Matej Andraž Vogrinčič

In my art I try to feel the character of the space and add something that will not dominate but complement it. Once the project is over the two elements separate, becoming just space and objects again.

The only way to make the work last is through photography. For me the resulting image is not only documentation but another artwork. 1 Dressed House Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1993

An abandoned house stood out in a row of the freshly restored medieval riverbank. It was important to dress it, and I used the 2 clothes donated by many citizens of Ljubljana. 3 Casa Vestita Venezia, Italy,1999

Casa Vestita, or Casa dei Varoteri (thats the name when it is not dressed) is the only free standing house on a public space in Venice. So if the Dressed House in Ljubljana is more like a painting; Casa Vestita is more like a sculpture in the square, dressed with clothes donated by 4 the citizens of Venice. 5 Car Park, Members Only Adelaide, Australia, 2000

14,910 matchbox sized toy cars installed on a 22m long and 22m high brick wall.

Adelaide is a capital of garages and car parks. I found a stenciled graffiti saying ‘Small Car: Members Only’ and decided to make a car park 6 for realy small cars. 7 Moon Plain Moon Plain, Australia, 2002

1,800 plaster casts of watering cans covering a football field sized area in the driest place on earth.

Depending on the point of view, the final arangement looked like a flock of cockatoos or like an aboriginal dot painting. It was placed on holy land and I worked humbly for 3 months 8 with members of a local tribe. 9 Port Christchurch, New Zealand, 2002

Transformation of one of the Arts Centre’s grass quadrangles into a vivid pond filled with origami boats. Schoolchildren helped me make the plastic thin boats, painted in vibrant colours, offsetting the historic beauty of the surround- 10 ing Gothic Revival architecture. 11 Beach Balls Perth, Australia, 2003

In ‘Catcher in the Rye’ I once read of thousands of kids playing a game in the field of rye at the edge of the cliff. To me it made sense to expect that there were thousands of balls involved. When I was confronted with this empty construction site I decided to fill it with balls 12 of all colours. 13 When on a winter’s night a traveler (Umbrellas)

Melbourne, Australia, 2005

1,000 old fashioned 16 spine black umbrellas floating between the ground floor and first floor of a shopping mall.

Melbourne has impossible weather and people cary umbrellas all the time. With their domes the black umbrellas complemented the white architecture of the refurbished post office. 14 A fog machine added clouds to the picture. . 15 56 Boats Liverpool, UK, 2006

56 upturned boats, moulded from a 114-year-old original, were installed in St. Luke’s Church, a neo gothic church also known as The Bombed Out Church.

The shape of the boats relates to the arches of the windows in the church. If you look close enough you will also find a resemblance between the rear of the boats and the tower 16 ornament. 17 PUBLIC ART PROJECTS SELECTED SOLO SELECTED GROUP ART INTERVENTIONS / PUBLIC MATEJ EXHIBITIONS EXHIBITIONS PERFORMANCES / FILMS / COLLECTIONS ANDRAŽ THEATRE DESIGN 2012 2006 2013 2010 2002 1998 Societe Generale Collection, Paris, France VOGRINČIČ UNTITLED (Bread), Suetschach, Austria UNTITLED (56 BOATS), St. Luke’s church, Liverpool HISTORY FASHION WEEK, with Vuk Ćosić, LES GRANDS ESPACES, L’EXPERIENCE DU TANCAT PER OBRES (ARTISTS IN ARCHITEC- LE COCO FRUITWEAR CO, commissioned by Biennial, Liverpool, UK Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia GRAND FORMAT DANS LA PHOTOGRAPHIE TURE), Coll D’Arquitectes D Catalunya, Demarcacio Biennale of Young European and Mediterranean Artists, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia PARQUET, Suetschach, Austria curated by Lewis Biggs, Manray Hsu, Gerardo Mosquera CONTEMPORANIE, Palais des beaux artes, Lille, De Barcelona, Spain Turin, Italy Matej Andraž Vogrinčič was born on October 2008 France 12th 1970 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. IMPILABILE, European City of culture, Maribor, 2005 HISTORY HOMME, B.A.R. Roubaix, France 1997 ACTIVITIES of Le Coco Fruitwear Co. continue Slovenia WHEN ON A WINTER’S NIGHT A TRAVELLER, Sweet Nowhere, Municipal Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, THIS ART IS RECYCLED, Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, with new collections and new shows at: L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival and GPO 2003 curated by Alenka Gregorič Slovenia K4 Club, Ljubljana, Slovenia POOL (model Hockney), Maribor Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia MOON PLAIN, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Kibla Club, Maribor, Slovenia European City of culture, Maribor, Slovenia Slovenia 2009 U3, Triennial of Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK 2004 curated by Igor Španjol Recessionism in Slovenia, Municipal Museum, Ljubljana, Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2011 UNTITLED (FOREST), City of Ljubljana and Slovenia curated by Peter Weibl Set Design for Marina Gržinič and Aina Šmid video PEKARNA BIENALE, Biennial of Graphic art, Microsoft, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2002 Madamme Butterfly, Mladinsko Theater, Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, curated by Beti Žerovc MOON PLAIN, SOFA Gallery, School of Fine Arts, 2008 1996 Slovenia UNTITLED ( EGGS ) 9 th Biennale of Sibiria BEACH BALLS, Awesome Festival, Perth, Australia Christchurch, New Zealand STREET MUSEUM, Museum of Modern Art, A BODY OF AN ANGEL, Koper’s Obalne Galerije, curated by Ewen McDonald Ljubljana, Slovenia Slovenia 1995 2010 2002 curated by Zdenka Badovinac, Bojana Piškur LE COCO FRUITWEAR, a manufactory for fruit COVER LID , Celje, Slovenia MOON PLAIN, South Australian Tourism Commis- 1999 TRABAKULA, toured to Rijeka, Split and Dubrovnik, clothes, Ljubljana Markets, Slovenia sion, Coober Pedy, Australia CLOTHES SCULPTURE, John Gibson Gallery, 2006 Croatia STAIN, Crazy Curators Biennale III, Bratislava, Slovakia PORT, Scape: Arts + Industry Biennial, Christchurch, New York, USA DUETS, Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia 1994 New Zealand 1995 THE HOUSE, short film with Damjan Kozole, Ljubljana, GYMNASIUM, Days of poetry and wine festival, Ptuj, 1996 PIXXELPOINT, 7th Festival of digital art, Dresscode, URBANARIA, exhibition for an intervention in an Slovenia Slovenia 2000 DRESSING, Gallery Anonimus, Ljubljana, Slovenia Municipal Gallery, Nova Gorica, Slovenia urban space, Soros Centre for Contemporary Art, CAR PARK: MEMBERS ONLY, 2000 Telstra Adelaide Ljubljana, Slovenia HOUSE TAILOR, documentary film with Tibor SLOVENIAN PAVILION EXTERIOR DESIGN, Festival of Arts, Adelaide, Australia 1992 2005 Ogrizek, Ljubljana, Slovenia World Expo 2010, Shanghai, China READY-MADE FURNITURE, Škuc Gallery TERRITORIES, IDENTITIES, NETS - SLOVENE STEREOTIP, Municipal Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia 1999 Ljubljana, Slovenia ART 1995 – 2005, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, PAINTED GARMENTS AND FASHION 2009 DRESSED HOUSE, Venice Biennale of Contemporary Slovenia ACCESSORIES, Hej Salvador, a music-fashion RUN FOR LOVE, installation and street theatre Art, Venice, Italy curated by Igor Zabel, Igor Španjol performance, directed by Matjaž Pograjc, produced by performance, Aurillac, Marseille, France; Ljubljana, Glej theatre, Ljubljana, Slovenia Slovenia 1997 THE FIRST LINE, 26th Biennial of Graphic art, STREET WEAR, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia ŠKUC BAKE SHOP; a gallery site-specific intervention, Slovenia Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenija commissioned by Peter Weibl 2004 SLOVENE ART 1985–1995, Museum of Modern Art, 2007 1993 Ljubljana, Slovenia ERECTOR SET, Site Projects, Farmington Canal, DRESSED HOUSE, Ljubljana, Slovenia New Haven, Connecticut, USA

SHOVELS, 7th Biennial of Sibiria, Krasnoyarsk, Russia 18 19