JURY
SABINA SALAMON
Sabina graduated Philosophy and History of Art at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana. In the nineties, she became a member of The Club of Young Artists of Rijeka which represented Rijeka’s visual art scene. From 2002 till 2005 was appointed the position of acting director of the Mediterranean Sculpture Symposium of Labin (Istria region). Between 2006 – 2010 she ran the program of the City Gallery in Labin. Since 2010 she has been working as a curator at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka and is responsible for the Photography and New Media collections. As a curator, she puts efforts into interdisciplinary approach in art and presentation of the Croatian artists internationally, in collaboration with institutions that share similar goals.
SABINA SALAMON
Sabina Salamon is a curator at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
Sabina graduated Philosophy and History of Art at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana. In the nineties, she became a member of The Club of Young Artists of Rijeka which represented Rijeka’s visual art scene. From 2002 till 2005 was appointed the position of acting director of the Mediterranean Sculpture Symposium of Labin (Istria region). Between 2006 – 2010 she ran the program of the City Gallery in Labin. Since 2010 she has been working as a curator at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka and is responsible for the Photography and New Media collections. As a curator, she puts efforts into interdisciplinary approach in art and presentation of the Croatian artists internationally, in collaboration with institutions that share similar goals.
JÁN VIAZANIČKA
Ján Viazanička (1983) is photographer, teacher, curator and editor-in-chief of the Slovak photography magazine www.dokumentmagazin.sk. He graduated from the Department of Photography and New Media at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava (2009). He won Slovak Press Photo (2016, 2018) award and he received a nomination in the Czech Press Photo competition (2016). In 2017, he was named Slovak Photographer of the Year. He is a co-founder of the HÁJOVŇA – cultural and tourist center in Banská Štiavnica (SK).
In his artwork, Viazanička deromanizes catholic Slovakia romanticized in photography in the turn of 19th and 20th century.. It undermines common symbols and stereotypes through satire, humor or harsh commentary. He combines documentary snapshots with artistically abstracted observations.
CLARA STEIN
Clara Stein is a curator for the photography collective analogueNOW. Over the past decade, she has worked as a project and marketing manager in Berlin, collaborating with various institutions including the Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art and the Center for Arts and Urbanistics. Clara holds Masters Degrees in Cultural Management and Intercultural Communications from the Sorbonne in Paris.
VJERAN HRPKA
Vjeran Hrpka was born in Osijek, Croatia in 1972.
He graduated in Cinematography from Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb where he earned the title of academic cinematographer. He worked as director of photography on more than 20 films , and the films that he was filming were screened at film festivals all arround the world.
Since 2011. he has been an art associate at the Academy of Arts in Osijek where he works till now as associate professor of art where he teaches a courses in photography,cinematography and alternative photographic processes.
Hes main subject is researche the photographic media throu the prism of alternative , analog and chemical side but also the search in media itself as a tool for modern art aproach.
ŠPELA PIPAN
Špela Pipan is a curator and project manager at Photon Gallery, specializing in modern and contemporary photography. She completed her Masters in Culture, Criticism and Curation at Central Saint Martins in London (2016).
THOMAS LICEK
Thomas organized and developed the Month of Photography in Vienna since its first edition in 2004. Later he became Managing Director of Eyes On – Month of Photography Vienna, and President of the European Month of Photography (EMOP).
Currently he is mainly involved in the establishing of Reflektor, a platform for self-published photobooks.
Thomas has a long experience as a jury member for festivals and awards, and as a portfolio reviewer.
PABLO GIORI
Pablo Giori is a cultural manager passionate about both historical and experimental photography. He has a Ph.D. in contemporary history and is an unexpressed desires facilitator and a civil engineer of unknown bridges and roads.
Co-Director EXP.22
