Tanja Pak is a visual artst and designer working in the fields of sculpture, spatial installaton and design in glass. She holds a Master's degree in Art from the Royal College of Art, London, and a BA degree in Industrial Design from the Academy of Fine Art, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. She is currently a Full Professor at the University of Ljubljana, where she leads the Department of Glass and Ceramics.
Her practice bridges design and contemporary art, with a focus on material investgaton and spatial expression. She has exhibited internatonally, and her works are held in public and private collectons as well as integrated into architectural and urban environments. Pak has been awarded artst residencies at insttutons including The Corning Museum of Glass (USA), Creatve Glass Centre of America (USA), Pilchuck Glass School (USA), and the Musée du Verre (France), among others.
She has received significant international recogniton, including the Grand Prize at the triennial 2024 Toyama International Glass Exhibiton (Japan), two Red Dot Honourable Menton Design Awards (Germany), Slovenia's Designer of the Year award, and a Special Prize from the Arte Laguna Prize (Italy). Her work has been selected four times for the New Glass Review(Corning Museum of Glass, USA). She has been a finalist in the Kanazawa Internatonal Exhibiton (Japant twice, European Glass Context (Denmark) three tmes, Arte Laguna Prize (Italy four times, and in other major juried internatonal exhibitons.
Pak's current research focuses on themes of absence, impermanence, and the fragile nature of human existence. Through a multmedia approach, she explores the physical and emotonal boundaries of space, embodiment, and vulnerability. Glass functons as her central medium, selected for its conceptual resonance and technical range. Her work engages with the poetcs of materiality, positoning glass as a critcal tool for articulatng contemporary existental concerns.