Saso Vrabic

Sašo Vrabič is a visual artist whose work reflects on contemporary life through figural scenes and portraits grounded in painterly precision. While classical painting remains a vital point of departure in his practice, he continuously expands its possibilities by combining photorealist imagery with text, collage, graffiti-like interventions, and abstract gestures. Working in the fields of painting, printmaking, and music, he has developed a distinctive visual language marked by humour, playfulness, and a sharp sensitivity to the contradictions of accelerated life.
Vrabič draws on everyday situations, fleeting encounters, banal moments, and images circulating through popular and mass media. Through strong light contrasts, layered compositions, and an almost cinematic atmosphere, he transforms familiar scenes into psychologically charged reflections on intimacy, communication, consumerism, and the visual codes of contemporary society. His art also comments on the shifting relationship between the human being and technological development, examining how digital mediation, image hyperproduction, and contemporary lifestyles reshape perception, behaviour, and interpersonal relations. Balancing irony with emotional resonance, his works r...

Sašo Vrabič studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana, where he graduated in 1997. In 2001, he completed his master’s degree in art, specializing in printmaking.

SOLO SHOWS:
2026 International Centre of Graphic Arts – MGLC, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ''New Plate''
2024 Y Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ''Non-existent''
2023 Kosovelov dom, Sežana, Slovenia, ''In The Cloud''
2021 Koroška Gallery of Fine Arts / Gallery Ravne + Exhibition Space Dr. Franc Sušnik Central Carinthian Library, Slovenj Gradec / Ravne na Koroškem, Slovenia, ''Turn the Record''
2017 Gallery Vodnik, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ''Ne-bo''
2016 Forum Zarja, Eisenkappel, Austria, ''People Are People''
2016 Gallery Kresija, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ''Far Away, So Close''
2015 Krka, Novo mesto, Slovenia, ''Sašo Vrabič''
2014 Gallery Velenje, Velenje, Slovenia, ''Love And Fear''
2013 Institute Jožef Stefan, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ''Sašo Vrabič''
2011 Gallery of Cultural Center, Ravne na Koroškem, Slovenia, ''Fairly Accessible Paintings''
2009 Gallery Vžigalica, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ''Ci-kel-ra-ža?''
2009 Gallery Simulaker, Novo mesto, Slovenia, ''In situ''
2007 Ganes Pratt Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ''Missing (screens)''

2006 City Gallery Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia, ''Faces''
2005 Gallery Contra, Koper, Slovenia, ''Little Things''

2005 Mala Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ''Obrigado meu amor''
2004 Gallery A+A, Venice, Italy, ''Let's G...