Prof. Spec. PETRA VARL, academic painter
Full Professor Petra Varl
Fine Art (drawing, printmaking, space interventions and installations)
ART ACTIVITY
- VARL, Petra. Near Light, exhibition in the Božidar Jakac Gallery, former monastery church, Kostanjevica na Krki, 2018. [COBISS.SI-ID 24059912] (solo exhibition)
- VARL, Petra (artist), et al. The second CEE countries contemporary art exhibition and China – CEE countries Art Museum curator forum: Ningbo Museum of Art, Ningbo, China, 2015. [COBISS.SI-ID 21466120] (group exhibition)
- VARL, Petra (artist), et al. 18th International Exhibition of Drawings: 18th International Exhibition of Drawings: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, 2013 [COBISS.SI-ID 19949064] (group exhibition)
- VARL, Petra (artist), et al. Impressions +386: the exhibition of Slovenian artists, Calcografía Nacional, Madrid, 2013 [COBISS.SI-ID 20309000] (group exhibition)
- VARL, Petra (artist), et al. Changing perspectives: 15 years of the ECB’s art collection, European Central Park (ECB), Frankfurt am Main, 2012. [COBISS.SI-ID 19458056] (group exhibition)
- VARL, Petra (artist). I always get what I wish for: drawings and serigraphs, Gallery MC, New York, 2011. [COBISS.SI-ID 18931720]
- VARL, Petra (artist), et al. Home = Homeland: Exhibition in the Museum of Modern Art Kärnten, Klagenfurt, 2010. Klagenfurt, 2010. [COBISS.SI-ID 17895432] (group exhibition)
- VARL, Petra (artist). Gender check: femininity and masculinity in the art of Eastern Europe, Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien, MUMOK, Wien, 2009/2010. http://erstestiftung.org/gender-check/. [COBISS.SI-ID 17258760] (group exhibition)
- VARL, Petra (artist), STANČIČ, Zora (artist). The last twenty years: The past twenty years: exhibition on the 20th anniversary of the first joint exhibition, Ljubljana, International Center of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, 2008. [COBISS.SI-ID 16378120] (solo exhibition)
- VARL, Petra (artist), et al. First line: avant-garde and alternative prints in Slovenia from conceptualism to the present day = The first line: avant-garde and alternative printers and presses in Slovenia from conceptualism to the present: accompanying exhibition Sunek, 26th Graphic Biennial Ljubljana, 2005: auxiliary exhibition of Thrust, the 26th Biennial of Graphic Arts Ljubljana, Ljubljana, 2005. [COBISS.SI-ID 14511112] (group exhibition)
- VARL, Petra (artist), et al. Sélest’art 97: Biennale d’art contemporain, Ville de Sélestat, Sélestat, 1997. [COBISS.SI-ID 13591560] (group exhibition)
- VARL, Petra (artist), OŽBOLT, Alen (artist), PELJHAN, Marko (artist), et al. Sense of order = The sense of order: exhibition in the Modern Gallery Ljubljana, Ljubljana, 1996. [COBISS.SI-ID 13593096] (group exhibition)
- VARL, Petra (artist), et al. 23rd International Biennial São Paulo, São Paulo, 1996 [COBISS.SI-ID 13592328] (group exhibition)
- VARL, Petra (artist), BARŠI, Jože (artist), BRATUŠA, Mirko (artist), KIRBIŠ, Dušan (artist), KOVAČIČ, Marko A. (artist), POGAČAR, Tadej (artist), POTRČ, Marjetica (artist) ). Slovene art of the 1990s: the collection of the P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Museum, the Central House of Artists, Moscow, 1995. [COBISS.SI-ID 13595144] (group exhibition)
REFERENCE TEXTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND HIS ARTISTIC CREATION
- Logar, Tevž. Space in two acts. 2020
- Logar, Tevž. Near Light. 2018
- Barbara Borčič. Kisses and Hugs: Nose to Nose and Mouth to Mouth. 2014
- Borcic, Barbara. Petra-pop artist and her strategy. 2008
- Zabel, Igor. My Mother s Pie. 2008
PUBLICATIONS IN REFERENCE PAPERS
- GRAFENAUER, Petja (author of the text). How to look at a Folded piece of White paper properly = How to look at a Folded piece of White paper properly. Fine words: a magazine for fine arts. 2018, no. 101, p. 74-76, ill. ISSN 0352-7268. [COBISS.SI-ID]
- VARL, Petra (interviewee). A trip for two. Outsider: A magazine that transcends boundaries. [Slovenian printed edition]. winter 2016, summer 2, no. 8, p. 134-135, ill. ISSN 2386-0030. [COBISS.SI-ID 22994184]
- VARL, Petra (interviewee). I draw what I wish for = I draw what I wish for. Fine words: a magazine for fine arts. 2012, no. 95, p. 10-17, fig. ISSN 0352-7263. [COBISS.SI-ID 277785088]
- BASSIN, Aleksander (author, author of additional text), BOŽEGLAV-JAPELJ, Majda, INHOF, Robert (author, author of additional text), KOŠAN, Marko (author, author of additional text), SOSIČ, Sarival (author, author of additional text) , KOMELJ, Milček, KOREN-BOŽIČEK, Milena (author, author of additional text), VARL, Petra (artist), BERLOT, Uršula (artist), TREBUŠAK, Alenka (editor, author of additional text, author of the exhibition), SOSIČ, Sarival ( editor, author of the exhibition). Drawing in Slovenia II. = Drawing in Slovenia II. : 1940-2009 = 1940-2009: [Mestna galerija, Ljubljana, 25. 5.-30. 8. 2009]. Ljubljana: Museum and Galleries of the City of Ljubljana, Mestna galerija, 2009. 303 pages, illustrations. ISBN 978-961-6587-57-0. [COBISS.SI-ID 245675520]
- VARL, Petra (artist), AMER, Ghada (artist, author of additional text), KOGLER, Peter (artist), MONDRIAN, Piet (artist), OŽBOLT, Alen (artist), PATTERSON, Simon (artist), PELJHAN, Marko (artist), SOLAKOV, Nedko (artist), WOOL, Christopher (artist), BRIŠKI, Mika (editor, translator), INTIHAR-FERJAN, Jana (editor). Sense of order = The sense of order: Moderna galerija Ljubljana = Museum of Modern Art, 9 May – 23 June 1996. Ljubljana: Moderna galerija: = Museum of Modern Art, 1996. [19] f., [44] p. ., ill. ISBN 961-206-009-6. [COBISS.SI-ID 64661504]
AWARDS, RECOGNITIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS IN ART ASSOCIATIONS
- Ivana Kobilca Award for the exhibition Near Light at the Božidar Jakac Gallery (2018)
- Kranj City Award (2014)
- Golden Bird Award for the exhibition My Mother’s Pie in Mala Galerija (1995)
- Student Prešeren Award (1989)
- Member of the Society of Fine Artists Ljubljana
- Member of the Association of Slovenian Fine Artists
ART COLLECTIONS
- Metropolitan Museum, New York, USA
- Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia
- European Central Bank Collection, Frankfurt, Germany
- Carinthian Museum of Modern Art, Klagenfurt, Austria
- Modern Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
WIDER FIELD OF PROFESSIONAL AND PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITY IN THE FIELD OF ART
- VARL, Petra (mentor, author, artist and curator of the exhibition of students and artists), Don’t be afraid, you are the best: group exhibition of large wall drawings, Kibla Portal, Maribor, 2014 2014 [COBISS.SI-ID 20571144]
- VARL, Petra. (mentor), From point to line: exhibition of drawings by students of the Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Education, University of Maribor in the Ignjatič Gallery in Celje, Celje, 2010. [COBISS.SI-ID 18023176]
- VARL, Petra (artist, mentor). I feel city: exhibition students from Central St. Martins College of Art & Design, London, KiBela, space for art, Multimedia center KIBLA, Maribor, 2013. [COBISS.SI-ID 19927048]
- VARL, Petra. (mentor), Graphic Spring: International Exhibition of Student Art Graphics, at the Vetrinjski dvorec Maribor Exhibition Center, 2014. [COBISS.SI-ID 20993544]
- VARL, Petra. (mentor), ŽIČKAR, Sara (artist). What is hidden under your mask: solo exhibition, K18 Gallery, Maribor, 2014 [COBISS.SI-ID 20605448]
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