CV
(b. 1990, Slovenia)
EDUCATION
2012
BFA in Painting, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana, SI
2013, 2014
Exchange student, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, DE
2018
MFA in Painting, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana, SI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Still (Waiting) Life, Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana, SI
2022
Views and Veils, Gong Gallery, Nova Gorica, SI
In Between, House of Culture Pivka, Pivka, SI
2020
Personal Residences, Bežigrad Galley 1, Ljubljana, SI
To Dwell, 12 Star Gallery, London, UK
2019
Balance, Tessitura La Colombina, Badoere, IT
Subordinations (with Monika Slemc), Gallery Meduza, Koper, SI
2018
Outside (Inside), Riko Debenjak Gallery, Kanal, SI
Nina Čelhar, AIR [2018], Skalinada, Omišalj, HR
Light on Light, Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana, SI
2017
Concrete Facades, Gallery Robin, Murska Sobota, SI
Houses in a House, House of Culture Pivka, Pivka, SI
Unconcrete (with Boris Beja), DLUL Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
Lulls, Božidar Jakac Art Museum ‒ lapidarium, Kostanjevica na Krki, SI
Wood, Concrete and Flowers, Miklova hiša Gallery, Ribnica, SI
2016
Room (Plywood), Gallery Simulaker, Novo mesto, SI
Room (Plywood), Kamera, Kino Šiška, Ljubljana, SI
Dwelling Atmospheres, Tir Gallery, Nova Gorica, SI
2015
Fleeting Atmospheres, UGM Studio, Maribor, SI
Spaces of Belonging, Tower Škrlovec, Kranj, SI
Additional Areas (with Anamari Hrup), ZDSLU Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
2014
States of Sensitivity, Bežigrad Gallery 1, Ljubljana, SI
AWARDS, GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
2023
Special recognition for the best work of a young author on Biennal exhibition Etike(te), Novo mesto, SI
2020
From Within, Open Studio, Ljubljana SI; supported by the Ministry of Culture, SI
2019
Artist in Residence, RigenerArte, Treviso, IT; provided by Fondazione Benetton, Regione del Veneto and UNIS&F
Artist in Residence, London, UK; supported by the Ministry of Culture, SI
2018
Artist in Residence, Omišalj, Island Krk, HR
2017
Work scholarship; supported by the Ministry of Culture, SI
2016
Biennial exhibition Look 8 Award, Božidar Jakac Art Museum, Kostanjevica na Krki, SI
2015
Essl Art Award CEE 2015, Collectors Invitation, AT/SI
2013
First Prize, Contest for the best portrait of University Chancellor Prof. Dr. Pejovnik, University of Ljubljana, SI
2012
Academy Award for Special Study Achievements, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana, SI
2009 ‒ 2014
Zois scholarship for talented students, SI
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Albertina – Essl Collection, Vienna, AT
Riko Collection, Ljubljana, SI
Ravnikar Collection, Ljubljana, SI
Božidar Jakac Art Museum, Kostanjevica na Krki, SI
Gallery Miklova hiša, Ribnica, SI
University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SI
Museum of Dolenjska, Novo mesto, SI
Art Theorema, Luciano Benetton Collection, Treviso, IT
Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, Treviso, IT
House of Culture Pivka, Pivka, SI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Text as Object, DLUL Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
Text as Object, Dom HDLU, Meštrović Pavilion, Zagreb, HR
Structure of Illusion, Ptuj City Gallery, Ptuj, SI
2023
EDVARD, Small Gallery, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, SI
3rd International Biennal of Artistic Vision Etike(te), Novo mesto, SI
Green, How I Want You Blue, House of Culture Pivka, Pivka, SI
Novo New Nouveau Now, Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana, SI
2022
Meantime / Paintings Only, Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
The Future of Life, Progres Gallery, Beograd, SR
Momental–mente, Vivid Paintings, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, SI
Art Verona, Verona, IT
viennacontemporary, Vienna, AT
2021
We are Living in Interesting Times, The European Parliament, Brussels, BE
The Painting Now!, Monfort, Portorož, SI
The Painting Now!, City Gallery of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, SI
Hedosnim, Hochsommer Art Festival, Castle Grad, Grad, SI/AT
Hedonism 2020‒2021, Gallery ‘S’, Ljubljana Castle, Ljubljana, SI
2020
When the Globe is Home, Gallerie delle Prigioni, Treviso, IT
16th Novo mesto Art Days, Museum of Dolenjska, Novo mesto, SI
AIR4, Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana, SI
Green Cut, Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
2019
Time Without Innocence. Recent Painting in Slovenia, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, SI
Unspoken Presences. From the Riko Art Collection, Miklova hiša Gallery, Ribnica, SI
viennacontemporary, Vienna, AT
Last Xmas I Gave You My Art, Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana, SI
Biennial of the Slovenian Independent Illustration, Kino Šiška, Ljubljana, SI
Skalinada, Kombinat, Rijeka, HR
Omejena razstava, Teden kulture na placu, Metlika, SI
AIR4, Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana, SI
That is to Say, Everyone, Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana, SI
OSM, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Celje, SI
2018
Last Christmas I Gave You My Art, Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana, SI
HKP20 / Everything is Changing, House of culture Pivka, Pivka, SI
AIR4, Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana, SI
Samo, House of Culture Pivka, Pivka, SI
2017
Something Ending, Something Beginning, Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana, SI
Off the Hook, Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin, DE
Young Female Art in Šiška, Galerija Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
Embodiment, Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
2016
Cut Outs / Intersections, From the Riko Art Collection, Gallery Miklova hiša, Ribnica, SI
Off the Hook, UGM Studio, Maribor, SI
Look 8, Lamut’s Art Salon, Božidar Jakac Art Museum, Kostanjevica na Krki, SI
Works on Paper, Galleria 5, Oulu, FI
Personal, Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
ALUO LXX. Past, Present, Future, Jakopič Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
2015
Diverstiy of Voices, Essl Art Award 2015, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg bei Wien, AT
3rd Triennal of Young Artists ‒ Premiere 2015. Gallery of Contemporary Art, Celje, SI
Essl Art Award CEE, Nominees’ Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana, SI
2014
Atopic body, Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
2013
Preview Berlin Art Fair 2013, Berlin, DE
Surviving with Creative Practices, Gallery Miklova hiša Gallery, Ribnica, SI
2012
Transform: Pandora’s Box, Telogleion Foundation of Arts, Thessaloniki, GR
Entrance, Alkatraz Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
NINA ČELHAR 