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 (video One more kick)
- Finalist and winner of OHO award, Ljubljana (video Discovery beyond the transparency)
- Finalist of Essl award, Ljubljana (video & new media: Unbreakable, Timelessness & Motion-picture interaction)
2008 - Selection of video in the category of 1 minute video at the international festiva Electric rats dream video dreams, Celje (video Unbreakable)
- Selection of short videos -5minutes of gallery P74, Ljubljana (video Unbreakable)
- Selection of video for Festival600, Ljubljana (video Unbreakable)
- Selection for group exhibition Premiere 17, Celje (painting Like me.!?)
- Selection for the international Ex-tempore, Piran (painting The praise of folly)
2007 - Selection of work for competition Selfportrait today, Maribor (video Selfportrait)
2005 - Special approbation for painting on exhibition Window to the world, Gorizia, Italy (painting Untitled)
2004 - Selection for the internationa Ex-tempore, Piran (painting Piran)
- First prize on students cultural festival ŠTUNF, Koper (print Web)
   
2009-2011 Scholarship from Slovene Ministry of Culture for MA Study abroad
2007-2009 Scholarship from Slovene Ministry of Culture for MA Study
2003-2007 National Zois scholarship for talented students
   
PAINTING  
2010 - Group exhibition of 35 artists from Primorska region, Gallery museum Lendava
- Solo exhibition"Let me fly" in Insula gallery, Izola
- Solo exhibition "Let me fly" in Račka gallery, Celje
2009 - Group exhibition at Lukatelova House, Volče near Tolmin
2008 - Group exhibition Premiere 17, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Celje
- Independent exhibition"Body on throne" in Hest 35 gallery, Ljubljana
- Independent exhibition “All my tricks and truths” in Pretorska Palace, Koper
2007 - Group exhibition Man in art in gallery Peroz, Duplica pri Kamniku
2006 - Exhibition of graduate students of The Academy of Fine Arts Ljubljana in the  Pentagonal Tower in Ljubljana Castle, made on the XVII. Painting colony in Velenje, Ljubljana
- Group exhibition Women in art in gallery Peroz, Duplica pri Kamniku
- Group exhibition of the XVII. Painting colony in Velenje Gallery, Velenje
2005 - Group exhibition of the international competition Window to the world (special approbation), Cultural House Gorica, Italy
2004 - Independent exhibition of paintings at Duka gallery, Piran
- Group exhibition of students of the Accademy of Fine Arts Ljubljana in three Slovene coastal cities: Pretorian palace in Koper, Insula Gallery in Izola, Auditorium in Portorož
- Group exhibition Ex-tempore in Tenzor gallery, Ptuj
- Exhibition with Brina Torkar in City House (Museums of Gorenjska), Kranj
2003 - Group exhibition Ex-tempore in City Gallery, Piran
- Group exhibition ŠTUNF in Pretorian palace, Koper
 
VIDEO & NEW MEDIA  
2011 - Performance "Dear ladies, Thank you" in Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana
2010 - Solo exhibition "Perspective", Alkatraz gallery, Ljubljana
- Presentation of collaborative project Artificial stupidity at Amber Festival, Istanbul - Turkey
- Solo exhibition "Translations 1", gallery P74, Ljubljana
- 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
- Traveling exhibition of So Fresh competition, Stazione Rogers, Trieste, Art-Kino Croatia, Rijeka, City Gallery, Nova Gorica (One more kick)
2009 - presentation of the catalogue and the DVD of So Fresh! competition at the Regional Contemporary Art Gallery L.Spazzapan of Gradisca d’Is, Italy (One more kick)
Year exhibition of Academy of Fine Arts Ljubljana in City Art Museum, Ljubljana ( Timelessness)
- Elmar symposium – presentation of new media work 0:1 virtual-real duel, Zadar, Croatia
-Video for the project sub/Consciousness of author Vasja Progar (sound performance, sensors, video projection) presented on Bienale ...
-Selection and exhibition of video work for the competition So Fresh, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone, Italy (One more kick)
-Group exhibition Lets print in Miklova House, Ribnica (One more kick)
- Group exhibition of nominees for OHO Award in gallery P74, Ljubljana (Discovery beyond the transparency)
- Presentation of video dance works at Napolidanza in PAN (Palazzo delle Arti), Napoli, Italy (Timelessness)
- Group exhibition of nominees for Essl Award in Hribarjeva Hall at Ljubljana Castle, Ljubljana (Motion-picture interaction)
- VideoMatch09, group presentation of short videos, Trbovlje (Real Presence)
- Instalation for a one day multimedia event CW author of project: Adam Ramejkis, International Center of Graphic Arts (MGLC) , Ljubljana: , other participants: writer Metka Zorec, photographer Anita Strasse, musician Gal Gjurin and video artists »Salenina«
- ArtNetLab video selection at GAD gallery, Berlin, Germany (Anima (ani+ma))
2008 - Elmar symposium – presentation of new media work Motion-picture interaction, Zadar, Croatia
- Real presence – presentation of selected video and new media works and exhibition of workshop work with Alberto Gianfreda, at Rivoli Castle – Museum of Contemporary Art, Rivoli, Italy
- 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 (Timelessness)
- Afest (International festival of Amateur, Art and Trash Movie) Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Timelessness)
- Independent painting and video exhibition “All of my stories” in hairdressing studio and gallery Pop planet, Ljubljana (Unbreakable, Anima(ani+ma), Autoportret and Ulysses)
- Video selection -5 minutes in gallery Kapsula, Ljubljana (Unbreakable)
- Video festival Electrict rats dream video dreams selection for the category 1 minute, Celje (Unbreakable)
- Short Film Festival FF600 presented in in Old Power Plant, Ljubljana (Unbreakable)
- VideoMatch08 (Slovene student videos confronts with the works of their colleagues from other art academies from Europe) at Kiberpipa, Ljubljana  (Unbreakable)
- Group exhibition MOVE! ArtNetLab at City Art Museum, Ljubljana  (Motion-picture interaction)
2007 - 1.3 Festival of Video and New Media Art, VideoMatch07City Art Museum,  Ljubljana 2008 (Anima(ani+ma))
- Presentation of selected video works of students of The Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana on the International video festival Electric rats dream video dreams, Celje (Anima (ani+ma))
2006 - Autoportrait today, exhibition of selected participants at the competition of Art gallery Maribor (Autoportret)
- 12. International festival of Computer Arts, Ljubljana & Maribor (interactive panorama: Tivoli)
- Eu/Stuart: International exhibition of digital works of students of European art schools, Velenje (Artist, Teenager)
2005 - 11. International festival of Computer Arts, Maribor (Ulysses)
 
VIDEO & DANCE  
2009 - Video for solo dance performance: “Dear ladies, thank you” (concerning appreciation for Slovene women artists especially Zofka Kveder, Ivana Kobilica and Alma Karlin) – 10 min, dance performance included my video with inserts from three womens photos, poetry, paintings ecc. presented on a lcd screen  and on a tv - a real-time capturing of my face. Camera and construction for the capturing of the face done by Nika Autor and Miha Ciglar, presented at the Academy of Theater, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana
2008 - Video for solo dance performance “Gilda: from love to death” (inspired by the opera Rigoletto by Verdi) – 10 min, presented on the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana
2007 - 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
- Animation for scenographic background of the Triples dance, production of dance studio Intakt choreography of Nataša Tovirac and dancers, in The Dance Theatre in Ljubljana and at Kosovel Hall in Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana
 
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