Tia Čiček
Foto: Sara Rman
Lara Plavčak
Foto: osebni arhiv
Urška Aplinc
Foto: Lana Špiler/arhiv Kina Šiška
Team SCCA
Tia Čiček has been the Artistic Director of Škuc Gallery since January 2020. She holds a Master’s degree in Art History from the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. In 2019, she completed the World of Art school. They have worked as a curator and producer of contemporary art at the Centre for Urban Culture Kino Šiška and the DobraVaga Gallery. In 2018, she attended a course at the Salzburg Summer Academy led by Ruth Noack and Grace Samboh, titled Thinking with Works of Art. They are a member of the collective bad curating.inc.
Lara Plavčak has been a professional associate at the SCCA Institute since 2019. She holds a degree in Art History from the Faculty of Arts and in Culturology from the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana. In 2011, she completed the World of Art school. She has curated contemporary art exhibitions at various venues in Slovenia and abroad. From February 2018 to September 2019, she served as Project Manager for Visual, Audiovisual, and Intermedia Arts at the Centre for Urban Culture Kino Šiška. From 2016 to 2019, she managed the ZINE VITRINE program at DobraVaga Gallery.
Urška Aplinc works as a producer and curator. In 2022, she was the Artistic Director of the Kino Šiška program for visual and audiovisual arts and intermedia; she is currently self-employed in culture as a curator and sculptor. In 2021, she earned a Master’s degree in Sculpture from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana (ALUO), where she received three ALUO awards for her work. In 2018, she completed the World of Art school at SCCA-Ljubljana and became a professional associate at the Museum and Galleries of the City of Ljubljana. From 2019 to 2022, she was part of the DobraVaga Gallery collective, working as program coordinator and curator, and from 2020 to 2022, she led the cultural-educational program at Kino Šiška. She has curated multiple solo and group exhibitions. As part of her artistic practice, she has participated in several exhibitions and festivals in Slovenia and abroad, including Moderna galerija, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Galerija Škuc, Cirkulacija2, Centre of Contemporary Arts Celje, and Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova.
Website: Vesna Bukovec
Alenka Gregorič
Foto: Aleš Beno
Vadim Fiškin
Foto: Pirje Mykkänen/Kiasma Museum
Mentors
Vadim Fiškin (Penza, 1965) graduated from the Moscow Institute of Architecture (1986). He lived in Moscow until 1996 and now resides in Ljubljana. His work explores the relationship between science, personal experience, desire, and imagination, between metaphysics and pragmatism, between the artificial and the real. His installations, sculptures, photographs, and drawings—often on themes of geography, time, light, aeronautics, and meteorology—are marked by a distinctive sense of humour. He has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including: Venice Biennale (1995, 2003, 2005, 2017); 1st Biennale, Valencia; Manifesta 1, Rotterdam; Manifesta 10, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris; Moderna galerija, Ljubljana; Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin; Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; Palazzo della Ragione, Milan; Secession and BA WAG Foundation, Vienna; ZKM, Karlsruhe; MACRO, Rome; Drawing Center, New York. He first worked in Slovenia in 1992 at the invitation of Dragan Živadinov, co-creating three theatre projects. He has also collaborated with M. Berger, I. Kovač, E. Hrvatin, B. Jablanovec, I. Buljan, and regularly works with choreographer and dancer Mateja Bučar.
Alenka Gregorič is an art historian, curator, and writer. From 2003 to 2010, she was Artistic Director of Galerija Škuc; from 2010 to 2020, she was Program Director of Mestna galerija Ljubljana and Galerija Tobačna. She is currently employed at Cukrarna as Program Director and curator. She has curated numerous exhibitions in Slovenia and abroad, including curating the Slovenian pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2009) and co-curating the Ljubljana Graphic Biennale (2009). She has organised large retrospectives of women artists from the Balkan region in Istanbul (2016) and in Guangzhou and Hangzhou, China (2017). She has written numerous essays and articles for various publications and edited multiple catalogues, books, and other art publications.
Lecturers
Adela Železnik has been employed at Moderna galerija since 1993. She holds a degree in English and a Master’s in Art History from the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, and was a visiting student at Goldsmiths College, London (1992–1993). Her work focuses on mediating contemporary art and collaborating with individuals and collectives inside and outside the museum. In recent years, she has been involved with the confederation Internacionala, focusing on the concept of “constituents” as active participants in opening or transforming museum institutions.
Domen Ograjenšek is a writer, curator, and critic of contemporary visual art. He is a former member of the editorial board of ŠUM and its research collective. He has collaborated with institutions such as the International Graphic Arts Centre (MGLC Ljubljana), Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (MSUM), Galerija Škuc, PhaseBook Prague, and the International Festival of Computer Arts (IFCA) through lectures and seminars.
Dominika Maša Kozar began exploring the music world after studying musicology. As a member of the band FUTURSKI, she is active in music production and all aspects of band life. She works with CUK Kino Šiška, the MENT Ljubljana music festival, and the CoFestival dance festival in online promotion. She is a program associate at the Ljubljana club Gala Hala and a former manager and promoter of KAPA Records.
Dušan Dovč holds a degree in Comparative Literature and Slovenian Language from the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. He gained initial experience in culture at the Emzin institute and magazine as editor and project manager (1997–2002), then at Pristop as a PR assistant (2003). From 2004 to 2019, he worked at SCCA-Ljubljana as Production and Fundraising Manager, also serving as director (2015–2019). He participated in cultural policy development groups and coordinated cultural and creative industry projects in medium-sized towns. Since March 2021, he has been a curator at MGLC, coordinating the Švicarija program, a creative and residency centre.
Ines Kežman has over ten years of experience in the NGO and public sector in culture and film. Since 2014, she has worked at Motovila as a cultural and AV content advisor and expert in partner networking. She has designed and executed over 180 professional events promoting international cooperation and has provided numerous individual consultations in EU funding, networking, and project management. Motovila is a non-profit NGO promoting international and cross-sector collaboration in culture and creative sectors, including audiovisuals.
Jasna Jernejšek works as an independent curator, project manager, lecturer, writer, critic, and reviewer in contemporary visual arts. She focuses on contemporary authorial practices, photography theory and history, and visual literacy, combining them with social sciences. She holds a degree in Culturology (2007) and a Master’s in Communication Studies (2013). She writes exhibition and catalogue texts for journals and serves as Senior Lecturer and Program Director of the Photography Department at VIST – Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ljubljana. She also leads Sektor, a centre for media arts research and promotion, collaborating with domestic and international institutions.
Katja Mahnič is an Associate Professor of General Art History at the Department of Art History, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. She teaches general art history, museology, and conservation, researching material culture, historical museology, exhibition development, and the role of art collections and museums in establishing art history as a scientific discipline, with a focus on accessibility.
Miha Satler works in arts, cultural production, and advocacy. At Asociacija, he provides professional support, including resolving legal and administrative issues for self-employed cultural workers.
Lilijana Stepančič is an economist and professor of art history and sociology. She has served as director of cultural institutions and curator, writes art criticism, and publishes essays on 20th- and 21st-century art. She regularly contributes to Likovne besede.
Saša Lesjak, social pedagogue, poet, and mother of three, co-founded Zavod RISA, serving as Head of Social Programs. For over 20 years, she has worked with children, youth, and adults in vulnerable positions. She conducts workshops, seminars, and training on social inclusion and easy reading. She co-developed a four-level easy reading system in Slovenian and authored multiple adaptations and original texts.
Simon Gmajner previously worked in international relations and analysis; for over 15 years, he has been active in cultural and artistic fields, mainly as a producer and project coordinator. He focuses on international projects in contemporary research-based art, especially transdisciplinary collaborations and intersections between art, science, and technology, including projects funded by Creative Europe and the European Commission. He produces and coordinates Vivarij (Laboratory for Plants, Animals, and Robots) at Zavod Kersnikova.
Urban Šrimpf is a translator, higher education teacher, PhD, and Assistant in Translation Studies at the University of Ljubljana, coordinating cultural programs at the Goethe-Institut Ljubljana. His interests cover professional terminology, the Enlightenment, Slovenian literary and translation history, Linhart and Prešeren’s works, German classical philosophy, and the role of art in society.
Urška Jež holds a degree in Culturology and a Master’s in NGO Management. She has been a cultural producer since 2006 with Društvo Mesto žensk. Previously, she worked as Executive Producer at Animateka International Animated Film Festival and collaborated with other NGOs in the cultural sector. She has conducted fundraising training and shares knowledge through workshops.
Urška Jurman is an art historian and cultural sociologist. Since 2013, she has been Program Director of the Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory and editor of IZA Editions, curating monographs, posthumous catalogues, and anthologies on contemporary curating, art, architecture, and participatory practices.
Vladimir Vidmar is the Artistic Director of the Small Gallery of the Bank of Slovenia. Between 2014 and 2018, he was Artistic Director of Galerija Škuc. He holds degrees in Philosophy and Journalism from the University of Ljubljana. His curatorial projects include numerous solo exhibitions and international group projects. He has published extensively on contemporary art practices and has taught at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana, since 2016.
Yasmín Martín Vodopivec is a cultural manager and curator. She completed postgraduate studies in international cooperation and cultural management, a Master’s in management of cultural institutions and companies (University of Barcelona), and a Master’s in Education and Museums: Heritage, Identity, and Cultural Mediation (University of Murcia). Since 2011, she has been Assistant Director at MGLC, applying her expertise across film, music, dance, and visual arts to museum programming and the Ljubljana Graphic Biennale.
Zala Velkavrh is a communications and sociology specialist. Since 2012, she has served as Project and Communications Manager at the non-profit urban studio Prostorož. In her free time, she works as an editor, copywriter, and communications consultant for NGOs, institutions, and companies in architecture and design.