Maja Babič Košir
Born 1978 in Ljubljana, Serbia, lives and works between Ljubljana und Porto, Portugal
Maja Babič Košir (1978) graduated and obtained her Master’s degree in sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. She completed her postgraduate studies in creative illustration and visual communication techniques at the EINA University School of Design and Art in Barcelona. Her creative process is based on the principle of meditative introspection. She draws subject matter from her environment and personal history, especially from her rich family archives holding a wide array of materials; this enables her to use intuitive artistic interventions in translating her intimate stories into a visual form. She takes regular part in international contemporary art fairs & shows, for example, ARCO Lisboa, SPARK Vienna, Berlin Art Week, Vienna Contemporary, SWAB Barcelona and Zürich Art Weekend 2022. She won several awards and acknowledgments, and her works are housed in private and public collections. She lives and works between Porto and Ljubljana.
Vita
MFA in Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana, SI
MFA in Creative Illustration and Visual Communication, School of Design and Art EINA, Barcelona, ES
BFA in Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana, SI
2002 Erasmus, Exchange study program, Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto, PT
Exhibitions
TBA, (AV17) Gallery, Vilnius, LT
Ciao Amore, RAVNIKAR GALLERY, Ljubljana, SI
ARCO Lisboa, Lisbon, PT
International Art Residency, Gornji Grad, SI
My Familiar Unfamiliar, I Dreamed there was an Island, RAVNIKAR GALLERY, Ljubljana, SI
Call Me Series, Cukrarna, Ljubljana, SI
SPARK Art Fair Vienna, AT
Turnmeon, RAVNIKAR GALLERY, Ljubljana, SI
SWAB on Paper, kuratiert von Carolina Diez-Cascón, Barcelona, ES
Viennacontemporary, New perspectives with Z-Series, curated by Francesca Gavin, Vienna, AT
Artist in Residence, Rijeka2020, Omišalj, Island Krk, HR
Such a Star, RAVNIKAR GALLERY, Ljubljana, SI
I have to go. Bollocks!, RAVNIKAR GALLERY, Ljubljana, SI
From my family album II, collaboration with Diana Tamane. Y Galeriis, Tartu, EE
Love me Tender, collaboration with Tanja Vergles, Galeria dos Leos, Porto, PT
Love me Tender, collaboration with Tanja Vergles, UGM Studio, Maribor, SI
My Familiar Unfamiliar, Nevena Aleksovski & Maja Babič Košir @park, Edition 2, Britta Rettberg, Munich, DE
Don’t Dreams Dreams, Art Collection Telekom, Moderna galerija MG+, Ljubljana, SI
Triennial of Handicrafts and Crafts, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Koroška (KGLU), Slovenj Gradec, SI
Novo, New Noveau, No, RAVNIKAR GALLERY, Ljubljana, SI
Zürich Art Salon, Zürich, CH
viennacontemporary, Vienna, AT
Positions Berlin Art Fair, Berlin, DE
Artists in Dialogue with a Collection of Poems by Anja Golob
Kresija Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
viennacontemporary, Vienna, AT
AIR4, RAVNIKAR GALLERY, Ljubljana, SI
The Future of Living, Museum of Architecture and Design Ljubljana: Traveling exhibition (32 cities: South America, Europe and Middle East)
viennacontemporary, Vienna, AT
Last Christmas I gave you my Art, RAVNIKAR GALLERY, SI
Sketchbooks in residence, Molo Longo Rijeka, HR
PopUpstart, RAVNIKAR GALLERY, CZK Maribor, SI
Ex tempora, Eko Drava, Vetrinjski dvor, Maribor, SI
AIR4, RAVNIKAR GALLERY, Ljubljana, SI
What do you do? Permanent collection, Rokodelski center Ribnica, SI
Art for Sale, UGM, Center for creativity, Maribor, SI
That is to say, everyone, RAVNIKAR GALLERY, Ljubljana, SI
MENT Ljubljana, DobraVaga, Ljubljana, SI
Contemporary graphic # Printing, DobraVaga, Ljubljana, SI
Last Christmas I gave you my Art, RAVNIKAR GALLERY, Ljubljana, SI
AIR4, RAVNIKAR GALLERY, Ljubljana, SI
Something Ending, Something Beginning, RAVNIKAR GALLERY, Ljubljana, SI
Awards / Grants
Funding Award given by the Municipality of Ljubljana, SI
Funding award given by the Association of the Slovene Fine Artists’ Societies, SI
Funding award given by the Association of the Slovene Fine Artists’ Societies, SI
Funding award given by the Association of the Slovene Fine Artists’ Societies, SI
Residencies
International Art Residency, Gornji Grad, SI
Artist in Residence feat. Rijeka2020, Omisalj, Island Krk, HR
