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SHORT BIO & STATEMENT
Nežka Zamar's research-based practice challenges the limits of identity and individuality of a language, expanding the interspace between materiality and concept. The narratives she constructs in the borderscapes of transdisciplinarity blend literary and visual arts to form spatial installations encapsulating time-based, performative backgrounds. Her inherently undisciplined, process oriented ouvré juxtaposes itself with the layers of social structure and its mechanisms. Born and raised in a borderland and having lived and worked as a foreign female artist across diverse cultural landscapes, her projects often address the multifaceted question of positionality. Her works draw from complex relationships between subjects that manifest as the material of her objects and the objects of her work. She holds BA and MA degrees in Visual Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, has completed a fully funded semester at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul, and two semesters in the field of Cultural Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. She is one of the founding members of the art collective Fondazione Malutta, and a two time nominee for the OHO Group Award, the central national award for young artists in Slovenia. From 2012 onwards she participated in numerous residencies, art talks, and projects, such as a collaboration with the Albanian Pavilion at the International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, and a public intervention and book presentation at the Mediterranea Young Artists Biennale, Tirana. Over the years her work has been internationally exhibited in both group and solo shows.
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EDUCATION
2017 MA of Fine Arts in Visual Arts and Painting at Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2015 Erasmus + Exchange Programme in Visual Arts and Painting at Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar
Üniversitesi, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 BA of Fine Arts in Visual Arts and Painting at Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Venice, Italy
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Light on Paper 2, curated by Miloš Bašin, Bežigrajska galerija 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2025 Nagrada skupine OHO - Razstava nominirancev / OHO Award nominees' art exhibition, P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2025 On and Beyond - A Love Letter To Shadows, curated by Chiara Ianeselli, Galleria Alberta Pane, Venice, Italy
2024 Le fogge delle rocce, curated by Gianluca D'Incà Levis, Dolomiti Contemporanee, Nuovo Spazio di Casso al Vajont, Italy
2024 Nagrada skupine OHO - Razstava nominirancev / OHO Award nominees' art exhibition, P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2024 Luglio, Agosto, Settembre e Ottobre, curated by Spazio Neutro, public space intevention, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2023 Fondazione Malutta in spazio, curated by Gloria Pasotti, with a curatorial text by Antonio Grulli, Spazio Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy
2023 The Sessions, curated by JAŠA and Mattia Varini, Kuelhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2022 Soundtext, Topographies of Sound, curated by Nina Dragičević, Galerija ŠKUC, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2022 Identity, the Inner Border, curated by David Kranzelbinder, Pavelhaus, Bad Radkersburg, Austria
2022 Translate, curated by Gianluca Cappellazzo, Spazio 21, Lodi (MI), Italy
2022 Off the Hook; Likely to Happen, curated by Urška Aplinc, Kula Cetinjska Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2021 Vaccanza - The Mountain Tropical Experience, curated by Gianluca D'Incà Levis, Nuovo Spazio di Casso al Vajont, Italy
2021 Hydra Pace Final Presentation, curated by Petra Houskovà and Husam Abusalem, East Slovak Gallery, Košice, Slovakia
2021 Hydra Pace Final Presentation, curated by Petra Houskovà and Husam Abusalem, Bait al-Zaibaq, Ramallah, Palestine
2020 Primordial Finds, curated by Gianluca Cappellazzo, Sharevolution Contemporary Art Gallery, Genova, Italy
2020 Mozaik, curated by Vladimir Bačič, DLUSP, Lokarjeva galerija, Ajdovščina, Slovenia
2019 Fin de Siecle, curated by Zala Orel, Galerija Layerjeve hiše, Kranj, Slovenia
2019 Salon, curated by Shawn James, Greenpointgallery, New York, USA
2019 Alfa za bete, curated by Lucija Smodiš, Pekarna magdalenske mreže, Galerija K18, Maribor, Slovenia
2019 AIR4, curated by Piera Ravnikar, Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2019 Antikulturna Antiproslava, curated by Miha Kosovel, Carinarnica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
2018 Il Gemello Cattivo, curated by Michela Eremita, Museo di Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, Italy
2018 La Torre Maluttona e Il Mercato Babelico, curated by Paola Capata, Monitor Gallery, Rome, Italy
2018 Opera Prima, curated by Daniele Capra, Giuliana Carbi Jesurun, Trieste Contemporanea, Trieste, Italy
2017 Perpendicular, self-curated, Parallel Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2017 Trigger Party, curated by Siliqoon, Marselleria Milano, Milan, Italy
2017 Cabinet, One of us, curated by Zoe de Luca, Museo di Livorno, Livorno, Italy
2017 HOME, curated by Driant Zeneli, Mediterranea 18th Young Artists Biennale, Tirana, Albania
2017 Passengers that come and go, curated by Rubin Beqo, Tulla Culture Center, Tirana, Albania
2016 Fondazione Malutta meets the Albanian Pavilion, curated by Simon Battisti, Leah Whitman-Salkin, International Architecture Exhibition, Venice, Italy
2015 Rob Pruitt Flea Market, Finding Goran Gogić, curated by Aurora Fonda, A plus A Gallery, Venice, Italy
2014 Art kontakt, curated by Andi Tepelena, Porto Palermo, Albania
2014 Mutatosi in una pioggia d’oro: Painting as performace, curated by Andrea Bruciati, White Fish Tank, Marzocca (AN), Italy
2014 Paesaggi e non. Omaggio a Gofredo Parise, Museo del paesaggio, curated by Saverio Simi De Burgis, Torre del Mosto (VE), Italy
2014 White manipulation, curated by Lucija Smodiš & Rezidenca Maistrova, Pekarna magdalenske mreže, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2013 Da Venezia A Porta Venezia, curated by Caroline Corbetta, IL CREPACCIO, Milan, Italy
2013 Art Night, Talento senza uomini, curated by Carlo di Raco, Fine Arts Academy of Venice, Italy
2012 Art Night - Atelier F, curated by Carlo Di Raco, Martino Scavezzon, Miriam Pertegato, Fine Arts Academy of Venice, Italy
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Lo sguardo impossibile / The Impossible Gaze, (with Ariele Bacchetti), curated by Elena de Angeli, terzospazio, Venice, Italy
2024 (Un)trusted Source, Invisible Practices, curated by Ana Papež and Nives Marvin, Obalne Galerije Piran, Galerija Loža, Koper, Slovenia
2023 A Soundwalk, Chapter II, curated by Šárka Zahálková, Gampa Gallery, Atlas Forem, Pardubice, Czech Republic
2023 Predstavitev knjige / Book Presentation, curated by Urška Kleindienst, Media Nox Gallery, Maribor, Slovenia
2022 Zaporedja prostorov / Sequence of Spaces, curated by Nina Skumavc, P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2016 Personalini, curated by Thomas Braida, Finestra illuminata, Venice, Italy
2016 Pred svojim pragom, (with Enej Gala), curated by Petra Paravan, Galerija Rika Debenjaka, Kanal, Slovenia
2015 Potencial jutranje kave, curated by Špela Lutman, Galerija Mostovna, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
SELECTED ART RESIDENCIES
2023 Reading Public Space, Offcity AiR, Pardubice, Czech Republic
2021 KAIR Košice Artist in Residence, Košice, Slovakia
2021 Dolomiti Contemporanee, Ex Villaggio Eni, Borca di Cadore, Italy
2020 Odprti Atelje, Galerija Dobra Vaga, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2019 Künstlerstadt Kalbe, Kalbe, Germany
2019 Simposio di Pittura, Gervasutti Foundation, Venice, Italy
2010 - 2017 Atelier F, Workshop, Magazzino n°35, Forte Marghera, Venice, Italy
2014 Uncharted Festival of Arts, Porto Palermo, Albania
2010 Cadavre exquis, Open Laboratory of Drawing and Painting, Magazino del Sale n°3, Fondamenta degli Incurabili, Venice, Italy
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
2024 IN/BETWEEN, Vienna Art Week, open studio, WEST Space Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2024 Open House / housewarming and open studio, open studio, WEST Space Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2021 A Soundwalk, art talk, coordinated by Anja Zver, Hydra Pace Platform for Artistic Reseach
2021 A Soundwalk, workshop, coordinated by Tatiana Takacova, KAIR, Košice, Slovakia
2021 Open Studios, art talk, coordinated by Petra Houskovà, Šopa Gallery, Košice, Slovakia
2019 Open Studios, art talk, coordinated by Corina Kobele, Künstlerstadt Kalbe, Kalbe, Germany
2017 La costruzione di un errore, art talk, coordinated by Angela Vettese, Teatrino del Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
2017 Transparent travel, art talk, coordinated by The two gullivers, Ca’ Soranzo, Venice, Italy
2016 Tutti la chiamano la casa delle ragazze, book presentation, coordinated by Carlo Sala, Treviso (VE), Italy
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Nina Dragičević, Galerija Škuc, Topografije Zovka, Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 2022, exhibition catalogue
Roman Valenta, Kair, Documentary video of the project A Soundwalk, Košice, Slovakia, 2021, short documentary film
Urška Aplinc, Kino Šiška Center for Urban Culture, Likely to Happen, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2022, exhibition catalogue
Anja Zver, Rok Avbar, Hydra Pace, Kino Šiška Center for Urban Culture, August 2021, Ljubljana, Slovenia, residency catalogue
Justine Luce, Rachele Maistrello, Alice Modenesi, Barbara Prenka, Sulltane Tusha, Nežka Zamar, Tutti la chiamano la casa delle ragazze, produced by Studio Cortellazzo Wiel & Associati, graphic design by Multiplo Studio, Treviso, Italy, 2016, artist's book
Giorgio Baldo, Stefano Cecchetto, Paesaggi e non. Omaggio a Gofredo Parise, Museo del Paesaggio, Torre di Mosto, Italy, June 2014, exhibition catalogue
SELECTED PRESS
Ingrid Mager, Dnevnik, Izbrani intermedijski projekti, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2025, article
Peter Rak, Časnik Delo, Jubilej nagrade OHO, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2025, article
MMC RTV SLO, Najobetavnejši mladi vizualni umetniki: kdo so nominiranci za nagrado skupine OHO 2025?, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2025, article
Kara Marušič, Radio Študent, Nominiranci nagrade OHO, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2025, interview
Andrej Božič, Rai Radio Trst A, Kulturni dogodki, Trieste, Italy, 2025, interview
MMC RTV SLO, Najobetavnejša imena mlade slovenske umetnosti: predstavljajo se nominiranci za nagrado OHO, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2024, article
MMC RTV SLO, Znana je četverica letošnjih nominirancev za nagrado skupine OHO, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2024, article
Ingrid Mager, Dnevnik, Finalisti nagrade skupine OHO na skupinski razstavi, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2024, article
Radio Ars, RTV SLO, Odprtje razstave nominirancev za nagrado skupine OHO, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2024, interview
Radio Študent, Stolp, vodnjak in likovni jezik, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2024, interview
SEEcult, Finale nagrade grupe OHO, Belgrade, Serbia, 2024, article
Primorske novice, Kdaj prenehamo biti tujke, tujci, priseljenke?, Koper, Slovenia, 2024, interview, article
Linda Carluccio, Exibart, La libertà di fare insieme, Brescia, Italy, 2023, article
OffCity, AIR 2023 / Nežka Zamar and Orhan “aib” Kavrakoglu: A Soundwalk, Chapter II, Pardubice, Czech Republic, 2023, article
RTVSLO Kultura, V Škucu se je začel festival Topografije Zvoka, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2022, video article
Nina Skumavc, Časnik Delo, Zvoktekst, Nekateri tokovi Sodobne poezije, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2022, article, review
Radio Študent, Kultura za vse, Vizualno poetični sprehod po galeriji, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2022, interview
RTVSLO Kultura, Razstava vizualnih Umetnic Nežke Zamar in Valerije Intihar v Galeriji P74, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2022, video article
Iza Košir, Mladina, AIR4 (100 artists) (100 artworks), Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2019, article