibic, Ljubljana
2005 “Bevilacqua la Masa 89º colletiva”, Marinella Venanzi and Matia Zanetti, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice
2005 “I confini della Liberta”, Venice
2005 “Markers V; Poles Apart/Poles Together”, Doron Polak and Juan Punetes, Bienale di Venezia, Venice
2005 “Premio Furla”, Charta, Milano
2005 “Gemine Muse”, Riccardo Caldura, Milano
2004 “So, when do we leave for Alpha Centauri?”, Comune di Ferrara, Ferrara
2004 “Goldsmiths MA Show”, Goldsmiths College, London
2004 “XX. Sarajevo Winter Festival”, Festival Sarajevska Zima, Sarajevo
2003 “Q13”, Centro Culturale Candiani, Venice Mestre
2003 Martina Zambon, Corriere del Sera, august 2003, Venice
2003 “Waiting Room”, Riccardo Caldura, Comune di Venezia, Venice
2003 “11th Biennial of Young Artists COSMOS”, Athens
2003 “Bienial of Young Artists”, Il gazzetino, Venice 27.6.2003
2003 “Passaporta at COSMOS”, Klavdija Svigelj, Primorske Novice, Koper 10.6.2003
2003 “Waiting Room”, Venezia News, June 2003
2003 “Waiting Room”, Stefano Ciancio, Corriere del Veneto, Venice 1.3.2003
2003 “Forme Umane”, Stefano Coletto, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice
2002 “Passaporta”, Mara Ambrozic, Ljubljana
2002 “Arte”, Gloria Vallese, Mondadori, Milano, June 2002
2002 “Bevilacqua la Masa 85º Colletiva”, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice
2001 “Private”, N. 21, Maurizio Giuffredi, Guido Ceccere and Stefano Ferrari
2001 “ARTEC – Art Reaches Out to Technology in Europe Through Communication”: ARTEC, Venice
Teaching
2001 – 2003 visual arts tutor at the Venice Fine Art Academy.
Awards
2006 ZOO Art Fair: shortlisted for John Jones art on paper award
2005 “Bevilacqua la Masa” Award, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice
2004 the Passaporta art group was shortlisted for the Italian Emerging Artists Prize “Premio Furla” (nominated by Cesare Pietroiusti), Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
2002 “Bevilacqua la Masa” Award, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venic
2001 – 2005 Ljubljana City Council Grant