Majda Skrinar

When observing vessels in the bay I wonder about their cargo, the exotic landscapes of different geographic climes, the immense energies of parts of the world that is undergoing rapid progress and change, the mix and fusion of cultures of world cities – issues of globalization, the new replacing the old, and changes produced by digital and virtual reality. Every day, regardless of the weather, rain, sun, strong winds or fog - I go for a long walk along the coast and marvel at the fascinating scenes that lie over the horizon.

Some ships wait far out in the bay, while others, massive and heavy with their cargo, churn into port. Sometimes they turn, like a ballet dancer, on their axis. Though huge and of heavy mass, loaded with containers, they surprisingly appear weightless. While small boats under full sail move smoothly in their midst, big vessels wait patiently to discharge their cargo. What a spectacle!

Motifs on the horizon, industrial objects in the port, container-transport technology, changing light patterns, climatic conditions, the mixture of nature and culture are now the main themes in my painting.

I live in Koper, a port town on the bay of Trieste. Here the Mediterranean thrusts deep into Europe. In 2005 the ...

1983 -1990 Faculty of Architecture, Ljubljana University
1988 - 1993 Accademy of Fine Arts, Painting, Ljubljana University
1993 - 1994 Faculty of Architecture, Coimbra University

Individual Exhibitions:
2019
"El Mediterráneo, costas marinas", UCEMA University Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2015
Gouache, Insula Gallery, Izola
Nevidna mesta / Città invisibili, Meduza Gallery, Koper
2014
Orasele invizibile / Invisible Cities, Muzeul national al Taranului Roman, Bucuresti
2011
Movements and Layers, Banke Koper Gallery, Koper

Group exhibitions:
2018
“Stella Maris” Pokrajinski muzej Koper, 9.11.2018
“Knjiga umetnika/Il libro d’ artista”, Carpacciovo leto v Piranu/L) anno del Carpaccio a Pirano,
Piran, nekdanja cerkev Sv. Katarine, 26.04. – 21.05.2018

2017
“30 let galerije Insula, Skupinska razstava umetnikov Insule”, Galerija Loža Koper, 10.7. – 18.7.2017
“Razstava brez priprav: Slike iz zbirke mednarodnega Ex Tempora Piran v Koroški galeriji likovnih umetnosti”, Koroška galerija likovnih umetnosti, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenija, 24.3.-21.5.2017
2016
Galleria "la roggia", Pordenone, Italia
"35.SLIKARSKI TEDEN MALERWOCHE", Galerija Galerie Gorše,Sveče Suetchach, Avstrija Austria
"Immensity", Galerie GV, Klagenfurt/Celovec, Austria
"Flirt mit dem Ungewiessen", Galerie KoKo, Wien, Austria
2015
Sodobna pokrajina, 4 th International Festival, Janez Puhar Gallery, Kran...