Biography

Lea Jazbec (b. 1979, Kranj, Slovenia) is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice is grounded in experimental, practice-based research. She holds an MFA (Hons) in Painting from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Italy.

Jazbec’s artistic approach is informed by the observation of nature, the human condition and perceptual processes. Light functions both as a material and as a conceptual tool through which she explores the boundaries of the visible, the tangible and the unknown.

Moving deliberately between media, she develops spatial and site-specific installations, working across drawing, photography, graphic printmaking, video and sound. She tests various spatial techniques using different “spatial keys”, exploring what is visible and tangible in order to understand and reveal what is hidden or new.

Her interest in light and spatial research began during her studies in Venice and was further developed through the Artist-in-Residence programme at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa (2008–2009). The long-term series Time–Eye (from 2010 on) established the methodological foundation of her practice. Building on this, the experimental multimedia project Reconstruction of the Projected Image (2018–present) develops from projected image and photography to video and spatial installation, continuing her investigation of the camera obscura through the ongoing reconfiguration of the aperture — a central methodological element of the project.

She is currently focused on creating installations in public spaces with site-specific and space-conditioned content related to the natural world, cultural and industrial heritage, and abandoned spaces in need of revitalisation.

In 2022, was granted the status of self-employed artist in culture for outstanding achievements. Her work has been exhibited internationally and presented at institutions including MGLC Ljubljana, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa (Venice), Careof DOCVA Viafarini (Milan), FIG Bilbao and MAAM Rome. She has participated in artist residencies, and her work is held in public collections.