Andrej Lamut

Andrej Lamut (1991) is a photographer working with analogue and digital techniques. He perceives photography as a form of expression beyond classical mimetic procedures. His work is characterised above all by a focus on the performative act itself, which encompasses all stages of the creative process. By intertwining form, process, presentation and content, the artist addresses in particular topics such as feelings of unfamiliarity, liminal states of consciousness and the unrecognisability of objects as things-in-themselves.

He graduated with honours from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design (ALUO) in 2016 and has received several accolades for his work, including the Prešeren Prize for Students (ALUO) and the Best Design Award in the category of monographic/bibliographic publications at the 33rd Slovenian Book Fair. In 2018 and 2021, he was part of PARALLEL – European Photo Based Platform, in the context of which he presented his work at the FORMAT festival in the UK, Organ Vida festival in Croatia and in Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center in Hungary. He was shortlisted for the Emerging Photographer of the Year Award at Photo London 2022.

Over the past years, he has held photography workshops at different institutions, including the Maribor Art Gallery and the Faculty of Applied Sciences. His solo exhibition Persona was exhibited at the Slovenian Academy of Science and Arts in 2023. Currently he is continuing his education at the Master of Fine Arts Programme in Photography at HDK-Valand in Gothenburg, Sweden.