MARIJA MOJCA PUNGERČAR, Master of Fine Arts
EDUCATION
1999 – 2001: San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California, MFA in new genres
1992 – 93: College of Applied Arts in Vienna
1989 – 1991: Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, specialization in painting
1989 – 1989: Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, BFA in painting
1978 – 1982: College of Design and Photography in Ljubljana
GRANTS, AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND RESIDENCES
2005: Grant of the Ministry of Culture of Republic of Slovenia
2003: The Atelier for Slovenian Artists Residency, New York
2000: Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture of Republic of Slovenia
1999: Fulbright Scholarship
1996: Düsseldorf Studio Program Residency (The Celje International Weeks of Art Fellowship)
1996: ArtsLink Residency at the Lower East Side Printshop in New York, US
1995: 18th Biennial of Youth Award, Museum of Modern Arts, Rijeka, Croatia
1992: Austrian Academic Exchange Scholarship, Vienna, Austria
1989: Aero Art Colony Award, Arts Salon, Celje, Slovenia
FILMOGRAPHY (VIDEO)
2006: Brotherhood and Unity
2004: Outside My Door
2004: Dresscode – dokumentary video of the Dresscode project (2002)
2001: Public Session
2000: Rewind
2000: Excuse Me
1999: Ode to Joy
1999 – 2002: Career Confessions
1998: Career Fitness
1996: Portable Home
1996: Varuj me! (The Body of an Angel)
1992: Fragile! (Zgodba skozi slike Marije Mojce Pungerčar)
FESTIVALS
2006: 2nd Grossmann Film and Vine Festival (Digital Cats / Young Cats selection), Ljutomer, Slovenia
1999: Evropean Avantgards of Film, Balazs Bela Studio, Budapest, Hungary
Campo video, IUAV -- Aula Magna dei Tolentini, Venezia, Italy
1997: Not Only One Day of Slovenian Women Movie and Video, “The City of Women”
Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Videospotting, Metropol Club, Ljubljana, Slovenia
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006: Brotherhood and Unity, Simulaker Gallery, Novo mesto, Slovenia
2005: Stereo-Visions, Center and Gallery P74, Ljubljana
2005: Special Offer, site-specific installation and performans, an abandoned photography store at
Tržaška str. 82, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2005: Safe House, web based project
2004: Outsite My Door, Center and Gallery P74, Ljubljana
2003: Singer, Slovenski etnografski muzej, 9. Mednarodni festival sodobne umetnosti, Mesto žensk,
Ljubljana
2002: Dresscode (with Veronika Klančnik), Kiberpipa, Ljubljana
2001: A Story in Shoes (with Veronika Klančnik), Belef Belgrade Summer Festival 2001, Belgrade,
Yugoslavia
2000: Salon des refuses, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco
1998: Career Club, Art Resources Transfer Inc., New York, U.S.A.
1997: Play Your City, Gallery Karas Showplace, Zagreb, Croatia
1996: Play Your City, Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1995: Bears Make Me Laugh, Café Belvedere Gallery, Bled, Slovenia
1995: Day of Youth, street installation, Celje, Slovenia
1994: Cherchez la femme, French Cultural Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1994: In Which Language Do You Keep Silent?: Dolenjska Museum, Novo Mesto; Museum of Modern
1994: Art Information Center, Ljubljana;
1994: Media Nox Gallery, Maribor, Slovenia
1993: Homeless Experiences/Experiments, Gallery Atelier 96, Vienna, Austria
1992: Fragile, Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1992: Paintings (with Petra Varl Simončič), Arts Salon, Celje, Slovenia
1987: Gothic (with Linije Sile Group), Equrna Gallery, Slovenia
1987: Linije Sile Group & Ema Kugler Fashion Show, (with Linije Sile Group), Črna Jama Cave,
Postojna, Slovenia
1985: Constructivists (with Linije Sile Group), Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1984: Hollywood (with Linije Sile Group), Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1983: Linije sile (with Linije Sile Group), Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Krka Club, Novo Mesto,
Slovenia; Youth Club Ivo Lola Ribar, Rijeka, Croatia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006: Interrupted Histories, Museum of Modern Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2005: Territories, Identities, Nets (Slovene Art 1995 - 2005), Museum of Modern Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2004: Extended Spaces of Art - Art in Slovenia 1985-1995, Museum of Modern Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2004: Moj mali svet, Umetnostna galerija in Likovni salon, Celje
2002: Terminal – May’s Edition, Slovenian National Television, 1st Program
2001: Men, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Celje, Slovenia
2001: An Eye and its Truth, Museum of Modern Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2001: MFA Exhibit, San Francisco Art Institute, Fort Mason, San Francisco
1999: Art from Rucksack, Arts Salon, Celje, Slovenia; Catalyst Arts Gallery, Belfast;
1999: Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland
1998: When art’s doin’t, Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1998: Public Appearances, Art’s Place Gallery, Graz, Austria
1998: Outfit – Identity and Mascarade, Rhenania Gallery, Colonia, Germany
1998: Women Beyond Borders (1998 – 2002), traveling exhibition, the organizator: Santa Barbara
1998: Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara
1997: The Second Triennial of Contemporary Slovenian Art U3”, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana,
Slovenia
1997: You Are Here, “Artscape 97” Art Festival, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, U.S.A.
1997: 19th Youth Biennial, Museum of Modern Arts, Rijeka, Croatia
1996: The Body of an Angel Coast Galleries, Piran, Slovenia
1995: Time as Structure, Method as Meaning, Studio Gallery, Budapest, Hungary; Škuc Gallery,
Ljubljana, Slovenia
1995: Blitzart, Kluže by Bovec Forth, Slovenia
1995: 18th Youth Biennial, Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka, Croatia
1994: Words and Pictures, No. 1, ICA Library, London, U.K.
1993: Network for Metelkova Artists, former army barracks Metelkova Street, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1993: 17th Youth Biennial, Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka, Croatia
1992: Artists Exhibition for Network for Metelkova, Old Power Station, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1991: 16th Youth Biennial, Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka, Croatia
1991: May Show, Rihard Jakopič Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Karas Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
1991: Yugoslav Drawing Biennial, Karas Gallery, Zagreb, Slovenia
1989: Aero Student Colony on Veli Lošinj, Arts Salon, Celje, Slovenia
1987: Biennial of Youth Culture of Mediterranean Countries, Thessaloniki, Greece
1986: Fashion Show (with Linije Sile Group), SKC Gallery, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1986: New Tendencies in Yugoslav Arts (with Linije Sile Group), Centrum Artisticum Gallery, Sarajevo,
Yugoslavia
1985: Biennial of Youth Culture of Mediterranean Countries (with Linije Sile Group), Barcelona, Spain
CURATING
2002: Terminal – May’s Edition, Slovenian National Television, 1st Program
FASHION DESIGN
1990: The Revision of Yugoslav Army Uniform (with Linije Sile group), START Magazin, Zagreb, Croatia
1987: Four Seasons (with Linije Sile group), Ars Vivendi Magazin No.2, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1987: Secession (with Linije Sile group), Ars Vivendi Magazin No.1, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1984: senior designer of blouses fashion program, Labod, Novo Mesto
1983: assistant designer of Teens fashion line, Novoteks, Novo mesto
SET DESIGN
1994: Streets, “Cestni inženiring” Company, Technology for Environment Fair, Ljubljana Fair, Slovenia
1991: Peacefull Ambient-Tent, Hill International, The Fair of Militaristic Products, Moscau, Russia
WORKSHOPS TEACHING
2004: The Summer Night of Museums, art workshop, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana
1999: Gilš Workshop, theatre costume design workshop, Dolenjske Toplice, Slovenia
1997: Marry House, European Month Of Culture, Skuc Gallery, art workshop, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1996: Gilš Workshop, theatre costume design workshop, Rakitna, Slovenia