Damijan Kracina
Slovene, b. 1970
Damijan Kracina (1970, Kobarid) completed his studies in sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana in 1996, and there in 1999 he obtained a master's degree in sculpture and video art. He trained at residencies in Graz, New York, at the Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque, and at the Santa Fe Art Institute in the USA. He was a founding member of the artistic group Provokart. He is also a co-founder of the artistic group Duštuvo za domestica raševky. In 2015, he founded the Last Museum of Contemporary Art in Logje.
Kracina is a sculptor whose multimedia practice opens spaces of possibility. His artworks explore utopian scenarios of life on Earth, create alternative ecosystems, and construct narratives of a playful and unsettling future. His art fuses classical sculptural discipline, contemporary media expressions, and a distinct sense of humor that invites viewers to reflect on the coexistence of humans and nature.
His imagined world is saturated with intense colors, unusual forms, and fantastic creatures that evoke a kind of hybrid future—one not entirely separate from our reality, yet distant enough to raise new questions. With his distinctive style, Kracina blends scientific methodology's seriousness with artistic creation's imaginative freedom.
He lives and works in Ljubljana.
Submitted by Gallery SLOART
