Navigating human condition.

Body / Space
Condition / Transition
Function / Imagination
Discarded / Valued
Materiality / Spirituality
Concept / Process
Accessorie / Sculpture
Humanwear

Objects, wearable, sculptures, embodied experiences, transitional spaces.

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Awards, recognitions, residencies:

Center Rog, residency, Ljubljana, SI (2024);
Grant for visual artists, Ministry of Culture, Slovenia (2021);
London Creative Network, Cockpitarts, alumni (2021)
Sarabande : The Alexander McQueen Foundation, studio resident (2019);
Machines Room: Cohort member residency, East London, Vyner street, residency (2018-2019); International Talent Support: Accessories and Artwork, finalist (2016);
ITS Swatch Artwork prize, winner (2016);
Lidewij Edelkoort's Talent 2009, participant (2009);
Fashion Matters award, winner (2016);
Fashion Matters bursary, receiver(2016);
Better Lives Procter & Gamble Award, receiver(2015);
Award for Contributions to Sustainable Development of Society from the Slovenian Human Resources and Scholarship Funds, receiver (2009);
The Special Achievement Award from the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Natural Science and Engineering, receiver (2009).

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Exhibitions:

BIEN, Contemporary textile art bienal, “Air”, Leyer house, Kranj, SI, group show (May-17. August 2025);
CD Gallery / Cankarjev dom, “Open Globus”, Ljubljana, SI, group show (2024);
Smythson X LCF, "Out of the blue", Smythson flagship store, 131-132 Bond Street, London, UK (2023);
Z33 House for Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture, "Fitting In", Hasselt, BE (2022/23);
ITS Arcademy, "The First Exhibition", curated by: Olivier Saillard, Trieste, IT (2022 private opening, 2023 public opening);
Goldsmiths University, "PRESSURE POINTS: Holding Bodies as Collateral”, London, UK (2022);

New Brewery Arts gallery, "Shoes have names", Cirencester, UK (2022);
Velenje Gallery, solo exhibition "A Human Experience", Velenje, SI (2021/22)
Burberry's temporary gallery space - Mayfair, Sarabande: "House of Bandits", London, UK (2020);
Virtual Shoe Museum, Lola and Up/Rooted, permanent collection, internet: https://virtualshoemuseum.com/ (2020);
London Craft Week, Shelter boutique, "Shoes have names", London, UK (2020);
National Museum of Decorative Arts, "Why What Who", Buenos Aires, ARG (2019);
Museum of Architecture and Design, "Creators", Ljubljana, SI (2019);
YKK London Showroom, "Extra-ordinary rituals", London, UK (2018);
ArcelorMittal Orbit, "Royal visit for the Olympic Project", London, UK (2016);
International Talent Support, "The 15th: Utopia", Trieste, IT (2016);
Swatch lab, Object for Self-Reflection, permanent collection, Zürich, CH (2016-)
Month of Design Ljubljana, SI (2012);
Designhuis, Lidewij Edelkoort’s talent forcast show "Talent 2009", Eindhoven, NDL (2009).
 


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Education:

MA Fashion Artefact, London College of Fashion, UK;
MA in Fashion and Textile Design, Faculty of Natural sciences and Engineering Ljubljana, SI;
Design Skolen Kolding, Fashion and Textile Design, exchange year, DK;
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, study visit, HUN.

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Work experience:

Swatch / product designer;
Swatch Group / freelance jewellery designer;
Roberts/Wood / set artefacts;
Wanbing Huang / body artefacts;
Warner Bross studios, HBO, Apple tv, Netflix / costume stand by;
Slovenian National Theatre / costume designer;
London College of Fashion, Istituto Marangoni / visiting lecturer.

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