Ana Zibelnik (b. 1995, Ljubljana) is a photographer currently based in the Netherlands. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana in 2018 and recently completed her MA degree in film and photographic theory at Leiden University. Through long term projects she explores the topics of death, immortality as well as the relationship between photography and extinction. She is part of PARALLEL - European Photo Based Platform, Futures Photography, Haute Photographie Talents, British Journal of Photography Ones To Watch 2020 and was selected as the GUP New Talent of the year.
Exhibitions
Current and upcoming:
2020, September, "Liebe, Hass und Einsamkeit. Emotionen in der Kunst." Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst
2021, May, This Art Fair, Amsterdam
2020
September, Urgent Arts of Living (Parallel – European Photo Based Platform Award)
October, 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, Amsterdam (online)
Haute Photographie fair, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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, Lisbon, Portugal
GUP New 2020, Book launch and group exhibition, Amsterdam (Westergas), Netherlands
"Zeitgeist", Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest, Hungary
"We are the ones turning," Verzasca Foto Festival, Switzerland (solo)
"Valley of the Strange", ISSP Gallery, Latvia
"Urgent Arts of Living", Kaunas Photography Gallery, Lithuania
"ALARUM", Ardesia Projects, Berlin
"White Devil", IF SLOVENIA WERE, Odessa Photo Days, Ukraine (screening)
2018
"White Devil", IF SLOVENIA WERE, Grad Rajhenburg, Slovenia
"White Devil", PARALLEL Intersection Zagreb, Organ Vida International Photography Festival, Croatia
"White Devil", IF SLOVENIA WERE, Voies Off Festival, Arles, France (group + screening)
"As if you could kill time without injuring eternity", Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece (photobook)
"Kjer ljudje pozabijo umreti", Trubar Literature House, Ljubljana (solo)
2017
"Arrivals, departed", Fotogalerija Solp, NovaF – Young Slovenian Photography, Maribor (group)
"Iz okvirja / Out Of Frame", UGM Studio (Maribor Art Gallery), Maribor, Slovenia (group)
Collections
MoCP - Museum of Contemporary Photography | Columbia College Chicago
Private collections in The Netherlands, Germany, UK and Slovenia.
Awards & Grants
2020
British Journal of Photography: Ones to Watch 2020
Futures photography platform (nominated by the British Journal of Photography)
The Musem of Contemporary Photography / Columbia College Chicago – Snider Prize Honorable 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 for Study Abroad, 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