Neja Tomšič

/ temporary
palace

/ celebrating slowness

/ reading
terrain

Research-based visual artist, storyteller, performer and ritual maker, working with drawing, objects and sound.

Interested in long processes and slow work.

Member of the Nonument Group.

IETM global connector 2021-22.

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neja@ne-ja.com

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neja_jane

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works

untangling a garden
installation
performance
artistic research (ongoing)

wide winds, we set sail drawings, sculptures, two-channel video

circle
documentary performance,
installation
trailer
booking: alma.r.selimovic@bunker.si

opium clippers
documentary performance
booking: barbara@glej.si

opium clippers
artist book, installation
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workers are leaving the factory
video essay

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nonument group works

from nowhere to noplace, pioneer railway
performative sound walk, video essay, installation

nothing can happen here site-specific performative sound drive

nonument
book
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for other works
see
portfolio

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upcoming /
on view

19 -20 November
Jadran Resort
with Natalija Vujošević & Tara Langford A novel in landscape
Glej Theatre, Ljubljana

20 Nov - 6 Dec
Sunset Hotel
with Natalija Vujošević & Tara Langford a relaxation center
MoTA LAB, Ljubljana

10 oct - 18 jan
nonument group
at “displacements and torrents, where dnipro and elbe meet”at
Galerie Cité Internationale des Arts,
curated by Sasha Baydal and Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez,
Paris

21 June - 17 Nov
nonument group:
exit throught the white cube at
U3 - Triennial of Slovenian Contemporary Art,
curated by Tevž Logar,
Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana

17 june 2023 - 18 jan 2025
from nowhere to noplace, pioneer railway
at things break down, museum of contemporary art, ljubljana,
curated by Ana Mizerit

July - January
Nonument Group residency at
Cité Internationale des Arts,
Supported by Institut Français Charles Nodier,
Paris, France

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recent:

1-3 nov
wide winds, we set sail
represented by ravnikar gallery at artissima international art fair, turin

27 oct
circle
at cine-teatro de alcobaça,
portugal

19 oct
untangling a garden a performance with storytelling
at rafut park

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2022

7 july - 17 sep
wide winds, we set sail
maritime museum sergej mašera,
curated by Chiara Isadora Artico
piran

9 mar–10 apr
galeb drawings,
at peripheral memories,
spazio make,
udine, italy

17 mar–10 apr
untangling a garden,
at Caravan: Thinking with Alexandria kunsthal aarhus, aarhus, denmark

5 apr-31 may
from nowhere to noplace, pioneer railway
at Collections for a Solidary Future
gallery miodrag dado đurić,
cetinje, montenegro

13–15 apr
opium clippers,
at sismògraf festivalorfeo popolar oloti, olot, spain

6 may
opium clippers,
at glej show-off
black box theatre,
ljubljana

19 may
circle,
at crossings festival,
sodni stolp, maribor

1-8 june
untangling a garden,
at In Lieu of a Prism
at Institut français d’egypte à alexandrie, alexandria

1 july
circle
at kunstraum innsbruck

19 - 23 july
opium clippers
at kilowatt festival,
with silvia viviani
cortona, italy

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recent:

10 June
Premiere!
Jadran Resort
with Natalija Vujošević & Tara Langford
Glej Theatre, Ljubljana

28 May
circle
KC magacin, belgrade,
serbia

25 may
Ljubljana Art Weekend
Nonument Group
Artist talk
MoTA, Ljubljana

12 feb - 8 mar
a sea of myths
group exhibition with ana čavićgallery spot, zagreb

24 jan
circle
at drugajanje festival
narodni dom, maribor

25 jan
untangling a garden
at infinite present, festival of performanceglej theatre, ljubljana

30 jan - 10 mar
wide winds, we set sailsolo exhibition
kresija gallery, ljubljana

27 nov
nonument group:
artist talk and screening
+ sz berlin (live)
at iklectic, london

17 nov - 7 jan
wide winds, we set sail
at peripheral memoriesgroup exhibition
muca - museo della cantieristica,
monfalcone

14 nov
circle
at drugajanje festival
narodni dom, celje

28 sep

untangling a garden
at to(pot) festival
performance in progress
cukrarna, ljubljana

25 aug - 29 oct

4 postcards to builders of the future
at kaunas biennale: long distance friendships kaunas, lithuania

15 sep - 14 jan
an archive of what will be
at 35^th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts
cukrarna, ljubljana

7 oct
signals of an uncertain pathperformance in collaboration with mihai tóth
timisoara, simultan festival