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Jane Štravs (1965) started exhibiting in the early 1980s as one of the prominent chroniclers and protagonists of Ljubljana's alternative cultural scene.

He works as a freelance artist in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

 

 

exhibitions / selection

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2025

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Coordinates of the Moment, Bažato Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

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(Un)Equal Geographies. The Politics of Memory, Power, and Resistance, MSUM / Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana, SI

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2024

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A Moment on the Way, Bažato Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

 

Paper Positions Vienna 2024, Kursalon Wien, Vienna, AT

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How to Go On?, MSUM / Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana, SI   

 

 

2023   

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Slovenian Punk & Photography, Cankarjev dom Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

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Time on the Way, Bažato Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

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​Things Break Down, MSUM / Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana, SI  ​

 

 

2022           

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JS vs 84. Jane Štravs & Rone84, Bažato Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

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Photo / Print. The Role of Photography in 1970s Printmaking and Graphic Design, International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, SI

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Spaces on the Way, Bažato Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

 

 

2021

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89-21, Bažato Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

 

 

2019        

 

Precarious Environments. 17 cases of contemporary photography in Slovenia, MSUM / Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana, SI  

 

1989. The End of the 20th Century, IVAM / Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Valencia, ES

 

 

2018

 

Photobook and Photozine, Dobra Vaga Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

 

A selection of works from the Arteast 2000+ Collection and the national collection of Modern Gallery, MSUM / Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana, SI  

 

 

2017

 

Odstrti pogledi / Riko Art Collection, Miklova hiša Gallery, Ribnica, SI

 

Variety. Jane Štravs, Galerie Sechzig, Feldkirch, AT

 

The Eighties | The Heritage of 1989. Case Study: The Second Yugoslav Documents Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, SI

 

The Eighties | Multimedia Practices and Venues of Production , MSUM / Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana, SI  

 

The Most Beautiful Place in the World. Contemporary Slovenian photography, Museum of Fine Arts, Osijek, HR

 

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2016

 

The Most Beautiful Place in the World. Contemporary Slovenian photography, Gallery Klovićevi Dvori, Zagreb, HR

 

Let’s Go Forward! Slovenian photography 1990 – 2015, City Art Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

 

Low – Budget Utopias. Works primarily from the Arteast 2000+ collection, MSUM / Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana, SI   

 

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2014

 

Triumph of Freedom, European Solidarity Centre, Gdansk, PL

 

Summer Show, Viertelneun Gallery, Vienna, AT

 

Instagram. Work in progress, Fotografija Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

 

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2013

 

Dahab, Fotografija Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

 

Materiality, Kibla Portal, Maribor, SI

 

Art Paris Art Fair, Grand Palais, Paris, FR

 

Aspects of Slovenian photography. Photomed Photography Festival, Sanary sur Mer, FR

 

 

2012

 

Moscow International Photobiennale 2012, Moscow, RU

 

11th International Biennial of Miniature Art, The Modern Gallery, Gornji Milanovac, XS

 

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2011

 

The Present and Presence, MSUM / Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana, SI   

 

Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Paris, FR

 

 

2010

 

Designing the Republic: Architecture, Design and Photography in Slovenia 1991-2011, Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana, SI

 

Motel Balkan, Photogallery Lang, Samobor, HR

 

Štravs, Zlatni Ajngel Gallery, Varaždin, HR

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Portrait in Contemporary Art , Velenje Gallery, Velenje, SI

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Too Much, Too Little, Fotografija Gallery, Ljubljana, SI 

 

Paris Photo, Spotlight on Central Europe, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, FR

 

 

2009

 

Borghesia, 20th Century, ŠKUC Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

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Gesamtkunst Laibach, Fundamentals 1980–1990, International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, SI

 

American Express, G14 Gallery, Bled, SI

 

Štravs. Biennial of Fashion Photography, Museum Stari grad, Varaždin, HR

 

Aktuelle Kunst In Graz, Galerie Remixx, Graz, AT

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2008

 

Behind Walls. 15th Noorderlicht International Photofestival, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, NL

 

Behind Walls. European Month of Photography, Bratislava, SK

 

FV, Alternative Scene of the Eighties, MGLC / International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, SI

 

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2007

 

Jane Štravs, Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

 

 

2006

 

Marino Cettina Collection of Contemporary Art, Marin Gallery, Umag, HR

 

Not-quite /Not-right: Histories, Bodies and Concepts in Contemporary Photography, Božidar Jakac Gallery, Kostanjevica na Krki, SI

 

Public Image. Jane Štravs, Triestefotografia Festival, Trieste, IT

 

Fuel, Galerie SZI, Vienna, AT

 

Slovenian Contemporary Photography. European Month of Photography, Bratislava, SK

 

 

2005

 

Dresscode. Pixxelpoint, 7th International Digital Art Festival, Municipal Gallery, Nova gorica, SI

 

Road Movie, Fotografija Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

 

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2004

 

Euro Press Photo Awards, Lisbon, PT

 

Road Movie. European Month of Photography, Vienna, AT

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2003

 

Art in Extended Places. Slovenian Art 1985-1995, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, SI

 

Photographic Incarnations, Mermaid Gallery, Dublin, IE

 

To the Edge and Beyond. Slovenian Art 1975-1985, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, SI

 

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2002

 

In Passing - structures of perception and moving, Pavel House, Bad Redkersburg, AT

 

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2001

 

Photography 8202, Mala Gallery, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, SI

 

The Nude in Slovenia, III- Photography, Jakopič Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

 

The Eye And Its Truth. Spectacle And Reality In Slovene Art 1984-2001, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, SI

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Zero - Absolute - The Real, Marino Cettina Gallery, Umag, HR

 

 

2000

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Slovenian Photography - Tendencies 1990-1999, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Celje, SI

 

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1999

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Slovenian Photography - Tendencies 1990-1999, Mala Gallery, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, SI

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1997

 

Dislocations. Northern Photography 1997, The Fifth International Triennial of Photography, Rovaniemi, FI

 

 

1996

 

Jane Štravs , Krka Gallery, Novo mesto, SI

 

 

1993

 

Jane Štravs, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, SI

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1992

 

Jane Štravs, Avla LB Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

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Chasing Fashion: Insight to Slovene Fashion Photography, Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

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1991

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Layouts and Interventions. Slovenian Photography 1988-1990, Cankarjev dom Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

 

 

1990

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150 Years of Photography in Slovenia, 1945-1990, City Art Gallery, Ljubljana, SI

 

Jane Štravs, Art salon, Celje, SI

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1989

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Yugoslav Documents ’89, Olympic Center Skenderija, Sarajevo

 

 

1988

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Tendencies. Meeting of Youth Cultural Productions of Mediterranean Europe, Bari, IT

 

 

1987

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Biennial'87. Youth Cultural Productions of Mediterranean Europe, Barcelona, ​​E

 

 

1986

 

D'Art Room '86. European Festival of New Places of Art, Bologna, IT

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1985

 

Jane Štravs, Happy gallery, SKC, Belgrade

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1984

 

Jane Štravs, SC Gallery, Zagreb

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NF4, Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade

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1982

 

Jane Štravs, ŠKUC Gallery, Ljubljana

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works in public collections

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MSUM / Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana, SI

  

Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, SI 

 

MGLC / International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, SI  

  

ECS / European Solidarity Centre, Gdansk, PL

 

ZRC SAZU / Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Science and Arts, Ljubljana, SI

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Riko Art Collection, Ribnica SI

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KSF / Kabinet slovenske fotografije Gorenjskega muzeja, Kranj, SI

  

NLB / Nova Ljubljanska banka, Ljubljana, SI