MAJA PEGAN                                                e-mail: maja.pegan@gmail.com
mobile: +386 41 260 895

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EDUCATION

 2004 - 2009      University of Maribor, Slovenia

                        University diploma in Fine Art education (title: professor of fine art)

Modules: Fine art (drawing, painting, sculpture and printmaking, digital photography); developmental and cognitive psychology; fine art didactic; art history.

2010 – 2011     Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK

                        Gray’s School of Art

                        Master of Fine Art with merit

                        Modules: research; creative writing; studio work.

                       - Representative of master’s student on the University board.

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PROFESSIONAL CAREER HISTORY:

Since 2007 and ongoing__________________________________________________
Kud Pošta (Cultural organization providing cultural education to post office employees), Maribor, Slovenia

- mentor for fine arts workshops (painitng, printmaking, art history)

2012_________________________________________________________________

·         AOIFE (Association of Irish Festival Events)

Town Hall Theatre, Society street, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, Ireland

- festival co-ordinator

- funds and schemes research and implementation

- production, organisation, managing and overseeing of workshops

- database research and building

- basic administrative

·         Artist residency at CAMAC- France
- recipient of Ténot foundation artist scholarship

·         Living courtyards residency – Maribor - Slovenia

2013_________________________________________________________________

·      HOUSE! society for people and places

- curator

- funding and open calls

- mentor (fine art workshops, youth engagement)

2014_________________________________________________________________

·         External expert for the Living city project for the Actors of urban change program of the Robert Bosh foundation

·         Award group design; BIO50 Ljubljana international design festival, Slovenia

·  vice president of  HOUSE! society for people and places

- program manager

- curator

- funding and open calls

- mentor (fine art workshops, youth engagement, public space research)

·         Under House! establishing and leading of CGU (Center Grafičnih Umetnosti) – Printmaking arts centre Maribor (function: head of program)

- producer and curator for 1^st Printmaking spring international youth exhibition

- tutor of printmaking workshops

2015_________________________________________________________________

·         achieving national artist status of Slovenia

·         chosen for the Tandem Europe program of the MitOst society and European cultural foundation

·         accepted as a board member of the National art museum of Maribor, Slovenia

· vice president of  HOUSE! society for people and places

- curator

- funding and open calls

- mentor (fine art workshops, youth engagement, public space research)

- manager and curator for 2^nd  Printmaking spring international youth exhibition

- tutor of printmaking workshop

- head of artistic projects in public space

- establishment of screen-print and design section within CGU

- producer of Living courtyards festival
- producer of Elf town winter festival

2016_________________________________________________________________

·         Elected member of the NGO development group of the Municipality of Maribor

·         Member of the Bosh Alumni Network and the Tandem network

·    vice president of  HOUSE! society for people and places

- head of program development

- curator

- funding and open calls

- mentor (fine art workshops, youth engagement, public space research)

- manager and curator for 2^nd  Printmaking spring international youth exhibition

- tutor of printmaking workshops

- head of artistic projects in public space
- producer of Living courtyards festival
- producer of Elf town winter festival

2017_________________________________________________________________

·         Lead partner in a Creative Europe project of the European council for education and art

·        vice president of HOUSE! society for people and places

- head of program development

- curator

- funding and open calls

- mentor (fine art workshops, youth engagement, placemaking)

- manager and curator for 2^nd  Printmaking spring international youth exhibition

- tutor of printmaking workshops

- head of artistic projects in public space
- lecuturer in Picture Place simposyum, Budapest Hungary

- producer of Living courtyards festival
- producer of Elf town winter festival

2018_________________________________________________________________

·         Lead partner of international LUCity project - light instalations in public space (Creative Europe)

·        president of HOUSE! society for people and places

- head of program development

- curator

- funding and open calls

- mentor (fine art workshops, youth engagement, placemaking, creative torurism)

- manager and curator for 2^nd  Printmaking spring international youth exhibition

- tutor of printmaking workshops

- head of artistic projects in public space
- lecuturer in Picture Place simposyum, Budapest Hungary

- producer of Living courtyards festival
- producer of Elf town winter festival

2019_________________________________________________________________

·         Lead partner of international LUCity project - light instalations in public space (Creative Europe)

·        president of HOUSE! society for people and places

- head of program development

- curator

- funding and open calls

- mentor (fine art workshops, youth engagement, placemaking, creative tourism)

- head of artistic projects in public space
- lecuturer in Picture Place simposyum, Budapest Hungary

- producer of Living courtyards festival
- producer of Elf town winter festival

ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Seminars and workshops:

     Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh, Scotland

·         Non-toxic printmaking and acrylic resist etching, digital imaging and printmaking

EXHIBITIONS

Group exhibitions:

§  May 2005 - UP, Razstavišče Kibla, Maribor, Slovenia

§  June2005 - Welcome 2005, Galleria DLUM, Maribor, Slovenia

§  October 2007 – Genaral Maister 2007, Town Hall Maribor, Slovenia

§  June 2008 - Primavera 2008, Galerija Media nox, Maribor, Slovenia

§  October 2008 - Printmaking today, Dedalo, Castiglione a casauria, Italy

§  November 2008 - General Maister 2008, Kadetnica Maribor, Slovenia

§  2009 – 2011- 7th British International Mini Print Exhibition, UK

§  2010 - International printmaking exhibition Gravura do Duro, Portugal

§  September 2011 – masters degree show – Slotland – Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, UK

§  December 2011 – 2 x 12, Gallery MediaNox, Maribor, Slovenia

§  September 2012 – Open studio exhibition, CAMAC, France

·         March 2013:
 - Colorida art gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
 - http://www.enginyart.com/exhibition.html; Online exhibition, Berlin; Germany

·         May 2013:
 – Art in action - Gender and art, Japan House, FH Düsseldorf, Germany
 - Ex– tempore ECO DRAVA 2013, Art kavarna hotela Piramida, Maribor, Slovenia

Solo exhibitions:

§  November 2007 – Nude, Cafe cafe, Maribor, Slovenia

§  November 2008 – Fizis, Huda Kava, Maribor, Slovenia

§  June 2009 – Diploma exhibition, Pedagoška fakulteta Maribor, Slovenia

§  October 2009 –Jazz Club Sachmo, Maribor, Slovenia

§  May 2011 – The Silkworm Cocoon, White Cube Mini, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, UK

§  Febuary 2013 - Heart and uterus of the courtyard (light installation); Living courtyards; Maribor, Slovenia

§  June 2013 – What is the legacy of emancipation?, K18 gallery, Maribor, Slovenia

·         July 2015 – Gosts of our legacy – Šancirfest festival -  Varaždin, Croatia

·         Avgust 2016 – Landscapes – Pekarna Gallery – Maribor, Slovenia

Publications:

·         Our Penniless Write - http://ourpennilesswrite.tumblr.com/

Languages:

·         Slovenian (expert)

·         German (expert)

·         English (expert)