Miran Kres

Miran Kreš, The Quintessence of Painter Images and Mantras, Mentor 1- 2, page 56- 58, 2002
Matjaž Brulc, Miran Kreš: Y- Rebis, Deloskop nu.13, page 58, 2004
Jelka Šutej Adamič: The Hermetic, Delo, page 9, 20. May 2004
Petra Skabarné- Exhibition Catalogue: Miran Kreš: Y- Rebis, Gallery Hest 35, Ljubljana, 2004
Exhibitions- Ljubljana: Miran Kreš: Y- Rebis, Delo, page 12, 20th May 2004
Semira Osmanagić: Analytical Psychology and Alchemy, Nedelo, page 26, 23rd May 2004
RTV Slovenia: The Abstract Exploration of Mysticism, 15:00, 21st June 2004
Visual Codes and Identities- Exhibition Catalogue: The Young Artists’ Biennial, Bucharest, Romania, October 2004
RTV Slovenija: The Abstract Sun in Kresija, 19:54, 29th March 2005
Jelka Šutej Adamič: The Abstraction Symbolism, Delo, page 10, 25th March 2005
Deloskop danes: Miran Kreš and Barbara Demšar- Extasis, Delo, page 11, 29th March 2005
Adela Vukovič: The Cultural Compass, Finance, 25th May 2005
Petra Skabarné- Exhibition Catalogue: Miran Kreš: Extasis, Galerija Kresija, Ljubljana, 2005
Elvira Miše: With Abstraction to Symbolism, Mag- nu. 14, page 61, 6th April 2005
RTV Slovenija: The finalists for Henkel Art Award, 11:52, 22nd July 2005
Exhibition "Decoding Pittura Immedia 3 Mirana Kreša", STA, Ljubljana, 06.7. 2006
Jadranka Šumi: Decoding Pittura Immedia 3, , 6. 7. 2006
Exhibition Mirana Kreša, www.planet.si, 6. 7. 2006
Exhibition: "Decoding Pittura Immedia 3 Mirana Kreša, www.telemach.si, 06. 07. 2006
RGL / news/ cultura: Slikarska razstava "Decoding Pittura Immedia 3 Mirana Kreša, Ljubljana, 06. julij 2006
Radio Študent Ljubljana /news, 2006-07-06, Decoding Pittura Immedia 3
Exhibition "Decoding Pittura Immedia 3 Mirana Kreša, Dnevnik.si, 6.7.2006 ob 07.25
RTV Slovenija: Enlightenment didn't exile Alchemy, 5 julij 2006 14:36 in 6.julij 2006 19.02
KREŠ, Miran Decoding Pittura Immedia 3: Exhibition, Zveza društev slovenskih likovnih umetnikov, Exhibition Catalogue, 2006
Miran Kreš: Decoding Pittura Immedia 3 (opening),Dnevnik, str. 17, Exhibition, Ljubljana, 6. 7. 2006
Miran Kreš: Decoding Pittura Immedia 3, Delo, Deloskop, str. 14, Vizual Art, Ljubljana, 6. 7. 2006

Theory of Analytical Psychology influenced the development of his art from 1999 to 2001. He went to New York where he attained the contemporary views and reflections in fine art. Miran’s works often focus on painting and video and the common thread connecting them is light. From 2002 to 2003 he lived in Amsterdam where the central, though not exclusive theme of Kres's work has been an exploration of physiological effects that color and light have on the observer. He has been included in The Young Artists’ Biennial in Bucharest and was one of Slovenian nominee for Henkel CEE Art Award for Modern Drawing in 2005. His work has been the subject of worldwide exhibitions and video festivals. Recently, Kres has exhibited at the Slovenian Galleries and internationally. His paintings are also represented in both corporate and private collections.

I am not rigid author stuck in my tried and true manner of expression. My interests branched from painting into video and vice versa, because I am exploring the gesture of representation with different “lens.”While I work in a range of painting and video, the common thread connecting them is light. Using video and painting, I abstract light and shadow into sublimation. I am finding the way to modernize and rename the formal cognitions of modernism into completely different constellations of meaning.
My research on perception and the use of light lead to still and moving image spaces where the shades and highlights of colors, blended into each other, create the monochromatic visual effect thus provoking an impression on the observer. Working between those limits and kind of pointing them out is something I enjoy doing because it’s not just the fact that you are bringing the cosmos down into the space where you live, but that your perception helps create that as well.

Selected exhibition and projects 2000- 2008:

2000- 10 + 10, Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Graz, Austria
2002- Water to Air Project- The Tube.nl Gallery Exhibition, The Tube Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherland
2003- Mr. B, Guerilla Performance Locator, Web art project, London, GB
2003- Images of Desire 3, Artwalk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2004- Y-Rebis, Hest 35 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2004- The Pink Triangle: GAD, The Young Artists’ Biennial, Bucharest 2004, Romania
2004- III.Bienale of small format paintings, Ljutomer, Slovenia
2005- Extasis, Kresija Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2005- Slovenia 2005, Majski Salon, Koper- Izola- Piran, Slovenia
2005- Napalvine 2005, Galerija Hest, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2005- Grand Prix des Ambassadeurs, Les Decourtenay Galleries, Châtelet, Belgium
2006- abc Hermeticum, id:doma, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2006- 5-th International Exhibition of Miniatures, Vilnius, Lithuania
2006- Junge Slowenische Kunst, Galerie Sikoronja, Rosegg, Austria
2006- Liberté d´Expression exhibition / Barclays Global Headquarters-Candid Arts Trust, London, GB
2006- Let’s Make One Minute, SCCA, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2006- Field of vision: Extremes, Institut für Neue Medien, Frankfurt am Mein, Germany
2006- II. International Printmaking Exhibition, Amire Art Centre, Istambul, Turkey
2007- Pulse, Artyfakt Gallery, Singapur
2007- Bivalni ateljeji Ob Ljubljanici, Galerija Kresija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2007- Is Abstract Art dead??, Gallery 435, London, GB
2008- Prototype Archetype, The White Hall, University of Vilnius, Lithuania
2008- Narave 5, Bežigrajska galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2008- Transfer, Galerija Krško, Krško, Slovenia
2008- Video Festival Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
2008- The Beat of Global Abstraction I, Californian Institute of Integral Studies Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
2008- For better tomorrow, Mestna galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2009- The Beat of Global Abstraction II, West Chester University Art Galleries, Knauer Gallery, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA2010- Exlibris, Galerija S, Ljubljanski grad, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2010- Iz samih lučnih žarkov, Institut Jožef Štefan, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2010- Lumi, Hest Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2010- Pintura Fresca: Contemporary Abstract Artist, Galerie Nothburga, Innsbruck, Austria
2011- "10", Edsvik Konsthall, Sollentuna- Stockholm, Sweden