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Mark Požlep (1981, Celje, Slovenia)

EDUCATION / IZOBRAZBA

2018 - 2019, HISK, Higher Institute for Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium
2012 – 2014, Advanced Master in transmedia, Sint Lukas, Brussels
2006 – 2009, Master’s degree studies in Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Video (head Professor Sreco Dragan) / Magisterij iz videa in novih medijev, Akademija za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje, Univerza Ljubljana (mentor profesor Sreco Dragan)
2001 – 2006, Bachelor’s degree studies in Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Painting (head Professor Herman Gvardjancic) / Dodiplomski studij, Akademija za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje, oddelek za slikarstvo (mentor profesor Herman Gvardjancic)
2000 – 2001, Art House / College for Visual Arts, Ljubljana

SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS (Selection) / SAMOSTOJNE RAZSTAVE IN PROJEKTI (Izbor)

Permanent Vacation, Hestia Art Residency & Exhibitions Bureau, Belgrade, Serbia, 2024
Permanent Vacation, Cukrarna, Ljubljana, SLO, 2023
Spring Utrecht, Southwind documentary performance, 2022
SOUTHWIND, Documentary Performance, Glej Theatre, 2022
HOGSHEAD 733, HESTIA Art Residency & Exhibitions Bureau, Belgrade, Serbia, 2022
Hogshead 733, Draught, Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, +MSUM, Ljubljana, SLO, 2021
SOUTHWIND, Out of Sight, Antwerpen, BE, 2020
Southwind E1, Galerija Gallery, Ljubljana, SLO, 2020
Blueprint for revolution, Hestia Art Residency & Exhibitions Bureau, Beograd, SRB, 2019
Blueprint For Revolution, Lecture Performance, Glej Theatre, Ljubljana, SLO, 2018
Agora, Antwerpen Expo, Antwerpen, BE, 2018
Blueprint for Revolution, P74, Ljubljana, SLO, 2017
Island, Galerija Ravne, Ravne na Koroskem, SLO, 2017
Hogshead 733 book presentation, Artist club, Palais de Tokio, (FR), 2016
Island, BRDG, Antwerpen, (BE), 2016
Stranger Than Paradise, Lecture Performance, Theatre Glej, Ljubljana, (SLO), 2016
Promised Lands, Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, (SLO), 2015
Stranger Than Paradise, Center for Contemporary Arts Celje, Celje, (SLO), 2014
Homelands, Israeli Center for Digital Art, Israel, 2014
Just Before The Explosion, Gallery Miklova Hiša, Ribnica, (SLO), 2013
Tomorrow, maybe, I will be the same, Gallery A+A, Venice, (I), 2013
Mark Požlep, Tobacna galerija 001, Ljubljana (SLO), 2012
Mark Požlep & Nicola Genovese, Mala Galerija – Ganes Pratt, Ljubljana (SLO), 2011
Lords of Dirt (with Meta Grgurevi?, Jaša, Valerio Nocolai, Jyrki Riekki, Giorgio Guidi, Claire Dantzer,Kyle Milne, Urša Vidic), UGM/Maribor art gallery, Maribor (SLO), 2011
Little Stars, Projetto Superfluo 2, (in collaboration with Jaša, Meta Grgurevic, Jure Cvitan, Saša Šuštar, Kalu, Janez Vidrih, Mia Špindler, Urša Vidic) Ex Pulisecco / Parcheggio Central
Park, Padua (I), 2011
Queens and Criminals (With Meta Grgurevic), Kibela, Maribor, (SLO), 2010
Maybe Weird and Dark But Certainly Alive 2, Plevnik Kronkowska Gallery, Celje, (SLO), 2010
Preview / Review, Ganes Pratt Gallery, Ljubljana, (SLO), 2010
Time To Become Poets (with Jasa), de la Galerie de la Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, (FR), 2009
Dead Man Can’t Dance, Galerija Ganes Pratt, Ljubljana, (SLO), 2009
Against the History for a bit of Good Old Love (with Jasa), Gallery of Contemporary Art Celje (SLO), 2008
Fireplace, Axe and a Banana-peel, Plevnik-Kronkowska Gallery, Celje (SLO), 2008
Monsters, Galerija Ganes Pratt, Ljubljana (SLO), 2007
Purple Volvo Valentine, Likovni salon, Celje (SLO), 2006
Purple Volvo Valentine, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2005

GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS (Selection) / SKUPINSKE RAZSTAVE IN PROJEKTI (Izbor)

MG+ 10TH TRIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART – U3 | AGAINST THE STREAM OF TIME, Ljubljana, SLO, 2024
Spider - Festival of Radical Bodies, Ljubljana, 2024
À Reclasser, Antwerp Art Weekend, Antwerp, BE, 2024
Risomanija, Mestna galerija Nova Gorica, SLO, 2024
Live Load, New Performance Turku biennale 5, Finland, 2023
Worlds Within Worlds, HDLU, Zagreb, CRO, 2023
European film festival Palic, Palic, SRB, 2023
Art Stays 2023, Voyage, Ptuj, SLO, 2023
Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, WORLDS WITHIN WORLDS, Dubrovnik, CRO, 2023
Soutien de Famille, Women and Children First, Viernulvier Gent, Be, 2023
SOUTHWIND, KASK cinema, Gent, Belgium, 2022
MEDPROSTOR, Koroška galerija Likovnih umetnosti, Radlje ob Dravi, SLO, 2022
Southwind, Openbare Werken, Voroouit, Ghent, BE, 2022
BEYOND BORDERS, Koroška galerija likovnih umetnosti Slovenj Gradec, SLO, 2022
Low -Tech, Galeries du Forum Meyrin, Geneve, CH, 2021
EKO 8, International Triennial of Art and Environment / A Letter to the Future, Former MTT factory Maribor / Melje, Maribor, SLO, 2021
L’EFFET DOMINO - Manifesta 13 - Les Parallèles du Sud, Nice, FR, 2020
CALLING OUT FOR A HERO: ACTION BEYOND ARTIVISM, Likovni salon Gallery, Celje, SLO, 2020
RAZMEJITVE / BORDERLINES , Centre for Contemporary Arts, Celje, SLO, 2020
DOKAZ ŠT. 1, MGML, Ljubljana, SLO, 2019
Blueprint for Revolution, Contour Biennale 9 - Colton as Cotton, Mechelen, BE, 2019
Failures of cohabitation, MHKA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerpen, BE, 2019
HISK @ TICK TACK Selecting moving image works by artists over its 20 years of existence, Tick Tack, Antwerpen, BE, 2019
Hisk open studios, Ghent, BE, 2019
Blueprint For Revolution, Swamp Pavilion - Commonism, Venice Architecture Biennial,
Stranger Than Paradise, Meet Factory, Prague, CZ, 2018
Rites of Exchange, Iselp, Brussels, BE, 2018
Hisk open studios, HISK, Ghent, BE, 2018
Sorry/Not Sorry, Ghent, BE, 2017
Festival Borštnikovega srečanja 52., Maribor, SLO, 2017
Anti Festival, Kuopio, Finland, 2017
I’LL ALWAYS BE THERE. ALWAYS, Gallery of Contemporary Art Celje, Celje, SLO, 2017
Cold from the Balkans, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey, 2016
Multimeridijan 16, Svjedoci - tijela u dijalogu i procesi refleksije, Hdlu Istre, Pula, (HR), 2016
Art matters, but art is not enough, Gallery of Contemporary art Celje, (SLO), 2016
Psst There is Still Space in Outer Space! Pavel Haus/Pavlova hiša, Austria, 2016
Oho Award, UGM, Maribor, (SLO), 2016
Art in Slovenia 2005-2015, MSUM, Ljubljana, (SLO), 2015
Everything and Nothing, Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, (SLO), 2014
U mojoj zemlji palme rastu / My Land Has Palm Trees, SIZ Gallery, Rijeka, (HR), 2014
Made in Us, Gallery Vžigalica, Ljubljana, (SLO), 2013
The Air of Songs, Galerija Sodobne umetnosti Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art, Celje,(SLO) 2013
U3-Seventh Trienial of Slovenian Contemporary art, Curated by Nataša Petrešin –Bachelez, MSUM,Museum of contemporary art Ljubljana (SLO), 2013
Stardust, Ex Machello, Padua, (IT), 2012
Skoraj pomlad, Almost Spring, 100 years of Slovenian Art, UGM/ Maribor Art Gallery, Maribor (SLO), 2012
Lepo slikarstvo je za nami, UGM/Maribor art Gallery, Maribor (SLO), 2012
It’s all right, Maremetraggio, international short film festival, Trieste (IT), 2012
Podobe resnicnosti: med zgodbo in dejstvom, Galerija sodobne umetnosti, Celje (SLO), 2012
Abot -Artists’ Books on Tour, Artist Competition and Mobile Museum, International Centre of Graphic Arts, MGLC, Ljubljana, (SLO), 2012
This was the worst year in my life, Ganes Pratt-mala Galerija, Ljubljana (SLO), 2012
Extracculicular activity, Curated by Daniele Capra, Ex Pulisecco/Parcheggio Central Park, Padua (IT), 2012
The Event, 29th biennial of graphic arts, Moderna Gallery, Ljubljana, (SLO), 2011
4.Bienale of independent ilustration, Kino Šiška, Ljubljana, (SLO), 2011
Chris Evans: Ne vem, ce sem bil dovolj jasen, Mala galerija, Ljubljana, (SLO), 2010
Akto 5, International festival of contemporary arts , Bitola, Makedonija, 2010
Risba na Slovenskem od leta 1950 dalje, Museum of Contemporary art, Rijeka, (CRO), 2010
Renaissance Nostra, Collective exhibition by Maja Škerbot, Berlin, (D), 2010
Catodica 5, International video festival, Stazione Rogers, Trieste, (IT), 2010
The Lonely Crowd, White Canvas Gallery, Nanjing, China, 2009
Quoting Contemporariness, Universal Cube, Leibzig (D), 2009
Risba na Slovenskem od leta 1950 dalje, Mestna galerija Ljubljana, (SLO), 2009
Risba na Slovenskem od leta 1950 dalje, UGM Maribor, (SLO), 2009
Friday Night Kicks 3, Muzej na cesti - Moderna galerija, Ljubljana (SLO), 2008
Image of a Space, Gallery of Contemporary art, Celje (SLO),2008
Down the Rabbit Hole / Contemporary Painting in Slovenia after the Year 2000,
Galerija Ganes Pratt, Ljubljana (SLO), 2008
Featured Art Scene, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz (A), 2008
Bad Girls Bad Boys, Mestna galerija, Ljubljana (SLO), 2007
Jurgen, “Vsak clovek je kustos / Jeder Mensch ist ein Kurator”, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana (SLO), 2007
Bulgaria? …Oh, yes, Bucurest!, Banya Starinna, Art Today Association, Plovdiv (BUL), 2007
Cultural Hero, II Biennial of Quadrilateral/BQ_2, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rijeka (CRO), 2007
Essl Award 2007, Narodna galerija, Ljubljana (SLO)
U3 - Fifth Triennial of Slovenian Contemporary Art, Moderna galerija,Ljubljana (SLO), 2006
Essl Award 2005, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana (SLO), 2005
Essl Award Winners 2005, Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg/Vienna (A), 2005
Real Presence - Floating Sites, Collateral Events, Venice Biennial, Venice (ITA), 2005

STAGE PERFORMANCE / GLEDALIŠČE

Jadran, Volim te, Spider Festival, Ljubljana, SLo, 2024
Southwind, Dom Kulture Studentski Grad, Beograd, SRB, 2023
Southwind, Toplocentrala, Sofia, Bolgaria, 2022
Southwind, Spring Festival, Utrecht, 2022
Southwind, , Glej Theatre, Ljubljana, SLO, 2022
Blueprint for revolution, KUTNÁ HORA PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL, Kutna Hora, CZ, 2020
Stranger Than Paradise, Syndicate of Outlandish Entities, Old Power Plant (SMEEL), Ljubljana, SLO, 2020
Blueprint for Revolution, Contour Biennale 9 - Colton as Cotton, Mechelen, BE, 2019
Blueprint For Revolution, Lecture Performance, Glej Theatre, Ljubljana, SLO, 2018
Stranger Than Paradise, Meet Factory, Prague, CZ, 2018
Stranger than Paradise, Festival Borštnikovega srečanja 52., Maribor, SLO, 2017
Stranger Than Paradise, Lecture Performance, Theatre Glej, Ljubljana, (SLO), 2016

STAGE DESIGN / SCENOGRAFIJA

Party, Ivica Buljan, SNG Drama, 2022
Trnjulčica, Robert Waltl, Mine Theater, 2021
Naj bo konec lep, Ivica Buljan, Mini Theater, 2017
Natanovi otroci, Robert Waltl, Mini Theater, 2017
Kozmopolis, Alen Prosić, Mini Theater, 2017
Tiest, Ivica Buljan, Mini Theater, 2016

GRANTS & AWARDS / NAGRADE

SPILL Festival + Think Tank research residency, Ipswich, UK, 2024
Arc artist residency, Romainmôtier, Switzerland, 2017
Artist Meets Chef, Hotel Adriatic, Rovinj, CRO, 2017
RU, Residency Unlimited, New York, US, 2017
Oho Award, Young Visual Artist Award, Winner, 2016
Israeli Center for Digital Art, Artist in Residence, Holon, Israel, 2014
Minstry of Culture- Republic of Slovenia, Artistic research grant, 2012
Ministry of Culture – Republic of Slovenia, Artist in Residence program in New York (USA), 2011
Academy Prešeren Award, 2010
Liberal Academy Slovenia – Golden bird for visual art, 2009
The Branch,La Vitrine, Artist-in-Residence, Marseille, France, 2009
Ministry of Culture – Republic of Slovenia, High Education Grant, 2007
Essl Award for Central and East Europe, Special Invitation for Slovenia
(Sammlung Essl Privatstiftung, Klosterneuburg/ Vienna, Austria), 2007 Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Annual University Excellence Award, 2006
Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, Artist-in-Residence, Paris, France, 2006
Essl Award for Central and East Europe, Second Prize for Slovenia,
(Sammlung Essl Privatstiftung, Klosterneuburg/ Vienna, Austria), 2005
Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Velenje Art Colony Award, 2005
Flaxart Studios, Artist-in-Residence, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2005

Contact:
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markpozlep@yahoo.com
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