Rok Slana

Rok Slana was born on April 1st 1983 in Kranj, Slovenia, to mother Alenka Žagar Slana and father France Slana, BFA, a famous slovenian painter.

After finishing elemtary school in Ljubljana in 1998 he was accepted to Likovna gimnazija (High School of Fine Arts) into a newly formed program of High School for Design and Photography where he soon realized his strong passion for painting and started actively painting in 1999. He made his first public apperarance in a group exhibition with other puppils of HSDP in 2002 at a public introduction of schools in CD Information Centre in Ljubljana. He graduated from high schol in the same year.

In 2003 he passed the exames and enrolled in the Accademy of Fine Arts in Venice, Italy. Under the mentorship of prof. Carlo Di Raco he concluded his studies after five years with a successful preparation and defence of a graduate thesis in 2008. He considers his father, France Slana, BFA, prof. Carlo Di Raco, Rudolf Å panzel, BFA, and prof. Igor Kregar his most important mentors.

He is now married to Å pela Slana,dr.med.spec., and since mid 2011 also a father to a beautifull little girl, Julija.

He is situated and working in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Degree in painting, Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, 2008.

-Slana, father and son (Gallery Severia, Koper 2008)

-Slana, father and son (Sparkasse Bank, Ljubljana 2008)

-exhibition slikarska kolonija Zlata Ribica (Library Cirila Kosmača,Tolmin 2008)

-Exhibition slikarska kolonija Primož Trubar (Gallery PAC, Murska Sobota, 2004)

-Likovna kolonija Sinji vrh (Penzion Sinji vrh, Sinji vrh, 2008)

-Exhibition likovna kolonija Arboretum (Gallery Golf Arboretum, Volčji Potok, 2008)

-Likovna kolonija Osor 2008 (Osor 2008)

-Exhibiton at the Ministry of Defense of republic of Slovenia (2009)

-Tandem exhibition with father France Slana on institute Jožef Stefan

-Likovna kolonija Sinji vrh (Penzion Sinji vrh, Sinji vrh, 2009)

-Exhibition likovna kolonija Artita 2009 (Piran 2009)

-Likovna kolonija Osor 2009 (Osor 2009)

-Likovna kolonija Arboretum 2009 (Volčji potok 2009)

-Likovna kolonija Čatež (Čatež 2009)

-Likovna kolonija Zlata ribica (Tolmin 2009)

-Goup exhibition on castle Sevnica (2010)

-Exhibiton in gallery Celjanke (Celje 2010)

-Exhibition in KUD Krka (Novo Mesto 2010)

-Slikarska kolonija Arboretum 2010 (Kamnik 2010)

-Exhibition in gallery Glince (Ljubljana 2010)

-Likovna kolonija Arboretum 2011 (Kamnik 2011)

-Exhibition in gallery MI...