Barbara Demšar
Born 1969 in Kranj, Slovenia
She graduated at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education,
Department of painting in 1997
Member of The Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies and
Association of Artists Škofja Loka since 1997.
She lives and works as a free-lance artist in Škofja Loka.
http://barbarademsar.com
She has had 27 solo exhibitions in Slovenia and abroad. (Croatia, Serbia, USA, UAE)
She has partcipated in over 200 group exhibitions in Slovenia and abroad. (Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Italy, Austria, France, Belgium, Romania, Germany, Greece, Turky, Vermont / USA, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Florida / USA, Kosovo, Netherlands, Abu Dhabi / UAE, NYC / USA)
Awards / She has received 23 awards for her work in Slovenia, Croatia and USA.
Art workshops / She has participated in over 60 Art workshops in Slovenia and abroad.
(Croatia, Srbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, France, Greece, USA)
Solo Shows (2018-2016)
Cite International des Arts (Open studio), Impressions, Paris, France, 2018
Pogled Gallery / Miha Males Gallery, To the light, Kamnik, Slovenia, 2017
Art Hub Gallery, Slovenian Art month, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2017
Group Shows (2018-2016)
Art Box Project, New York, USA, 2018
Roman Petrovic Gallery, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina, 2018
Agora Gallery, “Heaven and Earth”, New York, NY, USA, 2018
Modestino Gallery, International Graphic Symposium - “Tangible Proof”, Massachusetts University,
Boston, MA, USA, 2018
VII. Alpen Adria Art Symposium, St. Kanzian, Austria, 2018
2nd International Art Symposium Struga, Macedonia, 2018
26th International Art Symposium “Slovenia open for Art”, Sinji vrh, Slovenia, 2018
International Collage Festival, “What if” Layer House, Kranj, Slovenia, 2018
Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2017
Art Gallery, Hengelo, Netherlands, 2017
International Watercolour Biennial Prishtina, Kosovo, 2017
Euroairport, Artbox.Project Basel 1,0, Basel, Germany, 2017
ZDSLU Gallery (Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies), Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2017, 2016
Gallery of the Municipality of Kranj, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th International Festival of Fine Arts, Slovenia, 2017, 2016
Artbox.project Miami, Florida, US, 2016
Cultural Community Center, International Paper Art Biennial, Haacht, Belgium, 2016
The Modern Gallery of the Cultural Centre, International Biennial of miniature, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia, 2016
Art Salon, Cultural Centre of Cacak, International Symposium Art and paper, Cacak, Serbia, 2016
Town Hall Gallery, Klagenfurt, Austria, 2016
Representation of the Republic of Slovenia in Brussels – Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2016
Professional Awards, Residencies, Fellowships, Prizes (2018-2016)
The Residency, Cite International des Arts, Paris, France, 2018
Honorable Mention Award / Circle Foundation for the Arts, Lyon, France, 2018
Gottlieb Foundation Grant, New York, USA, 2017
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, USA, 2017
The Residency, Art Hub, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2017
Cultural allowance, Ministry of Culture, Slovenia, 2016
