Brane Korez

Academic painter, restorer of paintings and statues.
Branko Korez studied painting at the Academy of Visual Arts (Akademija za likovno umetnost) in Ljubljana.
The artistic creativity of Slovene painter Branko Korez from Maribor is strongly rooted in his pre-academy days when his desire for spontaneous emotional statement through gesticulative expression took precedence over the need for adherence to the formal rules of artistic expression. It is interesting that the desire to once again revitalize the spontaneous is becoming increasingly visible in his work, from the possible clichés of liberated self-expression to a kind of return to his own pre-academy, primal style.
Despite his widely varying work, which sometimes gives the impression of having been created by different artists, we can nonetheless discern certain consistent reference points which define the artist's personal, parallel-abstract and figurative language as a reflection of his ambivalent creative personality. Among the most often observed such points is without doubt his constant dealing with opposites, both on the visual and the content level, while at the same time striving for their reconciliation. The artist therefore allows the coexistence and simultaneous...

Studied at the Department of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. He has the status of an independent creator in the field of culture. He has led preparatory courses for entrance exams to art academies and related faculties. He is engaged in restoration, and also worked as the head of the Media Nox gallery of the Youth Cultural Center in Maribor. His works of art are kept in private (including the Žula Gallery) and public collections (Maribor Art Gallery)