Iztok Sostarec

Iztok Šostarec was born on 5th of August, 1960, in Ljubljana. He attended a School of Design, Department Industrial Design, and studied Fashion Design.

He works as a costume and make-up designer in Slovene and foreign theatres, as a stylist in advertisement shooting. In Croatia he created collections of fashion accessories for fashion houses, he designs decorative elements for interiors.

It is characteristic for Iztok Šostarec that, irrespective of means of expressing himself, be it painting, sculpture or fashion, he unites techniques and creates new ones in extraordinary combinations. Paper, textile, metal or wood are tested separately or together, they are kneaded in a creative manner und subsequently transformed into a work of art, in which the original materials get completely new dimensions, and the work in question an unexpected polysemantic force of expression.

Several times he has been awarded by the Municipality of Ljubljana for best display window in the town centre. His displays are not a mere decoration, they resemble an exhibition, a theatre, the elements of which are telling a story, they seem to liven up right away, change their position and start telling another story.

In recent years, he has been engage...

A school of fine art, Zagreb, Croatia
University of Textile Technology, Fashion Design Department; Zagreb (Croatia)

March 2006 : Painted chairs (video projection), international project 2006, Portorž, Slovenia

November 2006: Mandala circle, (impressions, colages), private exhibition, support of the Director of the French Cultural Center, Ljubljana

Février 2007 : Mobiles haïkus, (textile, métal, papier plié), Galerie Ilirija, Ljubljana

May 2007: Samurai, (Folded Paper), in cooperation with Leon Zakrajsek (Sumie painting), Moj Salon Gallery, Ljubljana

December 2007: Ballerinas, (folded paper), Gallery Moj salon, Ljubljana

March 2008: Games, (sculpture, mixed media), artists' residence Grožnjan (Croatia)

June 2008: Air, (plastic shirts, installation), Fonticus Gallery, Grožnjan (Croatia)

June 2008: Lazy afternoon, (plastic sheeting, outdoor installation), International Wild Flower Festival, Bohinj, Slovenia

July 2008: Distance and smile, (Installation, mixed media), Tir Gallery, Nova Gorica, Slovenia

Février 2009 : Air, (chemises plastique, installation), exposition collective,Galerie Zvonimir, Zagreb

July 2009: White Horses, (Tyvek and Wire Mesh, Outdoor Installation), under the patronage of the Slovenian and French Governments for the celebration of the Bicentenary of the Illyrian Provinces, Lipica Stud Farm, Sloven...