Tomaž Furlan is an independent artist working in the field of contemporary art. Following the completion of his studies in sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana, he continued his practice in intermedia art and sculpture. He has participated in numerous significant group and solo exhibitions both in Slovenia and internationally, and is the author of several public artworks.
His work, which moves between conceptualism and materiality, predominantly functions as a socially critical and satirical commentary on the present while simultaneously offering a speculative gaze toward the future. Employing humor and (self-)irony, Furlan examines the position of the individual within neoliberal society, as well as the entrapment of the worker in the repetitiveness of daily life and the absurdity of labor processes. A distinctive feature of his artistic approach lies in the interactive nature of his works, which serve to transform the viewer from a passive observer into an active participant.
SELECTED EVENTS
The Mother of All Struggles, City Art Gallery, Ljubljana (2024–2025) – solo exhibition
10th Triennial of Contemporary Slovenian Art I Against the stream of time, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana (2024) – group exhibition
Journey through Arte Utile and Avant-garde is Empathy, raum AU with the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Koroška, Slovenj Gradec (2024) – residency and solo exhibition
Shell, Forma Viva, Božidar Jakac Art Museum, Kostanjevica na Krki, Slovenia (2023) – public sculpture
I Made This, Božidar Jakac Art Museum, former monastery church, Kostanjevica na Krki, Slovenia (2021) – solo exhibition
Until Morning!, Alkatraz Gallery, Metelkova mesto, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2020) – solo exhibition
Under the Surface, Art fair ARCOMadrid, Spain (2020) – collaboration with P74 Gallery
Breakfast on a morning train, Gallery ŠKUC, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2019) – solo exhibition
Rihard Jakopič Honorable Mention, Slovenia (2017)
Autour du Nouveau Réalisme (Celebrating New Realism), Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie, Toulouse, France (2017) – group exhibition
Crises and new Beginnings | Art in Slovenia 2005–2015, MSUM Ljubljana, Slovenia (2016) – group exhibition
Tomaž Furlan 2005 – 2015, Museum of contemporary art Rochechouart, France (2015) – solo exhibition
Technical Unconscious, Porto, Portugal (2014) – residency and permanent instalation
Port Izmir 3: It’s enough, Izmir, Turkey (2014) – group exhibition
Scratch the surface, P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2013) – solo exhibition
U3, 7th Triennial of Contemporary Art in Slovenia | Resilience, MSUM Ljubljana, Slovenia (2013) – group exhibition
ISCP studio art residency, New York, USA (2012)
OHO Young Visual Artist Award, Slovenia (2012)
Manifesta 9, Genk, Belgium (2012) – group exhibition
In the loop: Contemporary EU video art, Washington, USA (2010) – group exhibition
Limited access II, Parkingallery in collaboration with Azad Gallery, Teheran, Iran (2009) – group exhibition