Tanja
Špenko
Tanja Špenko
was born on July, 1956 in Ljubljana. She
graduated under Prof. Štefan Planinc from the Dept. of Painting, Academy of
Fine Arts, Ljubljana, in 1979.
Her first
exhibition took place in 1979 as a three-artists' group exhibition in the ŠKUC
(Student Cultural Centre) gallery in Ljubljana; since then she participated in
numerous group exhibitions at home and abroad.
Since the first
independent exhibition in 1981 in the Hall of the Institute Jožef Stefan in
Ljubljana, she has so far presented her work at more than 40 independent
exhibitions in Slovenia and elsewhere, among them in: Bežigrajska galerija,
Ljubljana, 1984; Klub Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo (Bosnia and
Herzegovina),1985; Galerija ZDSLU (Association of Slovene Artists' Societies),
Ljubljana, 1991; exhibition salon Rotovž, Maribor and Art Salon, Celje, 1994;
Galerija Equrna, Ljubljana, 1997; Muzej grada Zagreba (Zagreb City Museum),
Zagreb (Croatia), 1998; Mestna Galerija Piran (Piran Municipal Gallery), 2001;
Galerija Božidar Jakac (in the former monastery church), Kostanjevica na Krki, 2005;
Gallery A+A, Venice (Italy), 2008; Galerija Rika Debenjaka in Kanal ob Soči,
2011; the Glass Atrium i Ljubljana Town Hall, 2012; Mala galerija, Kranj, 2013;
the gallery in Consulate General of Slovenia in Klagenfurt (Austria), 2014; and
in SKC Korotan (Slovenian Culture Centre Korotan), Vienna (Austria) and
Werkbund Galerie, Graz (Austria), 2017. In 2015 she also participated in 13.
Festival of Contemporary Art - Art Stays “Wunderkammer” in Ptuj, Slovenija.
In 2007 she
created a cycle of silkscreen prints for a print folder, and a cycle of smaller
prints for the bibliophile monography titled In-between, as illustrations of
poems by Andrej Medved (printed by Slavko Pavlin, Mednarodni grafični likovni
center Ljubljana/International Centre of Graphic Arts).
Her works of
art are included in the collection of Modern Gallery Ljubljana, Maribor Art
Gallery, Coastal galleries Piran and elsewhere.
She is a member
of the Association of Slovene Artists' Societies and is an active painter,
graphics artist and teacher at Secondary Preschool Education and Gimnazija
Ljubljana. She lives and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Awards:
1984 – Zlata
ptica (Golden Bird), Ljubljana
1987 – Purchase
award, Volosko 87, Croatia
1989 – Diploma,
Volosko 89, Croatia
1989 – Diploma
Raciborz 96, Poland
2002 – Award
nomination 2002, Museum Florean, Romania
2003 – Award
nomination 2003, Museum Florean, Romania
2005 – Special
recognition award, II. Ex-tempore, Kamnik
2010 –
Recognition for exceptional contribution, Transgenerations 2010, Ljubljana
2011 – Grand
Prix, International Ex-tempore Ptuj, Carnival 2011, Ptuj
2012 – 2nd
award, International exhibition of miniature 2012, Sremčica, Belgrade, Serbia
2013 – Special
recognition award of expert jury, International Ex-tempore Ptuj, Carnival 2013,
Ptuj
2015 – 2nd
award, International Ex-tempore Ptuj, Carnival 2015, Ptuj
2016 – Grand
Prix, International Ex-tempore Ptuj, Carnival 2016, Ptuj
2016 –
Commendation, 23. International Ex-tempore Grožnjan, Grožnjan, Croatia
2017 – ArtOpen,
Artwork of the Month, January 2017, 1st place – Painting, Slovenia
2018 – ArtOpen,
Artwork of the Year 2017, 2nd
place - Painting, Slovenia
2018 – ArtOpen,
Artwork of the Month, January 2018, 2nd place - Drawing, Slovenia
2018 – ArtOpen,
Artwork of the Month, April 2018, 2nd place - Drawing, Slovenia
2018 – ArtOpen,
Artwork of the Month, April 2018, 2nd place - Graphics, Slovenia
2018 – ArtOpen,
Artwork of the Month, August 2018, 1st place, Graphics, Slovenia
2018 – ArtOpen,
Artwork of the Month, August 2018, 1st place, Painting, Slovenija
2018 – ArtOpen,
Artwork of the Month, October 2018, 1st place – Graphics, Slovenia
2018 – ArtOpen,
Artwork of the Month, October 2018, 2nd place – Drawing, Slovenia
2018 – ArtOpen,
Artwork of the Month, October 2018, 2nd place, Painting, Slovenia
2018 – ArtOpen,
Artwork of the Month, November 2018, 2nd place, Painting, Slovenia
2019
– ArtOpen, Artwork of the Month, Januar 2019, 2nd place, Painting
CFA
Artist of the Year Award, Finalist Certificate, Januar 2019
2019
– ArtOpen, Artwork of the Month, Februar 2019, 2nd place – Painting
2019
– ArtOpen, Artwork of the Year 2018, 1st place – Graphic
2019 – ArtOpen, Artwork of the Month, March 2019, 3rd
place – Painting
2019 – ArtOpen, Artwork of the Month, April 2019, 2nd
place, Graphic
2020 – Ex Tempore
Karneval Ptuj 2020, Honorable mention of expert jury, Slovenia
2021 – Certificate for successful and
remarkable participation in 10 ITG Bitola
2021 – Honorary and special award 10 ITG,
Bitola
2021 - Special and unique award to the
Republic of Slovenia, 10 ITG, Bitola
2022 – Artist of the Month, Excellence Award,
June 2022, Circle Foundation for the Arts
Tanja Špenko
Oražnova 10
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenija
tanja.spenko@gmail.com
Phone
number: +386 31 423 927
