He was born 1974 in Slovenj Gradec. In 1989 he enrolled in technical school for glass craft and design in Rogaška Slatina in order to become a professional glassblower. In 2006 he graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts of the University of Ljubljana – painting. At the moment he is finishinga master΄s degree of painting, thought by Professor Zmago Lenardič.
Year and place of birth 1974 Slovenj Gradec
Place of residence and work Bele Vode (3325 Šoštanj)
Working fields: Painting, Photography, Science illustration, Music: Nois rock, alternative, experimental.
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Prizes
2002 -»Boomerang« UP 2002 (for music)
2005 -Award for special art achievement
2006 -Student Prešern prize for painting
2006 -Graphic Bienale Novo mesto
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Selected solo shows
2020 »Protected Slovenian Food / Disfocus / Repeat, Small Difference, bahoe art house, Vienna, Austria
2020 »Speed, Center for Contemporary Arts, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Celje, Slovenia
2019 »PONOVI(»MAJHNA RAZLIKA«), P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2019 »INSIDE OUT VI., DLUL Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2019 »BELOVOŠKI GENERAL (ULTRA PLUS), Ravne Gallery, KGLU, Ravne na Koroškem, Slovenia
2015 »Uroš Potočnik, Gallery Lek, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2014 »A Look At 7, Božidar Jakac Gallery, Slovenia
2014 »Holy Motors, P74 Gallery, Ljubljana
2012 »KAPSULA, Ljubljana
2010 »U3« Moderna galerija Ljubljana
2009 »Der Balloneffekt« der Retzhof, Leibnitz
2008 Gallery KAPSULA, Ljubljana
2007 Gallery P74, Ljubljana.
2007 Gallery Velenje, Velenje
2007 City Gallery Šoštanj, Šoštanj
2006 »Photopainting«, Gallery of modern art Celje, Celje
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Selected group shows
2022 »Our ships, P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2022 »Seeing Red, Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2022 »NEW ACQUISITION 2010–2022, Koroška galerija likovnih umetnosti, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
2019 »Time Without Innocence. Recent Painting in Slovenia, Moderna Art Gallery (MG+), Ljubljana, Slovenia
2017 »Big is beautiful, Exhibition space ART STAYS – Qcenter, Ptuj, Slovenia
2017 »The Economy of Nature, P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2016 »Izseki / preseki, Gallery Miklova hiša, Ribnica, Slovenia
2016 »Beyond the Globe | 8th Triennial of Contemporary Art – U3, Moderna Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2016 »Low Budget Utopias, Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (MSUM), Ljubljana, Slovenia
2016 »Bread and circuses, Gallery Velenje, Slovenia
2015 »Equrna POP!, Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015 »Crises and New Beginnings: Art in Slovenia 2005–2015, Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, +MSUM, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015 »”Jože Barši, Polonca Lovšin, Uroš Potočnik”, KAPSULA, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2014-2015 »The Present and Presence, MSUM, Ljubljana
2014» Umetnost Osvobaja / Kunst Macht Frei ,Galerija Equrna, Ljubljana
2012 »20 for 15, P74 Gallery, Ljubljana
2010 »Pictures at an Exhibition, Galerija Equrna, Ljubljana
2010 »U3, 6th Triennial of Contemporary Art in Slovenia: An Idea for Living. Realism and Reality in Contemporary Art in Slovenia, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana
2009 »Essl award 09«, Wien
2009 »Essl award 09«, Ljubljana castle, Ljubljana
2008 Gallery Velenje »Exsistence in painting«, Velenje
2008 »Klimawandel–Zeitwandel«, Kunstlerhaus, Grazz
2008 »Multi, inter, neo, trans«, gallery Miklova hiša, Ribnica
2007 Alt_cph – Copenhagen, Alternative Art Fair 2007, Copenhagen
2007 »Aquarium fish«, Gallery Velenje, Velenje
2007 »Fresh Europe«, Budapest
2006 Slovenija e. V. Berlin, Berlin
2005 »AL-U4«, Ljubljana castle, Gallery S, Ljubljana
