Ciuha art studio
Summer Art
Workshops
was an internationally recognized painter, involved in drawing, illustration, creation of mosaics and tapestries. In addition, Ciuha was a poet a writer and a traveler, who lived between Paris, Ljubljana and island Šipan.
In the 1970`s Jože Ciuha tutored painting courses at the International Summer Academy in Salzburg for five successful years. In 1965 he worked as visiting artist at Western Michigan University. For study purposes he also traveled to Austrija, West Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Poland and the Soviet Union. Trips to Macedonia aroused his interest in Byzantine Buddhist art and philosophy under Prof. Luce at the Rangoon University. At that time he visited India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand and Cambodia. In 1964 and 1965 he traveled in Brasil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia. In South America he got acquainted with Indian civilizations and the book „Talking to Silence“ was written during this journey.
Jože Ciuha (1924-2015)
photo: Jože with his son Peter
As a child, he experienced the wilderness and beauty of Šipan, historical cultural heritage - ancient churces, palaces of Dubrovnik republic's aristocracy and abundant nature with omnipresent crickets and howling jackals. He promised to himself that he will return. And so he did. From an old house, he made an unique spacious studio, filled with light. He worked there for several months every year, claiming that his best works were made there.
Sharing his knowledge, he held international art workshops for the last ten years of his life in his summer studio in island Šipan together with his son Peter Ciuha, also painter and teacher.
Ciuha's teaching was not only a method to educate, he helped his students to discover their own freedom to create, gave them assurance for their own search with his own self-confidence. This developed their work towards more unified and integrated state. Continuing this tradition, workshops are taking place this summer and are accepting all art-lovers and professional artists to experience this integral search within.
Jože Ciuha passed in Ljubljana 2015, leaving behind an artistic legacy and an imprint in our memories.
Ciuha`s full bio and exhibitions - see further down.
Jože Ciuha was born in 1924 in Trbovlje. He studied at Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. He
presented his works at over 400 one-man and 300 group exhibitions.
He received several awards, among others the Prešern Fund Award, the Jakopič Award, the French title Chevalier of Fine Arts and Literature, the Austrian Honorary Cross of Sciences and Arts and of the Rank. He was a Member of the Russian Academy of Arts. He dedicated himself to painting, graphic arts, mosaic and literature.
SELECTED FROM 400 ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS
• Convocation Hall, Rangoon, '60.
• Institute of Arts , Kalamazoo, '63, '76.
• The Ryder Gallery, Los Angles, '66.
• Sveagalleriet, Stockholm, '69.
• Galleria d'arte Pietra, Milano, '76.
• Galleria d'arte La Lanterna , Trieste, '73, '77.
• Moderna galerija, Ljubljana, '74.
• Galleria d'arte i Volci, Roma, '72.
• Philips onspannings centrum, Eindhoven, '76, '83.
• Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam, '76.
• Künstlerhaus, Klagenfurt, '77.
• Casa del Palladio, Venezia, '77.
• Museum Kritzraedthuis, Sittard, '79, '85.
• Rijksmuseum Frans Hals, Haarlem, '79.
• Galerie Hoffmann, Köln, '79,'81, '82, '83, '84, '86, '87, '90, '95.
• Museum Henriette Polak, Zutphen, '79.
• Xochipilli Art Gallery, Rochester, '80.
• Kulturzentrum, Linz, '80.
• McKissic Museum, Columbia, '80.
• Galerie Aras, Ravensburg, '81, '86.
• Volksbank Galerie, Biberach, '86 – '87.
• Galerija Sebastijan, Dubrovnik, '81, '06.
• Markiezenhof, Bergen op Zoom, '81, '89.
• Ichisan Gallery, Tokyo, '82.
• Museum de Tendschuur, Weert, '83.
• Galerie Carinthia, Klagenfurt, '83, '89.
• The Harbison Foundation, Columbia, '83, '84.
• Künstlerhaus, Graz, '84, '86.
• Galerie d'art Barzacchi, Paris, '84, '86.
• Mia Joosten galleries, Amsterdam, '85, '86, '87, '88, '89.
• Narodni muzej, Beograd, '86.
• ''ART'' 17, Kunstmesse Basel, (Gallerie Hoffmann Köln), '86.
• Muzej na Makedonija, Skopje, '86.
• Centre Culturel de la RSF de Yugoslavie, '86.
• Schlossgalerie Arbon, '87, '88.
• Galleria Vinzinia, Milano, '87.
• Galerija Smelt, Ljubljana, '87, '92.
• Muzej i galerija savremene liKovne umetnosti, Niš, '88.
• Galerija savremene likovne umjetnosti, Novi Sad, '88.
• Moderna Galerija, Budva, '88.
• Galleri Gamlebyen, Fredrikstadt, '88.
• Kunsthalle, Nürenberg, '87.
• Galerie Weihergut, Salzburg, '87, '91, '93, '95, '01, '02, '03, '06.
• Umetnički paviljon ''Cvijeta Zuzović'', Beograd, '88.
• Collegium artisticum, Sarajevo, '88, '96.
• Umjetnički paviljon, Zagreb, '89.
• Galerija umjetnosti Titograd (Podgorica), '89.
• Kunsthal Hof, Almelo, '89.
• Gemeentemuseum, Markiezenhof, '89.
• Centro culturale Rocca Borromeo di Angera, Angera, '89.
• Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, '89.
• Galerie Hofman, Alphen aan de Rijn, '90, '94, '00 - '06.
• Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, '90.
• Galerie Art et Communication, Paris, '90, '93, '96, '97, '02, '03.
• ''Saga 90 FIAC, (Galeri Art et communication)'', Paris, '90.
• National Center of Arts, Akhnaton Gallery, Cairo, '91.
• ''Tokyo International Art Show (Galeria Politeo)'', Tokyo, '91.
• Galerie Montjoie, Bruxelles, '91.
• Gallerie Aras, Saulgau, '91, '92.
• Galerie Jutta Radicke, ST. Augustin, (Bonn), '90, '93, '94, '01, '03 – '06.
• Razstavni salon Rotovž, Maribor, '93.
• Galleria L'Occhio, Venezia, '93.
• Ataneo di San Basso, Venezia, '93.
• Galleria del Cavallino, Venezia, '93.
• MGLC – Galerija Tivoli, Ljubljana, '94, '05.
• Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, '94.
• Le Monde de l'Art, Paris, '94.
• Künstlerhaus, Graz, '95.
• Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, Linz, '95.
• Filodrammatica, Rijeka, '95.
• Scuola internationale di grafica, Venezia, '94, '95.
• Dolenjski muzej, Novo mesto, '97.
• ZZZS - Zavod za zdravstveno zavarovanje, Ljubljana, '97, 08.
• Palais des Nations, Genève, '97.
• Galerija sodobne umetnosti, Celje, '97.
• ''Kunst Wien'', (Galerie Šikoronja), Wien, '97.
• Mestna galerija Piran, Piran, '97.
• Galerija Mercator, Ljubljana, '97.
• Galerija Murska Sobota, Murska Sobota, '98.
• Galerie Trittligasse, Zürich, '98.
• Galerie im Schloss Porcia, Spittal, '98.
• Galerie Le Lys, Paris, '96, 99, '00, '01, '02, '03.
• Galerie Alain Margaron, Paris, '00, '06.
• Gezira Art Center, Cairo, '02.
• Galleria Jan, La Jolla, California, '97 – '00, '01 - '09.
• The Central House of Artists – Cha, Moscow, '04.
• Galerie Leonhard, Graz, '05.
• Galerie Lise Cormery, Paris, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09.
• Galerija Kortil, Rijeka, '06.
• Galerie Korotan, Wien, '06.
• Galerija Klarisa, Dubrovnik, '06.
• Orangerie de Château de Sucy en Brie, (Paris), '08.
• Palača ''Milesi i Kula' – Dioklecianova palača, Split, '09.
• Ljubljanski grad, Ljubljana, '10
MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS / SELECTED
ALMELO: Kunsthal Hof
BEOGRAD: Narodni muzej
BUDVA: Moderna Galerija
CELJE: Galerija sodobne umetnosti
COLUBIA S.C: The Harbison Foundation
EINDHOVEN: Philips onspannings centrum
FREDRIKSTADT: Galleri Gamlebyen
HAARLEM: Rijksmuseum Frans Hals
KALAMAZOO: Institute of Arts
LEVERKUSEN: Museum Morsbroich
LINZ: Wolfgang – Gurlitt Museum - Neue Gallerie der Stadt Linz
LJUBLJANA: Cankarjev dom
LJUBLJANA: Galerija Mercator
LJUBLJANA: MGLC – Galeija Tivoli
LJUBLJANA: Moderna Galerija
LONDON: Tate Gallery
MARKIEZENHOF: Gemeentemuseum
NEW DELHI: Museum of Modern Art
NIŠ: Muzej i galerija savremene liKovne umetnosti
NOLVO MESTO: Dolenjski muzej
NOVI SAD: Galerija savremene likovne umjetnosti
NüRNBERG: Kunsthalle Nürnberg
PARIS: Collection de l'art contemporaine - publique
PODGORICA: Galerija umjetnosti Titograd
SAULGAU: Gallerie Aras
SARAJEVO: Collegium artisticum
SEOUL: Museum of Modern Art
SITTGARD: Museum Kritzraedthuis.
SKOPJE: Muzej na Makedonija
St. GALLEN: Kunstmuseum
WIEN: Albertina
ZAGREB: HAZU, Kabinet grafike
ZUTPHEN: Museum Henriette Polak
PRIZES AND AWARDS / SELECTED
Prize for painting, XXVII Prernio Internazionale Michetti, '73,
Francavilla al mare.
First Prize, Exhibitions of Small Sizes, Chietti, '73.
Župančič Prize, Ljubljana, '75.
Second Prize, VII Graphic Biennial, Cracow, '80.
Jakopič Prize, 4th Biennal of Yugoslav Water – Colours,
Karlovac, '85.
Prize at XVI International Graphic Biennal, Seoul, '90.
First Prize ''DO FORNI'', Venezia, '93.
Distinguished with: Chevalier de l‘ordre des arts, et des lettres,
Paris, France, '96.
Distinguished with:
Österreichisches Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst – I. Klasse, Wien, Austria ‘99.
Distinguished with:
Honorable Member of Russian Academy of Art, Moscow, ‘04.
Grand Prix for life work, World Gallery of drawings, Skopje, ‘09.
First prize for mozaic: Fra Acque e Uve, Zoppola, Pordenone, ‘10.