Can you find yourself in my colours?
Let me introduce myself. My name is Polona.
I believe I wanted to express myself in an artistic way since my childhood, and now I am doing it intensively already over 15 years. My life path led me to the engineering profession and later teaching, but I always found an opportunity to incorporate art – I specialized colorimetry in the field of Textile Technology, where I learned the theory of colorus and as a Manager of Adult Education I led creative international workshops. At home I created a creative environment for my children. I am continuously upgrading my knowledge on thematic workshops, participating on various art domestic competitions and international ones and visiting art exhibitions.
My painting becomes a story.
My favourite motifs have always been nature, landscape architecture, us – human beings,
but I am also inspired by music and literature. I especially love to write and illustrate poetry. I feel like my painting becomes a story. A few years ago, I published a children’s picture book, and currently I am also working on artistic interpretation of literary texts and journals. My work can be found in recognized publishing houses.
Art is beauty, a universal language that connects.
When I feel a certain theme, I give it a lot of time and attention to settle in and then the painting comes as a spontaneous process and nothing can distract it.
This is how I created all of my 25 solo exhibitions so far, which were beside the inspirational part also a quite big organizational task for me. And yet, there is always a motto that outweighs it all: The painting is meant for the viewer. Through the painting the artist establish a dialog. Art is beauty, a universal language that connects.
Recent selections:
2013 »Dobrodelna razstava “Naš svet je drugačen”« (Charity exhibition “A different world” ) State Parliament of the Republic of Slovenia
2014 »Državna tematska razstava “Parafraze”« (State exhibiton “Paraphrases”) Castle Brežice, Castle Snežnik, Slovenia
2014 »Mednarodna udeležba« (International participation) Josip Generalić Gallery, Hlebine, Croatia
2015 »Izbor ex-tempore 2000 let Emone« (Ex-tempore selection 2000 years of Emona), City gallery Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015 »Jubilejni 50. mednarodni ex-tempore Piran« (50th Jubilee International ex-tempore Piran), Slovenia
2015 »Mednarodni natečaj Založbe Fran« (Publisher Fran international contest) City gallery, Klagenfurt, Austria
Solo exhibitions:
2003 »Razstava slikanice “Velike punce”« (“Grown-up girls” picture book exhibition) Culture centre Šentjur, Slovenia
2004 »Portreti« (Portraits) Library Šentjur, Slovenia
2004 »Podobe otrok« (Children image) Project office »Celje – a healthy city«, Slovenia
2004 »Tihožitja« (Still lifes) Antika, Bookstore and antiques, Celje, Slovenia
2005 »Krajina« (Landscape) Etol, Škofja vas, Slovenia
2005 »Poletni motivi« (The themes of summer) Gallery Volk, Celje, Slovenia
2005 »Razstava akrilov in grafike« (Exhibition of acrylics and graphics) Špesov dom, Vojnik, Slovenia
2005 »Ples in glasba« (Dance and music), Celjan Editorial, Celje, Slovenia
2006 »Glasbeniki« (Musicians) Internet cafe Stane, Celje, Slovenia
2006 »Kozjansko« (Kozjansko region) Prevorje, Slovenia
2007 »Krajinska arhitektura« (Landscape architecture) Cinkarna Celje, Slovenia
2007 »Razstava akrilov« (The exhibition of acrylics) Dom za varstvo odraslih, Velenje, Slovenia
2007 »Kavarniški večeri« (Café evenings) Vransko, Slovenia
2008 »Glasba« (Music) Dom ob Savinji, Celje, Slovenia
2009 »Sporočilo s priponko« (Message with an attachment) Ana’s Gallery, Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia
2009 »Razstava ob Dnevu Ljudske univerze Celje« (Exhibition for the Day of Adult University), Celje, Slovenia
2010 »Zelena nit«(Green thread) City Gallery Šoštanj, Slovenia
2011 »Razstava ob mednarodnem letu gozdov Celje« (Exhibition for the International Year of Forests) Celje, Slovenia
2012 »12. dimenzija« (12th dimension) Gallery Zgornji trg, Šentjur, Slovenia
2013 »Približana krajina« (Landscape approximation) Gallery of Ironworks Museum, Teharje, Slovenia
2014 »Po znanih poteh« (After the known paths) Library Šmarje pri Jelšah, Slovenia
2014 »Razstava ilustracij na temo etnologije« (Ethnology-themed illustration exhibition) Cultural house, Prevorje, Slovenia
2015 »Omejena razsežnost« (Finite extensions) Niko Gnjatič Gallery, Celje, Slovenia
2015 »Pomlad v kraju otroštva« (Spring in the homeland of childhood) Kozje, Kozjanski national park, Slovenia
2015 »Variacije« (Variations) Ipavčev cultural center, Šentjur pri Celju, Slovenia
2016 »Nikoli samo črno-belo« (Never just black-white) Kult 3000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2016 »Sredi cikla« (In the middle of the cycle) Gallery of Ironworks Museum, Teharje, Slovenia
2017 »Haiku projekt v likovni podobi« (Haiku project in paintings) Literarno srečanje, Slovenia
2017 »Krajina v realizmu in abstrakciji« (Landscape in realism and abstract art) Turistično središče, Ponikva, Slovenia
2018 »Človeški faktor« (Human factor) Galerija Kvartirna hiša, Celje, Slovenia
2018 ” Most z zelenim čajem” (bridge with green tea), Poetry and art event with exhibition; Trubarjeva hiša literature, Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia