* 16.6.1974, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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EDUCATION:
1993 Graduated from Industrial design at the Secondary School for Design and Photography, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2000 Graduated from Sculpture and Video at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Since 2015 works as Associate Professor at Video and New Media course at University of Ljubljana, Academy of Fine Arts and Design.
AWARDS and GRANTS:
• 26th Alexandria bienalle award, Alexandria, Egipt, 2014
• TREND AWARD, exceptional achievements in visual culture, Ljubljana, Slovenija, 2012
• Artist of the month, Siement Art Lab, Vienna, Austria, 2009
• VIDA 11, Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, Spain , 2008
• Award Museum of contemporary art of Republic of Srbska, Banja Luka, BiH, 2008
• OHO award for young visual artists from eastern Europe, Foundation for Civil Society in Trust, Slovenia/USA, 2006
• Working stipend of ministry of culture Republic of Slovenia 2006
• Robot of the Year by Robot Gossip, web award, 2006
• Zogo Toy Contest, award for the best recycled toy, Depop (Open Popular Design Contest), Balila Ent. in Fondazione Clio, Asolo, Italy, 2005
• Zois stipend, Slovenia, 1990-1994
COLLECTIONS:
• The Big Switch off, MSUM – Museum of Contemporary art, Ljubljana, SI, 2020
• Beggar robot, MGML-Museum & Galleries of Ljubljana, 2016
• No Lego, Ernst Hilger Collection, Vienna, Austria, 2009
• Lost Territories, private collection, Belgium, 2009
• Lost Territories, private collection, Spain, 2008
• No Lego, private collection, Italy, 2008
• Beggar robot, Museum of contemporary art of Republic of Srbska, BIH, 2008
• Toilets/Made in India, Koroska gallery of fine arts, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia 2007
• Urban- woodenware vending machine , collection of Miklova house gallery, Ribnica, Slovenia 2007
• Beggar robot, KD group collection, Ljubljana, Slovenia,2006
RESIDENCIES:
• Studio in Berlin, Slovenian Ministry of Culture, Berlin , Germany, 2016
• The Israeli Center For Digital Art, Holon, Izrael, 2012
• Studio in Londonu, Slovenian Ministry of Culture, London, Great Britain, 2012
• ISCP, International studio & curatorial program, New York , ZDA, 2006
• IAMAS (Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Science), Ogaki, Japan, 2006
• Studio in Berlin, Slovenian Ministry of Culture, Berlin , Germany, 2005
EXHIBITIONS:
2020
ESPACE MULTIMEDA GANTNER, Borougne, France
ALGOTAYLORISM: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
RIJEKA 2020- European Culture Capital 2020, Rijeka, Croatia
OBLOMO
HANDEL STREET PROJECTS, London, UK
BIG SWITCH OFF
AKSIOMA PROJECT SPACE, Ljubljana, SI
OBLOMO
PISTORI PALACE, Bratislava, Slovakia
HUMAN SUVEREIGNITY
ONLINE / KINO ŠIŠKA, Ljubljana, SI
MONEYLAB #8 (international conference)
MODERNA GALLERY / AKSIOMA, Ljubljana, SI
AVTOMATIZIRAJ VSE ŽIVO! (international symposium)
GALERIJA KAMERA, KINO ŠIŠKA, Ljubljana, SI
TRANSGRESIJA
R.O.R FESTIVAL, Nova gorica/Šempas, SI
MACROCOSMOS
SCCA AND ŠKUC GALLERY, Ljubljana, SI
VIDEO GARDEN.1
2019
AKSIOMA PROJECT SPACE, Ljubljana, SI
OM FOR COIN
CITY ART GALLERY OF LJUBLJANA, Ljubljana, SI
EXHIBIT A
AKADEMSKI FILMSKI CENTER, Belgrade, Serbia
FESTIVAL OF NEW FILM AND VIDEO
PIXELPOINT – 20th International Festival of Contemporary Art Practices, Nova Gorica/Gorizia, SI / Italy.
CHECKED REALITY
2018
ESPACE APOLLONIA VENUE, Strasbourg, France
E.CITY-LJUBLJANA / PROJECTED VISIONS
CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Celje, Slovenia
LET’S ROLL OUR SLEEVES UP
NOVA GORICA CULTURAL CENTRE, Nova gorica, Slovenia
FUTUROLOGY, WHST CAN ART DO FOR YOU
CONTEMPORARY ART PALAZZO TORRIANI, Gradisca d’isonzo, Italy
THE IRRESPONSIBLE EYE
2017
HANDEL STREET PROJECTS, London, UK
ART OF THE POSTCARDS
AUTOSTRADA BIENNALE, Prizren, Kosovo
THE FUTURE OF BORDERS
UGM – UMETNOSTNA GALERIJA MARIBOR, Maribor, Slovenia
THE GROTESQUE OF OUR TIME
BLICKLE KINO, MUSEUM FÜR ZEITGENÖSSISCHE KUNST, Vienna, Austria
THE BIG SWITCH OFF- DIVA STATION SCREENING
SLOVENSKA KINOTEKA, Ljubljana, Slovenia
NIGHT OF SHORT MOVIES
2016
UNION DOCS CENTER FOR DOCUMENTARY ART, New York, USA
THE BIG SWITCH OFF- DIVA STATION SCREENING
LACE-LOS ANGELES CONTEMPORARY EXHIBITION, Los Angeles, USA
THE BIG SWITCH OFF- DIVA STATION SCREENING
DHMD – DEUTSCHES HYGIENE-MUSEUM’S, Dresden, Germany
SHAME -100 REASONS FOR TURNING RED
U3 – 8.TRIENALE SODOBNE UMETNOSTI, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana, Slo.
BEYOND THE GLOBE
ZEPELLIN MUSEUM, Friedrichshafen, Germany
MÖGLICHKEIT MENSCH
MSUM, Museum of Contemporary art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
LOW BUDGET UTOPIAS
2015
ABANDON NORMAL DEVICES (AND) FESTIVAL, Grizedale Forest, UK
ORIGAMI SPACE RACE
MSUM, Museum of Contemporary art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
CRISES AND NEW BEGINNINGS: ART IN SLOVENIA 2005-2015
SPACIO ULTRA, Udine, Italija
SUPERTRASH
DRUGO MORE /FILODRAMMATICA, Rijeka, Croatia
SUPERTRASH
WUK PROJEKTRAUM, Vienna, Austria
WHAT IF AND BEYOND
WRO ART CENTER, Wroclaw, Poljska
16th MEDIA ART BIENNALE WRO 2015 Test Exposure
2014
HANDEL STREET PROJECTS, London, UK
MULTIPLEMARKET
UNIVERITY OF MAINE-INTERMEDIA MFA, Maine, USA
DEFRAGMENTATIONS
ARS ELECTRONICA, Linz, Austria
C…WHAT IT TAKES TO CHANGE
26TH ALEXANDRIA BIENNALE, Alexandria, Egipt
THE WILL TO CHANGE
TRANSMEDIALE 2014, HAUS DER KULTUREN DER WELT, Berlin
AFTERGLOW
AKSIOMA PROJECT SPACE, Ljubljana, Slovenia
DOLCE FAR NIENTE
2013
KUNSTLERHAUSHALLE FUR KUNST UND MEDIEN, Graz, Austria
WAS IST KUNST?
CALCOGRAFIA NACIONAL DE MADRID, Madrid, Spain
IMPRESIONES +386
NITRA GALLERY, Bratislava, Slovakia
WE’LL TRY IT THROUGH SPACE
MSUM, Museum of Contemporary art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1:1
PIXELPOINT-14.InternationalNew Media Art Festival, Nova Gorica/Gorizia, Slovenia/Italy
DEFRAGMENTATION
CANKARJEV DOM, Ljubljana, Slovenia
MADE IN CHINA
GALLERY OF FINE ARTS SLOVENJ GRADEC, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
SUPERTRASH
CULTURAL CENTRE TOBAČNA 001, Ljubljana, Slovenia
iSMOKE 2
AKSIOMA PROJECT SPACE, Ljubljana, Slovenia
THE BIG SWITCH OFF
2012
JAKOPIČEVA GALERIJA-MGML, Ljubljana, Slovenia
SUPERTRASH
HANDEL STREET PROJECT, London, UK
MULTIPLE MARKET
MKC, Maribor, Slovenia
18. INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF COMPUTER ARTS
THE ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM OF ART, Albuqurque, USA
ISEA 2012 ALBUQUERQUE:RADICAL COSMOLOGIES
KID KIBLA, Maribor, Slovenia
ROBOTS AND AVATARS
ART FAIR BASSEL, Basel, Switzerland
HANDEL STREET PROJECT, London, UK
REMAINS OF THE EMPIRE
HISTORY MUSEUM, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
TIME GEOMETRY
UMETNOSTNA GALERIJA MARIBOR, Maribor, Slovenia
ALMOST SPRING, 100 YEARS OF SLOVENIAN ART (XX.STOLETJE)
HISTORY MUSEUM, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
TIME GEOMETRY
2011
SLOVAK NATIONAL GALLERY, Bratislava, Slovakia
IRON APPLAUSE
UGM- MARIBOR ART GALLERY, Maribor, Slovenia
MUZEJ ROBOTOV
KUMU ART MUSEUM, Tallinn, Estonia
GATE(WAY)S
MUSEE D’HISTORIE DE LA VILLE DE LUXEMBURG, Luxemburg
POOR LUXEMBURG
MUSEUM VILLA STUCK, München, Germany
THE RECENT HISTORY OF DAILY UTOPIAS
2010
ISOLA ART CENTRE, Milan, Italy
UNA SITUACIONE CONSTRUITA
CALVERT 22, London, UK
RAISING DUST
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GRAPHIC ART, Ljubljana, Slovenia
9 + 9
DORTMUNDER KUNSTVEREIN, Dortmund, Germany
ISEA 2010 RUHR
UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO, Trent, Italy
EASST_010
MIRAIKAN MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan
DEVICE ART
GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS, Celje, Slovenia
SCULPTURE TODAY
HANDEL STREET PROJECT, London, UK
SUPER FARMERS MARKET
GALLERY ŠKUC, Ljubljana
ANOTHER SIDE OF A COIN
ART FAIR BASSEL, Basel, Switzerland
OPEN SPACE ZENTRUM FUR KUNSTPROJEKTE, Vienna, Austria
ENCOUNTERS IN RELATIONAL GEOGRAPHY
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Ljubljana, Slovenia
U3-TRIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY SLOVENE ART
LUDWIG MUSEUM, Budapest, Hungary
THE SCIENCE OF IMAGINATION
NT GALLERY, Lodz, Poland
GLOBAL WARMING / THE MEDIAGATE
ALTE BORSE, Zurich, Switzerland
TWEAKFEST 10
CITY ART GALLERY, Ljubljana, Slovenia
SWEET NOWHERE
2009
MEJAN LABS, Stockholm, Sweden
EARTH AND ABOVE
STUDIO VIBA FILM, Ljubljana, Slovenia
ARZENAL DEPO
CENTRO PER L’ARTE CONTEMPORANEA LUIGI PECCI, Prato, Italy
TERRITORIA 4, THE GREAT LEAP
HILGER CONTEMPORARY, Vienna, Austria
VALUE POINT – SIEMENS ARTLAB
ISOLA ART CENTRE, Milan, Italy
PUBLIC TURBULENCE
UPPER SILESIAN CENTRE OF CULTURE , Katowice, Poland
KATOWICE BIENNIAL
MUSEUMS QUARTIR (FRAIRAUM, MUMOK), Vienna, Austria
CODED CULTURES
ROTOR GALLERY, Gradec, Austria
BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR RESOURCES, LAND OF HUMAN RIGHTS
GALLERY ŠKUC, Ljubljana, Slovenia
CLOSED FOR ANNUAL LEAVE!
2008
TAIPEI FINE ART MUSEUM, Taipei, Taiwan
6.TAIPEI BIENNIAL
LENTOS MUSEUM, Linz, Austria
ECOLOGY OF TECHNO MIND, (FEATURED ART SCENE) ARS ELECTRONICA
VERONA ART FAIR, Verona, Itay
ARTNEULAND GALLERY, Berlin, Germany
TRANSCULTURAL PARANOIA
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART REPUBLIC OF SRBSKA , Banja Luka, BIH
SPAPORT
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Ljubljana, Slovenia
MUZEJ NA CESTI
2007
KUNSTLERHAUS, Gradec, Austria
LAND(E)SCAPE
MAC/VAL-MUSEE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN, Paris, France
SUITCASE ILUMINATED #5
GALLERY OF FINE ARTS SLOVENJ GRADEC, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
THREAD
VOX POPULI GALLERY, Philadelphia, USA
FUTURE NOMAD
GALLERY VELENJE, Velenje, Slovenia
POLITICAL
GALLERY P74, Ljubljana, Slovenia
SUITCASE ILUMINATED #4
2006
RX GALLERY, San Francisco, USA
DEVICE ART
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Ljubljana, Slovenia
U3-TRIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY SLOVENE ARST
THE KOSOVA ART GALLERY, Priština, Kosovo
YVAA- YOUNG VISUAL ARTISTS AWARD WINNERS 2006 -for Eastern Europe
GALLERY P 74, Ljubljana, Slovenia
GRAY ECONOMY
ISCP, New York, USA
OPEN STUDIO
OGAKI ART HOUSE, Ogaki, Japan
2.OGAKI BIENNIAL
RUSSIA ELECTRONIC BILBOARD FESTIVAL, Moscow, Russia
VIDEOOUT
IAMAS MULTIMEDIA GALLERY, Ogaki, Japan
IAMAS EXHIBITION
SHIMOKITAZAWA ART CENTER, Tokyo, Japan
CULTURAL TYPHOON
KIBLA, Maribor, Slovenia
MAGDALENA, 9.
ROTOVŽ, Maribor, Slovenia
12.MEDNARODNI FESTIVAL RAČUNALNIŠKE UMETNOSTI
2005
BURUNDI DATALAB, Bratislava, Slovakia
SLOVENSKAE SPETANIJA
CAHORS ART MUSEUM, Cahors, France
VISAGES FRACOPHONES
MOKS, Mooste, Estonia
POSTSOVKHOZ 5 / PUBLIC-PRIVATE
GALLERY ŠKUC, Ljubljana, Slovenia
PREEY DIRTHY
GALERIJA O3ONE, Belgrade, Serbia
DEVICE ART
2004
CITTA’ FIERA-MULTIMUSEUM, Udine, Italy
EXORDIUM
KULTURNI CENTAR BEOGRADA, Belgrade, Serbia
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST, 47.OCTOBER SALOON
GALLERIA DE FAVERI ARTE, Feltre, Italy
UN DESIGN DI CARTA
MUSEO DELLA BONIFICA, San Dona di PIave, Italy
THINK TWICE
2003
FORUM STADTPARK, Graz, Austria
FRIENDY FIR
2002
GALERIJA MIKLOVA HIŠA, Ribnica, Slovenia
SECOND PAINTING
FINŽGARJEVA GALERIJA, Ljubljana, Slovenia
SHOCK SOCIETY
ZAGREBAČKI VELESAJAM, Zagreb, Croatia
27. INTERNATIONAL YOUTH SALOON
2001
ROTOVŽ, Maribor, Slovenia
7. INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF COMPUTER ARTS,
BIENNIAL OF YOUNG ARTIST, Sarajeva, BIH
10. BIENNIAL OF YOUNG ARTIST FROM EUROPE AND MEDITERRANEAN
ZAGREB FAIR, Zagreb, Croatia
26. INTERNATIONAL YOUTH SALOON