DK

DK (1970) graduated from FPS in Munich and obtained his master’s degree from IVAS in Cologne. He has been member of the Strip Core art collective for over thirty years. He lived and worked between Ljubljana, Cologne, Munich, Vienna and Belgrade for a number of years. His creative process is based on artistic research, which results in an in-depth visual representation of themes often touching on socio-political and social issues. Recently, his research has also revealed a wide spectrum of dilemmas facing the photographic medium, from the subject/object relationship to the questions of the perception horizon and research into the truth/image, real/virtual, and authentic/false relationships.

With an original visual and conceptual approach to photography, the remarkable body of work encourages awareness of actual reality through visual narrative, not through immediate effect. However, DK’s work touches the viewer on a more sublime level, yet with a far-reaching impact. His work has been presented internationally and published in several publications and two monographs, and forms part of private and museum collections in Slovenia and across the world. In 2019, he presented his first large selection of abstract photographs in Jakopič Gallery in an exhibition titled Scotoma. He exhibited at 59th October Salon in Belgrade, Kuhlhaus in Berlin, Filter Space in Chicago, P/CAS in Paris, Jakopič gallery, Museum of Modern Art, City Art Museum, Ljubljana Castle, Cankarjev dom and National gallery in Ljubljana, Künstlerhaus and Fotogalerie Wien in Vienna, at Noorderlicht Photofestival in Groningen, 25th Biennale Sao Paulo, Center for Contemporary art in Warsaw, Gliptoteka in Zagreb, Cultural center in Belgrade, Rathaus gallerie in Graz, Kibla Portal in Maribor and Fabrico Braqo de Prata in Lisbon.

Recently, he participated at a group exhibition Slovenian Punk & Photography in 2023 at Cankarjev dom, which was later also exhibited in Pforzheim, Germany, and Novi Sad, Serbia.