Nežka Zamar is an interdisciplinary artist, based between Vienna, Venice, and Ljubljana. Her practice focuses on questioning and pushing the limits of identity and individuality of a language, expanding the interspace between materiality and concept. Backed with research and documentation, her subjects are represented through different artistic mediums, often conglomerated in spatial installations and site-specific projects. 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 and has completed a fully funded semester at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul. She is one of the founding members of the art collective Fondazione Malutta. 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. In 2024 she was nominated for the OHO Group Award, the central national award for young artists in Slovenia, and started her PhD studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.
STUDIO
West Space Vienna, Augasse 2 - 6, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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EDUCATION
2018
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
Nagrada skupine OHO - Razstava nominirancev / OHO Award nominees' art exhibition, P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia (upcoming)
On and Beyond - A Love Letter To Shadows, ¡Vamos Hombre!, curated by Chiara Ianeselli, Galleria Alberta Pane, Venice, Italy (ongoing)
2024
FM Anthology, Spazio Joystick, Venice, Italy
Le fogge delle rocce, curated by Gianluca D'Incà Levis, Dolomiti Contemporanee, Nuovo Spazio di Casso al Vajont, Italy
Nagrada skupine OHO - Razstava nominirancev / OHO Award nominees' art exhibition, P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Luglio, Agosto, Settembre e Ottobre, curated by Fondazione Malutta, Spazio Neutro, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2023
Fondazione Malutta in spazio, curated by Gloria Pasotti, with a curatorial text by Antonio Grulli, Spazio Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy
The Sessions, curated by JAŠA and Mattia Varini, Kuelhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2022
Topografije zvoka, curated by Nina Dragičević, Galerija ŠKUC, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Identity, the Inner Border, curated by David Kranzelbinder, Pavelhaus, Bad Radkersburg, Austria
Translate, curated by Gianluca Cappellazzo, Spazio 21, Lodi (MI), Italy
Off the Hook; Likely to Happen, curated by Urška Aplinc, Kula Cetinjska Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2021
Wunderbar, curated by Bardadino, Venice, Italy
Vaccanza - The Mountain Tropical Experience, curated by Gianluca D'Incà Levis, Nuovo Spazio di Casso al Vajont, Italy
Hydra Pace Final Presentation, curated by Petra Houskovà and Husam Abusalem, East Slovak Gallery, Košice, Slovakia
Hydra Pace Final Presentation, curated by Petra Houskovà and Husam Abusalem, Bait al-Zaibaq, Ramallah, Palestine
Ona, curated by Vladimir Bačič, DLUSP, Lokarjeva galerija, Ajdovščina, Slovenia
2020
Primordial Finds, curated by Gianluca Cappellazzo, Sharevolution Contemporary Art Gallery, Genova, Italy
Izolacija življenja / Isolation of life, curated by Vladimir Bačič, Lokarjeva galerija, Ajdovščina, Slovenia
Mozaik, curated by Vladimir Bačič, Lokarjeva galerija, Ajdovščina, Slovenia
2019
Fin de Siecle, Provenance of Subject, curated by Zala Orel, Galerija Layerjeve hiše, Kranj, Slovenia
Salon, curated by Shawn James, Greenpointgallery, NY, NY, USA
Spin Off, Simposio di Pittura, curated by Ariele Bachetti, Gervasutti Foundation, Venice, Italy
Alfa za bete, curated by Lucija Smodiš, Pekarna magdalenske mreže, Galerija K18, Maribor, Slovenia
AIR4, curated by Piera Ravnikar, Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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
La Torre Maluttona e Il Mercato Babelico, curated by Paola Capata, Monitor Gallery, Rome, Italy
Opera Prima, curated by Paola Bristot and Riccardo Caldura, in collaboration with Daniele Capra, Giuliana Carbi Jesurun and Trieste Contemporanea, Atrio Monumentale, Trieste, Italy
2017
Perpendicular, curated by Fondazione Malutta, Parallel Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Trigger Party, curated by Siliqoon, Marselleria Milano, Milan, Italy
La Fritata, curated by La poltrona viola Art Studio, Trieste, Italy
Cabinet, One of us, curated by Zoe de Luca, Museo di Livorno, Livorno, Italy
Tutti la chiamano la casa delle ragazze, site specific public art intervention, curated by Driant Zeneli, Mediterranea 18th Young Artists Biennale (HOME), Tirana, Albania
Passengers that come and go, curated by Rubin Beqo, Tulla Culture Center, Tirana, Albania
Collezione Malutta and Black market, curated by Paola Capata, Monitor Gallery, Rome, Italy
2016
Fondazione Malutta meets the Albanian Pavilion, curated by Simon Battisti, Leah Whitman-Salkin, Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy
Fondazione Malutta, curated by Justine Luce, Radoso Darbu Galerija, Riga, Latvia
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
Mutatosi in una pioggia d’oro: Painting as performace, curated by Andrea Bruciati and White Fish Tank, Marzocca (AN), Italy
Paesaggi e non. Omaggio a Gofredo Parise, Museo del paesaggio, curated by Saverio Simi De Burgis, Torre del Mosto (VE), Italy
Bela manipulacija – White manipulation, curated by Lucija Smodiš & Rezidenca Maistrova, Pekarna magdalenske mreže, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Maschere d’artista, Ca’ Soranzo, Venice, Italy
La Collezione, Ex-ospizio, Fondamenta delle Terese, Venice, Italy
2013
Da Venezia A Porta Venezia, curated by Caroline Corbetta, IL CREPACCIO, Milan, Italy
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
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
The Impossible Gaze, (with Ariele Bacchetti), curated by Elena de Angeli, terzospazio, Venice, Italy
(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 and Gampa Gallery, Atlas Forem, Pardubice, Czech Republic
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 art studio, Venice, Italy
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
2012
Landscapes, curated by Jure Poša, ZM Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Landscapes, in collaboration with MedeArt, Medea (GO), Italy
ART RESIDENCIES
2023
Reading Public Space, artist in residency, Offcity AiR, Pardubice, Czech Republic
2021
Hydra Pace, Platform for Artistic Collaboration and Exchange, artist in residency, Kair Košice Artist in Residence, Košice, Slovakia
Dolomiti Contemporanee, artist in residency, Nuovo Spazio di Casso - ex Villaggio Eni Borca di Cadore, Italy
2020
Odprti Atelje, artist in residency, Galerija Dobra Vaga, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2019
7. International Summer Campus, artist in residency, Künstlerstadt Kalbe, Kalbe, Germany
2019
Simposio di Pittura, artist in residency, Gervasutti Foundation, Venice, Italy
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Atelier F, Workshop, artist in residency, Accademie Italiane di Belle Arti, Magazzino n°35, Forte Marghera, Venice, Italy
2014
Uncharted Festival of Arts, artist in residency, Porto Palermo, Albania
2012, 2011
Workshop, artist in residency, Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, Magazzino n°35 , Forte Marghera, Venice, Italy
2010
Atelier F, artist in residency, curated by Carlo Di Raco, Miriam Pertegato, JAŠA, Martino Scavezzon, Magazzino n°35, Forte Marghera, Venice, Italy
Cadavre exquis, Open Laboratory of Drawing and Painting, curated by Carlo Di Raco, Ivana D’Agostino, Domenico Papa, Magazino del Sale n°3, Fondamenta degli Incurabili, Venice, Italy
ART TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS
2024
IN/BETWEEN, Vienna Art Week, open studio, WEST Space Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Open House / housewarming and open studio, open studio, WEST Space Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2021
A Soundwalk, online project presentation, Hydra Pace Platform for Artistic Reseach
Workshop, coordinated by Tatiana Takacova, Kair artist in residence, Košice, Slovakia
Open Studios, art talk, coordinated by Petra Houskovà, Šopa Gallery, Košice, Slovakia
2019
A tutta Malutta, art talk, curated by Thomas Braida, Venice, Italy
Open Studios, art talk, coordinated by Corina Kobele, Künstlerstadt Kalbe, Kalbe, Germany
2017
La costruzione di un errore, art talk, Fondazione Malutta, coordinated by Angela Vettese, Teatrino del Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
Transparent travel, art talk, curated by The two gullivers, Ca’ Soranzo, Venice, Italy
Tutti la chiamano la casa delle ragazze, book presentation, curated by Carlo Sala, Driant Zeneli, Mediterranea 18th Young Artists Biennale (HOME), Tirana, Albania
2016
Tutti la chiamano la casa delle ragazze, book presentation, curated by Carlo Sala, Treviso (VE), Italy
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
MMC RTV SLO, Najobetavnejša imena mlade slovenske umetnosti: predstavljajo se nominiranci za nagrado OHO, Ljubljana (SI), 2024, article
MMC RTV SLO, Znana je četverica letošnjih nominirancev za nagrado skupine OHO, Ljubljana (SI), 2024, article
Ingrid Mager, Dnevnik, Finalisti nagrade skupine OHO na skupinski razstavi, Ljubljana (SI), 2024, article
Radio Ars, RTV SLO, Odprtje razstave nominirancev za nagrado skupine OHO, Ljubljana (SI), 2024, radio interview
Radio Student, Stolp, vodnjak in likovni jezik, Ljubljana (SI), 2024, radio interview
SEEcult, Finale nagrade grupe OHO, Belgrade (RS), 2024, article
Primorske novice, Kdaj prenehamo biti tujke, tujci, priseljenke?, Koper (SI), 2024, interview and article
Linda Carluccio, Exibart, La libertà di fare insieme, Brescia (IT), 2023, article
OffCity, AIR 2023 / Nežka Zamar and Orhan “aib” Kavrakoglu: A Soundwalk, Chapter II, Pardubice (CZ), 2023, article
RTVSLO Kultura, V Škucu se je začel festival Topografije Zvoka, Ljubljana (SI), 2022, video article
Nina Dragičević x Galerija Škuc, Topografije Zovka, Ljubljana (SI), September 2022, exhibition catalogue
Nina Skumavc, Časnik Delo, Zvoktekst, Nekateri tokovi Sodobne poezije, Ljubljana (SI), 2022, art critique, newspaper article
Radio Študent, Kultura za vse, Vizualno poetični sprehod po galeriji, Ljubljana (SI), 2022, radio interview
RTVSLO Kultura, Razstava vizualnih Umetnic Nežke Zamar in Valerije Intihar v Galeriji P74, Ljubljana (SI), 2022, video article
Roman Valenta x Kair, Documentary video of the project A Soundwalk, Košice (SK), 2021, short documentary film
Urška Aplinc, Lene Lekše, Ana Likar, Mia Paller, Matic Pandel, Lea Topolovec, Nežka Zamar, Kino Šiška Center for Urban Culture, Likely to Happen, Ljubljana, 2022, exhibition catalogue
Anja Zver, Rok Avbar, Hydra Pace, Kino Šiška Center for Urban Culture, August 2021, Ljubljana (SI), residency catalogue, final publication
Gianluca Cappellazzo, Sharevolution Contemporary Art, Primordial Finds, edited by Chiara Pinardi, Genova (IT), 2020, exhibition review
Vladimir Bačič, Lokarjeva Galerija, Mozaik, Ajdovščina (SI), 2020, exhibition catalogue
Fin-de-siecle, Galerija Layerjeve hiše in stolpa Škrlovec, Kranj (SI), 2019, exhibition review
Iza Košir, Mladina, AIR4 (100 artists) (100 artworks), Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana (SI), 2019, article
Santa Maria della Scala Museum, Il Gemello cattivo, Siena (IT), 2018, article
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 (IT), 2016, book
Cristiana Colli e Pippo Ciorra, Mappe LAB IV edizione, Demanio Marittimo, Mutatosi in una pioggia d'oro, edited by Gagliardini Editore, July 2014, article
Petra Paravan, Pred svojim paragom, Galerija Rika Debenjaka, Kanal ob Soči (SI), April 2016, exhibition review
Giorgio Baldo, Stefano Cecchetto, Paesaggi e non. Omaggio a Gofredo Parise, Museo del Paesaggio, Torre di Mosto (IT), June 2014, exhibition catalogue