Dusa Jesih

The presentation of a painter, whose works hold a critical view of the social, cultural and political spheres of our existence, but in a little less conventional (fashionable) way for the present times. The goal of my art is to provide a critical overview of our social, cultural and political spheres in a slightly unconventional (trendy) manner. I am more interested in self-reflection on the phenomenon of alienation I am witnessing as it goes (contradictorily) hand in hand with globalisation rather than focused on any political engagement. I feel like sheer existence is draining our last bits of energy in these crazy times. We are straining ourselves with precarious work, fighting for our dear life and in the process forgetting about ourselves and our interpersonal relations. To live in unity and harmony, peace and love now seems an outdated and illusionary hippie idea that is so far from reality. I am trying to face this experience and internalise through the leitmotif of my last cycle of paintings called Unity. Using "as little words as possible" in minimalist "gestalt" language that allows for some artistic expression and space for the world of each individual, I am trying to transform unity into a hybrid of a warning (traffic) ...

Academy of Fine Arts Ljubljana

AWARDS
2024 16th INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ART AWARD EXTEMPORE KARNEVAL PTUJ
2023 V. International Ex-tempore Kras, Excellence Award, Lipica
2022 IV. Interational Ex-tempore Kras, Excellence Award, Lipica
2022 57. International Painting Ex-tempore, Mayor Purchase Prize, Piran
2019 55. International Painting Ex-tempore, Winner Prize, Piran
2015 Prešeren National Art Award, Ljubljana
2013 48. International Painting Ex-tempore, Winner Prize, Piran
2011 International Painting Extempore Ptuj
2009 44. International Painting Ex-tempore, Winner Prize, Piran
2008 43. International Painting Ex-tempore, Grand Prix, Piran
2007 42. International Painting Ex-tempore, Winner Prize, Piran

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Camouflage, Rethinking the Space, Mihelic Gallery Ptuj
2023 Dodecafonia, City art gallery Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica
2022 (Non)aligned, Dvorac Petroviča, CSCG Podgorica
2022 Roundabout, Galleri Weinberger-Scandorf
2020 Ménage a passage, Gallery Kos Ljubljana
2019 One for all - The Bauhaus Centenary, DDT Trbovlje
2018 Give me a sign, Gallery S, Ljubljana Castle, Lj
2017 Modus Vivendi, Gallery Kibla, Maribor
2017 Art Critics' Choice, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana
2017 Form vs geometry, Dusa Jesih, Gallery FOVI, Ptuj
2017 (No) dialogue, Gallery Mirat&Co, Madrid
2017 Unity – Between the lines, Bezigrad Gallery, Lj
2016 Between the lines, Gallery Krka, Novo Mesto
2016 Genome, Gallery AQ, Celje
2015 Geometries, Factory of Art Majsperk, Majsperk
2013 Urbane structures, SiTi Artstore, Cristal Palace, Lj
2012 Genome, Gallery Tower, Ljubljana Castle
2011 Cons, Gallery Tukadmunga, Studio 8, Ljubljana
2010 Art Critics' Choice, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana
2010 Embedded, City Art Gallery NG, Nova Gorica
2009 Three Way, City Art Gallery of Ljubljana
2008 Pocket edition in transition, City Art Gallery Ljubljana
2008 Paintings, Gallery Passage, Ljubljana
2008 Pocket edition in transition, CSCG Podgorica
2007 "Dusa Duse", Tobacco Art Mu...