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 was presenting her work at the Frankfurt Ambiente Fair in February 2010.
In 2005 she opened the Glesia Gallery where, in addition to her own work, she shows work of contemporary sculptors.
In 2011 she is attending Professional residency at North Lands Creative Glass in Scotland.
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 | |
| 2011 | In My World, European Central Bank art collection, Frankfurt |
| 2010-2011 | Voyage, Installation, Luka Koper Headquarters, Koper, SI - in progress, Luka Koper Headquarters, Koper, SI – in progress |
| 2009-2011 | A Fountain, Installation, Laško Spa, Laško, SI |
| 2008 | A Chandelier, 365 Glass Drops, Installation, Laško Spa, 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 | Fluid, Multimedia Installation, Ljubljana Castle, Ljubljana, SI |
| Individual exhibitions/selected | |
| 2010-2011 | Dreaming Away, multimedia glass installation, Ljubljana castle, Ljubljana, SI The moment after, multimedia glass installation, Ljubljana castle, Ljubljana, SI |
| 2009 | Flow, Red Dot 2009, Glesia Gallery, Ljubljana, SI Tanja Pak, Sculptures, Council of Europe, Strassbourg, FR |
| 2008 | Lara, Red Dot 2008, 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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| 2011 | Silent Revolutions, Contemporary Design in Slovenia, Tent London Designing the Republic: Architecture, Design and Photography in Slovenia |
| 1991-2011 | Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana |
| 2011 | Modern Art in Slovenia, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany |
| 2010 | AllAwardsDesign, Zavod Big, Viba, Ljubljana, Slovenia Ambiente, Talents 2010, Frankfurt Messe, Frankfurt, Germany |
| 2009 | Rotovž, Lemberg, with Mirsad Begić Red Dot 2009, Red Dot Design Museum, Essen, Germany Fusing Art and Glass, Glass Museum Frauenau, Germany |
| 2008 | Red Dot.siMestni muzelj Ljubljana, SI Red Dot 2008Red Dot Design Museum, Essen, Germany Glass in Context,Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 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 | |
| 2011 | NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, 5.8.2011 NEW GLASS / NEUES GLASS, number 1/2011, spring 2011, p.57,59; Personalia THE GLASS QUATERLY HOT SHEET, Three Questions for Tanja Pak, Link JUTARNJI LIST, 8.1.2011, p.42,43; B.Blašković;Trenutak zamrznutog vremena ili snovidenje |
| 2010 | DNEVNIK, 22.12.2010, p.24, Poti življenja, ulite v steklu SCHONER WOHNEN, july 2010, p.26 DOM&DESIGN, 31.3.2010, p.39-43; B.Blašković TOPFAIR, AMBIENTE, Talents, 12.-16.2.2010, p.26 |
| 2009 | 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 Identity |
| 2008 | GLASS, 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 DESIGN YEARBOOK 2008/2009 – LIVING, Peter Zec, ISBN 978-3-89939-097-1, p.259, Red Dot publishing |
| 2007 | NEW GLASS REVIEW 28, ISSN 0275-469X, p.36 (Black With a Rim), the corning museum of Glass Dnevnik – a review of Undulations. Again. |
| 2006 | GLASS, Urban Glass Quarterly, No.105, Winter 2006/2007, p.59, Fluid - a review by Gediminas Gasparavicius, 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
Establishing and heading the Glass and Ceramics course at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana.
Heading the sculpture program in Glesia Gallery in Ljubljana since 2005.
Professional residency at North Lands Creative Glass, Scotland, 2011
Two months Emerging Artist In Residence residency, Pilchuck glass school, WA, USA, 2009
One month residency in New York, Dec.2008.
Northlands Conference in 2005, Coburg Glass Symposium in 2006.Panel behind the Glass Curtain, SOFA, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA, 2003.
Six-week fellowship at the Creative Glass Center of America, Wheaton Village, USA, 2001.
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
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
