Gasper Jemec was born on 25th of October 1975 in Kranj, Republic of Slovenia, former SFR Yugoslavia. He enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, where he studied painting and new medias both as an undergraduate and as a graduate student. Jemec also did graduate work in painting at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in America. As a Herder scholarship winner of Alfred Toepfer Stiftung FVS from Hamburg, he further trained in sculpture at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. His work has been widely exhibited in solo and group shows all over the world, from Slovenia to America, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, and Sweden. He has resided and worked in Indiana, Los Angeles, New York, Vienna, Hamburg, Sakaide, Valencia and Moscow.
Gasper Jemec is an artist whose work is both timeless and unique. The son of a painter and of an art historian, he became aware of his own creativity at a precocious age and has devoted his life to cultivating his restless and experimental nature. Jemec’s multi-media work is both sensual and cerebral, and he blends technology with tradition in order to manipulate texture, color and light in new and stimulating ways. Jemec often works in several disciplines at one time, freely moving from painting to sculpture, photography, and installation. In some works he demonstrates a virtuosity of color; in others it is the absence of color which makes an aesthetic or philosophical gesture. Jemec constantly alters his materials and techniques to imbue each phase of his career with freshness and mystique. His explorations include canvases in viscose acrylic gelatine, which demonstrate the push-pull between control and chance, using the material’s transparency and fluidity to create spontaneous shapes or fractals. Jemec has also transformed the act of painting with a new medium that debates the integrity and completeness of a work of art. He reproduces a painted image as a print on Plexiglass, which is lit from behind. The image can be optically assembled and disassembled at the viewer’s whim, with details emphasized or enlarged. Jemec has thus replaced the passive painting on canvas with a revolutionary, active canvas, creating an illusion of endless possibilities and unlimited space.
EDUCATION
2002-2004
Academy of Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana, MA studies in Videoart with Prof. Sreco Dragan, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2001-2002
University of Vienna, University of Fine Arts, Two semesters of MA studies in sculpturing with Prof. Gerda Fassel, Vienna, Austria1999
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, A semester of MA studies in painting with Prof. Voughn Clay, PA, USA
1998-2000
Academy of Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana, Completed second year of MA studies in painting with Prof. Bojan Gorenec, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1994-1998
Academy of Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana, Academy painter, received BA in painting under the supervision of Prof. Gustav Gnamus, studied with Prof. Janez Bernik and Prof. Gustav Gnamus, Ljubljana, Slovenia
SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS
2008
Research Grant, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2005
Special Invitation, ESSL AWARD Slovenia 05, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2004
2nd Prize, Art Compo Kagawa Biennal 2004, Takamatsu, Japan
2002-2004
City of Ljubljana, Scholarship for talented students, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2001-2002
Alfred Toepfer Foundation Hamburg und University of Vienna, Herder's Scholarship, Vienna, Austria
1999
1st Prize, Sakaide Art Grand Prix’99, Sakaide Civic Art Museum, Sakaide, Japan
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Scholarship for a stay and work at a New York atelier, NY, USA
Academy of Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana and Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Exchange Scholarship for a semester of MFA studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
1998-2000
inistry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Scholarship and co-financing of MFA studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1998
1st Prize, Sakaide Art Grand Prix’98, Sakaide Civic Art Museum, Sakaide, Japan
1996-1998
Republic Office of Employment of Republic of Slovenia, The Zois Scholarship for talented students, Ljubljana, Slovenia
SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2009
Aleksey Kozyr's Gallery CEH V, Contemporary Art Centre Vinzavod, The Fountains Of Paradise, Moscow, Russia
2008
Visconti Fine Art, Gallery Passage, The Voyage, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Gallery Narodni dom, Turbulence / Turbolenze, Triest, Italy
Gorenje Gallery, Gasper Jemec, Velenje, Slovenia
2007
Visconti Fine Art, Gallery Passage, New Paintings, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Public space; Vitrine of Gimnasium Joze plecnik, The Harbour, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Schwarz Gallery, Snow Leopard, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2006
Art Center Berlin, Mental Screen; Painting and Sculpture, Berlin, Germany
Visconti Fine Art, Gallery Passage, Latitudes, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Wiener Börse, Go International; European Art Exhibition: Gasper Jemec, Vienna, Austria
2005
Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. and Goethe-Institute Hamburg, Turbulences of Shadows; Contemporary Art from Slovenia, Hamburg, Germany
Domzale Gallery, Gasper Jemec, Domzale, Slovenia
Finzgar Gallery, Sovereign, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nova Gorica City Gallery, Multimedia works, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
2004
Space Sakaide Gallery, Gasper Jemec, Sakaide, Japan
Interart Gallery, Gladina odseva, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Compilation 2112m² Europe, Galerie am Hauptplatz, Slowenien: Gasper Jemec and Marjeta Godler, Hainburg/Donau, Austria
Villa Bled, Gladina odseva, Bled, Slovenia
Siebensterngalerie Ruth Maier, Unsichtbare Maschinen, Vienna, Austria
Krka Gallery, Gasper Jemec, Novo mesto, Slovenia
Sikoronja Gallery, Gasper Jemec & Jochen Traar, Rosegg, Austria
Gallery ZDSLU, Logicne mreze, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2003
MuseumsQuartier Wien, Quartier 21 / Piroschka rev, Where do we begin (with Sylva Smejkalova), Vienna, Austria
Murska Sobota Gallery, Turbulences of Shadows, Murska Sobota, Slovenia
Lek Gallery, Pearls Strewn Around, Ljubljana,Slovenia
Museum Jesenice, Gallery Manor Kos, Geography of Memory, Jesenice, Slovenia
2002
Keleia Gallery, Modelling Natural Phenomena, Celje, Slovenia
Siebenstern Ruth Maier Gallery, Deny Nothing in Yourself, Vienna, Austria
Slovenian Cultural Centre Korotan, LOOKING...ING...ING..., Vienna, Austria
Slovenian Science Institute in Vienna, Looking For White, Vienna, Austria
2001
Gallery TR3, KRILO_THE WING, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Finzgar Gallery, Gasper Jemec, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Manhattan Ave., 3L, Brooklyn, Open studio, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Stephen Gang Gallery, Gasper Jemec, New York, NY, USA
2000 SCC Gallery, Gasper Jemec, Lemont, IL, USA
1999 St. Cyril’s Church, THE WING, New York, NY, USA
L.I.P.A. Gallery, EUROVISION (Jemec, Pugelj, Zavadlav), Washington D.C., USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
ART MOSCOW, Gallery Atelier #2, Moscow, Russia
Salamatina Gallery, Group Show 2009, Manhasset, NY, USA
Gallery Belyaevo, LUX&LUXE; Light and Luxury, Moscow, Russia
2008
Slovenian Science Institute in Vienna, Paths to Europe, Vienna, Austria
Art Karlsruhe, Visconti Fine Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
ART MADRID, Gallery Lazar Vujic, Madrid, Spain
European Economic and Social Committee, WhatNEXT?...Slovenia; Impressions of Infinity – Images from Slovenia; Contemporary Slovenian Art, Brussels, Belgium
2007
East meets West – West meets East, National museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Chelley Mühle, Chance to Change, Oslip, Austria
Burgau Castle, European Masters of Modern Art, Burgau, Austria
Sakaide Civic Art Museum, Sakaide Art Grand Prix 2007, Sakaide, Japan
2006
Schwarz Gallery, Cervantes Art Dulcinium, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sparkasse Bank and Embassy of Republic of Austria, Infinite Austria Series, Ljubljana, Slovenia
La Carboneira Gallery, Art Dulcinium, Sevilla, Spain
Klaipeda Art Exhibition Hall, Signs of the Time, Klaipeda, Lithuania
Berlaymont, Berlaymont – summa artis, Brussels, Belgium
Gallery of Fine Arts, Art Dulcinium, Tirana, Albania
Galerija Yubin, Art Dulcinium, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
2005
Sammlung Essl, Essl Award, Klosterneuburg / Donau, Vienna, Austria
Real Gallery, Art Dulcinium, Ulcinj, Serbia and Montenegro
Sikoronja Gallery, Soca/Isonzo, Rosegg, Austria
Kodeljevo Castle, Green, as I love you greenly, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Space Sakaide Gallery, Young Slovene Artists 2005, Sakaide, Japan
Moderna galerija, ESSL AWARD Slovenia 05, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sakaide Civic Art Museum, Sakaide Art Grand Prix 2005, Sakaide, Japan
Konst på väg, Green, as I love you, greenly, Orangeriet, Lövstabruk, Sweden
2004
Art Compo Kagawa Biennial 2004, Takamatsu, Japan
Space Sakaide Gallery, Slovenian Young Artists 2004, Sakaide, Japan
Gallery Miklova hisa Ribnica, 2.M – Selected authors, second year postgraduate students at Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, Ribnica, Slovenia
Kresija Gallery, MOL-ovi stipendisti mestu Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Slovenian Science Institute in Vienna, Umetnost povezuje 8&8, 8 slovenskih in 8 avstrijskih mladih umetnikov, Vienna, Austria
10th International Festival of Computer Arts, Oxy Jet, Maribor, Slovenia
OS Vic, 19. Viski salon, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sikoronja Gallery, Open House, Rosegg, Austria
Finzgar Gallery, Razstava graficnih listov, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sakaide Civic Art Museum, Sakaide Art Grand Prix 2004, Sakaide, Japan
Neustädter Rathaus, Art Event, Peace and Culture Campaign, Prague, Czech Republic
Jakopic Gallery, Podobe onkraj vidnega, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Equrna Gallery, Recycling the Future/Vivere Venezia 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2003
50. La Biennale di Venezia, Vivere Venezia 2 / Recycling the Future / Friedhof Laguna Racing Team, Venice, Italy
Forum Stadtpark Graz, Friendly Fire, Graz, Austria
Dom HDLU, Podoba kot presezek vidnega, Zagreb, Croatia
Zala Gallery, Graphic Map »4 letni časi - Taja Ivancic in Gasper Jemec«, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Nova Gorica City Gallery, 8 likovnih sanj, 8 mladih slovenskih umetnikov, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Eurocenter, Finzgar Gallery, Graphic Map »8 Young Slovene Artists«, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Finzgar Gallery, Ljubljancani v Benetkah, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Keleia Gallery, Viktor Bernik, Taja Ivancic, Gasper Jemec, Arjan Pregl, Celje, Slovenia
Space Sakaide Gallery, Slovene Young Artists 2003, Sakaide, Japan
Sakaide Civic Art Museum, Sakaide Art Grand Prix 2003, Sakaide, Japan
9th International Festival of Computer Arts, Where do we Begin (with Sylva Smejkalová), Maribor, Slovenia
2002
Gallery Sivceva hisa, Radovljica; Cultural Centre Srecko Kosovel, Sezana; Cultural Centre Ivan Napotnik, Velenje, Slovenia, Slovenia open for the art
Finzgar Gallery, M Shock Society, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Siebenstern Ruth Maier Gallery, Homo Sapiens – Skulptur im Garten, (Hoffest Wien), Vienna, Austria
8th International Festival of Computer Arts, You and me (with Sylva Smejkalová), Maribor, Slovenia
Lukas Knaffel House, Trans(pos)ition – Performance of Herder scholarship-holders 2001, Vienna, Austria
ZDSLU Gallery, Exhibition of new members ZDSLU<35, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2001
Alexie Gallery, Group show, New York, NY, USA
Space Sakaide Gallery, Young Slovene Artists, Sakaide, Japan
Sakaide Civic Art Museum, Sakaide Art Grand Prix 2001, Sakaide, Japan
International Centre of Graphic Arts, Alluring – Painting exhibition, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2000
Palazzo del Ferdinandeo, MIB ART. For an Economy of the Eye, Trieste, Italy
Gallery Miklova hisa Ribnica, 2.S – Selected authors, second year postgraduate students at Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, Ribnica, Slovenia
6th International Festival of Computer Arts Words do not do, Maribor, Slovenia
1999
Sakaide Civic Art Museum, Sakaide Art Grand Prix’99, Sakaide, Japan
Kipp Gallery, JEMEC, MATIJEVIC, PUGELJ, ZAVADLAV, Indiana, PA, USA
TAIEX, At the Last Minute, Bruxelles, Belgium
Ljubljana City Gallery, The revealing presence of the body, Ljubljana, Slovenia
KCK Gallery, Travelling without moving, Tolmin, Slovenia
Gallery in Museum of Skofja Loka, The revealing presence of the body, Skofja Loka, Slovenia
Ljubljana City Gallery, Spaces Beyond Speed and Noise, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1998
Sakaide Civic Art Museum, Sakaide Art Grand Prix’98, Sakaide, Japan
4th International Festival of Computer Arts, One Room, Maribor, Slovenia
Turnac Gallery, Novi Vinodolski, Croatia
1997
Sakaide Civic Art Museum, Sakaide Art Grand Prix’97, Sakaide, Japan
Gallery P74, Microcosmos, where I am growing well, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1994-2000
Academy of Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana, Student shows, Ljubljana, Slovenia
