Curriculum Vitae
Tanja Pak was born in Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia. She obtained her BA degree in industrial design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana in 1994 and her master degree at the Royal College of Art (Ceramics and Glass) in London in 1996.
She has been a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana, since 2001.
She received a Pilchuck scholarship in 1999 and held a six-weeks fellowship at the Creative Glass Center of America, Pennsylvania, USA in 2001, and a two-month residency in 2009 at the Pilchuck Glass School, Washington, USA, in 2009. She presented her work at the Frankfurt Ambiente 2010 Fair.
In 2005 she opened the Glesia Gallery where, in addition to her own work, she shows work of contemporary sculptors.
In both 2008 and 2009 she received the Red Dot Design Honourable Mention Award.
Her works have been published in a variety of prominent international publications.
She works in her own studio in Ljubljana.
Education
Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana, SI - graduated industrial designer, BA
Royal College of Art, London, GB - Master of Arts (Ceramics and Glass)
| Permanent public installations / selected | |
| 2009 | Voyage, a fountain, Luka Koper Headquarters, Koper, SI – in progress Fountain / Installation 365, Laško Spa and Congress Center, Laško, SI – in progress |
| 2008 | A Chandelier/Installation 365, Laško Spa and Congress Center, Laško, SI |
| 2007 | Boats, BTC Headquarters, Ljubljana, SI |
| 2002 | Fluctuations - To the Soča River, Kobarid Public Library, Kobarid, SI |
| 2001 | The Trees, Nova Ljubljanska Banka’s Art Collection, Ljubljana, SI |
| 1999 | Multimedia Installation Fluid, Ljubljana Castle, Ljubljana, SI |
| Individual exhibitions/selected | |
| 2009 2008 |
Flow, Red Dot 2009, Glesia Gallery, Ljubljana, SI Tanja Pak, Sculptures, Council of Europe, Strassbourg, FR Lara, Glesia Gallery, Ljubljana, SI |
| 2006 | Undulations. Again. Glesia Gallery, Ljubljana, SI |
| 2004 | Traces, Church of St. Vit, Dravograd, KGLU Slovenj Gradec, SI |
| 2003 | Red and Black, Marjan Lovšin Gallery, Ljubljana, SI |
| 2002 | In the Water, Marjan Lovšin Gallery, Ljubljana, SI |
| 1999 | Searchings, Miklova Hiša Gallery, Ribnica, SI Light Objects, Ars Gallery, Ljubljana, SI |
| 1998 | Whisperings, Ljubljana Castle, Ljubljana, SI |
| Group exhibitions and Presentations/selected |
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| 2010 2009 2008 |
Ambiente, Talents 2010, Frankfurt Messe, Frankfurt, Germany Red Dot.si, Mestni muzej Ljubljana, SIRotovž, Lemberg, with Mirsad Begić Red Dot 2009, Red Dot Design Museum, Essen, Germany Fusing Art and Glass, Glass Museum Frauenau, Germany Glass in Context, Copenhagen, Denmark Red Dot Design Museum, Essen, Germany Fusing Art and Glass, Glass Museum Frauenau, Germany |
| 2007 | CGCA Fellowship Allumni, Museum of American Glass, NJ, USA |
| 2006 | 20th Biennial of Industrial Design, Ljubljana, SI Presentation of Slovenian Glass Design, Coburg Glass Symposium |
| 2005 | Presentation and lecture, ECERS, Portorož, SI Installations on the Grass, Kogl, Velika Nedelja, SI |
| 2004 | 19th Biennial of Industrial design, Ljubljana |
| 2003 | 20/20 Vision, The Creative Glass Center of America, NJ, USA Safet Zec, Tanja Pak, Zlatko Prica /Paintings, Glass, Bronze; Trbovlje, SI Panel Behind the Glass Curtain, SOFA, MAD, NY, USA |
| 2002 | Lux Europae 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark 18th Biennial of Industrial Design, Ljubljana, SI |
| 2001 | Contemporary Glass Exhibition, The China Millenium Museum in Beijing, and Shanghai Museum of Fine Art, China 29th International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, US |
| 2000 | International Exhibition Nanjing, China L'Eurofeu au Pays de Liège, Belgium 17th Biennial of Industrial Design, Ljubljana, SI |
| 1999 | A Gathering of Glass, Sable V Fine Art Gallery, Wimberley, Texas, USA Glass Art Society Expo International II, Tampa, Florida, US |
| 1998 | Expo '98, Lisbon, Portugal |
| 1997 | Design from Slovenia, Rokus, Ljubljana, SI |
| 1996 | Centenerary Degree Show, Royal College of Art, London |
| 1993 | Celebrating Slovenia, Liberty's, London |
| International Publications/selected |
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| 2009 2008 |
RED DOT DESIGN YEARBOOK 2009/2010 – LIVING, Peter Zec, Red Dot publishing NEW GLASS; number 2/2009, summer 2009; p.59; Personalia GLASS, Urban Glass Quarterly, ISSN 1064-900X, number 114, spring 2009; p.23, Hourglass: Glass Installation Adorns European Spa GLASS; Urban Glass Quarterly, ISSN 1064-900X, No.113, winter 2008/2009, p.80; Tanja Pak, European Studio Glass / A Search for IdentityGLASS, Urban Glass Quarterly, number 113, winter 2008-09, p.80 CONTEMPORARY GLASS, Craig, Blanche, ISBN 978 906155 360 , Black Dog Publishing EuropeanGlassContext2008, Susanne Joker Johnsen, ISBN 978-87-89059-79-2, p.112-113, Bornholm Kunstmuseum RED DOT LIVING DESIGN YEARBOOK 2008/2009 – LIVING, Peter Zec, ISBN 978-3-89939-097-1, p.259, Red Dot publishing |
| 2007 | NEW GLASS REVIEW 28, New Glass Review (Black With a Rim) Dnevnik, a review of Undulations. Again. |
| 2006 | GLASS, Fluid by Gediminas Gasparicius, Glass Quarterly NY |
| 2005 | Ecers, abstract book, p.24, abstract |
| 2004 | WALLPAPER NAVIGATOR, ISSN 1364-4475, Issue 2, p.50 TRACES, Monographic publication, 748(497.4):929 Pak T.(064), COBBIS.SI-ID 52805889 |
| 2003 | 20/20 Vision, a catalogue, ISBN 0-9742107-0-6 p.22., Museum of American Glass, NJ |
| 2002 | LUX EUROPAE 2002, ISBN 87 7429 096 7 p.28-29, 68, The Danish Cultural Institute INTERNATIONAL GLASS ART, R.W Yelle, ISBN 0-7643-1834-9 p.238-239, A Schiffer Art Book POLITIKEN, Denmark, p.5, LYS OVER BYEN |
| 2001 | The 29th Annual International Glass Invitational, The Creative Process, ISBN 1-928572-00-6 p.108-109, Habatat Galleries |
| 2000 | International Contemporary Art Interflow Exhibition Comitee, China L'Eurofeu au Pays de Liege, ISBN D2000/4540/03 p.103, Office Povincial desMetiers d'Art de Liege, Belgium Jingsu Art Monthly, ISSN 1005-689, p.11-13, China |
| 1999 | SEARCHINGS, dr.Stane Bernik, dr.Jure Mikuž, UDK 748(497.4)(064), COBBIS.SI-ID 103986176, monographic publication FLUID – TANJA PAK, dr.Stane Bernik, ISSN 1318-9026.-ŠT.43, STR.22, UDK 748:929 Pak T. (064), COBBIS.SI-ID 123352064 |
Activities
Residency at Northlands Glass (invited artists working with glass and architecture), Scotland, 2010.
Two months Emerging Artist In Residence residency, Pilchuck glassschool, WA, USA, 2009
Six-week fellowship at the Creative Glass Center of America, WheatonVillage, USA, 2001.
Panel behind the Glass Curtain, SOFA, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA, 2003.
Presentation and lecture, ECERS World Conference, Portorož, SI, 2005.
Pilchuck Glass School in selected glass of Maria Porges and Tina Aufiero, scholarship received, USA, 1999.
Workshop with Judy Hill, Jacksonville, Fl, USA, 1999.
Visits to: GAS Conferences in 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007,
Northlands Conference in 2005, Coburg Glass Symposium in 2006.
One month residency in New York, Dec.2008.
Heading the sculpture program in Glesia Gallery in Ljubljana since 2005.
Establishing and heading the Glass and Ceramics course at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana.
Address
Glesia Gallery
Prečna 6 / SI-1000 Ljubljana
t/f: +386 1 431 52 46 / mobile +386 41 706 760
e-mail: tanja@tanjapak.com
