Katja Felle

*1988, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia.
Visual artist and art mediator.
Works and lives in Berlin, Germany and Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia.

Formal education
2020 Master’s Thesis: Editing Memory, supervisor Prof. Dr. Jörg Heiser; Institut für Kunst im Kontext, Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany.
2017 – 2019 Institut für Kunst im Kontext, Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany; Master study programme. Field of studies: Art education, Artistic work with social groups and Artistic work in/with institutions.
2015 Diploma Thesis: Disturbance in Communication, mentors Prof. Žiga Kariž and Prof. Sergej Kapus; Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (university study programme, pre-bologna reform).
2007 – 2011 Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Department of Painting.

Solo exhibitions
2018
Out of the Blue, TURBA Gallery, Hannover; curators: Marlene Bart, Jean D. Sikiaridis
Segments of Fragile Reality 2, City Gallery Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica; curator: Božidar Zrinski
Watch Out! Wet Print! #11 Katja Felle: Update Gobelin, TAM-TAM Street Gallery at Vegova Street in cooperation with MGLC - International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana
2017
Stop-Sew-Reset, Katja Felle in cooperation with the members of the Carinthian Intergenerational Centre, performance, Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, Ljubljana
2016
Segments of Fragile Reality, Miklova Hiša Gallery, Ribnica; curator: Božidar Zrinski
2015
Distortion of Visual / Simulation of Sound, Ravne Gallery, Ravne na Koroškem; curators: Jernej Kožar, Tina Kralj
Disturbance in Communication, Alkatraz Gallery, Ljubljana
2014
Processes, RAUM AU, Slovenj Gradec; curator: Rado Carlo Poggi

Projects
2015 -
Stop-Sew-Reset (Intergenerational Atelier: GOBELIN), Carinthian Intergenerational Centre, Ravne na Koroškem
2017
Update Gobelin, Špajz, Slovenj Gradec (in cooperation with Umetnost za vse! Association)
2016
Trash Lights, Carinthian Intergenerational Centre, Ravne na Koroškem
Azione Utile: Trash Benches, RAUM AU, Slovenj Gradec (within the project Intergenerational Open Studio: prof. Pino Poggi and Katja Felle)

Selected group exhibitions
2021
Interwoven, Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin; curator: Neža Peterle
Unternehmerinnen III, BELLEPARAIS_raum für kunst, Munich; selection of works: Julia Lachenmann
2020
Unternehmerinnen II, Neue Galerie Landshut, Landshut; selection of works: Julia Lachenmann
2019
Zamolčane prisotnosti, Selected works from the Riko Art Collection, Miklova Hiša Gallery, Ribnica; selection of works: Polona Lovšin
Unternehmerinnen I, BELLEPARAIS_raum für kunst, Munich; selection of works: Julia Lachenmann
40 Jahre Kunst im Kontext - Positionen, Schnittmengen, Kommentare, nGbK – neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, Berlin; curator: Claudia Hummel
Time Without Innocence. Recent Painting in Slovenia, Museum of Modern Art MG+MSUM, Ljubljana; curator: Martina Vovk
2018
Interdisciplinary Drawing, Universität der Künste Berlin; selection of works: Aleksandra Mir
TSUNK - Triennial of Contemporary Art in Carinthia, Koroška Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Slovenj Gradec; selection of works: Jernej Kožar, Katarina Hergold Germ
Adijo vera v sanje, Odsevanja Magazine: 100 Portraits, Koroška Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Slovenj Gradec
20th Anniversary of the City Gallery Nova Gorica, Works of Contemporary Slovene Artists, City Gallery Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica; selection of works: Pavla Jarc
2017
Young Female Art in Šiška, part one, GalerijaGallery + Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, Ljubljana; selection of works: Žiga Kariž
Živela umetnost, Koroška Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Slovenj Gradec; selection of works: Polona Poberžnik
ReciDesign - Images of Recycle, Glavni trg, Celje
2016
Contemporary Art in Carinthia / Zeitgenössische Kunst in Kärnten (SLO/A), Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria; selection of works: Božidar Zrinski
ALUO LXX. Past, Present, Future, Jakopič Gallery, Ljubljana; selected works, 70th Anniversary of the Academy of Arts and Design
Inventory, Velenje Gallery, Velenje
2015
Contemporary Art in Carinthia / Zeitgenössische Kunst in Kärnten (SLO/A), Koroška Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Slovenj Gradec; selection of works: Božidar Zrinski
Premiere 2015 - Time, Mood, Identity - 3rd Triennial of Young Artists, Center for Contemporary Art, Celje; selection of works: Irena Čerčnik
A Look 7 – A Look at Slovenian Visual Arts at Home and Across the Borderline_Totally Fresh, Center for Contemporary Art, Celje; selection of works: Andreja Hribernik, Maja Hodošček, Pavla Jarc, Barbara Rupel
A Look 7 – A Look at Slovenian Visual Arts at Home and Across the Borderline_Totally Fresh, City Gallery Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica; selection of works: Andreja Hribernik, Maja Hodošček, Pavla Jarc, Barbara Rupel
2014
Procesi-Prozesse-Processes, 44QM Galerie der Stadt Hartberg, Hartberg, Austria
12 Prostorov/12 Spaces/12 Räume, Koroška Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Slovenj Gradec
Graffiti- & Street Art Festival Styria 2014, Tobacco Factory, Fürstenfeld, Austria
A Look 7 – A Look at Slovenian Visual Arts at Home and Across the Borderline_Totally Fresh, Božidar Jakac Gallery, Kostanjevica na Krki; selection of works: Andreja Hribernik, Maja Hodošček, Pavla Jarc, Barbara Rupel
Social Futility, Druga Gallery, Maribor; selection of works: Petra Čeh
2013
Transfer > Slowenien, Schafhof - Europäisches Künstlerhaus Oberbayern, Freising, Germany
Sketchbook, Kud Koncentrat, Velenje
Trenutek-Augenblick-Moment, Selected works, Koroška Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Slovenj Gradec; selection of works: Marko Košan
2012
Premiere 2012, Center for Contemporary Art, Celje; selection of works: Maja Hodošček
The Procession and The Slaughter, Performances of 3kolektiv, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana
16th Slovene Sculpture Exhibition, Town Hall Ljubljana, Ljubljana; selection of works: Petja Grafenauer
2011
Utopian Seminar, Museum for Architecture and Design, Ljubljana
True Lies of Painting, Kresija Gallery, Ljubljana

Artist-in-Residence, Symposiums
2018 37. Malerwoche, Slowenischer Kulturverein Kotschna, Suetschach, Austria
2016 European Creative Camp 016, Kastell Windsor, Rettenbach, Germany
2015 Slovenia Open to Art - 23. International Art Symposium, Sinji vrh, Ajdovščina, Slovenia
2013 Artist-in-Residence: Schafhof - Europäisches Künstlerhaus Oberbayern, Freising, Germany

Cooperation
2019
TRANS-FORM: ACTION, The biennial international exhibition of the TRANSFORM project, MG+MSUM, Ljubljana; curators: Boris Beja, Katja Felle, Staš Kleindienst
Octagon, Project space, Institut für Kunst im Kontext, Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany
2018
First on SoundCloud, SoundCloud, Beverly Boy Productions, Berlin, Germany
2017
Odsevanja – Magazine for Literature and Culture, Odsevanja Cultural Association Slovenj Gradec, Association of Cultural Societies Slovenj Gradec
2015
Urska Festival of Young Literature 2015, Cultural Centre, Slovenj Gradec
2014
Graffiti- & Street Art Festival Styria 2014, Fürstenfeld, Austria
2013
Challenges of Economic Development 2013, Creating Together, Exhibition and Convention Centre, Ljubljana
2011
CLIMAX: STIGMA - LIVE CINEMA EVENT by Martin Bricelj Baraga and Tengal, Sonica, Festival of Transitory Art, MoTA, Ljubljana

Memberships
2007 - 2011, 2017 - 2020
Karel Pečko Foundation, Slovenj Gradec
2010 - 2019
3kolektiv, art group, Ljubljana
2009 - 2019
RAUM AU Cultural Association, Slovenj Gradec

Scholarships
2017 - 2020 Study scholarship, Ministry of Culture, Slovenia
2013 Artist-in-Residence: Schafhof - Europäisches Künstlerhaus Oberbayern, Freising, Germany

Public collections
BTC d.d., Ljubljana, Slovenia
DIVA Station, digital video archive, SCCA-Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection
Koroška Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
City Gallery Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Riko Art Collection, Ljubljana, Slovenia