DAMIJAN KRACINA, born 1970 in Kobarid, Slovenia. Lives ans works in Ljubljana, Slovenia
1999, MA at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. He works in sculpture and media art.
He was the founding member of the Provokart art group, which performed several public art events and projects. He was founder and art director of ARTileria Kluže (1997-2000). He was artist in residency in: Werkstadt Graz, Graz Austria(1998), Studio of Ministry of Culture of RS in New York, USA (2000), Tamarid Institute Albuquerque, New Mexico USA (2002), SFAI Santa Fe, NM, USA (2004). In 2003 he receive CEC ArtsLink Independent Project award. Founder and active memeber of Domestic Research Society.

DAMIJAN KRACINA Rojen 1970 v Kobaridu, Slovenija
1996 je diplomiral na kiparstvu na Akademiji za likovno umetnost v Ljubljani kjer je leta 1999 diplomiral na video in kiparski specialki. Bil je član in ustanovitelj skupine Provokart, Bil je ustanovitelj in med 1997 - 2000 umetniški vodja Artilerie Kluže. Leta 2000 je dobil štipendijo Ministrstva za kulturo RS za trimesečno bivanje v ateljeju v New Yorku. Bil je gostojuči umetnik v: Werkstadt Graz, Graz Avstrija (1998), Tamarid Institute Albuquerque, Nova Mehika ZDA (2002), Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM, ZDA (2004). Dobitnik CEC ArtsLink nagrade za neodvisne projekte leta 2003. V letu 2004 je dobitnik delovne štipendije Ministrstva za kulturo RS. Je ustanovni član Društva za domače raziskave.

Contact:
Damijan Kracina
tel **386 (0)41 550 121

WEB SITES:
www.kracina.com
www.proteusfont.org
www.galapagos.si
www.ddr.si

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009
Pojavljanje novih vrst, Info središče TNP Triglavska roža / Information Centre TNP, Bled, Slovenia
GALAPAGOS (Damijan Kracina & Vladimir Leben), Centre Euralille Lille, France
2008
White as dirty snow, Galerija Škuc, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2007
POVEČAVA (Damijan Kracina & Vladimir Leben) Okrogli stolp Škofjeloškega gradu
GALAPAGOS (Damijan Kracina & Vladimir Leben) Stanica_Lab, Žilina, Slovakia, 8.december -10 january 2008
2006
"Secimen / Primerek" (DOMESTIC RESEARCH SOCIETY) Kabinet DDR, Ljubljana
"KORALNI OTOK", Pedijatrična klinika, Gallery Škuc, Klinični Center Ljubljana,
" GALAPAGOS" (Damijan Kracina & Vladimir Leben)
 - Gallery Loža, Obalene galerije Koper, maj 2006
 - Gallery A+A Benetke, Italija, april 2006
"AnimalTour" (Damijan Kracina & Vladimir Leben)
  - Gallery PM, Zagreb, November 2006
2005
"GALAPAGOS" (Damijan Kracina & Vladimir Leben)
- Peterokotni stolp – Ljubljana Castle, Ljubljana, (6.september 2005)
- Likovni salon, Celje, (Slovenia)
- "MMC KIBLA, Maribor, (Slovenia)
" AnimalTour" (Damijan Kracina & Vladimir Leben)
- Okrogli stolp škofjeloškega gradu. Škofja loka, (Slovenia)
- Galerija GHETTO, Split, Croatia
2004
"GALAPAGOS"(Damijan Kracina & Vladimir Leben), Galerija Alkatraz, Ljubljana, 30. 9-14.10. 2004
2003
"www.protusfont.org"(online project)
2002
"Vrt/Garden" Juraj Klovic Gallery (with Lada Sega), Rijeka (Croatia)
2001
"Personal exhibition as a web site / Osebna razstava, kot spletna stran" Media NOX, Maribor (Slovenia)
1998
"Karantena / Quarantene" Werkstadt Graz, Graz (Austria)
1997
"ZOO" Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, (Slovenia)
Trdnjava Kluže / Kluže Fortress, Bovec , (Slovenia)
"Animalis" Podsreda Castle, (Slovenia)
"Soški biser" (with Katarina Toman), Tolmin, (Slovenia)
1996
"Aquarium", Likovni salon Celje , (Slovenia)
1995
"Kracina TV", Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana , (Slovenia)
1994
Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana, (Slovenia)
1995
Gallery KCK, Tolmin, (Slovenia)

Performances:
1999 "Soški Biser" with Katarina K. Toman, Venezia (Italy)
1995 "Voda / Water", park at the Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana
1995 "Kocka / Cube" Interference, Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana
1993 Concert for bass guitar and plaster cube", ALU, Ljubljana

Group Projects: "PROVOKART"
1999 "SOS LINE - tel: 00386 41 840935 - Do you feel like beeing burdened with art / Ali ste obremenjeni z umetnostjo"
1995 "Publication - Art in your home / Časopis - Umetnost v vašem domu", (Slovenia)
1994 "Anusa - družba za vlaganje / Anusa - agency for investigation", (Slovenia)
1992 "Voli me / vote for me - love me ", (Slovenia)

Član / Member
DRUŠTVO ZA DOMAČE RAZISKAVE / DOMESTIC RESEARCH SOCIETY (www.ddr.si)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS:
- S'pajkanje Knjižnica Kolodvor / Exhibition in the Ljubljana Kolodvor Library. Ljubljana (2009)
- Secimen / Primerek, Kabinet DDR (2006)
- Živali 1914-1918, TIC Kobarid (2. 12. 2005)
- Kabinet & La Capilla Atomica, p.p. Gallery Škuc, Ljubljana. (2005)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009
Move Moment, St. Thomas University, Miami, Florida USA. 21.10.2009 - feb 2010
ArtsLottery Benefit, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts 31 Mercer Street, NYC
TO BE CONTINUED… video zbirka UGM Muzej moderne i suvremene umjetnosti, Rijeka, Croatia
Culture Industry', Folklore and Clichés at VOX, Athens, GR
Drawing in Slovenia II. 1940 - 2009 / Risba na Slovenskem II. 1940 - 2009, Mestna galerija Ljubljana, Slovenia
Vienna Fair, Vienna, Austria. Presented by Galerija Alkatraz Ljubljana
1. International Trienal Ceramics UNICUM 09, Ljubljana, Slovenia
The Ideal Woman, Noordbrabants Museum 's-Hertogenbosch, NL
CLOSED FOR ANNUAL LEAVE!, Gallery Škuc, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2008
Crazycurators Biennale, DDR project, curator Alenka Gregorič, Bratislava, Slovakia
Video Dia Loghi 2008, Cinema Massimo, Torino, Italia
ARHIPELAG, Festival of contemporary art, Nova Gorica - Gorizia, Slovenia - Italy
Nematična področja: video umetnost v Sloveniji devetdesetih, Galerija Alkatraz
EKOSUSAK , ART & ECOLOGY PLATFORM, Susak, Croatia
VS_Bergen, The Foundation & Gallery 3,14, Bergen, Norway
International Art Fair VOLTA4, June 2008, Basel - Switzerland. Presented by Galerija Alkatraz Ljubljana
2007
LAND(E)SCAPE, Kűnstlerhaus Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Avstria
Move Moment, Embassy of Slovenia in Washington, DC. USA.
2006
THE ONE MINUTES AWARDS 2006 The One Minutes Foundation (TOM) Amsterdam. (Saša Nabergoj, Damijan Kracina: On the Road)
POGLEDI NA DOLINO REKE SOČE - DRUGAČNE PERSPEKTIVE Galerija Rika Debenjaka Kanal ob Soči, (17.11.- 6.12.2006)
"ODBRANA PRIRODE" 12. bijenale, Pančevo, Srbija (GALAPAGOS Damijan Kracina & Vladimir Leben)
"ARHIPELAG", Festival of contemporary art, Nova Gorica - Gorizia, Slovenia - Italy
2005
Festival visages francophones - Visages de la Slevenie, Cahors, France, 27. 9.-2. 10. 2005 info
22nd Kassel Documentary Film Festival, www.filmladen.de/dokfest (*)
"Čisto umazano / Pretty dirty", Svet umetnosti, Galerija Škuc, Ljubljana
Kiparske pokrajine / Sculptural Landscapes, Bežigrajska Galerija 2, Ljubljana
Territories, Identities, Nets - Slovene Art 1995-2005, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana
Hevreka, Stičišče novih tehnologij in storitev, Gospodarsko razstavišce, Ljubljana (24. -28. 5.) info
"Materika", Nova Gorica - Gorizia, (Junij / June 2005)
EMAF (European Media Art Festival), Osnabruck (23. april 2005) info
2004
"Home Made Marmelade" Priština (15.-19. 12. 2004) info
"Extended Views" Centre Céramique in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
"AVTOKINO BARJE", Ljubljana
"RE-CONNECTIONS" Santa Fe Art Institute, New mexico, USA
"Videospotting" Dotik, Videm / Udine, Italy info
"Ready 2 Change" Gallery P74, Ljubljana
"85'95 - Razširjeni prostori umetnosti / Art in Extended Spaces", Museum of Modern Art Ljubljana
2003
Sight.Seeing, 4. Austrian Triennial on Photography, Graz, (Austria)
"Far away", Eskilstuna konstmuseum, Eskilstuna, (Sweden)
"Replay", Gallery P74, Ljubljana
"Slovenische videokunst 1969-2003", Artspace, Wiena (Austria)
2002
"Solar Circuit" (video screening) Tasmania (Australia)
"ESCAPE FROM ALKATRAZ" WAH Center New York, USA info
"Central" Gallery Gradec Zagreb (Croatia)
"Becomings" City Gallery Ljubljana (Slovenia)
"CONECTIONS, Tamarind Institute residency project, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
"Genius Loci" City gallery Piran, (Slovenia)
"Strawberrys in December" Likovni salon Celje (Slovenia)
"Risba / Drawing" Koroška galerija likovnih umetnosti, Slovenj gradec (Slovenia) info
2001
"KunstraumMitteleuropa" Kibla, Maribor
"Factor Bank Collection " Museum of Modern Art Ljubljana
"HICETNUNC" Sala Roma, Pordenone (Italy)
"Extended Transformation - Natura Naturans 5"; City Art Museum Ljubljana, Art Galley of BIH Sarajevo, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb.
"Mamljivo / Aluring" MGLC Lubljana
"Vulgata - Kunst aus Slovenia" NBK, Berlin (Germany)
"Becomings" (Tirana, Belgrade, Pristina, Ljubljana, Paris),
"Central" Museum Morsbroich, Köln
"Slovene way" Villa Serena Bologna, dec 2001
"Basket Video" teater Gromki, Metelkova Mesto, Ljubljana, dec 2001
2000
"KunstraumMitteleuropa" Palais Harrah, Wien (Austria)
"Vse razen videza" Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana (Slovenia)
"artisti.giovani@sloveni" Venezia (Italy)
"SLIKA 2000" Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana (Slovenia)
"Extended transformations" Trieste (Italy)
"ARGOS Project" Vevey (Swizerland)
"VULGATA" Pavel house,Lafeld, (Avstria),
"U3 - VULGATA" Museum of Modern Art Ljubljana
1999
"Travelling without moving / Potovanje brez premikanja" Gallery KCK, Tolmin
"Snow sculpture event" Quebec (Canada)
"Zimski salon" City Gallery Ljubljana, (Slovenia)
"Art from rucksack / Umetnost iz nahrbtnika" Likovni salon Celje (Slovenia)
"SiQ 1999" WUK Kunsthalle Exsnergasse, Wien (Austria)
" Without the Wall" Ludwig Museum, ST Petersburg, (Russia)
"Postaja Topolo" Topolo, (Italy)
"Art from rucksack 1997-1999" Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick (Ireland)
"Homo Sapiens 2000" Kibela, Maribor (Slovenia)
1998
"4th Interernational Festival of Computer Arts" Rotovž Gallery, Maribor
"Day + Night show" Passage Galerie - Kunstlerhaus Wien (Austria)
"Transverzala utrinkov", Znojile, Baška grapa (Slovenia
"Intramuros / Med zidovi" ARTileria Kluže, (Slovenia)
1997
"Media in media" City Gallery Ljubljana, (Slovenia)
"Biennale of the young artist of Europe and the mediterranan", Turin, (Italia)
"Modra roka / Wise Hand" R. Jakopic Gallery, Ljubljana (Slovenia)
"LUR" Collegium artisticum, Sarajevo (Bosnia)
"Real fiction", Area di Ricerca, Trieste (Italy)
"Interstanding - understanding" Rotermanns Salt Storage Atrs Centre Talinn (Estonia)
"Please Touch" Rotovž Gallery, Maribor (Slovenia)
1996
"For Your Eyes Only", Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (Poland)
"Immaginario altro", Sala Franco, Trieste (Italy)
"Telo angela / Ill corpo dell angelo", City Gallery, Piran ,(Slovenia)
"Cyber Café!", Gallery KCK, Tolmin ,(Slovenia)
"Natura naturans", Museo di storia naturale, Trieste, (Italia)
"Immaterial" Moscow Forum of initiatives, Mali manež, Moscow (Russia)
1995
"Biennale of the young mediterranan artist ", Modern Gallery, Rijeka (Croatia)
"Cash'n' Carry", Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana ,(Slovenia)
"Lamparna", Labin, (Croatia)