Vesna Bukovec

CV

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Vesna Bukovec
Miklošičeva ul. 17, 1230 Domžale, Slovenia

vesna.bukovec[at]gmail.com
mobile: + 386 41 258 215

CV

• 1977 born in Ljubljana, SI
• 1995 graduated from the Secondary School for Design and Photography, Ljubljana, SI
• 1995/1996 studied philosophy and sociology of culture at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, SI
• 1996/2000 studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana, SI
• 1999 studied at Hogeschool vor de Kunsten, Utrecht, NL
• 2002 BFA at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana, SI
• 2003 formed an art group with Lada Cerar and Metka Zupanič, since
  2008 the group is called KOLEKTIVA
• 2006 MFA at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana, SI
• 2006 Advanced Course in Visual Arts (Fundazione Antonio Ratti), Como, IT

Solo Exhibitions

2012

• Pod palmino senco: Eminenca Jože Slak in potenca Vesna Bukovec / Under the shade of a palm tree: Eminence Jože Slak and potence Vesna Bukovec, MKSMC, Koper, SI

2011

• Likovni kritiki izbirajo / Art Critics Select: Vesna Bukovec, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, SI
• Obstaja možnost, da boste napačno razumeli / I am aware of the possibility to be misunderstood, EX-garage, Maribor, SI
• Lost in Communication, (KOLEKTIVA, Vesna Bukovec, Lada Cerar, Metka Zupanič), A+A Gallery, Venice, IT

2010

• Secret Heart, FSPW, Program Gallery, Warsaw, PL (KOLEKTIVA)
• Jasnost je v tem trenutku zelo pomembna / Clarity is everything right now, KAPSULA, Ljubljana, SI
• Everything I eat turns to health, beauty and love; Video večerja (Video Dinner), Kulturni inkubator, Mladinski kulturni center, Maribor, SI

2009

• The Only Thing I Can Control Is My Attitude Towards Life, Miklova hiša Gallery, Ribnica, SI

2008

• Special Place in the City, Umetnostna galerija Maribor, Razstavni salon Rotovž, Maribor, SI (KOLEKTIVA)

2007

• Special Place in the City, Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, SI (KOLEKTIVA)

2006

• Nakupovanje/Shopping, Simulaker Gallery, Novo mesto, SI
• Special Place in the City - Graz, Galerie Centrum, medien.KUNSTLABOR (Kunsthaus), Graz, AT (KOLEKTIVA)

2005

• TV, P74 Center and Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

2004

• Personal*, Likovni salon Gallery, Celje, SI (KOLEKTIVA)
• Intimate Images, Nova Gallery, Zagreb, HR (KOLEKTIVA)
• First Impression, (public projection) Nottingham, UK (KOLEKTIVA)

2003

• Local Issues, P74 Center and Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

Group Exhibitions

2011

• Facing the Artwork, Video Art and Short Film Fest, Halle (Saale), DE
• FemLink, International Video-Collages: Wonder, Aggression, Vital; TAC, Eindhoven, NL; Rollstone Gallery Fitchburg (MA), US
• Another Marriage?, Private View – app-platform for contemporary arts and experiments, Berlin, DE

2010

• Nothing important, is just art, The Contemporary Art Gallery of the Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu/Hermannstadt, RO
• E-motion to cohabit, Palazzo Forti Modern Art Gallery, Verona, IT
• Minimal Differences, White Box, New York, US
• Art in a Suitcase (Curator’s intervention), Vienna, AT; Budapest, H; Prague, CZ; Dresden, Berlin, DE; Ravenna, Mola di Bari, IT; Istanbul, TR
• Word for Word, without Words / Dobesedno brez besed, MGML, Mestna galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SI
• KIPARSTVO DANES. Komponente, stičišča in presečišča, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Celje, SI
• 4th International Video Exhibition: Human (Person, Body…), Gallery Velenje, Velenje, SI
• Where do we go from here?, Secession, Vienna, AT
• U3 - 6th Triennial of Contemporary Art in Slovenia: An Idea for Living. Realism and Reality in Contemporary Art in Slovenia, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, SI
• Frauen Circus Museum_phase 01, Stadtpark Gleisdorf, AT
• The Dump – Recycling of Thoughts, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk, PL
• AT HOME: Architects France and Marta Ivanšek, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, SI
• Communication Networks, MGML, Mestna galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SI
• Female Artist - the Art of Survival, 11th International feminist and queer festival Red Dawns, Project Room SCCA, Ljubljana, SI
• (Un)empowered, DDT (Delavski dom Trbovlje), Trbovlje, SI

2009

• videospritz®EST#4, Trieste Contemporanea, Studio Tommaseo, Trieste, IT
• Video in Progress 2: City Perspectives, Parakino, Laznia Centre for
  Contemporary Art, Gdansk, PL
• 10 years the One Minutes, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, NL
• namaTRE.ba 3, Academy of Fine Arts, Trebinje, BA
• Berliner Liste 2009, Palais am Tiergarten, Berlin, DE
• DIVA Station_presents, GAMA Screening of Selected Works, Ars Electronica 2009, Brucknerhaus, History Lounge, Linz, AT
• Value Point - Siemens_artLab hosted by Hilger Contemporary, Hilger Contemporary Gallery, Vienna, AT
• OHO Award Finalists 2009 (yvaa.net), P74 Center & Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
• DIVA at Škuc Gallery, Škuc Gallery & SCCA-Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SI
• Photonic, Luminatic: New Slovenian Photography and Video, Kultur Zentrum Korotan, Vienna, AT; Photoport Gallery, Bratislava, SK; Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, SI

2008

• Necessary Discourse on Hysteria, The Gallery of Fine Arts Slovenj Gradec, SI
• World One Minutes Brussels 2008, The One Minutes foundation, Amsterdam & deBuren, Brussels, BE
• Video in Progress 2: City Perspectives, Photon Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
• Photonic, Luminatic: New Slovenian Photography and Video, K2 Contemporary Art Center, Izmir, TR
• Zapping Unit - Les Petites Formes (The Short Forms), Centre d’art contemporain de la Ferme du Buisson, Marne-la-Vallée, FR
• - 5 minutes 2008, P74 Center and Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
• World One Minutes Beijing 2008, The One Minutes foundation, Amsterdam & Today Art Museum, Beijing, CN
• Videodokument & Eyedentify Yourself, The Foundation & Gallery 3,14, Bergen, NO
• Fabula 2008: Podobe skritega, Photon Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

2007

• Every man is a curator / Jeder Mensch ist ein Kurator, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, SI
• Tina B. Festival, Mobile Video Art: The Intimate Life of the Global Village, Prague, CZ
• Editing projects, Universita Roma 3 Architettura (Ex-Mattatoio), Rome, IT
• Some other city, Sarajevo winter festival, ICP Gallery, Sarajevo, BA

2006

• Narratives, -35/+65: Two Generations, Museum Joanneum, Kunsthaus, Graz, AT
• Fragmented Show, C/O Careof, Milano, IT
• - 5 minutes, P74 Center and Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
• Arsenal sztuki, Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok, PL

2005

• Territories, Identities, Nets, Slovene Art 1995-2005, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, SI
• 26th International biennial of graphic arts, Ljublana; The First Line, International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), Ljubljana, SI
• How to speak of contemporary art?, Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok, PL
• Young Art Europe, MOYA Museum of Young Art, Vienna, AT

2004

• Appendix, Ljubljana, SI
• Parallel, Empire gallery, Nottingham, UK
• Breakthrough, Grote Kerk, the Hague, NL

2003

• Fair-Play, Play Gallery, Berlin, DE
• 25th International biennial of graphic arts, International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), Ljubljana, SI
• 11th Biennial of the Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean (bjcem.org), Athens, GR
• Festival of computer and video art, Kibla, Maribor, SI
• Start, Galerija Karas, Zagreb, HR

2002

• Start, Mestna galerija, Ljubljana, SI
• Contemporary art from Slovenia, Happy Galery, SKC, Belgrade, RS

1999

• Entrada, Hogeschool vor de Kunsten, Utrecht, NL

Screenings

2011

• Idi+Vidi 1.0, Mini video festival, Peek&Poke Museum, Rijeka, HR
• Art Stays, 9th International festival of contemporary art; Video Nights: Cinema Feministe, Art Stays Club, Ptuj, SI
• Desired Restraints, Online Exhibition, Artyčok.TV, Prague, CZ
• Video večer / Video Evening #06: Video večerja / Video Dinner, Photon Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
• CologneOFF 2011 videoart in a global context, nomadic festival project: CologneOFF 2011 - Baltic Sea; Contextual Face; Galleria Rajatila, Tampere, FI & Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, EE
• Cinéma Féministe - Love / L’Amour / LJUBEZEN, Cinema Zavod Udarnik, Maribor, SI
• DIVA Station at LUX (London), LUX, London, UK
• CologneOFF 2011 videoart in a global context, nomadic festival project: CologneOFF 2011 - Ukraine; Contextual Face, Kharkov City Art Gallery, Kharkov, UA
• Video večer / Video Evening #03: Contextual Face, Photon Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
• Cinéma Féministe - The Home / La Maison / DOMA, Cinema Zavod Udarnik, Maribor, SI

2010

• Cinéma Féministe - The Face / La Face / OBRAZ, Cinema Zavod Udarnik, Maribor, SI
• 18th ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival, Tirgu-Mures, RO
• 19th dokumentART - European Documentary Film Festival, Neubrandenburg, DE & Szczecin, PL
• Past Continuous. Future perfect. SIMULTAN FESTIVAL #6, Timisoara, RO
• 6th Attitude Festival, Bitola, MK
• K3: International Short Film Festival, Villach, AT
• DigitalBigScreen 2010, Trbovlje The Newmedia Setting, DDT, Trbovlje, SI
• DIVA Station, Kulturni inkubator, Maribor, SI
• DIVA Station, City Gallery, Nova Gorica, SI

2009

• videospritz®EST#4, Trieste Contemporanea, Studio Tommaseo, Trieste, IT
• Video in Progress 2: City Perspectives, Parakino, Laznia Centre for
  Contemporary Art, Gdansk, PL
• DIVA Station_presents, 16th anniversary of Metelkova City, Ljubljana, SI
• DIVA Station_presents, GAMA Screening of Selected Works, Ars Electronica 2009, Brucknerhaus, History Lounge, Linz, AT

2008

• Re:peat, Institute and museum Bitola, Bitola, MK

2007

• Festival do Minuto, São Paulo, BR
• Outvideo 2007, various cities, RU
• Art Generator, Urban Arts Festival, Štip, MK
• 2VIDEO, online exhibition, IT

2006

• Videodokument & Eyedentify Yourself, Sparwasser HQ, Klub Z, Berlin, DE
• One Minute, One Video, 13th Anniversary of AKC Metelkova City, Ljubljana, SI
• The one minutes festival 2006, Het Ketelhuis, Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL
• dat{e-a}006, sonance.artistic.network, medien.KUNSTLABOR, Graz, AT
• Outvideo 2006, Ekaterinburg, RU
• Video Wall: Vesna Bukovec, Meduza Gallery, Obalne galerije Piran, Koper, SI

2005

• Outvideo 2005, Ekaterinburg, RU

2004

• Outvideo, Ekaterinburg, RU

2003

• Non-Stop, P74 Center and Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

2001

• Scanline, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, SI

Residences, Workshops

2007

• workshop “Some Other City”, Sarajevo Winter Festival, Sarajevo, BA

2006

• “Visura Aperta, Momiano 2006″ in Momjan, HR; invited by curator Ivana Bago
• “Imagining Common Lands” residnecy in Gorizia, IT; invited by ŠKUC Gallery, Ljubljana; organized by Zerynthia, Rome

2004

• “Parallel”, residency of artist from twin cities, Nottingham, UK; invited by YOLK, Nottingham

2002

• “Zoladkova Gorzka - G.A.R.Ba 2002″ - Giovani Artisti in Residenza in Basilicata, Montescaglioso, IT; invited by ŠKUC Gallery, Ljubljana
• Gasthoff 2002, meeting of artschool students from across the Europe in Frankfurt, DE

Grants, Awards

2010

• Fellowship Ministry of Culture, Republic of Slovenia

2009

• Finalist of the OHO Award (www.yvaa.net), SI

2006

• Cultural City Network Graz CNN Fellowship, Graz, AT

2003

• Special mention, Fair Play Video Art Festival, Berlin, DE

2002-2004

• Fellowship Ministry of Culture, Republic of Slovenia, for MA Study

1999

• Erasmus Student Mobility Grant

Curating

2011

• Video in Progress 4: Feelings of Distress (with Metka Zupanič)
• Pain with the Thousand Teeth: Presence of Pain and Inadequacy in Video Works of Young Slovenian Artists (with Metka Zupanič)

2009

• Video in Progress 3: Fields of the Performative (with KOLEKTIVA)

2008

• Video in Progress 2: City Perspectives (with Metka Zupanič)