Nika Oblak & Primož Novak: TEAMWORK 3

On Friday, the 31st of August 2007 at 8pm Kibela invited you to the opening of the exhibition ob Nika Oblak & Primož Novak entitled Timsko delo 3/ Team work 3.

The exhibition was opened until the 15th of September 2007.

Nika Oblak and Primož Novak bring irony to the role that contemporary media play today and to the communication between the viewer and the media. They are realizing that media nowadays patronize the viewer because they dictate what he or she should think and at the same time enforce the values of contemporary consumerism on him/her.

One of their last projects is entitled Škatla (The box). In this video installation they use a combination of digital and mechanical technology.

Nika Oblak, born 1975, graduated in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts, in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 2002. In the 2000-2001 academic year she was a guest student in the class of Prof. K. Sieverding at the Hochschule der Kuenste in Berlin. In 2005, she received her M.F.A. in video from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. Since 2002 she works in an artists cooperative with Primož Novak.

Primož Novak, born 1973, graduated in sculpture from the Academy of Fine Arts, in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 2002. In the 2000-2001 academic year he was a guest student in the class of Prof. K. Sieverding at the Hochschule der Kuenste in Berlin. In 2006, he received his M.F.A. in sculpture from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. Since 2002 he works in an artists cooperative with Nika Oblak.

Group exhibitions and festivals:
2007, Video-Salon 2, Gallery 10m2, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina
2007, Transmediale - Festival for Art and Media Culture, Living in a Box, Galerie Zero, Berlin, Germany
2006, U3 - Triennial of contemporary Slovenian art, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2006, Device Art, Blasthaus Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2006, VAD - Video and Digital Arts International Festival, Girona, Spain
2006, Device Art, Galzenica Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2006, The Peekskill Project, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill , USA
2006, Open Studio Exhibition, Ssamzie Space, Seoul, South Korea
2006, OHO Award Finalists Exhibition, Gallery P74, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2006, It's Playtime, Contemporary Art Gallery, Celje, Slovenia
2006, Outliners, ArtTransponder e.V. Projektraum, Berlin, Germany
2005, Prospectif Cinema 2004 - 2005, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
2005, Stories from the Neighborhood, Rael Artel Gallery, Parnu, Estonia
2005, Stories from the Neighborhood, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
2005, MTV Free Your Mind Arena, Exit Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia and Monte Negro
2005, The Third International Film and Video Festival, MONA, Detroit, USA
2005, 2.m, Galerija Miklova Hisa, Ribnica, Slovenia
2004, La Isle Videos Incrives 04, Teatro Odisseia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
2004, 24 FPS, Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2004, 2.m, Galerija Miklova Hisa, Ribnica, Slovenia
2004, The Yugoslav Biennial of Young Artists, Vrsac, Serbia and Monte Negro
2004, Production, ESC, Graz, Austria
2004, 10th International Festival of Computer Arts, Razstavni Salon Rotovz, Maribor, Slovenia
2004, Idea - non - Realization, Narodni Muzej Kraljevo, Kraljevo, Serbia and Monte Negro
2004, Idea - non - Realization, Galerija Remont, Beograd, Serbia and Monte Negro
2003, 25hrs International Art Show, Barcelona, Spain
2003, Hertzoscopio - Experimental and Transdisciplinary Arts Festival, Lugar Comum, Barcarena, Portugal
2003, Trampoline, Plattform for New Media Art, Volksbuehne, Berlin, Germany
2003, Media Art Festival Friesland, St. Jacobiparochie, Netherlands
2003, 2nd Detroit International Video Festival, MONA Detroit, USA
2003, VAD 2003, Video and Digital Arts International Festival, Girona, Spain
2003, Visura Aperta Momiano 03, Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb, Croatia
2003, Friendly Fire, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
2003, Visura Aperta Momiano 03, Galerija Nova, Zagreb, Croatia
2003, Idea - non - Realization, Gradska galerija Pozega, Pozega, Serbia and Montenegro
2003, FONA, Festival of New Art, Rijeka, Croatia
2003, 2nd Kansk International Video Festival, Kansk, Russia
2003, Art Words, Galerie Berliner Kunstprojekt, Berlin, Germany
2003, 9th International Festival of Computer Arts, Maribor, Slovenia
2003, Start, Galerija Karas, Zagreb, Croatia
2003, Interventions 2003, George Mason University, Fairfax, USA

Solo exhibitions:
2007, Teamwork 2, Luftmuseum Amberg, Amberg, Germany
2005, Teamwork, Galerija Alkatraz, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2005, Rhythmic, Vocalized, Expiratory and Involuntarily Actions, Likovni salon Celje, Celje, Slovenia
2005, Rhythmic, Vocalized, Expiratory and Involuntarily Actions, Galerija Remont, Belgrade, Serbia and Monte Negro
2004, And Now for Something Completely Different, Galerija P74, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2004, Bank Robbery, Kiberpipa, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Grants and awards:
2007, Advanced Course in Visual Arts, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy
2007, Artist in Residence, Flaxart Studios, Belfast, Ireland
2006, Selction for the international film and video collection, The Timeline Collection, Konstfack, University College of Arts and Design, Stockholm, Sweden
2006, OHO Award Finalist, Gallery P74, Ljubljan , Slovenia
2005, Artist in Residence, Ssamzie Space, Seoul, South Korea
2003, 2nd Prize, Idea - non - Realization, Gradska galerija Pozega, Pozega, Serbia and Monte Negro
2003 - 2005, Ministry of Culture, Republic of Slovenia Graduate Studies Grant (Primoz Novak)
2002 - 2004, Ministry of Culture, Republic of Slovenia Graduate Studies Grant (Nika Oblak)

You can find out more about the artists on: www.oblak-novak.org