Name
Gala Alica Ostan Ožbolt
gala.alica.oo@gmail.com
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).