Andrej Mratinković

Andrej Mratinković (born 1984 in Celje, Slovenia) is a visual artist whose practice spans drawing, painting, small sculpture, digital art, and graphic design. He graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Maribor in 2011.

From the beginning of his studies, Mratinković understood that the path of art required more than technical skill — it demanded a deep exploration of all the elements that give meaning and soul to a work of art. Through persistent experimentation and reflection, he developed a personal language rooted in material sensitivity and poetic symbolism.

A crucial influence on his artistic journey was the discovery of the works of sculptor Mirsad Begić, whose personal mythology and innovative use of natural materials—especially coffee—opened new directions in Mratinković’s own creative process.

His works often explore themes of imagination, primal origins, mystery, mysticism, and poetic transformation, merging archaic sensibilities with contemporary expression.

Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Maribor, Slovenia
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Graduated with highest honors. Diploma thesis: “Drawings with Coffee: From Mirsad Begić to My Own Works.”

/// SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• Les miracles II, Celje School of Economics, Celje, Slovenia, 2020

• Les miracles, Gallery Okvir, Celje, Slovenia, 2018

• Icarus's small invisible worlds, Gallery Okvir, Celje, Slovenia, 2017

• Icarus's invisible worlds, Roblek’s Hall, Žalec, Slovenia, 2017

• Icarus’s secrets, Terme Olimia, Podčetrtek, Slovenia, 2016

• Invisible world (Invisibilia), Gallery Barbiton, Celje, Slovenia, 2015

• All that is and all that is not (yet) …, Kreativna Zadruga, Žalec, Slovenia, 2015

• Maybe we, House of Culture Dom II. slovenskega tabora Žalec, Slovenia, 2011

• Entrapment, The Old Castle Celje, Slovenia, 2005

/// GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• Kids are starvin’, that’s how it is, Roblek’s Hall, Žalec, Slovenia, 2013

• Written off, University of Maribor Library, Slovenia, 2010

• 1st University graphic competition, Rectorate building of the University of Maribor, Slovenia, 2009

• Images from the intimate diary. Exhibition of students of the Department of Fine Arts, Gallery Media Nox, Maribor, Slovenia, 2009

• Exhibition of students of the Department of Fine Arts, Secondary School of Economics Maribor, Slovenia, 2009

• Invited, Dlum Gallery and Gallery Media Nox, Maribor, Slovenia, 2005

• Exhibition of students of thre...