Vanja Bucan
Bio
Vanja Bucan was born in 1973 in Nova Gorica, Slovenia.
She currently lives and works in Berlin as a freelance photographer
and since 2020 collaborates with Ljubljana Academy of Arts (ALUO) as a photo mentor.
Education
2006-2010 – Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Hague, Photography
1992-1997 – Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Sociology
Exhibitions
2023 – upcoming:’Paradise, Performance, Replika’, group show, Frankfurt Fotografie Forum, DE
2023 – upcoming: Pavelhaus, group show, Austria
2023 – upcoming: ALT1000 PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL, Le Locle, Switzerland
2023 – Turmwrapping- Art in Public Space, 2023, Vienna, Austria
2023 – ´Birds of Paradise´-SOLO- at EMOP Berlin, Frontviews Gallery, Berlin DE
2022 – ‘Home :A state of transition’, Group Show, Kranj Foto Fest,Slovenia
2022 – The Body as A Point of View, group expo, Galerija Loza Koper,Slovenia
2022 – ‘Nature Future’ by Fetart, outdoor exhibition, Britz Garten, Berlin, DE
2022 – ´Birds Of Paradise´, (Solo Exhibition), Galerija Fotografija, Ljubljana,Slovenia
2022 – ´LensCulture New York 2022´ Group Show, Caelum Gallery, New York, USA
2022 – ‘Rebirth’ group show- Choi Center Cloud House, Beijing,China
2022 – Foto Wien/ Rethinking Nature/Rethinking Landscape, Vienna, Austria
2021 – Portrait(s), groups show, curated by Collectif Fetart, Cormeilles en Parisis, FR
2021 – Thesalloniki Photobiennale Roart Gallery (Solo),Thessaloniki, Greece
2021 – UNSEEN Art Fair,Amsterdam, NL (with Galerija Fotografija)
2021 – Photo Basel, Swizerland (with Galerija Fotografija)
2021 – Rethinking Nature/Rethinking Landscape -Arendt Award,Imago Lisboa, PT
2021 – Intervowen, Multimedia Group Exhibition, Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2021 – Rethinking Nature/.. -Arendt Award, Arendt House, Luxembourg
2021 – Rethinking Nature/.. -Emop Rethinking Nature,Cercle, Luxembourg
2021 – Maravee- Jaz Bivam/Io abito, group exhibition, Mestna Galerija Piran, Slovenija
2021 – Wild Childhood- group exhibition. Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria
2020 – ´Positions´ Berlin Art Fair (with Photo Basel/Photon), Berlin, DE
2020 – Sequences /Solo Exhibition/ Photometria Int.Photography Festival, Ioannina, Greece
2020 – Retrospective Solo Exhibition, Artget Gallery, Belgrade,Serbia
2020 – Fotogank projections with slovenian photographers, KCB, Belgrade, Serbia
2020 – Photo Basel (Virtual Edition) , with Photon Gallery
2020 – Fotogank-projections-Tbilisi Photo Festival,Georgia
2020 – Fotogank-slovenian photographers-projections, Ljubljana,Slovenia
2019 – EMOP Month of Photography Bratislava, (Solo), Slovakia
2019 – Photon Gallery Vienna, Austria, (SOLO)
2019 – Viennacontemporary (rep.by Photon Gallery), Vienna, Austria
2019 – LiShui Photography Festival, Museum of Art Lishui,China
2019 – ‘Instinkt’ Membrana Photomagazine-group show, Cankarjev Dom, Ljublana, Slovenia
2019 – The Censored Exhibition, Copenhagen Photo Festival, DK
2019 – Photon-Center for Cont. Photography (SOLO), Ljubljana, Slovenia
2019 – Photo London 2019 (with Photon Gallery)
2019 – Bieler Fototage, Int.Festival of Photography, Biel, Switzerland
2019 – Leica Galerie Wetzlar, LOBA 2018,Wetzlar, Germany
2019 – ‘Directors Choice Series’ Circulation(s), Photo Zurich,Switzerland
2019 – Museum of Contemporary Art (MSUM), Ljubljana, Slovenia
2018 – ‘Vento Solar’, Solar Photo Festival, Fortaleza, Brazil
2018 – Loba 2018 at Photolux Festival, Lucca , Italy
2018 – The Traffic Festival(s)-Circulation, Beijing Photo Week 2018, China
2018 – Artsite Fest, Torino, Italy
2018 – LOBA 2018 Vernissage, Neue Schule fur Fotografie, Berlin, Germany
2018 – 3rd Beijing Photo Biennial: Confusing Public and Private, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
2018 – Talent Latent- SCAN Tarragona – International Festival of Photography, Spain
2018 – Voies Off Festival Screenings, Leica Oscar Barnack Award 2018, Arles, FR
2018 – Athens Photo Festival Main Exhibition, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
2018 – Month of Photography Los Angeles, MOPLA official group Show, LA, USA
2018 – “Camouflage”, City Oases, NORDICO City Museum Linz, Austria
2018 – Circulation(s) Festival,Le Centquatre, Paris, France
2018 – Wie im Märchen , Group Show, Nö-Art, Austria
10. 2.–25. 2. 2018 Kunsthaus Horn, Horn
3. 3.–15. 4. 2018 Galerie grenzART, Hollabrunn
7. 4.–15. 4. 2018 Altes Rathaus, Groß Gerungs
26. 5.–10. 6. 2018 Schüttkasten Allentsteig, Allentsteig
16. 6.–1. 7. 2018 Gemeindeamt, Kirchberg am Wagram
10. 8.–2. 9. 2018 Kunsthaus Laa, Laa an der Thaya
7. 9.–7. 10. 2018 Konzerthaus Weinviertel, Ziersdorf
2017 – “Odstrti Pogledi’ Galerija Miklova Hisa, Ribnica, Slovenia
2017 – Galerija Lang, Samobor, Croatia (Solo)
2017 – Visions of Nature, Kunst Haus Wien, Museum Hundertwasser, Vienna, Austria
2016 – Pogled 8 – pogled na slovensko likovno umetnost, Galerija Bozidar Jakac, Slovenia
2016 – Brighton Photo Biennial, Exhibiting selected Winners from Lens Culture Awards,Brighton, UK
2016 – Renaissance Photography Prize, Getty Images Gallery, London,UK
2016 – Emergences- Projections with LensCulture Winners, Cour de l’Archevêché, Arles,France
2016 – Photo London with LensCulture Award Winners,Somerset House ,London ,UK
2016 – ‘Kamuflaža’ Group Exhibition, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2016 – Plat(t)form 2016 , Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2015 – ‘Margine’ Slovenian Contemporary Photography, Museum of Modern Art, Banja Luka, BiH
2015 – Out of Order, Photo installation at ‘Multiversal’, Berlin, Germany
2013 – EMZIN Slovenian Photo of The Year, Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana,Slovenia
2013 – Of Love, Tension and Other Minorities, Dom Omladine – Belgrade, Serbia
2012 – Making Room – KABK, den Haag
2011 – Photography is Female – Gallery Riko Debenjak, Slovenia
2011 – Margins – 7th PhotoBiennale Poznan, Poland
2011 – V8 Verlag Gallery – Cologne, Germany, LabOst Group
2011 – Red Dawns Festival -(SOLO) Photo Projections, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2010 – Portfolio Feature-Souvenirs from Earth – European Video Art Cable TV
2010 – Graduation Exhibition – KABK, Den Haag
2010 – LaborOst (Laboratory East) – Group exhibition, Swiss Photo Award, Zurich
2010 – Upcoming Choreographers – Nederlands Dans Theater, The Hague, Holland
2009 – Fools and Follies – (SOLO), Center for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana
2009 – Photonic Luminatic – Travelling group exposition-Split, Bratislava, Belgrade, Wien
2008 – Month of Photography – Ljubljana
2008 – New Slovenian Photography and Video – K2 Center for Contemporary Art, Izmir, Turkey
2008 – EMZIN Slovenian Photo of the Year, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana
Awards and Nominations
2023 – Turmwrapping 2023 Artist, Vienna, Austria
2021 – EMOP Arendt Award 2021 Finalist
2020 – Lens Culture Critics Choice Award (Concrete Flowers) , Winner (Top Ten)
2019 – Excellent Photographer Award Winner, Lishui Photo Festival, China
2019 – Nominated for Prix Pictet
2018 – Leica Oscar Barnack Award 2018 Finalist
2018 – Fujifilm Award-Circulation(s)-Special Mention
2016 – selection Plat(t)form 2016 , Switzerland
2016 – Renaissance Photography Prize, London, UK, Winner Single Image
2015 – Lens Culture Exposure Award 2015, 1st prize Single Image
2008 – EMZIN Slovenian Photo of the Year, Winner
Publications/Featured Work
2023 – Profil Magazine, Interview, Austria
2022 – Museums Quartier Vienna, Winter Promo Campaign
2022 – Juliet Art Magazine, Feature,Italy
2021 – Beaux Arts, October 2021, photo feature, FR
2021 – STIRWORLD, interview, India
2021 – Libération Journal, featured artist,FR
2021 – Wilde Kindheit, Exhibition Catalogue, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz
2021 – 9lives magazine, online feature, FR
2021 – Lens Culture interview (Concrete Flowers)
2021 – The Mockingbird, USA
2021 – The New Yorker Magazine, commission/ portrait of Jenny Erpenbeck
2020 – The Guardian, feature
2020 – Aesthetica Magazine Online Feature
2020 – Gingerzine, front cover and portfolio, USA
2020 _ Twelve Magazine, portfolio January 2020, Germany
2019 – Membrana Magazine, interview & portfolio
2019 – IDEAT China, Magazine for Design, Portfolio & Interview, Spring 2019
2019 – Causette Magazine, portfolio feature, January 19′
2018 – Philosophie Magazin, Germany, feature
2018 – Ljubljana City of Design
2018 – Monthly Photography Magazine, South Korea, portfolio & interview
2018 – Delo, Sobotna Priloga interview
2017 – Visions of Nature, Exhibition Book/Catalogue
2016 – Philosophie Magazin, Germany
2016 – Featured in Art Photo Index
2016 – Photonews Hamburg cover feature
2016 – Fotografija na Kavču, Cankarjev dom
2015 – Magazine ‘Fotografija’, commissioned work
2012 – Het Nutshuis promotional campaign
2012 – Maribor European Capital of Culture 2012
2012 – CAAP (Center for Autonomous and Alternative Production), Maribor, Slovenia
2012 – New Dutch Photography Talent – Book
2012 – Les Rencontres.eu – Maribor Capital of Culture 2012
2011 – Amnesty International NL/RS promotional campaign
2010 – Lab East, 30 Photographic Positions from Central and Eastern Europe – Photo Book