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BIOGRAPHY
Karmen Bajec studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana, Slovenia under the mentorship of prof. Metka Krašovec. In the second year of her Master study she participated on exchange program in Tallinn, Estonia. In year 2010 she accomplished pedagogic education at the University of Philosophy in Ljubljana. She is qualified for cooperation with disabled person in the field of culture. She is engaged in painting, art
criticism and art education. Karmen is living and working at Stari trg pri Ložu, Slovenia.
Extended Biography
Karmen Bajec was born in 1981 in Ajdovščina, Slovenia. She graduated on High School of Photography and Design in Ljubljana and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana under the mentorship of established professors Metka Krašovec and Bojan Gorenec. She participated on exchange study program in the second year of her Master study in Tallinn, Estonia. In year 2010 she accomplished pedagogic education at the University of Philosophy in Ljubljana. She is qualified for cooperation with disabeled person in the field of culture. In the year 2012 she attended an art education programme CO- operate (EU, ESS fonds). In 2013/2014 she was a coordinator of project AKTIV ((EU, ESS fonds), ŠKUC Gallery, Ljubljana). In years from 2014 to 2019 she was an assistant of Creative Buroeau COoperate (Zavod Ustvarjalna Pisarna SOdelujem). She is engaged in painting, art criticism and art education. Karmen is living and working at Stari trg pri Ložu, Slovenia.
AUTHOR's NOTE
The concept of painting is based on the exploration of fairy-tale symbols, natural phenomena, social patterns, and societal myths stemming from ancient beliefs of the world.
The design of the paintings derives from archetypal symbols of human and animal life. Depictions of archetypal symbols are accompanied by abstract backgrounds.
These are transformed glimpses of nature, where I explore its geometric design, often featuring vertical bands of color, circles, or other elements.
Realistic symbols morph into new forms, and in their transformed state, they resemble images from the magical realm.
Ancient forms or primordial forms carry within them divine geometry, which they reveal throughout history.
Forgotten knowledge encoded in the symbolism of the circle, square, or triangle are ancient bearers of values of order and peace that are disappearing or inadvertently sought by humanity in the present time.
At times, certain historical records or various forms of human work are rediscovered, thus bringing vanished values into the present.
The theme set by nature through the nuances of optical light, the visible, is the main subject of perception of the visible world, which I ponder in my paintings.
Is there something beyond what is visible, something invisible, that affects us through the physiology of the senses, triggering different sensations as we gaze at the painting?
Can we, with our conscious mind, penetrate the complete
puzzle of the painting?
Is it necessary to suspend the conscious mind at some point to experience the entirety of the painting?
Similar questions relate to the definition of mysticism, which is ineffable or indescribable; these allow individuals to touch it in moments of its recognition, insight, or expression.