Maribor-born artist MIRJANA RUKAVINA graduated in Painting from the Academy of
Fine Arts in Vienna and in Art Education from the Faculty of Education in Maribor. In the
1990's, her focus of interest shifted from painting to video. Since 2002, she has been
largely involved in photography, which often results in spatial installations. Since 2016
she includes drawings and paintings in her work again. She lives and works in Vienna.
RESUMÉ
1997 mag.a art. (MFA) from Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien. Study of Painting (Class of Wolfgang Hollegha).
2013 MAT Visual Arts Education, University of Maribor, Faculty of Education.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Donauinsel, time4artists, Kunst- und Integrationsvereins Migraart, Wien
2019 Donauinsel, Street Gallery of Foundation Sonda and TAM TAM, Maribor
2017 Dreams and Promises, Art Critic's Choice in cooperation with Slovenian Association of Art Critics, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2016 Here & There - Places of Absence, MAO – Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana &
Photonic Moments Month of Photography, Ljubljana
2015 Here & There - Places of Absence, UGM Studio, Maribor, Slovenia
2012 Closeness and other stories, KIBLA Multimedia Center Maribor, Slovenia
2009 Seduction - Seduced by Uncertain Knowledge, New Moment Ideas Gallery Belgrade, Serbia
2007 Touch Me Not Month, of Photography 07, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2004 Beauty Archives 2002–2004, Kunsthalle Exnergasse WUK, Vienna, Austria
2001 Care Treatment, Synagogue-Center for Contemporary Art Trnava, Slovakia
1999 Milwaukee, Gallery Cult, Vienna, Austria
Milwaukee, KIBLA Multimedia Center Maribor, Slovenia
1993 Pictures, Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 The Smile of the Sphinx, Collegium Artisticum, Terezije BB, Sarajevo
2019 Concrete Dreams, Photon - Center for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana
Alphabet Day, Zollamt, Bad Radkersburg, Austria
Art for Sale/Paper Matters, UGM Maribor, Slovenia
2018 Inventory, -ies (f) Collections on the move: UGM Collection hosted by KGLU / Museum
of Modern and Contemporary Art Koroška, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
2009 Summer, UGM – Art Gallery Maribor, Slovenia
Subjekt als Körper im Raum, Ve.Sch Vienna, Austria
2006 MISS/FIT, Freiraum Q21, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, 2006
2001 Sollbruchstellen, UNIKUM Klagenfurt/Celovec, Austria
Central artLab: Neue Kunst aus Mitteleuropa, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
2000 Very Private, KGLU/Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Koroška, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
KunstRaumMitteleuropa, Palais Harrach, Vienna in collaboration with Gallery Ernst Hilger, Vienna, Austria
1999 SIQ 1999, Kunsthalle Exnergasse WUK, Vienna, Austria
SCREENINGS
2003 Milwaukee, Zero Visibility, Festival of Electronic and Arts, Vilnius, Rome & Ljubljana
Milwaukee, Frame Finnish Fund for Art Exchange Helsinki, Finland
Milwaukee, Kyoto Biennale Goethe Institute Kyoto, Japan
Milwaukee, Alternative Video Film Festival Belgrade, Serbia
2002 Loop-Lines, The 6th Element Latvian Center for Contemporary Art Riga, Latvia
Milwaukee, Vidarte, Festival Internacional de Video y Artes Electrónicas, Mexico City, Mexico
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2018 The UGM Video Art Collection, Maribor Slovenia
1999 Austrian Federal Collection (Artothek des Bundes)
1998 Wienerstädtische, Vienna, Austria
RESIDENCIES
2011 Artist in Residence Berlin, Ministry of Culture Slovenia
2006 Artist in Residence, Q21, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna
2002 Artist in Residence, KulturKontakt Austria
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
2004 Carmina, 37 minutes documenting the life of the Carmina Slovenica Choir (conductor: Karmina Šilec), Producer: Blok Film
2002 Terminal, monthly TV-show exploring audio-visual culture & digital media art, Producer: RTV Slovenija
Erlauf erinnert sich ... 20 min. Producer: NÖ Kultur