Marko Šajn (1990) -
Slovenia

Marko Šajn (1990) studied painting and graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. He works in the fields of painting, drawing, printmaking and art publications. Since 2015 his work has been frequently shown at group and solo exhibitions in Slovenia and abroad. He lives and works in the countryside around Pivka.

He often depicts human figures in his works, making them easily recogniseable. The figures are extremely stylized, even typified, as they always appear without facial features, having a similar hairstyle and wearing similar clothes. Through them, he is building an undefined space, where the figures take up different positions and allow for different interpretations of emotions and moods, expressed by body posture, gestures and movements. The figures form compositions in which their mutual relations, (common) tendencies and actions are reflected through the visual language of the bodies. In these compositions, the artist keeps the choreography of the movements vague enough to leave the interpretation of the relationships open - namely, it is not always clear whether the figures are friendly or hostile to each other, whether they are playing or fighting, shaking hands or measuring strength, embracing or suffocating... In the face of this ambiguity, it seems that the artist is mainly trying to show the noise in the communication between the depicted figures, as it also often happens in our everyday lives.
    

MENTIONS

- https://www.rtvslo.si/tv?rtv365=175027764

- https://youtu.be/471qSLeMaPA?si=TrqDoP5TKH5G9e_w

- https://www.rtvslo.si/rtv365/arhiv/175024574?s=tv&t=0

- www.rtvslo.si/kultura/vizualna-umetnost/marko-sajn-se-na-novi-razstavi-hibridi-poigrava-s-sumi-v-komunikaciji/689511

- https://primorske.svet24.si/primorska/srednja-primorska/sajn-zelo-hitro-sem-ugotovil-da-je-umetna-intelige

- https://pivka.si/objava/858018

- https://www.vascom.si/dogodki/otvoritev-razstave-z-naslovom-hibridi-avtor-marko-sajn/

- https://youtu.be/nfXkV_TpxW0?si=13lG6i5G0JCO6WZC

- www.mladina.si/227855/strong-marko-sajn-strong-vizualni-umetnik-ki-veliko-casa-prezivi-na-kolesu/

- https://365.rtvslo.si/arhiv/ars/174941614

- www.bikepacking.com/plog/riders-lens-marko-sajn/

- www.notrealart.com/marko-sajn/

- www.yolkfolk.pl/markos-high-five/

- www.ars.rtvslo.si/podkast/ars/173250510/174941614

- www.tvkocevje.si/2020/09/21/vojska-v-mestu/

- https://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/vizualna-umetnost/zakaj-je-pomembno-kaj-nam-sporocajo-umetniki-mlajse-generacije-ker-postavijo-ogledalo-nam-samim/707928

- https://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/vizualna-umetnost/kam-se-nam-tako-mudi-pivka-je-dobila-se-tretjo-stensko-poslikavo-podpisuje-jo-marko-sajn/714109?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1jTJndQAIW4CRKqCV3PlvOUNz7EQVyvLfQSHZcN_frftljmg2owDlFEvs_aem_PQ7j28X3yNoLaG7o79qr2g


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015: The Grave Is The Door To Your Rebirth @ Plac Boris, Tovarna Rog, Ljubljana, SLO
2019: Lost in space @ Hiša kulture v Pivki, Pivka, SLO
2019: Wide Awake @ DobraVaga, Ljubljana, SLO
2023: Mutual Compromise @ MGLC Ljubljana, SLO
2023: Hybrids @ Hiša Kulture v Pivki, Pivka, SLO
2024: Free Hugs @ KiBela, Maribor, SLO
2024: Interesting times @ Zlati Ajngel, Varaždin, CRO


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017: appointMENT 1.0 @ DobraVaga and Kino Šiška, Ljubljana, SLO
2018: appointMENT 2.0 @ DobraVaga and Kino Šiška, Ljubljana, SLO
2018: Fresh Fish @ DobraVaga, Ljubljana, SLO
2019: appointMENT 3.0 @ DobraVaga and Kino Šiška, Ljubljana, SLO
2020: Krpan’s Patchwork or the Emperor’s Mess @ Hiša kulture v Pivki, Pivka, SLO
2020: Fresh Fish@ DobraVaga, Ljubljana, SLO
2020: Riso Paradiso 33 1/3 @ Hiša kulture v Pivki, Pivka, SLO
2020: Army and the City @ Hiša kulture v Pivki, Pivka, SLO
2021: Green Footprint @ Hiša kulture v Pivki, Pivka, SLO
2021: PIVKA, 45°40′49.63″N / 14°11′46.98″E @ Hiša kulture v Pivki, Pivka, SLO
2021: Fresh Fish @ DobraVaga, Ljubljana, SLO
2022: Cake @ 36 Mountains, Zagreb, CRO
2022: Prints and Impressions 2 @ MGLC, Ljubljana, SLO
2022: Fresh Fish @ DobraVaga, Ljubljana, SLO
2023: HKP 25 / the best years @ Hiša kulture v Pivki, Pivka, SLO
2023: Fresh Fish @ DobraVaga, Ljubljana, SLO
2024: The freshness and power of art - Reflections of society @ ZDSLU, Ljubljana, SLO
2024: Blue Light @ Likovni salon Celje, SLO
2024: OFF THE HOOK: Un/Bound @ KULA Cetinjska, Belgrade, SRB
2024: PrintMaking Biennial Čačak: Slovenian artists in focus @ Čačak, CRO
2024: Contemporary Slovenian graphics from the collection of the International Graphic Arts Center (MGLC) Ljubljana @ SKICA, Berlin, GER
2024: Fresh Fish @ DobraVaga, Ljubljana, SLO
2024: Trenutek na poti @ Galerija Bažato, Ljubljana SLO

PUBLICATIONS

2009: Living the dream #1
2010: Living the dream #2
2011: One Line Drawings
2011: Monsters (with; Nejc Franetič-Deso)
2013: DVST (with; Nina Jančič, Nejc Korenič, Jure Šajn)
2013: Mort (with; Nejc Korenič)
2014: Bushwalker Limited, Tightass Lycra Maniac, Lone Rider, Curve Finder
2017: Istria
2019: Lost in space
2019: Wide Awake
2020: Riso Paradiso 33 1/3 (with; Mina Fina, Urška Alič, Zoran Pungerčar, Nejc Korenič, Jure Šajn)
2025: Supporting Pillars