Marijan Vojska

Marijan Vojska (* 1934 in Domzale , Yugoslavia ) is a German artist, painter and graphic artist.

Career

From 1951 to 1955 Vojska studied at the Werkkunstschule in Ljubljana and was a master student of Riko Debenjak. 1955 to 1959 he continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. After studying in England, Vojska traveled to the Federal Republic of Germany in the early 1960s and got caught up in the tendencies of an up-and-coming society looking for a new cultural identity. In circles of young colleagues from the cultural scene in the city of Hagen , he experienced the Germans striving for a modern identity and a cultural turning point in order to begin a cultural reconstruction after the material reconstruction. He decided to bring his pedagogical training and artistic work into this process. In 1965 he began working as a lecturer for free graphics at the Werkkunstschule in Münster .

Thanks to the support of sponsors, he founded an art studio in Hagen, where, in addition to painting, he mainly devoted himself to printmaking. Together with other artists, he laid the foundation for the resurgence of artistic printmaking in Germany, which flourished in the 1980s. His prints achieved a fixed market share in the 1970s to 80s, with which he was listed among the first 70 most traded artists.

Private events caused the artist to gradually cease his public relations work in the mid-1980s. He devoted himself increasingly to his work at the Münster University of Applied Sciences. There he had been awarded the title of professor in 1973. In his later years he was appointed dean of the design department at the Münster University of Applied Sciences.

Prices

• 1960, Preseren Prize at the Ljubljana Academy;
• 1965, sponsorship award for the Karl Ernst Osthaus Prize, Hagen;
• 1967, Young Westphalia Prize for Painting, Münster;
• 1967, 3rd prize at the IV Triennale for color graphics, Grenchen;
• 1968, silver plaque at the 5th Yugoslav Graphic Biennale, Zagreb;
• 1970, purchase price at the VI. Yugoslav Graphics Biennale, Zagreb.

Solo exhibitions

• 1961, Bochum, Falazik Gallery
• 1962, Clasing Gallery
• 1963, Wanne-Eickel, Galerie Blome Basel, Galerie Rümelin Bremen
• 1964, Wuppertal, Porta Gallery
• 1965, Galerie Am Abend
• 1966, Soest, art pavilion
• 1967 Solingen, MUMS forum for optical and acoustic design
• 1968, Münster, Franz-Wärme-Haus; Small retrospective Hagen, Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum
• 1969, Wuppertal, Galerie Porta
• 1970, Münster, Franz-Wärme-Haus; Ljubljana, Mala Galeria; Gütersloh, room gallery; Wildeshausen, Wildeshausen Gallery
• 1971, Lübeck, Overbeck Society
• 1972, Oldenburg, Kunstverein Oldenburg
• 1973, Munich and Hamburg, Galerie Hoeppner
• 1974, Münster, Franz-Wärme-Haus
• 1975, Lemgo, Hexenbürgermeisterhaus - Lippische Gesellschaft für Kunst
• 1976, Hagen, Hagener Kunstkabinett; Gütersloh, Mühlen Gallery
• 1978, Dortmund, Galerie am Wall
• 1980, Krefeld, Galerie Peerlings
• 1981, Paderborn-Wewer, Gut Wilhelmsburg Gallery
• 1982, Vreden, Hamaland Museum
• 1983, Ulft, Galerie bij de Boeken
• 1993, Dom Galerie bij de Boeken
• 1993, Domzale, Slovenia
• 1995, Kreissparkasse Westerwald

Group exhibitions

• 1960 - Ljubljana Academy
• 1961 - Mainz Fabo 60
• 1961 to 1968 - Münster, Westphalian Art Association
• 1962 to 1970 - Hagen, West German Artists Association
• 1962 to 1967 - artist from Hagen
• 1962 to 1970 - Düsseldorf, winter exhibition
• 1962 - Hamm, Westphalian graphics
• 1963 to 1968 - Münster, exhibition Jung Westfalen
• 1963 to 1967 - Soest, Westphalian artist
• 1963 - Frechen, Montlucon Art Association, XVI. Salon 1963
• 1964 - Province of West Flanders, Young Artists from Westphalia
• 1965 - Hagen, Industrie Hagen exhibition, Olivetti Kamen gallery, Kulturwochen exhibition
• 1965 and 1967 - Recklinghausen, Young West Art Prize
• 1965, 1967 and 1969 - Ljubljana, VI. VII. And VIII. International Graphic Biennale
• 1966, 1968 and 1970 - Zagreb, IV., V. VI. Yugoslav Graphics Biennale
• 1966 and 1968 - Kraków I and II International Graphic Biennale
• 1967 - Grenchen IV. International graphics triennial for color graphics; Hamm, Neue Grafik scholarship holders of the Aldegrever Society; Bremen, Kunsthalle; Lübeck, Overbeck Society; Bremen, small graphic; Oldenburg, Art Association; Fredrikstad, International Color Graphics
• 1967 and 1968 - Schiedam, '20 Slovenian graphic artists', group exhibition;
• 1968 - Nijmegen, Besinderhuis, 'Drebusch, Ehlers, Vojska' group exhibition; Witten, Märkisches Museum, 'Art Collection of the City of Witten'; Wolfsburg, Art Association; Wilhelmshaven, Art Association; Oldenburg, Art Association; Kassel Gallery Lometsch;

literature

• Exhibition catalog Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lübeck February 21, 1971
• Exhibition catalog Hamaland-Museum / District Museum Borken, 1981

Web links

Catalog of works by the artist