Zoran Srdić Janežič (b. 1974) is a sculptor, intermedia artist and puppet designer at the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre.
His work employs new materials and technologies: animatronics, moving mechanisms in conjunction with biological materials, 3D virtual design, virtual reality installations with AR codes, sculptural work combining different materials and technologies.
In the development of artistic projects, he collaborates with experts in the fields of programming, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, nanotechnology, etc. He has had more than 20 solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions, both in Slovenia and internationally (Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Bozar in Brussels, Centquatre in Paris).
Some of his sculptures are part of the permanent collections of prominent galleries, and following a competition by the Municipality of Ljubljana, he erected a public monument in the city center. His sculpture work was awarded a prize at the international festival in Kranj and in 2020 he was selected for the S+T+ARTS residency program.
Selected solo exhibitions
2022
Biobot: Plasticity, presentation, Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana
2021
Sonce žareča voda, exhibition, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana
2020
Kdor visoko leta, exhibition, ZDSLU Gallery, Ljubljana
2019
Biobot 1.2 (with Matic Potočnik), Zavod Kersnikova, permanent exhibition, Ljubljana
2018
FlaNeuron, BioTehna, exhibition, Ljubljana
2017
Eppur si (muove) illuminare, Kapelica Gallery; National Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana
Sous les pavés, la plage, Projektraum Ventilator, Berlin
Ich bin ein (Berliner Frankfurter) Münchner, public intervention, Berlin
2016
Horsepower, Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana
2015
Corporis Animati, Škrlovec Gallery for Intermedia Art, Kranj; Sodni stolp Gallery, Maribor
2014
Corpus Indeterminata Augumented reality, Škrlovec Gallery for Intermedia Art, Kranj
2013
Corpus Indeterminata 3D: Under Construction, Cultural Incubator – MKC Maribor, Maribor;
Corpus Indeterminata 3D: Deus benedixitque eis, dicens: Crescite, et multiplicamini, ad imaginem meam, Škrlovec Gallery for Intermeda Art, Kranj
Pointe a L’oeil – drop into horizon, Cultural Incubator – MKC Maribor
Publicus Determinatum, Layer House – Garden, Kranj
Ausgestorben – Franc Berneker, public intervention, Südbahn-Atelier am Bahnhof Meidling, Vienna
2012
Ceci n’est pas un croquis, Škrlovec Gallery for Intermeda Art, Kranj
IQ whores, public intervention, Poštna ulica, Maribor
2011
Corpus Indeterminata, Alkatraz Gallery, Ljubljana; Contemporary Art Gallery Celje
Selected group exhibitions
2023
Biobot, konSekvence ≡Fragments of a Possible Ecosystem, Cukrarna, Ljubljana
2022
Biobot: AI ARThropods, Ars Electronica Festival 2022, Linz
2021
Biobot, Hybrid Systems, Bozar, Brussels
2020
Biobot: INSIDER, STARTS Exhibition, Centquatre, Paris
2019
Biobot 1.1, Earth Without Humans: On the Boundaries of Artificial Life, Zavod Kersnikova, Ljubljana
2018
This World is Yours, but Ours, but Yours, Densifying, City Gallery Ljubljana
In advance of the non-broken arm – hexagonal view, 7th International Fine Arts Festival Kranj, Layer House – Garden, Kranj
2016
Ausgestorben, Creatures in Recent Slovenian Sculpture, Maribor Art Gallery, Maribor
Sweet yellow, 7 Dwarfs and Two Sleeping muses, 5th International Fine Arts Festival Kranj, Layer House – Garden, Kranj
Illusion and Space, ZDSLU Gallery, Ljubljana
2015
Corpus Indeterminata 3D, MFRU-KIBLIX 2015, Maribor
Gorazd Krnc, Zoran Srdić Janežič: National Pride, DLUL Gallery, Ljubljana
Perspectives on Slovenian Sculpture 1975-2015, Velenje Gallery; Town Gallery – Coastal Galleries, Piran
2014
Sanela Jahić, Borut Savski, Zoran Srdić Janežič: Moving objects, Škrlovec Gallery for Intermedia Art, Kranj; MFRU 2.0, Maribor
Gorazd Krnc, Zoran Srdić Janežič: Empire strikes back & forward, Ljubljana Town Hall
2013
KIBLIX 2013: Corpus Indeterminata 3D, Maribor
2012
Prints and Impressions, International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana
2011
Trash robots, Maribor Art Gallery, 2011
Sculpturing Today: Sculptures, Fugures and Bodies, Contemporary Arts Gallery Celje