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IN BRIEF
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Arven Sakti Kralj Szomi was born in 1974 in Slovenia. As a child she lived in England where she graduated from Goldsmiths' College University of London in 1996, on the Fine Art – Studio Practice and Contemporary Critical Theory course of study. Upon her return to Slovenia, she completed a Masters degree at the University of Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and Design in 2007, specialising in Video Art, Photography and Net Art. Since January 2004 she has been working as an independent artist accredited by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, exhibiting extensively at home and abroad.

  
 


EDUCATION
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2007 – MA Video Art,
University of Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana, SLO;

1996 – BA (Hons) Fine Art - Studio Practice and Contemporary Critical Theory,
Goldsmiths' College University of London, London, UK;

1992 – BTEC Diploma Foundation Sudies in Art and Design,
Leeds College of Art and Design, Leeds, UK.

  
 


SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
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2006 – Happy Toes, KUD France Preseren, Ljubljana, SLO;
2006 – Memories for a Shilling and More, Pentagonal Tower, Ljubljana Castle, Ljubljana, SLO;
2006 – Memories for a Shilling and More, Galerija Domzale, Domzale, SLO;
2005 – Memories for a Shilling and More, Fotogalerija Stolp, Maribor, SLO;
2005 – Memories for a Shilling and More, Maison de la Culture Le Corbusier, Firminy, F;
2004 – Video Positive - Timeline, Galerija Ivana Groharja, Skofja Loka, SLO;
2004 – Video Positive - Departure, Sportina *42, Ljubljana, SLO;
2004 – The World of the Object, Lendava Sinagogue, Lendava, SLO;
2004 – Memories for a Shilling and More, Podsreda Castle, Kozjanski park, SLO;
2004 – The Found Gaze, Gradska galerija Fonticus, Groznjan, CRO;
2004 – The Found Gaze, Herman Pecaric Gallery - Piran Coastal Galleries, Piran, SLO;
2003 – Departure, Finzgarjeva galerija, Ljubljana, SLO;
2003 – The Found Gaze, Likovni salon Celje, Celje, SLO;
2002 – The Found Gaze, Bezigrajska galerija, Ljubljana, SLO;
2002 – Little Hiding Cases, Galerija 19, Dolsko pri Ljubljani, SLO;
1998 – Sweet Nothing, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK.

  
 


SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
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2006 – Contrast, Galerija ZDSLU, Ljubljana, SLO;
2006 – May Salon 2006, Slovenska Bistrica Castle, Slovenska Bistrica, SLO;
 2006 – Intimate, Piran City Gallery – Piran Coastal Galleries, Piran, SLO;
2005 – Visage de la Slovénie, Cahors, F;
2004 – Just for a crust … and anything more?, Atelje FAIR & Galerija Photon, Ljubljana, SLO;
2004 – Small Format, Galerija Ivana Groharja, Skofja Loka, SLO;
2004 – Photon's New Year's Greetings, Galerija Photon, Ljubljana, SLO;
2004 – Balkan Youth Festival, Litochoro, GR;
2004 – 4th International Festival of Art Photography & Video Art, Prilep, MK;
2004 – 2nd International Biennial of Graphics, St. Petersburg, RUS;
2004 – Les Fêtes Consulaires, Lyon, F;
2004 – 1ère Rencontre d'Artistes Européens, Maison de l'Europe de Lyon, Lyon, F;
2004 – Young Photographers United - New Blood 2003, B;
2003 – Autumn Auction, Galerija Photon, Ljubljana, SLO;
2003 – Friendly Fire, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, A;
2003 – The Last East European Show, Museum of Contemporary Art, Beograd, SCG;
2003 – Original, Galerija Photon, Ljubljana, SLO;
2003 – The Present Moment in Slovenian Contemporary Art, Center for Contemporary Art, Podgorica, SCG;
2003 – 2.m, Galerija Miklova hisa, Ribnica, SLO;
2003 – ArtNetLab, Razstavni salon Rotovz, Maribor, SLO;
2002 – Moscow Shock Society, Finzgarjeva galerija, Ljubljana, SLO;
2002 – New York Shock Society, Razstavni salon Rotovz, Maribor, SLO;
2002 – Vordemberg-Gildewart Foundation, City Art Museum, Ljubljana, SLO;
2001 – Slovene Visual and Concrete Poetry, Bezigrajska galerija, Ljubljana, SLO.

  
 
SELECTED SCREENINGS
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2004 – Animateka: Re-drawing Europe 2004, Ljubljana, SLO;
2004 – 9th Festival of Slovene Independent Film and Video, Ljubljana, SLO;
2004 – 3rd Festival of Slovene Animation, Izola, SLO;
2004 – Balkan Youth Festival, Litochoro, GR;
2004 – Ladyfest Wien, Vienna, A;
2004 – »Ohne Kohle« Int. Independent Video and Filmfestival, Vienna, A;
2004 – Island Film and Video Festival 2004, London, UK;
2004 – Revija amaterskog filma, Zagreb, CRO;
2004 – Vision Bar, 16 Dresden Film Festival, Dresden, D;
2003 – Videomarathon 7th Edition, Center for Contemporary Art, Chisinau, MD;
2003 – IN OUT, House of Contemporary Arts, Budapest, H;
2003 – 9th International Festival of Computer Arts, Maribor, SLO;
2003 – IN OUT, Month of Photography, Fotofo, Bratislava, SK;
2003 – Festival Internacional de Video y Artes Digitales, Girona, E;
2003 – 50. Pula Film Festival, Pula, CRO;
2003 – SEE TV, Paris, F;
2003 – Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, SLO;
2003 – IN OUT, International Festival of the Digital Image, Prague, CZ;
2003 – Media Art Festival Friesland, St. Jacobiparochie, NL;
2002 – 8th International Festival of Computer Arts, Maribor, SLO.

  
 


PRIZES
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2004 – 3rd Prize - Experimental Film - »...Departure...«
9th Festival of Slovene Independent Film and Video, Ljubljana, SLO.

 
     
 
PROFESSIONAL BODIES
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2004 – Union of Slovene Fine Arts Associations (ZDSLU)
2004 – Association of Fine Artists of Ljubljana (DLUL)