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| Janez Bernik (born in 1933)
Bernik was born on 6th September 1933 in Gunclje near Ljubljana.
He studied painting at the Ljubljana Academy of Fine Art (1951-
1955); after graduation, he pursued post-graduate studies in painting
(1955-1957, post-graduate studies in the class of Prof. Maksim
Sedej) and graphic art (1956-1958, in the class of Prof. Božidar
Jakac). He furthered his studies in the studio of J. Friedlander in
Paris (1959) on a scholarship from the French government. From 1958
to 1969 he worked as a freelance artist, then in 1970 he started lecturing at the Academy of Fine Art in Ljubljana, where he has had the status of full professor of drawing and painting since 1979. He was a member of Grupa 69 and participated in all the group's exhibitions. In 1988, he exhibited independently in the Yugoslav pavilion at the XLIII Venice Biennial (he also exhibited at the Biennial in 1962, 1968, 1970, 1972).
He has received, among others, the following awards for his work:
the "Arthur Lejwa" award for painting at the XXXI Biennial in Venice
(1962); Grand Prix at the III International Biennial of Graphic Art
in Tokyo (1962); Grand Prix for graphic art at the VIII Biennial in
Sao Paulo (1965); Grand Prix at the VIII International Exhibition
of Graphic Art in Ljubljana (1969); the Jakopič Award (1971); the first prize at the II International Biennial of Graphic Art in
Frechen (1971); premium and purchase prize at the exhibition of graphic art in Ljubljana (1973); ex aequo award and Portfolio 73 award at Portfolio 73 International Exhibition of Prints in San Francisco (1973); the Prešeren Award (1981); Grand Honorary Award for a Yugoslav Artist at the 19th International Biennial of Graphic Art in Ljubljana (1991); and Grand Prix at the 8th International Print Biennial in Seoul (1992).
Since 1993 he has been a full member of the Slovene Academy of Science and Art, and in 1994 he became and associate correspondent member of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. His work includes painting, drawing, graphic art (the basis of his modernism is his contact with the European Art Informel in Paris), sculpture, tapestry, illustration, book design, stage design and poetry.
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