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Dusa Jesih was born on 1977 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She lives and works in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. In 1996 she finished high school of Art, Design and Photography in Ljubljana and in 2003 graduated from Fine Arts on Art house - College for Visual Art, Ljubljana. In 2006 she post graduated in painting. For the present she lives and works in Ljubljana. Basically she is engaged in painting and printmaking which caught in some kind of conceptually levels leed up to multimedia. She participated in numerous exhibitions, colonies, residence programs and projects at home and abroad. Since 2004 she is a member of Community association of Slovenian artists ZDSLU. Since 2006 she is a mentor of art classes on Slovenian university for third life period. From 2006 to 2007 she was twice on expert and research advanced studies in Paris, living in Cite Internationale des arts. From 2008 she has a status of self-employed artist. In 2012 she entered MA studies on ALUO -Academy of fine arts and design, in Ljubljana. In 2015 she gets Presern award - highest national cultural student award. She was for several times mentioned as young emerging artist on Saatchiart, where her works are often selected in "New these week" selection.
AWARDS
Piran, 42. International Painting Ex-tempore, winner prize, 2007
Piran, 43. International Painting Ex-tempore, Grand Prix, 2008
Piran, 44. International Painting Ex-tempore, winner prize, 2009
Ptuj, International Painting Extempore Ptuj, 2011
Piran, 48. International Painting Ex-tempore, winner prize, 2013
Prešeren Award, Ljubljana, 2015
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Between the lines, Galerija Krka, Novo Mesto
Genome, Galerija AQ, Celje
2015 Geomitrije, Tovarna umetnosti Majsperk
2013 Urbane structures, SiTi Artstore, Cristal palace, Ljubljana
2012 Genome, Gallery "Peterokraki stolp", Ljubljana Castle
2011 Cons, Gallery Tukadmunga, Studio 8, Ljubljana
2010 Critics represents, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana
2010 Embeded, Mestna galerija NG, Nova Gorica
2009 Three Way, Mestna galerija Ljubljana
2008 "Pocket edition in transition", Mestna galerija Ljubljana
2008 Paintings, Gallery Pasaza, Ljubljana
2008 "Pocket edition in transition", Center of contemporary arts Podgorica
2007 "Dusa Duse", Tobacni muzej Ljubljana
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Preteklost, sedanjost, prihodnost, Jakopiceva galerija Ljubljana / My 5 best off, Galerija Loza, Koper / Hommage a Malevich, Mestna galerija Ljubljana / Sonce je zeleno jajce, Galerija DLUL / Festival Ljubljana / 2014 I am woman, CAM - Contemporary Art Museum Casoria, Naples 2014 I am woman, CAM - Contemporary Art Museum Casoria, Naples / Project Muse, Month of Design, Ljubljana / Transform, Bukarest / Saatchi Showdown "Inglorious colors" / International Extempore Ptuj / 2013 »Distortion of reality«, Gallery ZDSLU / Geometrism in Slovenia, »Black and White«, Bienale Alpe-Jadran, Kranj / International Ex-tempore Piran / Minimum Maximum, Basel / Minimum Maximum, Banja Luka / Drawing, DLUL – Institute Jozef Stefan, Ljubljana / Majski salon, Ljubljana/ Infierno. Mihelic gallery, Ptuj / 2012 ARTHOOD SELECTS, »Great promise«, curated competition / Saatchi Abstract Showdown, London / LACDA, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art Los Angeles / Donne in Europa, Palazzo Brambilla Morpurgo Biblioteca Statale, Trieste
Dusa Jesih was born on 1977 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She lives and works in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. In 1996 she finished high school of Art, Design and Photography in Ljubljana and in 2003 graduated from Fine Arts on Art house - College for Visual Art, Ljubljana. In 2006 she post graduated in painting. For the present she lives and works in Ljubljana. Basically she is engaged in painting and printmaking which caught in some kind of conceptually levels leed up to multimedia. She participated in numerous exhibitions, colonies, residence programs and projects at home and abroad. Since 2004 she is a member of Community association of Slovenian artists ZDSLU. Since 2006 she is a mentor of art classes on Slovenian university for third life period. From 2006 to 2007 she was twice on expert and research advanced studies in Paris, living in Cite Internationale des arts. From 2008 she has a status of self-employed artist. In 2012 she entered MA studies on ALUO -Academy of fine arts and design, in Ljubljana. In 2015 she gets Presern award - highest national cultural student award. She was for several times mentioned as young emerging artist on Saatchiart, where her works are often selected in "New these week" selection.
AWARDS
Piran, 42. International Painting Ex-tempore, winner prize, 2007
Piran, 43. International Painting Ex-tempore, Grand Prix, 2008
Piran, 44. International Painting Ex-tempore, winner prize, 2009
Ptuj, International Painting Extempore Ptuj, 2011
Piran, 48. International Painting Ex-tempore, winner prize, 2013
Prešeren Award, Ljubljana, 2015
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Between the lines, Galerija Krka, Novo Mesto
Genome, Galerija AQ, Celje
2015 Geomitrije, Tovarna umetnosti Majsperk
2013 Urbane structures, SiTi Artstore, Cristal palace, Ljubljana
2012 Genome, Gallery "Peterokraki stolp", Ljubljana Castle
2011 Cons, Gallery Tukadmunga, Studio 8, Ljubljana
2010 Critics represents, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana
2010 Embeded, Mestna galerija NG, Nova Gorica
2009 Three Way, Mestna galerija Ljubljana
2008 "Pocket edition in transition", Mestna galerija Ljubljana
2008 Paintings, Gallery Pasaza, Ljubljana
2008 "Pocket edition in transition", Center of contemporary arts Podgorica
2007 "Dusa Duse", Tobacni muzej Ljubljana
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Preteklost, sedanjost, prihodnost, Jakopiceva galerija Ljubljana / My 5 best off, Galerija Loza, Koper / Hommage a Malevich, Mestna galerija Ljubljana / Sonce je zeleno jajce, Galerija DLUL / Festival Ljubljana / 2014 I am woman, CAM - Contemporary Art Museum Casoria, Naples 2014 I am woman, CAM - Contemporary Art Museum Casoria, Naples / Project Muse, Month of Design, Ljubljana / Transform, Bukarest / Saatchi Showdown "Inglorious colors" / International Extempore Ptuj / 2013 »Distortion of reality«, Gallery ZDSLU / Geometrism in Slovenia, »Black and White«, Bienale Alpe-Jadran, Kranj / International Ex-tempore Piran / Minimum Maximum, Basel / Minimum Maximum, Banja Luka / Drawing, DLUL – Institute Jozef Stefan, Ljubljana / Majski salon, Ljubljana/ Infierno. Mihelic gallery, Ptuj / 2012 ARTHOOD SELECTS, »Great promise«, curated competition / Saatchi Abstract Showdown, London / LACDA, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art Los Angeles / Donne in Europa, Palazzo Brambilla Morpurgo Biblioteca Statale, Trieste