Aleksander Brezlan graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He completed part of his study also at the Department of Communication Design at University of Essen, Germany. He has been working as a graphic designer in different advertising agencies; e.g. TBWA, Publicis, Saatchi&Saatchi. Now, he works as a teacher for graphic design at Secondary School for Design and Photography in Ljubljana. His creative areas are: paining, illustration and graphic design. He won different national and international awards, and had exhibitions in the country and broad.
Education
- 1996/00 Secondary School for Design and Photography, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2000/05 Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana, Visual communication design, Slovenia
- 2004 University of Essen, Communication design, Germany
- 2010 University of Maribor, Faculty of Education, Slovenia
- 2010 Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, professional certification exam, Slovenia
Awards
- 2005 Danubius Design Diploma, Belgrade, Serbia
- 2006 Hinko Smrekar Award, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2008 Hinko Smrekar Award, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2009 artistic work in Berlin, Germany, Ministry of Culture, Slovenia
- 2010 Slovenian Students Advertising Scene, title Mentor of the year 2009/10, Slovenia
- 2010 International jury honor award, XLVth International Painting Ex-tempore, Piran, Slovenia
- 2010 Slovenian Students Advertising Scene, title Mentor of the year 2010/11, Slovenia
- 2011 mentor award, Transgeneracije 2011, Youth Festival of Contemporary Art, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2012 exceptional contribution award, Transgeneracije 2012, Youth Festival of Contemporary Art, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2013 International jury award, XLVIII rd International Painting Ex-tempore, Piran, Slovenia
- 2014 47th Herceg Novi Winter Salon award, Montenegro
- 2016 mentor award, Transgeneracije 2016, Youth Festival of Contemporary Art, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2018 mentor award, Transgeneracije 2018, Youth Festival of Contemporary Art,
Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Exhibitions
- 2002 International Exhibition of Poster Solidarity, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2003 9th International Festival of Computer Art, Maribor, Slovenia
- 2004 Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana; ‘Kosovel’ poster, group exhibition, Slovenia
- 2005 Danubius Design Diploma, exhibition, Belgrade, Serbia
- 2006 15th Slovene Advertising Festival, Portorož, Slovenia
- 2006 Golden Drum, Portorož, Slovenia
- 2006 7th Slovenian Biennial of Illustration, exhibition, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana
- 2006 Graphics, Kontejner, transbalkan street magazine
- 2007 Volksbank annual report 2006, paintings
- 2007 3 rd Biennial of Slovene Visual Communications, Ljubljana
- 2008 CYP2C9 visual manifesto, Klik magazine, No. 94, January
- 2008 16th Slovene Advertising Festival, Portorož, Slovenia
- 2008 2 nd International Biennial of Illustration, Klovičevi dvori, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2008 Art Salon, CYP2C9, Ptuj, Slovenia, exhibition
- 2008 8th Slovenian Biennial of Illustration, exhibition, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana
- 2008 Francy for art, Villa Manin Udine, group exhibition, Italy
- 2009 Kresija Gallery, CYP2C9, Ljubljana, exhibition
- 2010 Center for Contemporary Arts Celje, Račka Gallery, group exhibition, Slovenia
- 2010 Museum of Architecture and Design, Fužine Castle, Ljubljana (Ministry of Culture, exhibition), Slovenia
- 2010 City Hall, Glass Atrium, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2010 3 rd International Biennial of Illustration, Klovičevi dvori, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2010 XLVth International Painting Ex-tempore, Piran, Slovenia
- 2010 9th Slovenian Biennial of Illustration, exhibition, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2011 Poklon ustvarjalnosti, exhibition – Secondary School for Design and Photography, Ljubljana
- 2011 Ljubljana Fine Artists Society Gallery, group exhibition, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2011 Faculty of Economics Art Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2011 Faculty of Economics Art Gallery, Ljubljana, CYP2C9, exhibition, Slovenia
- 2012 Piran Coastal Galleries, XLVIth International Painting Ex-tempore, Piran, Slovenia
- 2012 stamp Maribofila 2012 / 70.000 cards, Pošta Slovenije
- 2012 MORS artists’ colony / Ministry of Defence, exhibition, Slovenia
- 2012 4th International Biennial of Illustration, Klovičevi dvori, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2012 10th Slovenian Biennial of Illustration, exhibition, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2013 MORS artists’ colony / Ministry of Defence, exhibition, Slovenia
- 2013 Piran Coastal Galleries, Piran City Gallery, XLVIIIth International Painting Ex-tempore, Piran, Slovenia
- 2014 47th Herceg Novi Winter Salon, Gallery Josip-Bepo Benković, exhibition, Montenegro
- 2014 P74 Gallery, Kapsula, exhibition, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2014 Muzej grada Splita, Diocletian’s Palace Gallery, exhibition, Split, Croatia
- 2015 Layerjeva hiša, Stolp Šklovec, CYP2C9, exhibition, Kranj, Slovenia
- 2015 Piran Coastal Galleries, 50th International Painting Ex-tempore, Piran, Slovenia
- 2015 Apolonijeva palača / Palazzo Apollonio, exhibition, Piran, Slovenia
- 2015 Gornjesavski muzej Jesenice, Kosova graščina, exhibition
- 2015 Biennial International Papermade Art Work Exhibition Palazzo Fogazzaro, Schio, Italy
- 2016 MEDIA NOX Gallery, Maribor, Slovenia
- 2016 CEI (Central European Initiative), ERBD – CEI Conference, Teatro Verdi Trieste, Italy
- 2016 EtnoArt ŠPL, odprti ateljeji, Kostanjek, Krško, Slovenia
- 2016 6th International Biennial of Illustration, Klovičevi dvori, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2017 INVENTURA, Ptuj City Gallery, group exhibition, Ptuj, Slovenia
- 2019 Open public university of Poreč, exhibition “Boundless”, Poreč, Croatia
- 2020 V ČASU PROSTORA, MEDIA NOX Gallery, group exhibition, Maribor, Slovenia