2nd year
Urša Culiberg graduated from the Faculty of Theology. She is a street and documentary photographer. Her street photography was part of the exhibition KORONARAZSTAVA at the City Museum of Ljubljana and the exhibition Naša last at the Jakopič Gallery. She has received numerous awards in Slovenian and international photography competitions. Her project on the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre was published in National Geographic Slovenia. In addition to her photographic work, she is a member of the Galerija Fotografija collective and the Kranj Foto Fest.
Julija Hoda (1987) holds a Master’s degree in Classical Philology from the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana. She works at the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, where she (co-)curates photography exhibitions at the Jakopič Gallery, edits publications, and leads educational programs in the field of photography and visual literacy. She also mentors the adult study group Up Close: Photography as a Way of Seeing the World.
Lucija Lunder (1999) holds a BA in Art History and Philosophy and is completing her Master’s in Art History and History at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. Her Master’s thesis explores maternity leave during socialism in Slovenia and its impact on women artists. Since 2019, she has worked as an external collaborator for the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, carrying out visitor services and leading educational and andragogical programs at different venues. In 2023, she published articles in the journals Fotoantika and Ars & Humanitas: Journal for Art and Humanities and completed a study semester at Charles University in Prague. In 2024, she completed a three-month internship at Kaunas Artists’ House in Lithuania, where she co-organized festivals, events, and exhibitions. She also curated her independent project Artists-Mothers: Balancing Professional Art and Motherhood, in which she explored the intersection of professional art and motherhood. She conducted interviews with seven Lithuanian artist-mothers and presented them as video stories at Kaunas Artists’ House.
Kara Marušič (1998) graduated in Fine Arts in 2021 from Academie Minerva in Groningen, the Netherlands, and is currently completing her postgraduate studies at the Academy of Visual Arts in Ljubljana. Since 2018, she has been working as a visual artist under the pseudonym Bad Artist. She is interested in the symbolic meanings of artistic spaces and protocols – how they generate and sustain the ideological frameworks through which we understand art. She has participated in several group exhibitions in Slovenia and the Netherlands. She also writes reviews and essays on visual art for Radio Študent.
Tamara Pepelnik (1994) holds a Master’s degree in Andragogy from the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. Since 2022, she has been working at Emanat Institute as a program organizer and coordinator in the fields of dance and contemporary art. She also collaborates with the House of Children and Art, where she leads cultural education programs, organizes a music festival, and performs in puppet shows. As a mentor, she has organized and supervised practical training for students. She actively takes part in workshops and professional training programs in the fields of education and culture.
Eva Pušnik (2002) is completing her undergraduate degree in Art History at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. She has been complementing her studies with work at Cukrarna Gallery, where, since April 2023, she has been employed as an information officer and guide, working with diverse audiences and introducing them to exhibition content through tours, workshops, and programs. Since the 2023/24 academic year, she has also collaborated with the non-profit student gallery Peti štuk, where she organizes and installs exhibitions and openings. Her interests include feminist art and alternative art practices.
Svit Skobir Lampič (2000) is completing a Master’s degree in Art History and Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. As part of the project Portal 2-7-7-7-8, he co-curates exhibitions in a phone booth at Ljubljana’s Špica. His current research interests focus on the role of institutions in the contemporary art system and the relationship between audiences, exhibitions as a medium of communication, and artworks.
1st year
Maida Begoli (1991) graduated in Visual Communications. She works in the fields of editing, infographics, and 3D design.
Urša Culiberg graduated from the Faculty of Theology. She is a street and documentary photographer. Her street photography was part of the exhibition KORONARAZSTAVA at the City Museum of Ljubljana and the exhibition Naša last at the Jakopič Gallery. She has received numerous awards in Slovenian and international photography competitions. Her project on the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre was published in National Geographic Slovenia. In addition to her photographic work, she is a member of the Galerija Fotografija collective and the Kranj Foto Fest.
Julija Hoda (1987) holds a Master’s degree in Classical Philology from the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana. She works at the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, where she (co-)curates photography exhibitions at the Jakopič Gallery, edits publications, and leads educational programs in the field of photography and visual literacy. She also mentors the adult study group Up Close: Photography as a Way of Seeing the World.
Patricija Knap (1996) holds a BA in Art History and Philosophy and is completing her Master’s in Art History and History at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. Her Master’s thesis explores maternity leave during socialism in Slovenia and its impact on women artists. Since 2019, she has worked as an external collaborator for the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, carrying out visitor services and leading educational and andragogical programs at different venues. In 2023, she published articles in the journals Fotoantika and Ars & Humanitas: Journal for Art and Humanities and completed a study semester at Charles University in Prague. In 2024, she completed a three-month internship at Kaunas Artists’ House in Lithuania, where she co-organized festivals, events, and exhibitions. She also curated her independent project Artists-Mothers: Balancing Professional Art and Motherhood, in which she explored the intersection of professional art and motherhood. She conducted interviews with seven Lithuanian artist-mothers and presented them as video stories at Kaunas Artists’ House.
Lucija Lunder (1999) holds a BA in Art History and Philosophy and is completing her Master’s in Art History and History at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. Her Master’s thesis explores maternity leave during socialism in Slovenia and its impact on women artists. Since 2019, she has worked as an external collaborator for the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, carrying out visitor services and leading educational and andragogical programs at different venues. In 2023, she published articles in the journals Fotoantika and Ars & Humanitas: Journal for Art and Humanities and completed a study semester at Charles University in Prague. In 2024, she completed a three-month internship at Kaunas Artists’ House in Lithuania, where she co-organized festivals, events, and exhibitions. She also curated her independent project Artists-Mothers: Balancing Professional Art and Motherhood, in which she explored the intersection of professional art and motherhood. She conducted interviews with seven Lithuanian artist-mothers and presented them as video stories at Kaunas Artists’ House.
Kara Marušič (1998) graduated in Fine Arts in 2021 from Academie Minerva in Groningen, the Netherlands, and is currently completing her postgraduate studies at the Academy of Visual Arts in Ljubljana. Since 2018, she has been working as a visual artist under the pseudonym Bad Artist. She is interested in the symbolic meanings of artistic spaces and protocols – how they generate and sustain the ideological frameworks through which we understand art. She has participated in several group exhibitions in Slovenia and the Netherlands. She also writes reviews and essays on visual art for Radio Študent.
Tamara Pepelnik (1994) holds a Master’s degree in Andragogy from the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. Since 2022, she has been working at Emanat Institute as a program organizer and coordinator in the fields of dance and contemporary art. She also collaborates with the House of Children and Art, where she leads cultural education programs, organizes a music festival, and performs in puppet shows. As a mentor, she has organized and supervised practical training for students. She actively takes part in workshops and professional training programs in the fields of education and culture.
Eva Pušnik (2002) is completing her undergraduate degree in Art History at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. She has been complementing her studies with work at Cukrarna Gallery, where, since April 2023, she has been employed as an information officer and guide, working with diverse audiences and introducing them to exhibition content through tours, workshops, and programs. Since the 2023/24 academic year, she has also collaborated with the non-profit student gallery Peti štuk, where she organizes and installs exhibitions and openings. Her interests include feminist art and alternative art practices.
Maša Radi Buh (1998) is a freelance editor, dramaturg, and critic. She holds a Master’s degree in Contemporary Theatre, Dance, and Dramaturgy from Utrecht University. Between 2017 and 2023, she contributed critical and theoretical writings to various newspapers and online platforms (Delo, Kritika, Dialogi, Maska …) and received the Ksenija Hribar Award for dance criticism. Together with Varja Hrvatin and Jakob Ribič, she was awarded the Jernej Šugman Fund fellowship for theoretical and research work in 2022/23. Internationally, she works as a member of the collective systering. She is currently the editor of the portal Neodvisni and chair of the Zlata paličica commission for quality performances for children and youth. As a dramaturg, she has collaborated on productions such as (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ screamage, Agmisterij, and Samson and Roberto.
Svit Skobir Lampič (2000) is completing a Master’s degree in Art History and Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. As part of the project Portal 2-7-7-7-8, he co-curates exhibitions in a phone booth at Ljubljana’s Špica. His current research interests focus on the role of institutions in the contemporary art system and the relationship between audiences, exhibitions as a medium of communication, and artworks.
Sabrina Železnik (1988) is an independent creator in the field of contemporary dance, as well as a producer and performer. After completing her studies in Cultural Studies at the University of Ljubljana, she obtained a Master’s degree in Theatre Practices at ArtEZ University of Arts in Arnhem, the Netherlands. She is a regular collaborator with the Emanat Institute, a board member of the Slovenian Contemporary Dance Association, and president of the association Kultivarnica.