Ana Kavčnik Jamnik, born 1992 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She graduated in 2016 in the subject of sculpture from the Faculty of Education - Art Education. From 2014 to 2017, she was a student demonstrator at the Gallery UL PEF. In 2017 she went on an Erasmus + study exchange at the Academy of Arts and Design E. Geppert in Wroclaw, Poland, Department of Ceramics and Glass. In 2023, she received her master's degree in the subject of sculpture from the Faculty of Education - Art Education. She exhibited her works in Slovenia, England, Greece, Brazil, Latvia, China, Poland, Croatia and Germany. In 2018 she won the grand prize at Ex terra Krško 2018. In 2022 she won honorary award at Ceramics in Slovenia 2005 - 2022. Currently she is working as a professional associate at the Art Education department, at the Faculty of Education in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She also works as a volunteer firefighter and first responder, which is inspiring her works and influences her artistic expression.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Ana Kavčnik Jamnik, Records, Cafe gallery Pungert, Kranj, Slovenia
2022 Ana Kavčnik Jamnik, Consequences, Gallery Pogled, Kamnik, Slovenia
2020 Ana Kavčnik, Leave the Light On, Gallery Srečišče, Hostel Celica, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2019 Ana Kavčnik "HELP", Glass atrium Ljubljana Town Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2018 Tamara Bregar "Traces of transgression" and Ana Kavčnik "Collateral damage"; Gallery UL PEF, Ljubljana, Slovenia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2024 The 10th Silk Road Arts Festival Exhibition, Full Hall of Shaanxi Provincial Art Museum, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
2024 Insects from scientific to artistic views, Gallery Srečišče, Hostel Celica, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2024 Festa Exhibition, Echo's Studio, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2024 Young Artists: The Freshness And Power of Art – Reflections of Society, Gallery ZDSLU, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2024 Dreams & Nightmare: Third Edition, Boomer Gallery, 150 Tooley Street, SE1 2TU, London, England
2024 Representations of insects - from scientific to artistic views, UL PEF Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2023 Exhibition of the Art Education Department UL PEF in University of Ljubljana Week 2023, UL PEF Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2023 ART ON LOOP, The Holy Art Gallery, Praxitelous 26, Athens, Greece
2023 ART ON LOOP, The Holy Art Gallery, The Factory, 21-31, Shacklewell LN, London, England
2023 Equilibrium, Artly Mix - Cultural Space, Rua Pelotas 398, Vila Mariana, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2022 Ceramics in Slovenia 2005 - 2022, KGLU - Koroška galerija likovnih umetnosti, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
2022 Ceramics in Slovenia 2005 - 2022, Mestna in Prešernova hiša, Kranj, Slovenia
2021 Invited young 2021, Gallery DLUM and Vetrinj Mansion, Maribor, Slovenia
2021 πr Square 2021: Exhibition of Modern Kinetic Ceramics, Layerjeva hiša, Kranj, Slovenia
2020 The Banality of Evil in our Daily Lives Exhibition; Alte Münze, Berlin, Germany
2019 Boundaries in Ceramics; Ana Kavčnik, Tamara Bregar, Satya Pene, Mariša Ribič; Mala galerija Banke Slovenije, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2018 2nd LATVIA INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS BIENNALE 2018; Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia
2018 Ex terra Krško 2018; Mencingerjeva hiša, Krško, Slovenia
2018 IV. International Triennial of Ceramics UNICUM 2018; National Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2018 Linked Silk Road; Faculty of Education University of Ljubljana Student Exhibition; 1895 Nantong Cultural and Creative Industry Park, Exhibition Room No.1, Nantong, China
2018 Erasmus student Exhibition ASP Wroclaw; Gallery Aula, Wroclaw, Poland
2016 Summer 2016; Gallery Equrna, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015 Networking. Sculpture Exhibition of Students of 4th Year Art Education; Gallery UL PEF, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015 Ceramics Today. III. International Triennial of Ceramics UNICUM 2015; National Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015 Gesturally Painting and Ritual of Painting Procedures (drip, spillage, overflow, overflowing with indenting, direction, annealing color and follows); Gallery UL PEF, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2014 Exhibition as Part of the 3rd International Ceramic Colony; Gallery Krpan, Cerknica, Slovenia
2014 Graphics in the Academic Year 2013/14; Mentor: Professor Črtomir Frelih, Gallery UL PEF, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2014 Exhibition as Part of the 3rd International Ceramic Colony; Gallery Vilim Svečnjak, Čabar, Croatia
2014 Exhibition of Artworks of the 3rd Year Students of Art Education; Gallery UL PEF, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2013 Exhibition of Students' Works from Basics Ceramics and Creative Ceramics in the Academic Year 2012/13; Gallery UL PEF, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2012 Črtomir Frelih with students: Exhibition in University of Ljubljana Week 2012; Gallery UL PEF, Ljubljana, Slovenia
AWARDS:
2024 Prešeren Prize UL PEF for the master's thesis: Expression of Fear in Sculpture
mentor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jurij Selan, co-mentor: Prof. Mirko Bratuša
2022 HONORARY AWARD: Ceramics in Slovenia 2005 - 2022, Mestna in Prešernova hiša, Kranj, Slovenia
2020 Competition finalist: The Banality of Evil in our Daily Lives Art Prize, Alte Münze, Berlin, Germany
2018 MAIN AWARD: Ex terra Krško 2018; Mencingerjeva hiša, Krško, Slovenia
Collections:
Stella - 2024
2024 - The 10th Silk Road Arts Festival Exhibition, Full Hall of Shaanxi Provincial Art Museum, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Collateral Damage - 2022
2023 Equilibrium, Artly Mix - Cultural Space, Rua Pelotas 398, Vila Mariana, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Collateral Damage - 2018
2nd LATVIA INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS BIENNALE 2018; Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS:
15. 5. - 6. 6. 2025
Majski salon 2025 (MS’25) – Mehka moč (Soft Power), Ptujski grad, Miheličeva galerija in Galerija mesta Ptuj, Ptuj, SLOVENIA
5. 9. – 1. 10. 2025
Zgodbe iz Slovenije: umetnost, ki povezuje (Stories from Slovenia: Art that Connects), Galeria Podlaska, Biała Podlaska, POLAND
18. 10. – 8. 11. 2025
Razstava ob praznovanju 70-letnice GZV (Exhibition Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of GZV), Cankarjev dom, Vrhnika, SLOVENIA
CONTACT:
Email: akj.keramika@gmail.com
Phone: +38651377099