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

2021Rethinking Nature/.. -Arendt Award, Arendt House, Luxembourg

2021Rethinking 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