Kaja Upelj

+ Education

  • ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART I 2016-2018 MA Ceramics and Glass, London ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS I 2014 BA Glass Art and Design, Tallinn ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS AND DESIGN I 2012-2016 BA of Applied Art, Ljubljana

+ SCHOLARSHIPS AND RESIDENCIES

  • 2022 I Artist residency in New York City, Ministry for culture, Slovenia IPromising project scholarhip, Ministry for culture, Slovenia
  • 2018 I 2018 Radcliffe Trust Scholar, Scholarship of Queen Elizabeth scholarship Trust,GB I Corning Museum Of Glass: Surface, Texture, and Mark Making with Marina Hanser Scholarship of Corning Museum of Glass I Corning Museum Of Glass: Demystifying the Digital with Norwood Viviano Scholarship of Corning Museum of Glass
  • 2017 I Pilchuck Summer School : Applying Gravity Partnership scholarhip Royal college of Art
  • 2016 I Scholarhip for postgradute study abroad Ministrstvo za kulturo, Slovenia

+ SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • 2020 I Kaja Upelj: Skozi material preučevati človeško doživljanje, Pia Prezelj for newspaper Delo,19.11.2020 I Material World, Charlotte McManus for 30. Anniversary Qest Magazine, 2020 I Collect Preview, Kathrine Boyle for Qest Magazine, Issue 41, 2020 I The Names to Invest in Now, Kate Worthinghton for Elle Decoration GB I The Fine Art of Craft, Corinne Joulious for Evening Standard, 2020 I Playing With Fire, Emma Crichton-Miller for Craft Magazine, 2020
  • 2019 I 19 British Glass Biennale, Hannah Shepard za British Glass Biennale, 2019

+ SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND ART FAIRS

  • 2022 I Future Fair Emma Scully Gallery, Chelsea Industrial, NYC, USA I Crafting a More Human Future Homo Gaber Foundation, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy I Collect Art Fair 2022 Officine Saffi, Somerset House, London, GB
  • 2021 I Townhaus Collective Soshiro Gallery, London, GB I Magazzino / Warehouse Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy
  • 2020 I Main Dishes: A Ceramics Encyclopedia Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy I Every Corner Of Every Tale CabanaMad Gallery, Lizbon, Portugal I Miart Art Fair 2020 Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy I New Acquisition Glasmuseum Lette, Coesfelf, Germany I Collect Art Fair 2020 Officine Saffi, Somerset House, London,GB I Noman Circle 2020 Officine Saffi, Chesa Planta, Samedan, Switzerland
  • 2019 I Lake Como Art Fair Officine Saffi, Teatro Sociale Como, Como, Italy I Nomad Circle 2019 Officine Saffi, Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel, Venice, Italy I Milan Design Week / Perfect Darkness Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy I Miart Art Fair 2019 Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy I Collect Art Fair 2019 Offcine Saffi, Saatchi Gallery, London, GB I New Horizons Young Talents Exhibition Coast Gallery, CHINA
  • 2018 I West Bund Art&Design Expo The cultural power Institute, China I China Craft Week Hangzou Creative Design Center, China I New Graduate Show 2018 London Glassblowing, GB I Graduation Show 2018 Royal College of Art, GB