Žiga Kariž
Žiga Kariž (1973, Ljubljana, Slovenia) is a visual artist, working in the cross-section of visual and conceptual art practices, mostly painting, new media and photography. In his work, Kariž stems from the field of conceptual painting and thematically focuses on the concept of the image and the ideology ingrained in its structure. Kariž’s projects continuously question the relation between the work of art and society, politics, ideology and economy. In 2003 he represented Slovenia at the Venice Art Biennale. He also exhibited under the renowned art group with a collective identity Janez Janša. He has been teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana since 2010.
Recent solo exhibitions (a selection):
2018: Janez Janša®, together with Janez Janša and Janez Janša, UGM Studio, Maribor, Slovenia.
2018: Un, uno, una , together with Janez Janša and Janez Janša, Spazio Gamma, Milano, Italy.
2017: Janez Janša®, together with Janez Janša and Janez Janša, +MSUM, Museum of Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2017: 350 Janez Janša Bottles, together with Janez Janša and Janez Janša, Malta Festival Poznań, 2017: nkubator Kultury Pireus, Poznań, Poland.
2017: Freud! Marx and I are coming!, Photon Gallery Vienna, Austria.
2016: Freud, Marx und Ich, Galerie cubus-m, Berlin, Germany.
2015: Trust, together with Janez Janša and Janez Janša, Aksioma Project Space, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2013: Work, together with Janez Janša and Janez Janša, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia.
Recent group exhibitions (a selection):
2019: Time Without Innocence. Recent Painting in Slovenia, MG+, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2018: Sites of Sustainability. Pavilions, Manifestos, and Crypts, +MSUM, Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2018: PORNO – POP, The Concept Space, London, UK.
2018: MADE IN CHINA: Authentic Slovenian Art in Belgium, WARP, Contemporary Art Platform, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
2017: Make Truth Great Again, Galerie Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France.
2017: Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Necessarily Meant to Be Viewed as Art (after Bochner), CAC Bukovje/Landskrona, Landskrona, Sweden.
2016: THREE ROOMS (AND A CORRIDOR), Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2016: Crises and New Beginnings: Art in Slovenia 2005-2015, MSUM, Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2015: Accumulation of Matter, Lehrter Siebzehn, Berlin, Germany.
2014: Despite Efficiency: Labour, Herbert Read Gallery, UCA, Canterbury and Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK.
2014: Getting Rid of Ourselves, Onsite [at] OCAD U, Toronto, Canada.
