MARKO KOVAČIČ

Rojen 1956 v Ljubljani; diplomiral na oddelku za kiparstvo na Akademiji za likovno umetnost v Ljubljani; 1988 končal podiplomski študij kiparstva; ukvarja se s performansom, skulpturo, teatrom, z instalacijami in videom; živi v Ljubljani.

Born in 1956 in Ljubljana; graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana, sculpture department; 1988 MA in Fine Arts; works in different media: performance, sculpture, installations, video, and theatre; lives in Ljubljana.

Izbor samostojnih razstav / Selected Solo Exhibitions

1983 “Casus belli”, Galerija ŠKUC, Ljubljana; “Graffiti” (z / with IRWIN), FV Klub, Kapelica, Ljubljana; 1984 “Back to the USA” (z / with IRWIN), Galerija ŠKUC, Ljubljana; 1985 “Was ist Kunst” (z / with IRWIN) , Galerija ŠKUC, Ljubljana; 1987 “Intra muros”, Galerija Protiron, Split; 1988 ”Programiranje pogleda / Programming the Gaze “, Galerija ŠKUC, Ljubljana; 1990 “Fragmenti / Fragments”, Likovni salon, Celje; “Kralj Matjaž in Winetoujevi dediči / King Mathias and the Heirs of Winetou”, IDCO, Ljubljana; 1991 “Boxman”, Klub K4, Ljubljana; 1992 “Heroji padajo / Heroes Are Falling”, Slovensko mladinsko gledališče, Ljubljana; 1994 “Naprej v preteklost / Forth Into the Past”, Galerija ŠKUC Ljubljana, Celje, Maribor; 1995 “Laterna magica”, Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern art, Mala galerija / Small Gallery, Ljubljana; “Stolovid - Urbanaria”, Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Ljubljana; “Katastropolis 2227”, Galerija Loža, Koper; 1996 “Disinfected for Your Protection”, v okviru razstave / as a part of the exhibition “For Your Eyes Only “, Grad Ujazdowski / Ujazdowski Castle, Varšava / Warszaw; “Zatišje pred viharjem / The Lure Before the Storm”, Bežigrajska galerija, Ljubljana.

Izbor performansov / Selected Performances

1980-1983 “1492”, Ljubljana; “Strike”, Ljubljana; 1983 “Casus belli”, Galerija ŠKUC, Klub FV, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana; 1985 “Rdeči žarek / Red Beam”, Klub K4, Ljubljana; 1986 “Ogledalo pozna skrivnost / Mirror Knows the Secret”, GLEJ, Ljubljana ; Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana; Gledališče ZELESTE, Barcelona; 1987 “Jupitrova daritev / The Sacrifice of Jupiter”, Dioklecianova palača, Split; 1989 “Requiem”, Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana; 1990 “Neresnično nas prebuja iz spanca resničnosti / The Unreal Awakens Us Out of the Sleep of Reality”, Galerija Prešernova hiša, Kranj; 1991 “Bellum contra solem”, Nova Gorica; “No More Heroes Any More”, Klub K4, KUD France Prešeren, Ljubljana; 1993 “Naprej v preteklost / Forth Into the Past”, Metelkova, Ljubljana; 1996 “For Your Eyes Only”, Grad Ujazdowski / Ujazdowski Castle, Varšava / Warszaw.

Filmi in videi / Films and Videos

1983 “Casus belli”; 1984 “Part II”; “Hey Joe”; 1985 “Inšpektor Swake”; “Pesem mesa in podoba je telo postala / Song of Flesh and Image Was Made Body”; 1986 “American Dream”; 1987 “Ogledalo pozna skrivnost / Mirror Knows the Secret”; 1992 “No More Heroes Any More”; 1995 “Naprej v preteklost / Forth Into the Past”.

Izbor skupinskih razstav / Selected Group Exhibitions

1985 “I. Biennal de Produccions Culturals Juvenils de l'Europa Mediterrania”, Barcelona; “13. jugoslavenski bienale mladih”, Moderna galerija, Rijeka; 1986 “Umjetnost-kritika usred osamdesetih / Art-Criticism in the Mid-Eighties”, Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo; “B'Biennale”, Thessaloniki; 1987 Sarajevo, “Ružičasti nihilizam / Pink Nihilism”, Umjetnička galerija, Sarajevo; “Izkušnja predmeta / Experience of the Object”, Moderna galerija /Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana; “Umjetnost I ideologija: Umjetnost za i protiv” / “Art and Ideology: For or Against”, Umjetnička galerija, Banja Luka; “8. dubrovački salon”, Dubrovnik; “Jugoslovenska dokumenta 89”, Skenderija, Sarajevo; “Metaphysical Visions”, New York; “Artists Space”, ICA, Boston; 1991 “Zimski salon”, Mestna galerija, Ljubljana; Salzburg; “Slovenske Atene / Slovenian Athens”, Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana; 1992 “Piazza virtuale: Neurope to Europe”, A Kanal, 3SAT, Documenta IX, Kassel;1993 “OSTranenie”, Bauhaus, Dessau; “DeArc”, Gent, Belgija / Belgium; ”Europäer: Flugblatt Aktion”, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz; Metelkova, Ljubljana. “Monumental Propaganda”, Courtyard Gallery, New York; Moskva / Moscow; Ljubljana; 1994 “A Past Memorized - A Future Conceived”, Amsterdam; Dunaj / Vienna; Iowa; Kassel; ”Best of OS Tranenie”, Berlin; Bonn; New York; “U3”, Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana; “Von uns aus...Neue Kunst aus Slowenien”, Marburg; Wiesbaden; Bonn; Bruxelles; “Od alternativne scene do avtorskega videa / From Alternative Scene to Art Video” Rijeka; Maribor; Ljubljana; Skopje; Udine; Moscow; St.Petersburg, Los Angeles; “4eme Biennale Internationale du Film sur l' Art”, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; “Urbanaria I”, Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica, Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Ljubljana; 1995 “International symposium de sculpture”, Luxembourg - Ville Européenne de la Culture, Esch-sur-Alzette; “A P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Múzeum gyüjteménye: Szlovén müvészet a 90-es években / The Collection of the P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Museum: Slovene Art of the 1990s”, Mücsarnok-Palace, Budimpešta / Budapest ;1996 “Immaginario altro”, Sala Franco, Trst / Trieste.

Naslov / Address:

Cesta A. Bitenca 13, 1210 Ljubljana, Slovenija, tel: (386 61) 159 14 32,
web-site: Marko Kovačič: http://www.ljudmila.org/scca/mare/.