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Aleksandra Vajd

1971 born in Maribor
After completing secondary school studied veterinary medicine in Ljubljana
1996 enrolled in FAMU (Academy of Performing Arts, Film and TV School in Prague),objective: photography
1997 completed veterinary studies
1998/1999 worked as an assistant on the New York University with its headquarters in Prague
1999 completed pre-graduate studies and continuing with postgraduate studies on FAMU, Prague
2000/2001 assisted professor Viktor Kolar on FAMU
2001 received Master's degree on FAMU, at the time still an assistant
2002
awarded with a prestige scholarship of the Swiss foundation Vordemberge-Gildewart
curator of the photographic exhibition "Dekliška ježa" within the festival of modern arts "City of Women", in MGLC, Ljubljana.
Cofounder of the gallery of modern arts HOME in Prague
Co-curator of group IRWIN's photographic exhibition "IRWIN at HOME", in gallery HOME, Prague
2002-2003 together with Hynek Alt carried out a seminar "Avtorska fotografska knjiga" on FAMU


Awards

1998 – II. Award on the competition of the Emzin magazine for the photography of the year, Ljubljana
cycle: "Variete Praha"

1999 – I. Award on the competition of the Emzin magazine for the photography of the year, Ljubljana
cycle: "Družinski album"

2000 – "Zlata ptica" Award for photography, Ljubljana
photographic book: "Drobtine po rjuhi"

2000 – Award for the best portfolio on the international photographic festival "Month of Photography", Bratislava
cycle: 'Drobtine po rjuhi'

2001 – the selected work on the international photographic festival "Festival Off des Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France
cycle: "Drobtine po rjuhi"

2002 – her work mentioned on the photographic biennial "Biennale of Places of Life", Prato, Italy
photographic book: "Drobtine po rjuhi"

2002 – awarded with a prestige scholarship of the Swiss foundation Vordemberge-Gildewart, Ljubljana

2002 – Trend's Award for special achievements in the field of visual culture, Ljubljana


Independent exhibitions

"Drobtine po rjuhi"
Galerija Avla NLB, Ljubljana 2000

"Družinski album"
Obala Art Centar, Sarajevo 2000

"Second Kiss"
"Minus seven and minus three and a half"
Slo Fine Arts, Manifesta 3, Ljubljana 2000

"Second Kiss"
Umetnostna galerija Maribor, Razstavni salon Rotovž, Maribor 2001

"Second Kiss"
Galerija FOTO, Sarajevo 2001

"ZONA"
Galerija K, Bratislava 2001

"Drobtine po rjuhi"
Galerija mesta Mozirje, Mozirje 2002


Group exhibitions

"Direkt'nga iz moj'ga serca I."
KUD France Preseren, Ljubljana, 1996

"Creative Art School FAMU-Prague"
Stadthaus Ulm, Ulm, 1998

"Natečaj za fotografijo leta revije Emzin"
Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, 1998

"Avtoportret"
Kino Aero, Prague, 1999

"Natečaj za fotografijo leta revije Emzin"
Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, 1999

"b.a. graduates 1999"
Lichtenstejn Palace, Prague, 1999

"homo.sapiens.3000"
Multimedijski center Kibla, Maribor, 1999

"Prague in Cracow, Cracow in Prague 2000"
The Center of Jewish Culture, Cracow, 2000

"Eye and its Truth"
Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, 2001

"Corpus del AKTi III."
Jakopiceva galerija, Ljubljana, 2001

"Kompilacija"
Umetnostna galerija Maribor, Razstavni salon Rotovz, Maribor, 2001

"Woman's room/woman's view"- Festival of Woman Photography
Paromlin, Zagreb, 2001

"Osebno-Politično"- mednarodna fotografska razstava
Mala galerija, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, 2001

"Od rojstva do rojstva"- motiv družine v slovenski umetnosti XX.stoletja
Umetnostna galerija, Maribor, 2001

"Osebno-Politično"- mednarodna fotografska razstava
Mala galerija, Cankarjev dom, Maribor, 2002

"Osebno-Politično"- mednarodna fotografska razstava
Mala galerija, Cankarjev dom, Celje, 2002

"Places of life" – European Award for Women Photographers 2002
Scuderie medicee, Prato 2002

"Razstava likovnih del mladih slovenskih ustvarjalcev"
Mestna galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana 2002

"The Photographic Eye" – Contemporary Photography from Central Europe
FotoFest Headquarters,Houston, Texas 2003

"Nove generacije"
Jakopičeva galerija, Ljubljana 2003