Ana Zibelnik (b. 1995, Ljubljana)
I am a visual artist and photographer based in The Hague, Netherlands. I hold an MA in Film and Photographic Studies from Leiden University, as well as a BA in Visual Communication Design from the University of Ljubljana. Between 2019 and 2023, I worked for the Dutch cultural producer Paradox. Currently, I am part of an artist duo with Jakob Ganslmeier (see below).
Since 2020, I've been part of an artist duo with Jakob Ganslmeier, working on photography and video projects focusing particularly on youth identity formation. Our works, including Fault Line (2023, ongoing), Bereitschaft (2024), and Redpilled (2023), delve into pressing societal issues such as climate anxiety, online trends, and the influence of extreme ideologies on young people. Through sharing our work and visual research, as well as conducting workshops on visual literacy, our goal is to amplify the discourse of young adults—often dismissed as unserious—and ultimately contribute to reducing societal polarization.
Awards & Grants
2024
Prix Pictet: nominated for Bereitschaft (2024) & Fault Line (2023)
Mondriaan Fonds Publication Grant
ZOZ Project Grant (follow-up ZOZ Academy)
Mondriaan Fonds -Artist Project Grant, Fault Line
Stroom Den Haag, SPOT Grant
Fault Line, 1st prize Kranj Foto Festival, SI
Paul Huf Award, nominee
2023
Mondriaan Fonds – Artist Project Grant, Fault Line
2022
Rabo Photographic Talent prize, Dutch National Portrait Gallery, longlisted
Mondriaan Fonds – Artist Start, Stipendium for Emerging Artists
Stroom Den Haag, SPOT Grant 2022
Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award, nominated
2021
Stroom Den Haag, SPOT Grant 2021
Prix Pictet, nominated
C/O Berlin Talent award, nominated
Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award, nominated
Prix Nouvelles Écritures de la photographie environnementale, finalist
2020
British Journal of Photography: Ones to Watch 2020
Futures photography platform (nominated by the British Journal of Photography)
The Museum of Contemporary Photography / Columbia College Chicago – Snider Prize Honourable Mention
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts IPC, winner in 'Conceptual' category
GUP New Talent Award winner
Haute Photographie Talent
City Municipality of Ljubljana Scholarship
Ad Futura Scolarship (Public Scholarship, Development, Disability and Maintenance Fund
of the Republic of Slovenia)
Artpil, 30 Under 30/Women Photographers
2019
Parallel Award (for the exhibition 'Urgent Arts of Living', curated by Cale Garrido)
Verzasca Nera prize (1st place), "We are the ones turning"
Shortlisted for Lucie Foundation Photo Made scholarship
Burn Emerging Photographer Fund – Fujifim Young Talent Award finalist
Selected Artist, PARALLEL - European Photo Based Platform, 2nd Cycle
Exhibitions
2025, upcoming:
EMOP, Berlin (Fault Line & Immortality is Commonplace)
Bereitschaft, with Jakob Ganslmeier, dates TBA:
-Festival Circulations, Paris
-Finnish Museum of Photography
-Museum of Contemporary Art Ljubljana
- Kunstfest Weimar - Museum of Forced Labour Under National Socialism
-Zitadelle Spandau, Berlin
2024
Fault Line, with Jakob Ganslmeier, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana (13.12.24 - 01.04.25)
GIGA, with Jakob Ganslmeier, Foam Amsterdam (solo)
Public Enlightenment, Bärenzwinger, Kommunale Galerie Berlin, with Jakob Ganslmeier (solo)
Fault Line, with Jakob Ganslmeier, Oslo Negativ Festival
Fault Line, with Jakob Ganslmeier, Kranj Foto Festival, SI
Sprouts Film Festival, Amsterdam, NL
Galerija Fotografija (20th-anniversary exhibition)
Photo Basel 2024
Prospects 2024, Art Rotterdam, NL
Fault Line, (with Jakob Ganslmeier), Fotomuseum Den Haag, NL
3%, NADAN Berlin
2023
NADAN Gallery Space, Berlin, DE
Fault Line (with Jakob Ganslmeier), Verzasca Foto Festival, CH
If a Tree Fell in a Forest (with Jakob Ganslmeier & Onias Landveld), Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen, DE
Poetry is Out of Place (with Jakob Ganslmeier), Kreismuseum Wewelsburg, DE
We are the Ones Turning, Parallel – European Photo-Based Platform, Director's cut, PT
2022
Paris Photo online
Art Salon Zurich
Artist talk @Pakhuis de Zwijger: Houses of Darkness / Visual Storytelling, NL
Kranj Foto Fest, HOME: A State of Transition (group)
Poetry is Out of Place (with Jakob Ganslmeier and Simon Stranger), Falstad Centre, NO
Benaki Museum, Athens Photo Festival (group), GR
Maribor Art Gallery, UGM Studio (solo), Sl
2021
This Art Fair, NL (fair)
Tangle (with Simone Kessler), Westwerk Gallery, DE
2020
Liebe, Hass und Einsamkeit. Emotionen in der Kunst. Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst, DE
Urgent Arts of Living (Parallel – European Photo-Based Platform Award), online
Futures Online Festival: RESET
— , What are the emerging artists talking about in Europe today?
Kolga Tbilisi Photo online, GUP (Igor Pjörrt , Egor Fedosov, Ana Zibelnik, Peter Funch)
"6 Talents", Kahmann Gallery, NL
Haute Photographie, NL (fair)
Artist talk / GUP New & Pakhuis de Zwijger present: New Perspectives
2019
ALARUM by Ardesia Projects on PH Museum (online)
Urgent Arts of Living & Valley of the Strange, Procur.arte, PT
GUP New 2020, Book launch and group exhibition, Amsterdam (Westergas), NL
Zeitgeist, Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest, HU
We are the ones turning, Verzasca Foto Festival (solo), CH
Valley of the Strange, ISSP Gallery, LV
Urgent Arts of Living, Kaunas Photography Gallery, LT
ALARUM, Ardesia Projects, Berlin
White Devil, IF SLOVENIA WERE, Odessa Photo Days, Ukraine (screening)
2018
White Devil, IF SLOVENIA WERE, Grad Rajhenburg, SI
White Devil, PARALLEL Intersection Zagreb, Organ Vida International Photography Festival, HR
White Devil, IF SLOVENIA WERE, Voies Off Festival, Arles, FR
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity, Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, GR
Kjer ljudje pozabijo umreti, Trubar Literature House, Ljubljana (solo), SI
2017
Arrivals, departed, Fotogalerija Solp, NovaF – Young Slovenian Photography, Maribor (group)
Iz okvirja / Out Of Frame, UGM Studio (Maribor Art Gallery), Maribor, SI
Collections
MoCP - Museum of Contemporary Photography ColumbiaCollege Chicago
Private collections in The Netherlands, Germany, the UK and Slovenia.