ŠPELA ŠEDIVY
as a sculptor, I most often expresses myself through stone, exploring themes such as fragility, transience, contrasts, as well as resilience and strength. My works have been exhibited in group exhibitions in Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Austria, and Germany.
I co-created the intervention project KipAktiviti II, which received the Student Prešeren Award in 2022, and participated in the 9th Berlin art fair POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair the same year.
Most recently, I held a solo exhibition titled Instructions for Use Are Enclosed at Alkatraz Gallery in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
I graduated from the Secondary School for Design Maribor in 2011, after which I enrolled at the Higher Vocational College in Sežana, specializing in stone design.
In 2013, under the mentorship of Alyosha Moeran, I completed practical training during a student exchange program in Brighton, England. Matej Župec and I won a competition for the design and creation of stone elements on the renovated 28th August Square in Sežana, organized by the Higher Education Center Sežana in collaboration with the Municipality of Sežana and the company Marmor Sežana. Together, we carved three public stone sculptures based on our winning concept. In 2014, I graduated with this work under the mentorship of sculptor Damjan Švara.
That same year, I enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana, majoring in applied arts (ceramics and glass course), where I graduated in 2018 with a project titled Use of the materials characteristic of Trenta for a space intervention under the mentorship of Prof. Tanja Pak.
I am author of the manual Stone and Marking: A Professional Guide on the Possibilities of Using Stone for Marking Tourist Spots (2021), created as part of the project MITSKI PARK, in which I participated from 2018 to 2020.
I am currently completing my postgraduate studies in sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana under the mentorship of Prof. Alen Ožbolt.
SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Instruction for Use are Enclosed, Alkatraz Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia – 4th - 26th July 2024
2019
Freshly Covered in Dust, Odprto obrobje Gallery - MIKK, Murska Sobota, Slovenia – 8th - 19th November 2019
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
RE-Pannonia Festival, part of the Outdoor Installation of Sculptures, Križevci pri Ljutomeru, Slovenia – June 26 – 30, 2024
Exposition_024 – Contemporary Art of Pomurje, Murska Sobota Gallery, Slovenia – June 13 – August 21, 2024
πr Squared – Exhibition of Contemporary Kinetic Ceramics, Layerjeva Hiša, Kranj, Slovenia – April 21 – May 20, 2023
2023
Traces of Presence – Group Exhibition of Students from The Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Alkatraz Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
– April 6 – 28, 2023
Dialogue of Tenderness, Zala Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia – February 4 – 17, 2023
2022
NEXT GENERATION – Students of Art Academies and University Programs in Visual Arts, Monfort Gallery (Obalne galerije Piran),
Portorož, Slovenia – October 21 – December 30, 2022
Academy POSITIONS, POSITIONS Art Fair, Berlin, Germany – September 15 – 18, 2022
Synergie – 55th International Sculpture Symposium and Exhibition, [kunstwerk] krastal, Krastal, Austria – July 9 – August 6, 2022
KipAktiviti II – Interventions by Sculpture Students of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Public Spaces, 10 locations on
TAM-TAM city billboards, Ljubljana, Slovenia – May 20 – June 2, 2022
2021
Comprehensive Exhibition of the Group by the Sea IV, Piran Lighthouse and Art Club Predsoba, Piran, Slovenia – September 3 – 30, 2021
POP UP UM, Libertas Gallery, Koper (JSKD OI Koper and Insula Gallery), Slovenia – July 15 – September 15, 2021
Distorted Perception, CestArt Festival, Gornja Radgona, Slovenia – June 24 – 28, 2021
2019
Stone is Our Gold, Foyer of the National Council of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia – January 9 – February 1, 2019
Movements (Exhibition of Academy of Fine Arts and Design Students), Meduza Gallery, Koper, Slovenia – March 21 – May 31, 2019
2018
Junior Glass Ways, Glass Art Centre, Glassworks František, Sázava, Czech Republic – March 4 – 25, 2018
UNICUM – IV International Triennale of Ceramics (Exhibition of Ceramic Works by Art School Students), National Museum of
Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia – May 17 – September 30, 2018
2017
Reactions, Kult3000 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia – January 26 – February 24, 2017
Stories, Media Nox Gallery, Maribor, Slovenia – February 27 – April 1, 2017
Junior Glass Ways, Glass Art Centre, Glassworks František, Sázava, Czech Republic – March 5 – April 1, 2017
Manifestations – Exhibition of Graduates and Alumni of the Applied Arts / Glass and Ceramics Program, Glass Atrium, City Hall,
Ljubljana, Slovenia – October 3 – 18, 2017
Death in Design – Accompanying Program of Biennale of Industrial Design (BIO) 25, Srečišče Gallery (Celica Hostel), Ljubljana,
Slovenia – September 29 – October 27, 2017
2016
ALUO LXX, Jakopič Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia – January 19 – April 24, 2016
Light Guerrilla - Nature, Botanical Garden, Ljubljana, Slovenia – May 16 – June 18, 2016
2015
Light Captured in Stone, Natural History Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia – October 16 – November 15, 2015
EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE
2023 - present
Working independently as an artist, designer, stone carver.
2020 - present
School:
Program:
Module:
Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana
Sculpture (Postgraduate, MA)
Sculpture
2018 - 2020
Project:
Project Partner:
Job:
Result:
INTERREG Slovenia-Croatia - project Mitski Park (Mythical Park)
Inkubator d.o.o. Sežana,
Designer / Sculptress
41 stone sculptures and trail markers (team of 20 carvers, sculptors ...)
2014 - 2018
School:
Program:
Module:
Degree:
Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana
Industrial design and Applied Arts (Undergraduate, BA)
Applied Arts (ceramics and glass)
Bachelor of Applied Arts
2011 - 2014
School:
Program:
Module:
Degree:
Higher Vocational College Sežana, Srečko Kosovel School Center
Designing Materials
Designing Stone
Engineer of Design