Portraits
264 images in portraits.
Double bass player Tomaž Grom of Sploh Institute has contributed greatly to the improvised music scene.
Popular at home and abroad, musician and singer Magnifico has become a widely-known Slovenian music export.
Archive image from Laibach Occupied Europe NATO Tour 1994–95.
Portrait of Špela Čadež, 2017.
Koala Voice posing together with their mascot at MENT Ljubljana in 2015
Maja Delak, dancer and founder of Emanat Institute in 2006, Emanat produces innovative works that develop their own artistic procedures and work codes as well as stimulate artistic exchange
dr. Gregor Pompe, Mantuani Award winner, 2006
Professor Zygmunt Bauman lecturing at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Department of Sociology, 2011
The Mantuani Award, is named after one of the first Slovene musicologists, Josip Mantuani [1860â1933], pictured. Bestowed by the Slovene Musicological Society since 2004 for exceptional contributions in the field of musicology
Edo Škulj, Mantuani Award winner, 2004
Portrait of Karmina Šilec, founder and head of Carmina Slovenica
Laibach press image, 2009
Manu Weiss, curator of VR/360°/GAMES@ANIMATEKA exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, 2018.
Slovene writer Miško Kranjec (1908–1983)
Zebra Dots group portrait by Borut Peterlin, 2012
Res Nullius group portrait, 2010
Illustration of Valentin Vodnik (3 February 1758 - 8 January 1819), Slovene priest, teacher, journalist and poet, reprinted in 1905
TILT group portrait, 2007
Thunderbabies group portrait, 2014
Members of the band New Wave Syria (02)
Shots International Short Film Festival crew and the international jury, 2019.
Musicians and stand-up comedians Slon in sadež [The Elephant and the Fruit]
The Slovenec Slovenca gor postavi theatre performance team (from left): Alja Kapun, Miha Brajnik, Katarina Stegnar, Janez Pipan (former director of SNG Drama Ljubljana), and Rok Matke. In front: Marko Bulc (performance director) and Maša Kagao Knez. The performance was co-produced by Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana and Maska Institute
Composer and multimedia artist Stane Špegel
Composer and multimedia artist Stane Špegel with his creations
New media artist and net.art pioneer Vuk Ćosić
Drums and percussions player Zlatko Kaučič
Printmaker Zora Stančič
Rap and hip hop musician Trkaj
Illustrator and visual artist Natan
Illustrator and visual artist Natan
Metka Golec and Miha Horvat, working in artistic collaboration as Son:DA since 2000
Portrait of designer Robert llovar, co-founder of IlovarStritar design studio in Ljubljana, 2009
Vasko Atanasovski Trio group portrait by Matjaž Vrečko, 2010
Res Nullius group portrait, 2011
Primož Simončič on saxophone, founding member of Ljubljana based Jazz band Lolita, 2011
Maribor International Orchestra 2012 conductor, Živa Ploj Peršuh
Zebra Dots group portrait by Borut Peterlin, 2012
Zebra Dots group portrait by Borut Peterlin, 2012
Zebra Dots group portrait by Borut Peterlin, 2012
Zebra Dots group portrait by Borut Peterlin, 2012
Zebra Dots group portrait by Borut Peterlin, 2012
Neža Knez, OHO Group Award recipient 2018.
Radko Polič at the film festival in Cankarjev dom, 2018.
A group portrait of the journalists, anchors, technicians and other members of the almost 200 piece collective of Radio Študent (RŠ)
Saša Pavček, an actress, and Karpo Godina, a film director, 2018.
Painter Sašo Vrabič
Architect and industrial designer Saša Mächtig
Painter Samo Kralj
Simon Popek, programme director of Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe), 2016.
Portrait of Staš Vrenko, 2016.
Actors Štefka Drolc and Primož Ekart
Writer and poet Svetlana Makarovič
Group portrait of The Stroj collective, 2013
Portrait of Urška Zupanec, 2018.
Art critic and curator Vasja Nagy
Werefox portrait, 2012 (From left: Sašo Benko, David Halb, Melanija Fabčič, Manuel Hahn)
Werefox band line-up, 2012 (From left: Sašo Benko, Melanija Fabčič, Manuel Hahn, David Halb)
Portrait of Zdravko Duša, 2017.
Irene Posch, Artist-in-Residence, Osmo/za, 2018.
Miha Knific at Slovenian Film Centre, 2018.
Ida Hiršenfelder at Osmo/za, Vector Hack Festival, 2018.
All Together Now, performers' group portrait. A synthetic performance produced by Muzeum Institute in co-operation with Old People's Home Center – Tabor. Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet Ljubljana, 2000.
Majda Širca, Milan Kučan, and Zoran Janković at the opening of graphic design exhibition Najboljše iz Vojvodine at the Atrium of the Magistrat Gallery (Ljubljana Town Hall), 2008
Ljudmila's artist in residence Peter Edwards at Osmo/za, 2017.
Robert Waltl, 2014
The trombone player/electronica producer Žiga Murko performing at UD Festival, 2015
Nataša Bučar, director of Slovenian Film Centre, 2018.
Zoran Janković, Ljubljana Mayor (second from left) at the opening of graphic design exhibition Najboljše iz Vojvodine ('The best from Vojvodina') at the Atrium of the Magistrat Gallery (Ljubljana Town Hall), 2008
Neja Tomšič, MoTA Point and international projects coordinator, 2016.
Luka Zagoričnik at Slovenian Cinematheque, SONIC.ARCHITECTURES Symposium, 2016.
Franck Vigroux and Kurt d'Haeseleer at Slovenian Cinematheque, Sonica International Festival of Transitory Art, 2017.
Illustrator and comic artist Tomaž Lavrič
Journalists and anchor men Marcel Štefančič and Sašo Hribar
Marko Brecelj performing in the concert Branki in Ivanu in Cankarjev dom, 2010
Marko Brecelj performing in the concert Branki in Ivanu in Cankarjev dom, 2010
Artist Marko Pogačnik at Hologram of Europe, a geopuncture stone circle in Ljubljana
Curator of the Simulaker Gallery Matjaž Brulc with painter Sašo Vrabič
Guitar player and singer/songwriter Mateja Blaznik
Journalist Meta Česnik
Miha Turšič co-founder of the Cultural Centre of European Space Technologies (KSEVT), Vitanje, 2012
Ljudmil Rus Guitar Orchestra group portrait after a performance in Portorož at the Grand Hotel Bernadin, 2010
Croatian visual artist Mladen Stilinović in Škuc Gallery
Ljudmil Rus Guitar Orchestra was established in 1963 under the leadership of guitarist and composer Ljudmil Rus (b. 1933). Group portrait after a performance in Portorož, 2010
Philosopher Mladen Dolar
Portrait of Maja Bogataj Jančič, 2017.
Portrait of violin player Satu Vänskä, performing at the Maribor Festival, September 2011
Slovenian contemporary artist Marjetica Potrč
Painter and illustrator Milan Erič at his exhibition in Equrna Gallery (2008)
Anja Jerčič Jakob, Arven Šakti Kralj Szomi, Andrej Brumen Čop, Saša Bezjak, Milojka Drobne and Metod Frlic, a group portrait at the Museum of Madness, the Cmurek Castle, 2015
Portrait of Luka Frelih, 2017.
Portrait of artist Maja Smrekar during her installation BrainTV at Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana
Visual artist Marija Mojca Pungerčar
Visual artist, performer and collector Marko A. Kovačič in his studio at Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone in Ljubljana
Artist Marko Pogačnik at Hologram of Europe, a geopuncture stone circle in Ljubljana
Portrait of Matic Majcen, 2016.
Gregor Zemljič (of Random Logic) and Rashad Becker conversing during the Sonica Festival in 2015
Lawrence English at MoTA Museum of Transitory Art, 2017.
Laibach press image, 2008
Painter Kostja Gatnik
Finn Atkins with the Vicious Cat Award for Eden Lake at the Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival 2009
Brian Yuzna receiving the Reanima Cat award at the Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival 2008
Laibach in Belgrade, 1986
Laibach, publicity image for Opus Dei, 1987
Archive photograph, Laibach Occupied Europe NATO Tour 1994-95, 1994
Laibach, Jalta, 1994. Laibach supported the NATO LP (Mute Records, 1994) with their lengthy Occupied Europe NATO Tour 1994-95 which ended with two concerts in besieged, war-torn Sarajevo as part of their NSK State Sarajevo event.
The Crown Prince Aleksandar Aleksandrov Karađorđević, Hereditary Prince Petar Aleksandrov Karađorđević, and the collector Nani Poljanec (of the Folk Museum Rogaška Slatina) at the State Funeral (in which the remains of the Serbian and Yugoslav Royal House of Karađorđević were buried in Oplenac Mausoleum in Topola, Serbia), 2013.
Laibach, interview for the cultural/political programme TV TEDNIK (TV Weekly), Slovenian national television. This provocative appearance prompted the showâs host to brand them âenemies of the peopleâ, calling for a boycott. 1983
Following the release of the album WAT (Mute Records,2003), Laibach carried out a major European tour in 2003. Sung in both German and English WAT pondered the major topics of the Iraq War, anti-Semitism, terrorism and crisis in the modern world.
Laibach press image, 2008
Laibach press image, 2008
Art historian, curator and art critic Lilijana Stepančič
Slovene writer Alma Karlin (1889–1950), a portrait taken in Villach and kept by Celje Central Library
Conductor Karmina Šilec with Carmina Slovenica choir in the Božidar Jakac Art Museum courtyard at Kostanjevica na Krki
Balint Szombathy, a performer, and Zdenka Badovinac, director of Moderna galerija Ljubljana, Kapsula Gallery, 2008
Katice group portrait, 2009
Katalena group portrait by Luka Kaše, 2011
Katalena group portrait by Ivian Kan Mujezinović, 2014
Klemen Klemen, 2016.
Members of the Kaja Draksler Acropolis Quartet; Kaja Draksler (piano), George Dumitriu (guitar), Goran Krmac (tuba), and Kristijan Krajnčan (drums)
Photographer Katja Goljat
Tanja Hladnik, festival director of Kino Otok - Isola Cinema Festival, 2016.
Ivan Novak, Igor Zupe and Dejan Knez at the premiere of Music is the Art of Time 3, LP film Laibach, Kinodvor Cinema, 2018.
Portrait of designer Jernej Stritar, co-founder of IlovarStritar design studio in Ljubljana, 2009
Portrait of Goran Šalamon, Demolition Group frontman, 2011
Portrait of Jože Plečnik, 1933
Guitar player and theatre/film music composer Igor Leonardi
Saxophone player and jazz composer Igor Lumpert
Actor and television presenter Jonas Žnidaršič
Journalist, rock music manager and music producer Igor Vidmar
Painter Jože Slak - Đoka
Musician, composer and philosopher Jani Kovačič
Contemporary artist Jasmina Cibic
Musician, actor and comedian Jure Godler
Journalist and comentator Jurij Gustinčič
Saxophone player and jazz composer Igor Lumpert
It's Everyone Else group portrait, 2011
Artists Janez Janša and Janez Janša presenting their Biography
Jaša at his exhibition In Good We Trust, Ganes Pratt Gallery, 2008
Portrait of Jerica Gregorc Bukovec checking for pitch, artistic director and conductor of the Ave Chamber Choir since May 2011
Lloyd Kaufman creator of The Toxic Avenger with film mascot at the Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival 2007
Film directors Slobodan Šijan (SER) and Brian Yuzna (USA) during a friendly discussion at the Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival 2008
Joerg Buttgereit with Necro Cat award at the Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival 2009
Nani Poljanec alias Aleksander Stanislav Jurkovič (1968 – 2069)
Nani Poljanec, alias Don V. Corleone, in the Hri-bar Show, a satirical evening programme on Slovenian National Television, 2007
Nani Poljanec with the guests of the 24-hour piano playing marathon with 50 participants, coorganised by Poljanec at the Cristal Hall of the Rogaška Hotel, July 2012.
Dr. Metod Benedik, guardian of the Capuchin Monastery Archives and Library, Škofja Loka
A group portrait of Biennial of Design 2019 participants, standing in front of the Central Technological Library in Ljubljana
Nani Poljanec and Jani Pirnat, art historian (Domestic Research Society), presenting the first volume of the KunstHaus fanzin at Račka Gallery in Celje, 2011
Karlo Medjugorac, a designer who authored posters for a number of Druga Godba Festival editions
Brane Grubar, the winner of Vesna Award at 20. Festival of Slovenian Film at Portorož Auditorium.
Filip Robar Dorin, winner of the Metod Badjura Award for lifetime contribution to Film, announced at Festival of Slovenian Film awards 2010
Judita Franković Brdar, the winner of Vesna Award at 21. Festival of Slovenian Film, 2018.
Rok Govednik at Kino Bežigrad, Eye on Film Festival, 2016.
Jani Sever, 21. Festival of Slovenian Film, 2018.
Hanna Slak, the winner of Vesna Award at 20. Festival of Slovenian Film at Portorož Auditorium.
Jurij Zornik, the winner of Vesna Award, 21. Festival of Slovenian Film.
Kolja Saksida, the winner of Vesna Award at 21. Festival of Slovenian Film at Portorož Auditorium, 2018.
Urša Menart, the winner of Vesna Award at 21. Festival of Slovenian Film at Portorož Auditorium, 2018.
Tugo Štiglic, winner of the Metod Badjura Award, announced at Festival of Slovenian Film awards 2018.
Portrait of Matjaž Ivanišin, Festival of Slovenian Film, 2017.
Alenka Nahtigal, the winner of Vesna Award at 20. Festival of Slovenian Film at Portorož Auditorium.
Ivanka Mežan, the winner of Vesna Award at 20. Festival of Slovenian Film at Portorož Auditorium.
Dominik Mencej, winner of the best script and scenography Vesna Award for short film - Prespana pomlad, Festival of Slovenian Film, 2014
Drum player Dušan Obradinović - Obra, Dan D
Photographer and journalist Denis Sarkić with his dog Janša
Dragan Živadinov, Slovenian theatre director, founder of the Noordung Cosmokinetic Cabinet and co-founder of the Cultural Centre of European Space Technologies (KSEVT). Vitanje, 2012.
Portrait of Elena Fajt, visual artist
Doroteja Nadrah, an actress, and Sonja Prosenc, a film director, 2018.
Film director Damjan Kozole
Janez Janša at his multimedia performance Vročica satelitne noči [Satellite Night Fever] in the Simulaker Gallery, 2007
Portrait of Davide Grassi, 2018.
Composer, accordion player and pianist Drago Ivanuša
Painter Emerik Bernard
Painter, designer and sculptor Domen Slana
Maja Osojnik Band performing at Cankarjev dom during Druga godba Festival, Ljubljana, 2010
From left to right: Suzana Tratnik, Anna T. Szabó, Mirela Sula, Ioana Ieronim, Monica Pavani and Thórunn Valdimarsdóttir - at Centre for Slovenian Literature workshop in Dane in 2007
Martin Bricelj at Cukrarna Palace, Sonica International Festival of Transitory Art, 2017.
Matevž Čelik at event organised by Creative Europe Desk Slovenia, Museum of Architecture and Design, 2017.
Motovila Institute team: Mateja Lazar, Sabina Briški Karlić, Maša Ekar, Ines Kežman and Tanja Kos, 2017.
The opening of the exhibition Two Worlds. The work of Bogdan Grom 1938–2008 at the City Art Gallery Ljubljana in 2010. Bogdan Grom, Slovene painter, illustrator, sculptor, stage and graphic designer was born in Trieste, since 1957 living in the USA.
Mateja Lazar, director of Motovila Institute and head of the Creative Europe Desk Slovenia, 2016.
Marko Brumen at event organised by Creative Europe Desk Slovenia, Museum of Architecture and Design, 2017.
Presentation of Amir Muratović's film Cankar at the Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre, 2018.
Conductor Karmina Šilec, of Carmina Slovenica
Writers Svetlana Makarovič, Tone Škrjanec, Žana Pekovskaja, Brane Mozetič and Jana Putrle in Moscow, Centre for Slovenian Literature, September 2009
Peter Bratuša at Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre, 2018.
Pianist Bojan Gorišek
Pianist Bojan Gorišek
Journalist and writer Blaž Ogorevc
Painter Bogoslav Kalaš
Brina group portrait, 2011
Academician Boris Ziherl (1910–1976), co-founder of the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
Portrait of Borja Močnik, 2017.
Accordion player Bratko Bibič at Metelkova
Alma R. Selimović, development manager of Bunker Institute, 2017.
Musician and poet Barbara Pešut, Dom svobode
Photographer Arne Hodalič
Barbara Rajgelj, a professor of law, a co-founder of Pritličje and Grounded Festival. Grounded Festival 2018.
General Rudolf Maister-Vojanov (1874–1934)
Slovene writer France Bevk (1890–1970), the author of more than 100 novels and collections of poems. After his death, the public library in Nova Gorica was named after him
Sebastjan Vrhovnik, conductor of Academic Choir Tone Tomšič between 2009 and 2015
Academic Choir Tone Tomšič made up of students from the University of Ljubljana
Music producer Anže Kacafura
Music composer Aldo Kumar, 2005
Painter Ana Sluga
Dr. Mirko Cuderman, Consortium Musicum Ljubljana choir's founder and conductor, 2008
Alenka Pirman, the Culture.si coeditor
Obala Koper Mixed Choir Group portrait, summer 2011
Painter, printmaker and illustrator Petra Varl
Iva Gruden, a photographer exhibiting at the Café Open
Martina MaleÅ¡iÄ and Anja PlaniÅ¡Äek, the curators of the AT HOME: Architects France and Marta IvanÅ¡ek exhibition at Moderna galerija (MG), 2010
Grandmaster Anatoly Karpov as a special guest at a simultaneous chess party at the Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival 2008
Professor Dr. Shanon Bell presenting her book Fast Feminism at the Café Open
Illustrator Matjaž Schmidt (1948–2010)
Iva Krajnc, Žiga Virc and Dafne JemerÅ¡iÄ, film professionals and jury of the 6th international FF600 Film Festival, 2009
Laibach press image, 2006
Vokalna akademija Ljubljana group portrait at the Robba fountain, Ljubljana, 2009
Sebastjan Vrhovnik, conductor of the Obala Koper Mixed Choir
Rifat K. Pateev, the first director of the Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre, Ljubljana during a period 2011–2015.
Srečna mladina group portrait shot in Slovakia, 2014
Portrait of Tomi Meglič, Siddharta frontman, 2011
Illustrator Lila Prap
Marijan Pušavec, a writer and scriptwriter
A portrait of painter Narcis KantardžiÄ in his studio.
Tilen Javornik, Tinta Festival open call winner 2016, during the opening of the Festival in 2017.
Tilen Sepič preparing a light installation at PIFcamp, 2015
Conductor, composer and violin player Richard Tognetti (Bach Recordings), artistic director of Maribor Festival