Artist Statement:

In her artistic practice, Gala Alica deals with problematics of urban space and the thin line between private and public space. Gentrification, hostile architecture, privatisation of public spaces, and with it, the question of their inclusiveness/exclusiveness are the starting points of her research for sculptures and site-specific interventions. Through explorations of broader socio-political contexts and usage of elements of our built environment, the artist also investigates characteristics of human relationships, intimacy and alienation.

She is currently studying visual arts at die Angewandte, the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, and has a bachelor's degree in sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. She also studied at the University of Art and Design in Linz. Solo exhibitions include Stuck in Motion (Pražirna AB3, Prague, CZ, 2023), Someone’s Land (Gallery Alkatraz, Ljubljana, SLO, 2022), and Generated Views (Gallery Nova Izložba Pešak, Ljubljana, SLO, 2022). Her works have been exhibited as part of many group exhibitions, among others also in the last year in Triennial of Contemporary Art in Slovenia Against the Stream of Time (Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, SLO), Rally: (Bistro21 artspace, Leipzig, DE), 5.000.000.000.000 čikov (Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Ljubljana, SLO), Für die Vögel (Austrian Sculpture Park, Graz, AT), Exactly as Imagined (Brut Nordwest, Vienna, AT).

Exhibitions:

2024:

U3 - 10th Triennial of Contemporary Art in Slovenia Against the Stream of Time, MG+ Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Rally: (duo exhibition), Bistro21 artspace, Leipzig, Germany

5.000.000.000.000 čikov (group exhibition), Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Group exhibition ´Für die Vögel´ at Austrian Sculpture Park, Graz, Austria

Group exhibition ´Exactly as Imagined´ at Brut Nordwest, Vienna, Austria

2023:

Solo exhibition ‘Stuck in Motion’ at Pražirna AB3 as part of the Pražirna AB3 residency, Prague, Czech Republic

Duo exhibition ‘Grit in the Eye, Stone in the Shoe’ at Courtney Jeager Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

Group exhibition ‘In the Open’ at Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria

Group exhibition ‘I Never Sleep Because Sleep is the Cousin of Death’ at Bistro21 artspace, Leipzig, Germany

Group exhibition ‘The Stone is The Skin’ at Zink Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Group exhibition ‘5.000.000.000.000 čikov’ at Monfort Maritime Museum, Portorož, Slovenia

2022:

Solo exhibition ‘Someone’s Land’ at the Gallery Alkatraz, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Solo exhibition ‘Generated Views’ at Pešak Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Site-specific installation ‘The Playground’ as part of Angewandte Festival, Vienna, Austria

Group exhibition ‘Extracting a View’ at M100, Odense, Denmark

Group exhibition ‘Anti-Anti-Anti’ in die Angewandte, Vienna, Austria

Group exhibition ‘Playing String Figures’ in Kunstverein Baden, Baden, Austria

2021:

Group exhibition ‘No Loitering Today, the Cataclysm Is Nearby’ at Gallery Alkatraz, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2019:

Group Exhibition ‘The Junction’ at the City Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2018:

Group exhibition Brstišče, which was part of the project Swisshouse: Community, Art and

Nature at the Swisshouse Creative Centre, MGLC, Ljubljana, Slovenia