CV

PERSONAL DATA
  Ana Čigon(1982)
lives and works in Štanjel and Ljubljana, Slovenia
   
EDUCATION
2009- Student of Master programme (MA) of INTERFACE CULTURES at The University for Art and Industrial Design (Kunstuniversität), Linz - Austria  ic
2010 Residency at ISCP (International Studio & Curatorial Program), New York -USA
2007-2009 Student of Master programme (MA) of VIDEO at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljan academy
2005 Socrates/Erasmus exchange programme at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin - Ireland NCAD
(2002-2006 study) 2007 Graduated from PAINTING at the Academy of Fine Arts and design, Ljubljanaacademy
 
 
REFERENCE  

AWARDS & SELECTIONS

2010 Finalist for Henkel award Slovenia
Selection for Vordemberge-Gildewart Foundation Award, Ljubljana
2009 ● Selection of video for video competition So fresh, Monfalcone - Italy
● Finalist and winner of OHO award, Ljubljana
Finalist of Essl award, Ljubljana
2008 ● Selection of video in the category of 1 minute video at the international festiva Electric rats dream video dreams, Celje
● Selection of short videos -5minutes of gallery P74, Ljubljana
● Selection for group exhibition Premiere 17, Celje
2005 Special approbation for painting on exhibition Window to the world, Gorizia - Italy
   
SOLO EXHIBITIONS  
2011 ● Performance "Dear ladies, Thank you" in Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana
2010 ● Solo exhibition "Perspective", Alkatraz gallery, Ljubljana
● Solo exhibition "Translations 1", gallery P74, Ljubljana
● Solo exhibition"Let me fly" in Insula gallery, Izola
● Solo exhibition "Let me fly" in Račka gallery, Celje
2008 ● Solo exhibition"Body on throne" in Hest 35 gallery, Ljubljana
● Solo exhibition “All my tricks and truths” in Pretorska Palace, Koper
● Solo painting and video exhibition “All of my stories” in gallery Pop planet, Ljubljana
2004 ● Solo exhibition of paintings at Duka gallery, Piran
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 ●Traveling group exhibition POGLED 6 "Jaz, tukaj, zdaj" gallery Božidar Jakac, Kostanjevica na Krki
● Video at DA FEST, International Digital Art Festival, National Academy of Art, Sofia - Bulgaria
● Video at Videoholica, intrnational video art festival, Varna Puppet Theatre, Varna - Bulgaria
● Online Exhibition: "Desired Restraints" (curator: Ida Hiršenfelder), Artycok.tv
● Video presented in section of Slovenia "Pain with the Thousand Teeth" (curator: KOLEKTIVA) in CologneOFF 2011: Arad Art Musem, Arad - Romania; NCCA, Tampere - Finland
Napolidanza, International festival of video dance, PAN, Napoli - Italy
2010 ● Presentation of collaborative project Artificial stupidity at Amber Festival, Istanbul - Turkey
● Group exhibition Multimeridijan '10 / "Signs of Futility" at MMC Luka gallery, Pula - Croatia
● Presentation of collaborative project Artificial stupidity at Ars Electronica Festival, Linz - Austria
● Group exhibition SUMMITS (Contemporary art between earth and sky) Palazzo Frisacco, Tolmezzo - Italy
Open studios and Video screening at ISCP (International Studio & Curatorial Program), Brooklyn New York - USA
● Group exhibition of selected artists for Vordemberge-Gildewart Foundation Award 2010, City Gallery, Ljubljana
● Group exhibition Imagine, gallery Škuc, Ljubljan
2009 ● Selection and exhibition of video work for the competition So Fresh, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone - Italy. Exhibition also traveling to: Stazione Rogers, Trieste -Italy, City Gallery, Nova Gorica and Medusa gallery,Koper - Slovenia, Art-Kino, Rijeka - Croatia
● Group exhibition Lets print in Miklova House, Ribnica
● Group exhibition of nominees for OHO Award in gallery P74, Ljubljana
● Group exhibition of nominees for Essl Award in Hribarjeva Hall at Ljubljana Castle, Ljubljana
● Instalation for a one day multimedia event CW author of project: Adam Ramejkis, other participants: writer Metka Zorec, photographer Anita Strasse, musician Gal Gjurin and video artists »Salenina«, International Center of Graphic Arts (MGLC)., Ljubljana
ArtNetLab video selection at GAD gallery, Berlin - Germany
2008 ● Group exhibition Premiere 17, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Celje
● International festival of video and dance Danca em foço (Coreo-Ediçöes internacional 1), in Sao Paulu (SESC Pinheiros), Rio de Janeiro (Oi Futuro) and Salvador (FUNCEB - Fundação Cultural do Estado da Bahia) - Brasil
● Group exhibition of video selection -5 minutes in gallery Kapsula, Ljubljana
● Video festival Electrict rats dream video dreams selection for the category 1 minute, Celje
2007 1.3 Festival of Video and New Media Art, VideoMatch07City Art Museum,  Ljubljana
Four short videos for scenographic background of the Timelessness dance show, author of the dance and dancer Natasa Tovirac, co-authors of the dance and dancers Masa Kagao Knez and Teja Reba, music Marko Gregoric, presented in The Dance Theatre in Ljubljana
2006 Autoportrait today, exhibition of selected participants at the competition of Art gallery Maribor
2005 ● Group exhibition of the international competition Window to the world (special approbation), Cultural House Gorica - Italy
11. International festival of Computer Arts, Maribor
2004 Exhibition with Brina Torkar in City House (Museums of Gorenjska), Kranj
2003 ● Group exhibition Ex-tempore in City Gallery, Piran
 
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