CONTACTS

• Department of Fine Arts
• E-naslov: samuel.grajfoner@um.si

 

Full Professor SAMUEL GRAJFONER

FINE ART (GRAPHIC ART, DRAWING, SCULPTURE, SPATIAL INSTALLATIONS)

 

ARTISTIC ACTIVITY

• The 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th and 6^th Biennial of Slovenian Graphic Arts, Otočec, Novo mesto, 1992/94/96/98 and 2000 (group exhibition)
• The 4^th Biennial of Slovenian Graphic Arts in the USA: “exhibition, The Selection of 100 Graphic Sheets”, Old Main Art Museum, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1996 (group exhibition)
• The 19^th, 20^th, 21^st, 22^nd, 23^rd and 28^th International Biennial of Graphic Arts: Museum of Modern Art, National Museum of Slovenia, Tivoli Gallery, Jakopič Gallery, Cankar Centre, Ljubljana, 1991/93/95/97/99 and 2009 (group exhibition)
• The 11^th Norwegian International Print Triennale, Fredrikstad, 1995 (group exhibition), The Prints of the World: Sakaide International Graphic Art Exhibition in Japan / 12^th National Cultural Festival in Japan, Kagawa 97, Sakaide, 1997 (group exhibition)
• The 9^th, 10^th and 11^th International Biennial Print and Drawing Exhibition, 1999, 2001, 2003, R.O.C.: selected exhibition at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 1999, 2001, 2003 (group exhibition)
• Samuel Grajfoner: Exhibition of Graphics and Drawings 1989–2000: Tivoli Gallery, International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, 2000 (solo exhibition)
• The Darknesses of Holes: solo exhibition, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Koroška, Slovenj Gradec, 2003 (solo exhibition)
• Treasures of Slovenian Graphic Art 1955–2005, collection of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana Castle, Ljubljana, 2008 (group exhibition)
• The 15^th Space International Print Biennial Seoul: art exhibition, Seoul Museum of Art, 2009 (group exhibition)
• Almost Spring: 100 Years of Slovenian Art, Maribor Art Gallery, 2013 (group exhibition)
• Back to Black: The Colours of Black, 1970–2014: exhibition of artists, Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana, 2014 (group exhibition)
• 2015 Combat prize: the sixth edition: exhibition organized by Association Blob ART and the City Council of Livorno, Civic Museum “Giovanni Fatttori” Ex Granai di Villa Mimbelli, Livorno, 2015 (group exhibition)
• Flat and Distant, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China, 2016 (The Earth is Flat: Slovenian and Chinese Contemporary Art, Maribor Art Gallery, 2016 (group exhibition)
• 100+: Highlights from the UGM Collection: Maribor Art Gallery, 2021 (group exhibition)

 

REFERENCE TEXTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND HIS ARTISTIC CREATION

• Marjeta Ciglenečki, The Darknesses of Holes, tr. Ksenija Vidic (Slovenj Gradec: Gallery of Fine Arts, 2003). Exhibition catalogue
• Zoran Kržišnik, Meta Prosenc Gabršek, Samuel Grajfoner: Exhibition of Graphics and Drawings 1989–2000 / Ausstellung der Grapfiken und Zeichnungen 1989–2000, Miriam Behek, Ksenija Davidović (Ljubljana: International Centre of Graphic Arts / Internationales graphisches Zentrum, 2000). Exhibition catalogue
• Mitja Visočnik, Samuel Grajfoner: Exhibition of Graphics and Drawings (Maribor: Art Gallery, 1992). Exhibition catalogue.
• CIGLENEČKI, Marjeta. Samuel Grajfoner. The Darknesses of Holes: Gallery of Fine Arts Slovenj Gradec, 2003: [exhibition brochure] / [text by Marjeta Ciglenečki; translation by Ksenija Vidic; photographs by Vojko Stiplovšek]. – Slovenj Gradec: Gallery of Fine Arts, 2003. – 30 x 63 cm folded to 30 x 21 cm: illustr. – 500 copies
• GRAJFONER, Samuel. Darkness as a Theme. Printmaker Samuel Grajfoner / [interview with] Mojca Zlokarnik. – – Text in Slovenian. – Notes with bibliography at the bottom of the pages. – In: Likovne besede. – ISSN 0352-7263. – No. 101 (2015), pp. 12–19. –

 

PUBLICATIONS IN REFERENCE MATERIALS

• The 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th and 6^th catalogue of the Biennial of Slovenian Graphic Arts, Otočec, Novo mesto, 1992/94/96/98 and 2000
• Graphic art portfolio: five original graphics / Janez Bernik, Bogdan Borčič, Samuel Grajfoner, Andrej Jemec, Adriana Maraž. – Ljubljana: 20^th International Biennial of Graphic Arts, 1993
• Križišnik: Ljubljana Graphic School, Ljubljana, EWO, 1997
• Gostiša: Treasures of Slovenian Graphic Art 1955–2005, Ljubljana, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2008
• Pinter: Studio and Artist, Ljubljana, Pasadena, 2012

 

AWARDS, RECOGNITIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS IN ART ASSOCIATIONS

• 1992/96/98 Novo mesto, 2^nd, 4^th and 5^th Biennial of Slovenian Graphic Arts, Otočec, awards of the City of Novo mesto for graphic works and purchase prizes of the Albertina Graphic Collection, Vienna
• 2005 Maribor, Glazer Award with a Charter for achievements in the field of culture
• 2009 Purchase Prize of the company Yoon Design Inc., Seoul International Graphic Biennial, Seoul (ROK)
• 2015 Livorno, Premio Combat Prize 2015: Civic Museum Giovanni Fattori ex Grania di villa Mimbelli and Fortezza Vecchia, Equivalent second prize (ex aequo second placed Samuel Grajfoner and Vincenzo Punzo)
• 2019 Kranj, 8^th International Fine Arts Festival Black and White in Kranj, Recognition for High Quality Artwork

 

AWARDS, RECOGNITIONS – MENTOR

• 1^st University Graphic Competition, 2009 (1^st Prize, Lucija Žitnik) – mentor
• 2^nd University Graphic Competition, 2015 (1^st Prize, Laura Koder, 2^nd Prize Lara Korošec) – mentor (Special Recognition, Tamara Hršak, Natalija Juhart and Mojca Kovač) – mentor
• Perlach Award for the 2015/2016 academic year (Tamara Hršak, Laura Koder) for cultural and artistic achievements, namely artistic creation and realization of artworks – original graphics in the framework of the EUCEMENT international project, created within the SYMBOLS project – mentor

 

MEMBERSHIPS IN ART ASSOCIATIONS

• Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies
• International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia

 

ART COLLECTIONS

• Vienna, Albertina Graphic Collection
• Groningen, Koninklijke Theodoruds Niemeyer, Academie voor Beeldende Kunst en Bouwkunst, Academie Minerva
• Ljubljana, International Centre of Graphic Arts
• Maribor, Art Gallery
• Slovenj Gradec, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Koroška

 

 

WIDER AREA OF PROFESSIONAL, PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITY IN THE FIELD OF ART

• Project leader: Between the Invisible and Present Imprint: graphic project as part of the RAZ:UM EPK 2012 events, Art NOW, platform in front of the University of Maribor, 2012.
• Member of the Committee at the 16^th Biennial of Graphic Art by Children and Young People, Žalec, 2013
• Chairman of the Committee at the 2^nd University Graphic Competition for Classical Graphics, 2015
• Project work with the economy and non-economy in the local and regional environment, project Through Translation and Illustration to a Bilingual Picture Book (Preslik) – pedagogical mentor, 2019
• Member of the Expert Committee of the Prešeren Fund for the Prešeren Awards and Prešeren Fund Awards, Board of Directors of the Prešeren Fund, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, 2020

 

REFERENCE LINKS

• https://sammlungenonline.albertina.at/#/query/5f2865c8-6b80-4b04-8db8-1c2617bdc8f1
• https://lek.si/sl/o-nas/predstavitev-druzbe/galerija-lek/samuel-grajfoner/
• https://lek.si/media/gallery/2020/01/29/Zlozenka_Samuel_Grajfoner.pdf
• https://www.glu-sg.si/en/exhibition/samuel-grajfoner-teme-lukenj/
• http://www2.arnes.si/~sggaler/exhibitions/grajfoner/index.htm