This is the first major solo exhibition of the internationally renowned Slovenian artist in a national gallery framework. With this presentation, Piran Coastal Galleries fulfill a quality segment of the review of contemporary photographic production both in the regional and wider national space.

The author is a representative of the generation of Slovenian artists who established themselves on the art scene at the beginning of the new millennium. Long periods of residence and active artistic research abroad have contributed to the recognition of this artist in the international scene. His photographs are included in important public and private gallery institutions at home and abroad. His work is followed by art critics, art historians, curators, and gallerists such as Nora-Eugenie Gombringen, Simone Menegoi, Aurora Garcia and Maria de Corral, Guido Cecere, Valentin Sama and Riccardo Caldura. Besides the above, one should not overlook the famous figures from the field of world literature, such as Predrag Matvejević and philosophy, Massimo Cacciari.

The presentation of Primož Bizjak’s artistic oeuvre is part of the development policy of our public gallery institution, which monitors and evaluates the current artistic production of the authors belonging to Primorska region, whether through personal, overview or retrospective exhibitions. Primož Bizjak (1976, Šempeter pri Gorici) exchanged canvas and brushes for a photographic lens after graduating in painting at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts in 2005. He achieved his first visible international successes precisely in this medium, first in Italy, later in Spain and finally in Germany.

The changing image of the natural and urban landscape is a popular motif in Primož Bizjak’s photographs, within which he explores abandoned and past-marked spaces, where we find unique architecture or images from nature. This also applies to the photographs from the Alpi Apuane series, which will form the core of the presentation of his personal exhibition at the Piran Civic Gallery. The exhibition included the artwork Antro del Corchia, 2015, acquired in the Piran Coastal Galleries collection in 2023 with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.

The exhibition is being realized with the collaboration of Gregor Podnar Gallery in Vienna.

A unique conceptual approach that will offer a comprehensive overview of the artist’s creative period between 2004 and 2024 was designed by the established artist Ištvan Išt Huzjan, who curates the show.