Artist Biography
Lana Pastirk (b. 1998, Slovenia) holds a Master’s degree in Glass and Ceramics and a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana. Her master’s thesis received the UL ALUO Award for the 2023/2024 academic year. She furthered her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Poland.
She has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions, and her work New Birds is included in the permanent collection of ALUO. Lana has participated in the international V-oglje symposium and has been an artist-in-residence at the Layer House and at Guldagergaard – International Ceramic Research Center in Denmark. She is also the recipient of the Primavera 2023 Award and the Ex Terra Krško Award.
Exhibitions
April 2021, Πr kvadrat, Exhibition of Contemporary Kinetic Ceramics, Layer House, Kranj
June 2021, ALUO 2021: Virtual Graduation Exhibition of Student Works, Ljubljana
September 2021, Exhibition of Artistic Works from the 16th International Symposium of Artistic Ceramics V-oglje 2021, Šenčur Municipal Museum
September 2021, Ex Terra Krško, Exhibition of Ceramic Sculptures Kič, Mencinger House, Krško
February 2022: GSP.GDA 2022: Graduation Exhibition of Student Works, Gdansk, Poland
June 2022, ALUO 2022: Graduation Exhibition of Student Works, Ljubljana
April 2023, Traces of Presence, Alkatraz Gallery, Ljubljana
April 2023, raz:kroj, Exhibition of Students and Alumni of Unique Design UL ALUO, UL PEF Gallery, Ljubljana
April 2023, Πr kvadrat, Exhibition of Contemporary Kinetic Ceramics, Layer House, Kranj
May 2023, International Ceramics Triennial UNICUM, Student Section, Ljubljana
Awarded Primavera certificate: prize includes a solo joint exhibition: June 2023, Invited Youth, Media Nox Gallery, Maribor
Received honorary recognition: October 2023, Form of Silence, 9th International Exhibition of Ceramic Sculptures Ex Terra Krško
November 2023, We are in November exhibition, Faculty of Arts
November 2023, Solo exhibition Captivity at Mahlerca Gallery and Janez Puhar Gallery, following a one-week artistic residency at Layer House, Kranj
December 2023, Unpredictable Symbioses exhibition, DLUM Gallery, Maribor
December 2023, Solo exhibition Captivity at Sodni Stolp Gallery, Maribor
June 2024, Solo exhibition at the Psychotherapeutic and Psychodiagnostic Center Maribor
July 2024, Primavera 2023 Award Winners Exhibition at the DLUM Gallery, Maribor
May 2025, Majski salon 2025, ZDSLU, Ptuj
June 2025, Solo exhibition at DLUM Gallery, Maribor
November 2025, Residency Final Exhibition, Guldagergaard – International Ceramic Research Center, Denmark
