BIOGRAPHY
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born 1983 in Kranj, Slovenia, currently lives in between New York City, Vienna (Austria) and Ljubljana (Slovenia)
and works in photography, video, sound, installation, performance and writing.
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2010 graduated MFA in new media, Transart Institute New York-Berlin/Danube University Krems
(mentors Lucien Clergue, France, for photography and Martina Corgnati, Italy, for visual art)
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2005 graduated BA (cum laude) psychology, visual art, Webster University Vienna, Austria (completed individual study
of script-writing with scriptwriter Joshua Sinclair, individual study of photography with Herve Massard)
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2002 graduated high level IB art program, with academic distinction and special art award, UNIS New York City
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member of the Kuenstlerhaus Vienna, Austria (www.k-haus.at), Slovene Writers Association, PEN Club Austria,
Slovene Fine Artists Association, Bildrecht organisation Vienna
Exhibitions:
Over 40 solo exhibitions and over 70 group exhibitions (in Argentina, Austria, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Mexico, Philippines, Slovenia, Spain, Serbia, Turkey, USA ).
Awards:
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2016 SNBA Silver Medal for Photography, Paris, France
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2016 award, 5th International Fine Arts Festival Kranj, Slovenia
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2016 Kunstlitfaßsäulen, City of Salzburg, Austria
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2016 finalist Eligius Schmuckpreis 2016, Salzburg, Austria
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2015 selected for Beijing International Art Biennale BIAB 2015
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2015 selected in Display of the Centuries – Friedrich Kiesler and Contemporary Art, Austria Culture Forum New York
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2014 nominated for Slovenia’s presentation at the Venice Art Biennale 2015
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2013 finalist for Hubert Sielecki Video Preis, Kuenstlerhaus Vienna, Austria
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2012/13 nominated for Slovenia’s presentation at the Venice Art Biennale 2013
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2012 selected for 5th Beijing International Art Biennalle BIAB 2012
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2012 finalist K3 International Short Film Festival 2012,Ljubljana
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2012 finalist Hubert Sielecki Video Preis, Kuenstlerhaus Vienna, Austria
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2011 Pfann Ohman Preis (1 of 4) Vienna, Austria
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2011 selected for IPCNY New Prints 2011 exhibition, New York
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2010 selected for Queens Museum of Art, New York, Visions of death, New York,
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2010 nominated for the International Literary IMPAC Dublin Award 2011, Ireland
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2010 Grant of the Ministry of Culture, Republic of Slovenia
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2010 Vordemberge-Gildenwart Foundation Grant, Switzerland
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2010 International poetry contest Castello di Duino finalist, Trieste, Italy
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2009 Yearly Limited Edition and yearly card of the Kuenstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
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2009 competition part of the 1st Independent Film Festival, Domžale, Slovenia
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2009, Finalist (as Z+E+M) in ID-Consonni open call for public intervention in Sondika, Spain
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2008, Artist of the month for June/July of the website of Art Lab, Hilger Gallery, Vienna, Austria 2008,
Third prize at The annual photographic show, May Gallery, St. Louis, USA -
2008 Art Critics’ Selection for February 2008, by the Association of the Slovenian Art Critics.
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2006 two grants from the Film Foundation of Slovenia
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2006 the Čižek award for the best short digital video in 2006 in Slovenia (Naj digič 2006)
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2002 UNIS Art Award, New York City
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2001-2002 Cooper Union School of Art, New York City grant for selected high-school students
Collections:
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Permanent collection the Fortress Kluže Museum, Slovenia;
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MOYA Wien Museum of Young Art, Austria.
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Spiritual Art collection, Artmark Gallery Vienna, Austria,
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International Centre for Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia,
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Salon fuer Kunstbuch, Vienna, Austria
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Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Pilon’s State Gallery Ajdovščina, Slovenia
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Museum Moderner Kunst Kaernten, Klagenfurt, Austria
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Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria
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MAK Museum for Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
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Božidar Jakac Regional Museum, Kostanjevica, Slovenia
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Webster University Art Collection, St. Louis, USA
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Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, USA
Commisions:
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Thermal Temple, Aqua City, BTC Ljubljana
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Bergdorf Goodman New York 2013 and 2015
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EGU 2015, Vienna
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Sava Hotels&Spa
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Mayor of Ljubljana
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Medicor Izola
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Steklarna Hrastnik
Books:
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two novels, translated and published in 6 languages published in 6 countries
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collection of poetry, translated and published in 3 languages in 3 countries
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three books of the artist
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photomonography