LEA JAZBEC
Curriculum Vitae
Lea Jazbec (1979, Kranj, Slovenia)
Interdisciplinary artist
Self-employed in culture
Member of NGO Happy Artists (Head of the Photography Section); member of DLUL (Ljubljana Fine Artists Society); since 2024 substitute member of the Honourable Tribunal of ZDSLU (The Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies). Mentor for young people and children in the field of spatial research and experimentation with the medium of light and manual graphic printing.
Research focus
Experimental, practice-based research
Media
Drawing, photography, graphic printmaking, video, sound, sculpture, installation
EDUCATION
2008–2012
MFA (Hons) Painting
Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2004–2008
BA Painting
Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venice, Italy
CURRENT PROJECTS
Series Time–Eye (2010–2026)
Reconstruction of the Projected Image (2018–2026) In-Situ (2022–2026)
High Waters, multimedia project with Brane Sirca (2023–2026) FotoGrafika, development of alternative graphic techniques between photography and printmaking with Bess Frimodig (2023-2026)
CURRENT / FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Solo exhibition: Physicality and the Essence of Space II., Tona's house in St. Peter, in collaboration with Sergej Mašera Maritime Museum, Piran, Slovenia, March 2016
Solo exhibition: Lea Jazbec in Brane Širca, Debris of Memory, collaborative exhibition project,
Video Gallery Klet, Ljubljana, Slovenia
18. 12.2025-31. 1. 2026
Exhibition curator: Sara Nuša Golob Grabner
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2023
Artist-in-Residence Programme, KUBED, Koper, Slovenia
2021–2022
Artist-in-Residence, CSF (Centre for Experimental Photography) Adams, Rome, Italy
2020
Summer Residence of Lojze Spacal, curated by Janita Košir, Skrbina, Karst, Slovenia
2008–2009
Artist-in-Residence Programme, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Lea Jazbec in Brane Širca, Debris of Memory, collaborative exhibition project, Video Gallery Klet, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2024
Physicality and the Essence of Space
Sergej Mašera Maritime Museum, temporary exhibition, Piran, Slovenia
2022
Full and Empty
Gallery Caserma, former watchtower on Lera, Sečovlje Salt Pans Landscape Park, Slovenia
Relazione finale residenza d’artista
CSF Adams, curated by Luisa Briganti, KromArt Gallery, Rome, Italy
2021
Time – Reconstruction
Pavilion NOB, curated by Suzana Kokalj, Tržič Museum, Slovenia
2015
Time Titan
Tržič Museum, curated by Janita Košir, Slovenia
Time, Eye
Gallery Jedro, curated by Zoran Lesjak, Medvode, Slovenia
2008
Panorama
Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, curated by Prof. Carlo Di Raco, Venice, Italy
2007
Fragile
Goga Publishing House, Novo Mesto, Slovenia
2006
Series of Collages (2004–2006)
KUD France Prešeren, curated by Tadeja Kovač, Ljubljana, Slovenia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
International Festival of Fine Arts, Erotica, ZDSLU, Kranj, Slovenia
Video Festival Narave, 21st edition, Bežigrajska Galerija 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2024
International Festival of Fine Arts, Still Life in the Mirror of Time, ZDSLU, Kranj, Slovenia
2023
Exposición colectiva, FIG–Fundación ACE, Buenos Aires, Argentina
May Salon 2023, Misterij GEA, Slovenia
Group exhibition of graphic artists, ZDSLU Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2022
Le Periferie, Rome Art Week, Italy
Assembly, North Lands Creative International Auction, United Kingdom
Praga Photo, Palác Hrzánů z Harasova, Prague, Czech Republic
Prints and Impressions 2, MGLC – International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2021
FIG Bilbao – Open Itinera Exhibition, halls of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain
FIG Bilbao – International Printmaking and Art on Paper Festival, 10th edition, Euskalduna Palace, Bilbao, Spain
The Art of Photography, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Future Now, CooltSalon, London, Sofia and Belgrade
Screening: Balkan Can Kino Festival & Film Symposium, Athens, Greece
2020
Open Portfolio FIG Bilbao Days, virtual platform, Bilbao, Spain
International Arts Symposium & the Revival of the Summer Residence of Lojze Spacal, Skrbina, Karst, Slovenia
Be-coming Tree, an open-source art project by Jatun Risba
2019
Livada Recovery Project, Livada Lab, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Black & White, International Art Festival, Kranj, Slovenia
2018
Between Nature and Art, International Art Symposium, Dovžan Gorge, Tržič, Slovenia
Liquid Rooms – The Labyrinth, Its Liquid, Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi, Venice, Italy
Remix ID – Composition, Forte Prenestino, Rome, Italy
2017 Collaborative project, initiative Cipke, Remix ID, Rampa, Kersnikova 4, Ljubljana, SLO
2016 Artrooms Fair 2016, Meliá White House, London, UK
2014 Fatto a Pezzi, Vein Art, Venice, IT
2012 Essai (Y): Artisti diplomati all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Magazzino 3, Venice, IT
Visti dalle Altre, Neo Associazione Culturale, curated by Paolo Toffolutti, Udine, IT
2010 Elaborare il Lutto – Arte Orfana della Specie, curated by Prof. Gaetano Mainenti & Atej Tutta, Venice, IT
Disegno e Ideazione dell’Immagine, curated by Prof. Carlo Di Raco, Venice, IT
10 Mattoni per Ogni Studente, Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venice, IT
2009 Opera 2009, DOCVA, Milan, IT
In-Verso Tecnológico, Telecom Future Centre, Venice, IT
One Man’s Band, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, IT
Vaso Comunicante, site-specific installation, Forte Marghera, Venice, IT
2008 Series of Collages (2004–2006), Abbey Stična Museum, SLO
2007 Accade – L’eccezione dello Spazio Urbano, Ikona Gallery, Venice, IT
2006 Painting – Interim Exhibition, Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venice, IT
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025
Workshop: Playful Architecture, Free-time experiential workshops on the theme of space for children, Centre for Architecture of Slovenia, Plečnik House (public museum), Ljubljana, Slovenia
2024
Article published in Likovne Besede 126 / Artwords 126 (ZDSLU)
Author’s text: Personal: Physicality and the Essence of Space
2023
Workshop: Tracing – In-Situ Frottage, AIR Programme, KUBED23, Slovenia
2022
Workshops and lectures, MGLC Ljubljana and CSF Adams, Rome
2020
Lectures and workshops, Art Eko 2, Izola, Slovenia
2019–2016
Co-productions, workshops, and invited artist roles (Slovenia, UK)
Self-employed in culture
Intermedia artist and producer, Slovenia
PERMANENT SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS
Eye on the Moon
MAAM – Museo dell’Altro e dell’Altrove di Metropoliz, Rome, Italy, 2023
Light_Color_Rhythm
Camera obscura installation, Residence of Lojze Spacal, Skrbina, Karst, Slovenia, 2020
Waterfall of Time
Camera obscura installation, former JNA hydroelectric power plant, Stegovnik Waterfall, Tržič, Slovenia, 2018
COLLECTIONS
La Asociación Arthazi Collection (FIG Bilbao), Spain
CSF Adams Collection, Rome, Italy Kubed Museum Collection, Slovenia
Sergej Mašera Maritime Museum, Piran, Slovenia
Tržič Museum, Slovenia