Biography

Nina Koželj is professional artis from Slovenia born in 1985. She works in the field of graphic, sculptur and painting. After completing her studies at the Secondary School for Design and Photography in Ljubljana, she enrolled on the Art Pedagogy degree at the Faculty of Education of the University of Ljubljana in 2005. Between 2007 and 2010 she assisted Prof. Mirko Bratuša as a Demonstrator for Ceramics, and between 2009 and 2011 she was also a Demonstrator Assistant for Printmaking to Prof. Črtomir Frelih. Since 2010 she has been teaching and leading workshops in Sculpture and Printmaking for adults at the ArtCenter Ljubljana.

In recent years she has had several solo and group exhibitions, most of which were selected by jury. In 2010 she was the recipient of the Vordemberge-Gildewart Foundation Award for her print/ceramic installation “The Game“. In 2011 she  represented Slovenia in XVI. Deutsche internationale grafik Triennale Frechen, in Germany. And in 2014 she recive the prize for the best young author in Extempore Piran. The subject of her study is human fear and humour in visual art. She lives and works in Stahovica near Kamnik.