Tilyen Mucik

Overview

Tilyen Mucik (1995) is a visual artist who lives and works in Ljubljana. After finishing her graduate studies at The Faculty of Applied Sciences (VIST) in 2018, she finished her master studies in Photography at the Academy of Visual art and Design in Ljubljana in 2022. Since 2011, she has exhibited her works in Slovenia and internationally (among others in Božidar Jakac gallery, Galerija Fotografija gallery, P74 gallery, Ljubljana City Hall, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Museum of Contemporary Art MSUM+, Layer House, Cankar Hall, Kresija gallery, Loža Gallery, Museum of Arts and Crafts Zagreb and Galerie Albrecht in Berlin). Her works were published in different online and printed magazines, such as Wotisart?, SemiMagazine, Float magazine and F-stop magazine.

Her book Plant-Based is one of the photobook winners at Belfast Photo Festival (2025). Mucik is also one of the finalists of Kranj Foto Fest (2023), the recipient of the Float Photo Magazine curator's award (2022), a special mention by Envision Arts (2020) and the runner-up in the category »Artistic concept« at Rovinj PhotoDays festival (2018). We presented her works at several international art fairs, such as Paris Photo, Photo Basel, viennacontemporary, Unseen, Zero Pixel, and YIA Paris. Among her most recognisable series are Plant-Based, which was also published in bookform, Seeds (2023) and Shrubs (2020), which explore the artist's love of botanical photography, alternative photographic processes and plant-based pigments.

Series

Works

Detajl vrtnice / Rose Detail, 2023
Detajl divjega korenja / Queen Anne's Lace Detail, 2023
Detajl cveta dalije / Dahlia Flower Detail, 2023
Vrtnica / Rose, 2023
Trpotec / Ribwort Plantain, 2023
Cvetni prah kozmeje / Cosmos Flower Pollen, 2023
Kozmeja in praprot / Cosmos and Fern, 2023
Cvetni listi vrtnice / Rose Petals, 2023
Detajl rmana / Yarrow Detail, 2023
III. Prisilna simbioza / III. Forced Symbiosis, 2019
V. Prisilna simbioza / V. Forced Symbiosis, 2019
VI. Prisilna simbioza / VI. Forced Symbiosis, 2019
III. Tihožitje / III. Still Life, 2019
II. Tihožitje / II. Still Life, 2019
IV. Tihožitje / IV. Still Life, 2019
VI. Tihožitje / VI. Still Life, 2019
VII. Tihožitje / VII. Still Life, 2019
IX. Tihožitje / IX. Still Life, 2019
VIII. Tihožitje / VIII. Still Life, 2019
Žbunje 9 / Shrubs 9, 2020
Žbunje 4 / Shrubs 4, 2020
Žbunje 6 / Shrubs 6, 2020
Žbunje 5 / Shrubs 5, 2020
Žbunje 10 / Shrubs 10, 2020
Žbunje 11 / Shrubs 11, 2020
Žbunje watercolor 4 / Shrubs watercolor 4, 2020
Crithmum, 2021
Helichrysum italicum, 2021
Limbarda crithmoides, 2021
Limonium vulgare, 2021
Pinus pinaster, 2021
Pistacia lentiscus, 2021
Salicornia europaea, 2021
Silene vulgaris, 2021
Tragopogon pratensis, 2021
Ammophila breviligulata, 2021
Cistus creticus, 2021
Cocculus carolinus, 2021
Physalis alkekengi, 2023
Cananga odorata, 2023
Cedrus libani, 2023
Davidia involucrata, 2023
Ginkgo biloba, 2023
Gossypium herbaceum, 2023
Helianthus (unknown), 2023
Lilium (unknown), 2023
Nigella sativa, 2023
Ravenala Madagascariensis, 2023
Salvia Sclarea, 2023
Strelitzia reginae, 2023
Tacca chantrieri, 2023
Neznan 1 / Unknown 1, 2023
Neznan 2 / Unknown 2, 2023
Neznan 3 / Unknown 3, 2023
Neznan 4 / Unknown 4, 2023
Klorofil 1 / Chlorophyll 1, 2023
Klorofil 2 / Chlorophyll 2, 2023
Klorofil 3 / Chlorophyll 3, 2023
Klorofil 4 / Chlorophyll 4, 2023
Klorofil 5 / Chlorophyll 5, 2023
Klorofil 6 / Chlorophyll 6, 2023
Klorofil 7 / Chlorophyll 7, 2023
Klorofil 8 / Chlorophyll 8, 2023
Klorofil 9 / Chlorophyll 9, 2023
Klorofil 10 / Chlorophyll 10, 2023
Klorofil 11 / Chlorophyll 11, 2023
Klorofil 12 / Chlorophyll 12, 2023
Magnolija 1 / Magnolia 1, 2020
Magnolija 2 / Magnolia 2, 2020
Magnolija 3 / Magnolia 3, 2020
Plavica na filodendronu / Cornflower on Philodendron, 2024
Pasijonka na rafidofori / Passiflora on Rhaphidophora, 2024
Navadni vratič na filodendronu / Tanacetum on Filodendron, 2024
Boraga na monsteri / Borago on Monstera, 2024
Kozmeja na ščitovki / Cosmos on Aspidistra, 2024
Kana na hortenziji / Canna on Hydrangea, 2024
Lučca na bršljanu / Lychnis on Hedera, 2024
Proteja na hortenziji / Protea on Hydrangea, 2024
List oranžne kozmeje na ščitovki / Orange Cosmos leaf on Aspidistra, 2024
Ameriški slamnik na fikusu / Echinacea on Ficus, 2024
Brunia na kani / Brunia on Canna, 2024
Hermelika na epipremnumu / Sedum on Epipremnum, 2024
Plavica na monsteri / Cornflower on Monstera, 2024
List kozmeje na kapucinki / Cosmos leaf on Nasturtium, 2024
Navadni vratič na ščitovki / Tanacetum on Aspidistra, 2024
List hortenzije na hortenziji / Hydrangea leaf on Hydrangea, 2024
Navadni vratič na epipremnumu / Tanacetum on Epipremnum, 2024
Areka na ščitovki / Areca on Aspidistra, 2024
Dalija na hortenziji / Dahlia on Hydrangea, 2024
Koromač na monsteri / Foeniculum on Monstera, 2024
Kapucinka na ščitovki / Nasturtium on Aspidistra, 2024
Cinija na ščitovki / Zinnia on Aspidistra, 2024
Rožlin na monsteri / Alcea rosea on Monstera, 2024
Hermelika na kapucinki (detajl) / Sedum on Nasturtium (detail), 2024
Dalija na hortenziji (detajl) / Dahlia on Hydrangea (detail), 2024
Kana na hortenziji (detajl) / Canna on Hydrangea (detail), 2024
Lučca na bršljanu (detajl) / Lychnis on Hedera (detail), 2024
Hermelika na epipremnumu (detajl) / Sedum on Epipremnum (detail), 2024
Kozmeja na ščitovki (detajl) / Cosmos on Aspidistra (detail), 2024
List oranžne kozmeje na ščitovki (detajl) / Orange Cosmos leaf on Aspidistra (detail), 2024