Andrej Lamut (1991) perceives photography as a form of expression beyond classical mimetic procedures. His work is characterised above all by a focus on the performative act itself, which encompasses all stages of the creative process. By intertwining form, process, presentation and content, the artist addresses in particular topics such as feelings of unfamiliarity, liminal states of consciousness and the unrecognisability of objects as things-in-themselves. In 2018 and 2021, he was part of PARALLEL – European Photo Based Platform, in the context of which he presented his work at the FORMAT festival in the UK, Organ Vida festival in Croatia and in Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center in Hungary. He was shortlisted for the Emerging Photographer of the Year Award at Photo London 2022. Currently he is continuing his education in Master of Fine Arts Programme in Photography at HDK-Valand in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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ARTIST STATEMENT
Solo exhibitions
2023 - persona, atrij zrc, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2023 - Drastic Measures, Galerija fotografija Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Together with Maruša Uhan)
2021 – Mnemosis, Jerolim, stari grad, croatia
2020 – Mnemosis, Ljubljana Town hall, ljubljana, slovenia
2019 – Mnemosis, UGM ŠOP, Maribor art gallery, Maribor, slovenia
2018 – Mnemosis, Božidar Jakac Art Museum, Kostanjevica na Krki, Slovenia
2018 – Re:Move, Španski Borci Cultural Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2017 – Nokturno, Fotogalerija STOLP, Maribor, Slovenia
2015 – Nokturno, Festival ART STAYS - WUNDERKAMMER, Ptuj, Slovenia
2013 – First shot / Prvo okidanje, Klovićevi dvori Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2013 – Imagery Image, Mi ka do Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Collective exhibitions (selected)
2024 - echoes, the secret door, Gothenburg, Sweden
2024 - Interlùdio - Between moment and eternity, Galleri Monitor, Gothenburg, Sweden
2023 - Yes, it does ache when buds burst, GIBCA EXTENDED - GALLERI ROTOR 2, gothenburg, Sweden
2023 - novaf, photogallery STOLP, MARIBOR, Slovenia
2023 - INVENTURA 2.0, Ptuj city Gallery, Ptuj, Slovenia
2022 - Without Object, Photon – Centre for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2022 - The Body as a Point of View, loža Gallery, PIRAN COASTAL GALLERIES, Koper, Slovenia
2022 - plecnik: the metropolis, place, garden, City Museum of Ljubljana, Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, slovenia
2022 - Beyond the lens, Small gallery, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2022 - Transformation of mythologies, ZDSLU gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2021 - The Body as a point of view, fotografia zeropixel, Trieste, italy
2021 - A forged and delicate future, Capa center, budapest, Hungary
2021 - Extended Atlas - Parallel Review Lisboa 2021, lisbon, portugal
2020 - Projection Mapped Disco Balls, Fotogank, vetrinjski dvor, Maribor, Slovenia
2020 - street gallery during pandemic, tam-tam mestni plakati & fotogank, ljubljana, Slovenia
2019 - Primavera, DLUM gallery, Maribor, Slovenia
2019 - Obsolete & Discontinued, Magazzini Fotografici, neaples, italy
2019 – MOPLA Photo Book Exhibition, Month of Photography Los Angeles, House of Lucie, Los Angeles, USA
2019 – Photobook and Photozine, Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia, Washington, D.C., USA
2019 – Photobook and Photozine, Spot Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2018 – Parallel Review Lisboa, PARALLEL - European Photo Based Platform, Campo de Santa Clara, Lisbon, Portugal
2018 – Obsolete and Discontinued, Waterstones Bookshop Gallery, London, UK
2018 – Intersection Zagreb, PARALLEL - European Photo Based Platform, Organ vida Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
2018 – Common Places / Parallel Stories, SKG Bridges Festival, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece
2018 – PHotoESPAÑA Photobook exhibition, Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid, Spain
2018 – Being/Seeing, PARALLEL - European Photo Based Platform, QUAD, Derby, UK
2018 – Photobook and Photozine, Zine vitrine - Dobra Vaga, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2017 – Intersection Lisboa, PARALLEL - European Photo Based Platform, Convento da Trindade, Lisbon, Portugal
2017 – INVENTURA, Ptuj City Gallery, Ptuj, Slovenia
2016 – (Un)known, Photonic moments 2016, Mi ka do Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2016 – ALUO LXX. Past, present, future, Jakopič Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015 – FOKUS V PREREZU, Plevnik Kronkkowska Gallery, Celje, Slovenia
2015 – ESSL ART AWARD Nominees’ Exhibition, MSUM, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015 – Predvidevanje/ Předvídání / Foreseeing, Photogether Gallery, Zlín, Czech Republic
2013 – novaF – young Slovenian photography, Fotogalerija STOLP, Maribor, Slovenia
2013 – Alternative Worlds, Photon – Centre for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana, Slovenia
“By intertwining form, process, presentation and content, Lamut addresses in particular topics such as feelings of unfamiliarity, liminal states of consciousness and the unrecognisability of objects (representations) as things-in-themselves.”