“Ustvarjam večplasten prostor kot odgovor na senzibilno zaznavanje sveta.”
“I am creating a space of dichotomy as an answer to the sensibilities of perception in the environment.”
Izjava avtorice
V svoji praksi izhajam iz materiala kot izhodiščne sile – tiste, ki ne le določa potek ustvarjanja, temveč ga vodi, usmerja in pogosto presega moje lastne namere. Samo sebe v tem odnosu razumem kot orodje, ki se odziva na njegove lastnosti, njegove impulze in učinke. Material postane aktiven sogovornik, s katerim nenehno preverjam meje. Zavestno vstopam v dialog s tradicijami medija, z njihovimi omejitvami, predsodki in pričakovanji. Te tradicije uporabljam kot konceptualno izhodišče, ki mi omogoča prestopanje lastnih meja in odpira prostor reinterpretacije. Materialna fokusiranost postane pot do neskončnega rekontekstualiziranja, do širjenja interpretacij in do vzpostavljanja vedno novih vezi med obliko, procesom in prostorom. Proces ustvarjanja zame predstavlja ciklični tok: vedno se vračamo na isto točko, a vsakič je drugačna.
Preizprašujem zakoreninjene predstave o tem, kaj naj bi material bil, kakšne oblike naj bi privzemal, katere tradicije naj bi ponavljal. Končna oblika je zato vedno odvisna od notranjega procesa v materialu. Ta proces lahko vodi v performativne situacije, prostorske instalacije ali bolj konvencionalno razumljene skulpturne forme. V procesu vračanja k njegovi “primarni” obliki iščem načine, kako pustiti, da ostane čim bliže svoji esenci. V tem kontekstu se destrukcija zame pogosto izkaže za pot do konstrukcije, vselej kot sestavni del procesa, in ne kot njegov konec.
V delu posledično sledim tudi nematerialnim lastnostim – senci, zvoku, odsotnosti objekta – kot spremljevalnim učinkom procesa, ki pogosto odločajo in usmerjajo, v katero smer se delo nadaljuje. Material dojemam kot živ, nenehno spreminjajoč se organizem, ki nikoli povsem ne doseže končne forme; končnost je zame vselej vprašljiva in nikoli zares dosegljiva, istočasno pa v soodvisnem odnosu s prostorom, v katerega je umeščena. Prostor pogosto postane sprožilec, ki razjasni smer serije ali razkrije njeno notranjo logiko.
Artist’s Statement
The starting point of my practice is material as a driving force – one that not only determines the course of creation but guides, directs, and often surpasses my own intentions. In this relationship I understand myself as an instrument that responds to the material’s properties, its reactions, and effects. The material becomes an active interlocutor with which I continually test boundaries. I consciously initiate dialogue with the traditions governing the medium, with their limitations, prejudices, and expectations. I use these traditions as a conceptual starting point that allows me to overstep my own boundaries and open up a space for reinterpretation. Focusing on the material leads to infinite recontextualization, to expanding interpretations, and to the creation of ever-new connections between form, process, and space. I see the creative process as a cyclical flow: we always return to the same point, but each time it is different, always changing.
I question entrenched ideas about what a material should be, what shapes it should take, which traditions it should reproduce. The final form is thus always dependent on the internal process within the material. That process can lead to performative situations, spatial installations, or more conventionally understood sculptural forms. In the process of returning to its “primary” form, I look for ways to let it remain as close to its essence as possible. In this context, destruction often appears to me as a path to construction, always as an integral part of the process rather than its end.
Consequently, I also attend to the immaterial qualities as accompanying effects of the process – shadow, sound, the absence of the object – which often determine the direction of the work’s further development. I see material as a living organism that constantly changes, never fully reaching a final form: for me, finality is always questionable and never truly attainable, while simultaneously being interdependent with the space in which it is situated. Space often becomes a trigger that clarifies the direction of a series or reveals its internal logic.
Življenjepis
Kristina Rutar (1989, Tolmin) je vizualna umetnica, ki deluje na področju kiparstva in keramike. Leta 2013 je diplomirala iz keramike na Pedagoški fakulteti Univerze v Ljubljani, leta 2015 pa zaključila izobraževanje v programu Interdisciplinarne grafike na ASP Eugeniusza Gepperta v Vroclavu na Poljskem.
V svoji umetniški praksi se osredotoča na raziskovanje materialnosti, procesualnosti in transformacij znotraj medija, pri čemer keramiko razume kot odprt in eksperimentalen izrazni prostor.
Svoja dela redno predstavlja na samostojnih in skupinskih razstavah v Sloveniji in tujini. Med vidnejše samostojne razstave sodita Ritual sence (Galerija Velenje, 2022) in O izvoru vrst (Lapidarij Galerije Božidar Jakac, Kostanjevica na Krki, 2018). Sodelovala je tudi na pomembnih mednarodnih razstavnih projektih, kot so Future of ceramics, Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale (Jingdezhen Ceramic University Art Museum, Kitajska, 2026), Blanc de Chine International Ceramics Art Award (Winland Center, Hangzhou, Kitajska, 2023) in 61. Premio Faenza (MIC Faenza, Italija, 2020).
Za svoje delo je prejela več nagrad in priznanj, njena dela pa so vključena v javne in zasebne zbirke doma in v tujini.
Živi in ustvarja v Ljubljani, kjer deluje kot docentka na Akademiji za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje Univerze v Ljubljani, na smeri Unikatno oblikovanje (keramika). Je članica Mednarodne akademije za keramiko (International Academy of Ceramics – AIC / IAC) in Zveze društev slovenskih likovnih umetnikov (ZDSLU).
Short biography
Kristina Rutar (1989, Tolmin) is a visual artist working in sculpture and ceramics. She earned a degree in ceramics from the Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana in 2013 and completed studies in Interdisciplinary Printmaking at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Poland in 2015.
Her practice focuses on exploring materiality, processuality, and transformations within the medium, wherein she approaches ceramics as an open and experimental field of expression.
Rutar exhibits regularly, with solo and group shows in Slovenia and abroad. Notable solo exhibitions include Ritual of Shadow (Ritual sence, Galerija Velenje, 2022) and On the Origin of Species (O izvoru vrst, Lapidarium of the Božidar Jakac Gallery, Kostanjevica na Krki, 2018). She has also participated in important international projects such as Future of Ceramics, Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale (Jingdezhen Ceramic University Art Museum, China, 2026), Blanc de Chine International Ceramics Art Award (Winland Center, Hangzhou, China, 2023), and the 61st Premio Faenza (MIC Faenza, Italy, 2020).
Rutar’s work has received several awards and recognitions and is part of various public and private collections at home and abroad.
She lives and works in Ljubljana, where she is a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana, teaching in the Applied Arts (Ceramics) programme. She is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics (AIC/IAC) and the Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies (Zveza društev slovenskih likovnih umetnikov – ZDSLU).
Razstave in dosežki
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2024
Itsliquid International Contest - 16th Edition2021
Nagrada MS21 za področje keramike, Majski salon, Galerija ZDSLU, Ljubljana2019
Youth Award, 4th Cluj Ceramics Biennale, Cluj, RomunijaČastno priznanje, XIV. Bienal Internacional de Cerâmica Artística de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugalska
2018
Častno priznanje, II. Latvia International Ceramics Biennale, Martinsons Award, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvija2017
Zagreb Ex-tempore 2017, Posebna zlata plaketa in priznanje o odličnosti, Zagreb, HrvaškaPriznanje žirije, Tudi mi bi goreli, Mencingerjeva hiša, Krško, Slovenija
2016
Finalistka in zmagovalka programa Future Lights of Ceramics, prejela naziv ambasadorka keramike, Ceramics and its Dimensions2014
Nagrada za najizvirnejše delo, XV. Ex-tempore Piran 2014, Piran, Slovenija2011
Častno priznanje, XII. Ex-tempore Piran 2011, Piran, Slovenija2010
14. Slovenska Kiparska razstava, Odkupna nagrada podjetja Akrapovič d.o.o. -
2026
Morfologija razpada, Galerija Domžale, Domžale2025
Produkcijsko telo, Galeria W sam raz, Bolesławiec, Poljska2023
Presečišča, re:forma, Galerija Kresija, Ljubljana-tik po., Galerija Veselov vrt, Ljubljana
2022
Ritual sence - Ritual I, II, III, IV, Galerija Velenje, SlovenijaVanitas, Galerija-muzej Lendava, Lendava
2021
Tik pred - , Layerjeva hiša, Kranj2018
O izvoru vrst, Galerija Božidar Jakac, Lapidarij, Kostanjevica na Krki, Slovenija2017
Prepisi teles, Alma mater, Savinov likovni salon, ŽalecAlma mater, Layerjeva Hiša, Kranj
2016
Beginnings, Galerija TIR, SolkanEmbrio, Stekleni Atrij, Mestna hiša, Ljubljana
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2026
VI. Mednarodni trienale keramike UNICUM, Narodni muzej Slovenije, LjubljanaFuture of ceramics, Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale, Jingdezhen Ceramic University Art Museum, Jingdezhen, Kitajska
Inheritance and innovation, IAC congress, Taoxichuan Art Museum, Jingdezhen, Kitajska
2025
60. Międzynarodowego Pleneru Ceramiczno – Rzeźbiarskiego, Galeria W sam raz, BOC, Boleslawiec, Poljska2024
Različnosti, Mestna galerija Ljubljana, SlovenijaRome International Art Fair 2024 - 11th Edition, Medina Art Gallery, Rim, Italija
Venice International Art Fair 2024 – 20th Edition, Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Benetke, Italija
London Contemporary 2024 – 13th edition, ELEMENTS Contemporary Art Space, London, Velika Britanija
2023
Blanc de Chine International Ceramics Art Award, Winland Center, Hangzhou, Kitajskaπr kvadrat - Razstava sodobne kinetične keramike, Layerjeva hiša, Kranj
2022
Naravna vera, Švicarija, LjubljanaOda - vissza, Faur Zsófi Galéria, Budimpešta, Madžarska
Majski salon, Kibla Portal, Maribor
Keramika v Sloveniji 2005-2022, Galerija Mestna hiša, Kranj
2021
Majski Salon, Galerija ZDSLU, Ljubljana in Galerija Libertas, KoperU oku umjetnika/Pogledi, Galerija HDLU Istre, Pula, Hrvaška
Martinsons Award 2021, III. Latvia International Ceramics Biennale, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvija
2020
61 th Premio Faenza, MIC Faenza, ItalijaV času prostora, Galerija Media Nox, Maribor
2019
XIV. Bienal Internacional de Cerâmica Artística de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugalska4th Cluj Ceramics Biennale, Cluj, Romunija
British Ceramics Bienial, Future Lights, China Hall, Spode, Stoke-on-Trent, Velika Britanija
2018
II. Latvia International Ceramics Biennale, Martinsons Award, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, LatvijaECC 2018, Bornholm Art Museum, Nexo, Danska
2017-2018
Shaping the Future; Porzellanikon – Staatliches Museum für Porzellan, Selb, NemčijaMillennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown, Velika Britanija
Bröhan-Museum, Berlin, Nemčija
2017
Epilog, Prostor, Telo in Medij v Prehajanju, Dvorec Novo Celje, Celje2016
Slovenska Sodobna Keramika, International Exhibition IAC 2016, Sant Rafel Paviljon, Sant Pau Recinte Modernista, Barcelona, ŠpanijaPogled 8, Pogled na slovensko likovno umetnost doma in po svetu, Lamutov likovni salon, Kostanjevica na Krki
Poletje 2016, Galerija Equrna, Ljubljana
2015
Poetry in Visual, Capitania Gallery, Aveiro, PortugalskaFigure in Abstractionism, Basic Space Gallery, Portland, ZDA
Dwadzieścia Cztery Oczy - Twenty-FourEyes, Galerija Szewska Pasja, Vroclav, Poljska
2014
#3 Jakarta Contemporary Ceramics Biennale, Nacionalna Galerija, Jakarta, IndonezijaArtefatto, Crossing over, Civico Museo Sartorio, Trst, Italija
Crossing borders, Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura, Tijuana, Mehika
2013
XIV. Mednarodni Ex-tempore Keramike, Mestna galerija, PiranCrossing Borders, Galerija SOMArts, San Francisco, ZDA
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2024
60th Międzynarodowy Plener Ceramiczno-Rzeźbiarski, Bolesławiec, Poljska2017
Delovna štipendija Ministrstva za kulturo, Slovenija2016
Künstlerhaus Stadttöpferei Neumünster / °Ceramic Artist Exchange – Tandem, Nemčija;Simpozij Future Lights of Ceramics, Stoke-on-Trent, VB;
Simpozij V-oglje, Voglje, Slovenija
2015
The Print Workshop, Falun, Švedska2014
Jakarta Contemporary Ceramics Biennale residency, Pagerjurang, Indonezija -
2023
Mute, Blanc de Chine International Ceramic Art (organizacijski odbor podelitve)Anatomija praznine, Galerija-muzej Lendava, Lendava
2018
Avtoportret, II. Latvia International Ceramics Biennale, Daugavpils, Latvija2016
Večno Ponavljanje Istega, Hvala Zemlja, Hvala sonce, Forma viva keramike, HrušicaComposition N°46, Museu Del Càntir D'Argentona, Španija
2014
Invading the Space, ArtSociates Lawangwangi Gallery, IndonezijaKompozicija št. 53, Galerija Herman Pečarič, Piran
Objekt št. 16, Museo Della Ceramica, Grottaglie, Italija
Exhibitions and Awards
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2024
Itsliquid International Contest – 16th Edition2021
MS21 Award in Ceramics, May Salon, ZDSLU Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia2019
Youth Award, 4th Cluj Ceramics Biennale, Cluj, RomaniaHonorary Mention, 14th Bienal Internacional de Cerâmica Artística de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
2018
Honorary Mention, 2nd Latvia International Ceramics Biennale – Martinsons Award, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia2017
Zagreb Ex-tempore 2017 – Special Gold Plaque and Certificate of Excellence, Zagreb, CroatiaJury Award, We Would Also Burn, Mencinger House, Krško, Slovenia
2016
Finalist and Winner, Future Lights of Ceramics Programme; Title of Ambassador of Ceramics, Ceramics and its Dimensions2014
Award for Most Original Work, 15th Ex-tempore Piran, Piran, Slovenia2011
Honorary Mention, 12th Ex-tempore Piran, Piran, Slovenia2010
14th Slovenian Sculpture Exhibition – Acquisition Award, Akrapovič d.o.o. -
2026
Morphology of Decay, Domžale Gallery, Domžale, Slovenia2025
Production Body, Galeria W sam raz, Bolesławiec, Poland2023
Intersections, re:forma, Kresija Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia- the moment after., Veselov vrt Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2022
Ritual of Shadow – Ritual I, II, III, IV, Velenje Gallery, Velenje, SloveniaVanitas, Lendava Gallery–Museum, Lendava, Slovenia
2021
The momen Before - , Layer House (Layerjeva hiša), Kranj, Slovenia2018
On the Origin of Species, Božidar Jakac Gallery – Lapidarium, Kostanjevica na Krki, Slovenia2017
Transcriptions of the Body, Savin Art Salon, Žalec, SloveniaAlma Mater, Layer House (Layerjeva hiša), Kranj, Slovenia
2016
Beginnings, TIR Gallery, Solkan, SloveniaEmbryo, Glass Atrium, City Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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2026
6th International Ceramic Triennale UNICUM, National Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana, SloveniaFuture of Ceramics, Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale, Jingdezhen Ceramic University Art Museum, Jingdezhen, China
Inheritance and Innovation, IAC Congress, Taoxichuan Art Museum, Jingdezhen, China
2025
60th International Ceramic Sculpture Symposium, Galeria W sam raz / BOK Centre, Bolesławiec, Poland2024
Differences, City Art Gallery Ljubljana (Mestna galerija Ljubljana), Ljubljana, SloveniaRome International Art Fair 2024 – 11th Edition, Medina Art Gallery, Rome, Italy
Venice International Art Fair 2024 – 20th Edition, Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Venice, Italy
London Contemporary 2024 – 13th Edition, ELEMENTS Contemporary Art Space, London, United Kingdom
2023
Blanc de Chine International Ceramic Art Award Exhibition, Winland Center, Hangzhou, Chinapi r Squared – Exhibition of Contemporary Kinetic Ceramics, Layer House, Kranj, Slovenia
2022
Natural Faith, Švicarija, Ljubljana, SloveniaRound Trip, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
May Salon, Kibla Portal, Maribor, Slovenia
Ceramics in Slovenia 2005–2022, City Hall Gallery, Kranj, Slovenia
2021
May Salon, ZDSLU Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia & Libertas Gallery, Koper, SloveniaIn the Artist’s Eye / Perspectives, HDLU Istria Gallery, Pula, Croatia
Martinsons Award 2021, 3rd Latvia International Ceramics Biennale, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia
2020
61st Premio Faenza, International Museum of Ceramics (MIC), Faenza, ItalyIn the Time of Space, Media Nox Gallery, Maribor, Slovenia
2019
14th Bienal Internacional de Cerâmica Artística de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
4th Cluj Ceramics Biennale, Cluj, RomaniaBritish Ceramics Biennial – Future Lights, Spode China Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
2018
2nd Latvia International Ceramics Biennale – Martinsons Award, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, LatviaEuropean Ceramic Context 2018 (ECC), Bornholm Art Museum, Nexø, Denmark
2017–2018
Shaping the Future, Porzellanikon – State Museum for Porcelain, Selb, GermanyMillennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown, United Kingdom
Bröhan Museum, Berlin, Germany
2017
Epilogue: Space, Body and Medium in Transition, Novo Celje Mansion, Celje, Slovenia2016
Slovenian Contemporary Ceramics, IAC 2016 International Exhibition, Sant Rafel Pavilion, Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site, Barcelona, SpainView 8 – Slovenian Visual Art at Home and Abroad, Lamut Art Salon, Kostanjevica na Krki, Slovenia
Summer 2016, Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015
Poetry in Visual, Capitania Gallery, Aveiro, PortugalFigure in Abstractionism, Basic Space Gallery, Portland, USA
Twenty-Four Eyes, Szewska Pasja Gallery, Wrocław, Poland
2014
3rd Jakarta Contemporary Ceramics Biennale, National Gallery, Jakarta, IndonesiaArtefatto – Crossing Over, Civico Museo Sartorio, Trieste, Italy
Crossing Borders, Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura, Tijuana, Mexico
2013
14th International Ceramic Ex-tempore, City Gallery, Piran, SloveniaCrossing Borders, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, USA
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2024
60th International Ceramic Sculpture Symposium, Bolesławiec, Poland2017
Working Grant, Ministry of Culture, Slovenia2016
Künstlerhaus Stadttöpferei Neumünster – Ceramic Artist Exchange (Tandem), GermanyFuture Lights of Ceramics Symposium, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
V-oglje Symposium, Voglje, Slovenia
2015
The Print Workshop, Falun, Sweden2014
Jakarta Contemporary Ceramics Biennale Residency, Pagerjurang, Indonesia -
2023
Mute, Blanc de Chine International Ceramic Art (Organising Committee Collection)Anatomy of Emptiness, Lendava Gallery–Museum, Lendava, Slovenia
2018
Self-Portrait, 2nd Latvia International Ceramics Biennale, Daugavpils, Latvia2016
Eternal Return of the Same, Thank You Earth, Thank You Sun, Forma Viva Ceramics, Hrušica, SloveniaComposition No. 46, Museu del Càntir d’Argentona, Spain
2014
Invading the Space, ArtSociates Lawangwangi Gallery, IndonesiaComposition No. 53, Herman Pečarič Gallery, Piran, Slovenia
Object No. 16, Museo della Ceramica, Grottaglie, Italy
