Luiza Margan

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Born in 1983 in Rijeka, Croatia.

 

 

Education

2005 – 2006 - University for Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria (students exchange)

2001 - 2005 - Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia (BA Fine Arts‘06)

1997 - 2001 - School for Art and Design, Rijeka, Croatia

 

Residencies

2008 - ISCP, International studio & curatorial program, New York, USA

2007 – International Summer Academy for Art, „Reconstruction/Deconstruction/ Appropriation“, directed by Christian Tomaszewski

2005 - GARBA - young artist resident in Basilicata – Montescaglioso, Italy

 

Awards, grants

2007 - “OHO” award for the best young visual artist, Ljubljana, Slovenia (institution P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. together with Foundation for Civil Society and Trust for Mutual Understanding from New York (USA)

2007 – KulturKontakt Grant Award for the Salzburg Summer academy

2007 – finalist Essl Art Award, Ljubljana, Slovenia

 

Solo exhibitions

2009 – “Interstice“, Habres and Partner gallery, Vienna

2009 – “Interspaces“, Tobacco Museum, curated by Petja Grafenauer, Ljubljana

2008 – “Displacement“, gallery and multimedia center KIBLA, Maribor, Slovenia

2008 – “Parallel“, gallery P74, curated by Barbara Vurnik- Sterle, Ljubljana,Slovenia

2008 – “Solid”, gallery Alkatraz, Ljubljana

2007 - „G - Schichten“, Windspiel Galerie, Vienna, Austria 

2006 - Gallery Vžigalica, BA diploma work, Ljubljana

2006 - “Lost and Found”, gallery MC, Velenje, Slovenia

 

Group exhibitions

2008 – L’art contamporain en Europe Pommery Experience 5, curated by Fabrice Bousteau and Beaux Arts Magazine

2008 – Magazin / Kontekst gallery, Belgrade, Serbia

2007 – Das Weiss Haus, opening exhibition, Vienna, Austria

2007 - Umweg über Wien", Habres & Partner gallery, Vienna, Austria

2007 - Alte Saline, Hallein, Austria

2007 - Gallery P74, Finalists, Ljubljana

2007 - National Gallery, Ljubljana, exhibition of the finalists for the Sammlung Essl Art Award

2007 - Szi – Slovenian Scientific Institut in Vienna, Austria

2006 - Gallery MC, Velenje, Slovenia

2006 - Young Art from Austria, 2006, MAK - Museum for Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria

2006 - “My best friend“,Galerie am Karmelitermarkt, Vienna

2006 - Festival “Women Creators of the Two Seas, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea", exhibition "Woman and tradition", Contemporary Art Center, Thessaloniki, Greece

2006 - „Frau, ženska, women“, Pavelhaus, Laafeld, Austria

2005 - Gallery S, The Castle of Ljubljana, Slovenia

2005 - Young Slovenian Artists Presenting in Bratislava, Burundi Datalab, Slovakia 

2005 - 11. MFRU (international festival for digital arts), Maribor, Slovenia

2005 - "From Figurative to Abstraction" gallery MC, Velenje, Slovenia

2004 - Auditorium, Portorož, Slovenia

2004 - "Festival of New Film & Video" in the ex-Yugoslavia,Srbija

2004 - 10. MFRU, (international festival for digital arts), Maribor, Slovenia

 

Works in collections

KD - Artes collection, Ljubljana, Slovenia

 

Selected bibliography

2009 – DELO, Slovenian national newspaper, 22nd January 2009,culture section

2009 – Interview in Obrazi, Slovenian popular culture magazine, issue nb.4, 22.1.2009

2008 – “Parallel”, exhibition catalogue – P74 gallery, text by Barbara Sterle

2008 - L’art contamporain en Europe - Pommery Experience 5, exhibition catalogue, Reims, France

2008 – YVAA award winners 2007, exhibition catalogue, Belgrade, Serbia

2008 – Beaux Arts, magazine, July issue, Paris, France

2007 – Delo, Slovenian national newspaper, interview by Jasna Kontler, May 2007

2007 - Interview with Petra Kapš, international magazine for culture Maska, no. 107-108/ summer 07, page 4-10, Ljubljana, Slovenia