Janez Bogataj
Overview
Janez Bogataj was born in 1961. He began creating his recently exhibited series Early Works between 1978 and 1979. In 1979, he started working as a photographer for the Mladina magazine, where he stayed until 1988. In 1981 he was awarded the Golden Bird award for photographic achievements. Throughout his photojournalistic career, he created more artistic, personal works as well, and published them in the photobook Pastorala (2004), together with quotes from classic literature. After 1988, he focused solely on fine art photography as well as studying philosophy and world literature. He spent 1989 in Paris, where 40 of his photographs were included in the collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale and one was published in the journal Revue de la Bibliothèque Nationale in 1992. He further on published photobooks Sonata for Sun and Fog (2012) and Bagatelles (2019). His works are included in museum and private collections.
Recently, Bogataj exhibited his works at the Museum of Contemporary History at the solo exhibition The Eighties. The Decade of (Cultural) Transition in 2022 and at Cankarjev dom at the group exhibition Slovenian Punk & Photography in 2023.
Series
Works
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Bagatelles #41, 2016
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Pastorala I/14, 1980
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Pastorala I/24, 1980
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Pastorala I/12, 1980
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Pastorala II/10, 1987
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Pastorala II/13, 1987
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Pastorala II/9, 1987
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Pastorala II/7, 1987
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Pastorala IV/1, 1990
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Bagatelles #1, 2015
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Bagatelles #2, 2015
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Bagatelles #3, 2015
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Bagatelles #4, 2015
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Bagatelles #5, 2015
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Bagatelles #6, 2015
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Bagatelles #7, 2015
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Bagatelles #8, 2015
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Bagatelles #9, 2015
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Bagatelles #10, 2016
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Bagatelles #11, 2016
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Bagatelles #12, 2015
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Bagatelles #13, 2016
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Bagatelles #14, 2016
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Bagatelles #15, 2016
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Bagatelles #16, 2016
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Bagatelles #17, 2016
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Bagatelles #18, 2015
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Bagatelles #19, 2016
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Bagatelles #20, 2016
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Bagatelles #21, 2016
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Bagatelles #22, 2018
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Bagatelles #23, 2016
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Bagatelles #24, 2016
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Bagatelles #25, 2016
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Bagatelles #26, 2017
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Bagatelles #27, 2017
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Bagatelles #28, 2017
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Bagatelles #29, 2016
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Bagatelles #30, 2017
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Bagatelles #31, 2017
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Bagatelles #32, 2016
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Bagatelles #33, 2016
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Bagatelles #34, 2016
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Bagatelles #35, 2016
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Bagatelles #36, 2015
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Bagatelles #37, 2015
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Bagatelles #38, 2016
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Bagatelles #39, 2015
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Bagatelles #40, 2015
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Sonata for Sun and Fog I/6, 2009
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Sonata for Sun and Fog II/8, 2009
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Sonata for Sun and Fog III/3, 2009
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Pastorala I/2, 1982
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Pastorala I/11, 1980
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Pastorala II/1, 1987
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Pastorala II/2, 1987
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Pastorala II/3, 1987
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Pastorala II/5, 1987
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Pastorala II/6, 1987
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Pastorala II/11, 1987
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Pastorala III/1, 1988
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Pastorala III/3, 1988
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Pastorala III/4, 1988
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Pastorala III/5, 1988
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Pastorala III/6, 1988
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Pastorala IV/4, 1990
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Pastorala IV/5, 1990
Exhibitions
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Janez Bogataj
Bagatelles 31 Jan - 9 Mar 2024You're cordially invited to the opening of the exhibition on Wednesday, 31st January, at 7 pm at Galerija Fotografija (Trubarjeva 72, entrance from Petkovškovo nabrežje). The search for details is...Read more -
Janez Bogataj
Early works 1978-79 30 Mar - 14 May 2016The focus of the exhibition Early works by Janez Bogataj is the search of a young photographer. He, after being thought and inspired by Vlastja Simončič, first slovenian photographic pedagog,...Read more
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