Aleš Gregorič

Born on 25 August 1966 in Ljubljana where he has lived and created since the age of 25. He attended high school in Ljubljana to obtain a qualification as a Machinery Technician. In addition, he obtained qualification in Carpentry and Camera Operator certificate from the National Radio and Television. During the war in Slovenia he had his studio for Visual Communication and he actively covered the conflict in the region of Kocevje and Ribnica. Immediately after the ten-day war in Slovenia he left for Ljubljana and took up various jobs for a short period of time until he was employed by the Faculty of Chemistry as a Technical Assistant. He seriously tackled photography rather late, in his 30’s, when he purchased a middle format camera from his brother who went to London for photography specialisation. He created his first range of black & white photographs learning how to search, correctly set up and capture light to produce coherent and sound photography with expressive power. In 1997 he received a reward at the International Photography Exhibition in Rovinj, Croatia and he also obtained the Best Photograph of the Year Award at the national competition. In 1998 he received the third, in 2000 the second and in 2004 the first prize for his photography. Even though black & white photography presented a challenge to Gregoric, it has been replaced with colour photography in recent years. In a way, this is further development of his quest as a photographer as he has predominantly been focusing on composition settings and bigger formats in order to attain the real substance of the entirety.

Solo exhibitions:

2005 LJUBLJANA – NLB
2003 LJUBLJANA – CANKARJEV DOM
2002 BRISBANE – SLOVENSKI KULTURNI DOM
2000 DUBROVNIK – MESTNA HIŠA
1999 MARIBOR – ŽIDOVSKI STOLP
1999 JESENICE – GALERIJA DOLIK
1998 ŠKOFJA LOKA – GALERIJA GRAD
1998 RIBNICA – MIKLOVA HIŠA
1998 PULA – TRDNJAVA FORT BOURGUIGNON
1998 METLIKA – 1997 RIBNICA – MIKLOVA GANGLOVA GALERIJA
1998 LJUBLJANA – KUD FRANCE PREŠEREN

Skupinske razstave:

2011 LJUBLJANA CANKARJEV DOM – FILMSKA FOTOGRAFIJA
2011 PARIS, SPP – LABELLEVILLOUSE
2010 TEL AVIV – ISRAEL GALERY DOCUCLUB
2010 NEW YORK, SPP NY PHOTO FESTIVAL – VII GALLERY
2010 MARIBOR – ŽIDOVSKI STOLP
2009 LJUBLJANA – CANKARJEV DOM
2008 LJUBLJANA – LJUBLJANA GRAD
2007 LENDAVA – GRAD
2006 MARIBOR – UMETNOSTNA GALERIJA
2005 PIRAN – MEDUZA
2005 KRANJ – PREŠERNOVA GALERIJA
2004 LJUBLJANA – CANKARJEV DOM
2003 LJUBLJANA – GOSPODARSKO RAZSTAVIŠČE
2002 LJUBLJANA – CANKARJEV DOM
1999 SLOVENJ GRADEC – UMETNOSTNA GALERIJA
1998 ROVINJ – BATANA
1997 MARIBOR – ŽIDOVSKI STOLP