Ema Kobal (1997) is a visual artist who primarily works in the fields of printmaking, drawing and illustration.
She is currently finishing her postgraduate studies in printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. Her work has been showcased in many group exhibitions in Slovenia and abroad. Since 2019, she is a member of the artist collective Podmladek, with whom she frequently collaborates on various projects.
Ema lives and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025 - KURATIVNA SPAJANJA, with the collective Podmladek, City Gallery Nova Gorica, SI
2024 - OFF THE HOOK: un/bound, KULA, Belgrade, SRB
2024 - TUDI DREVESA SO / EVEN THE TREES ARE, DLUL, Ljubljana, SI
2023 - 130 KMH, Studio Habitat, Maribor, SI
2023 - 12th INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF FINE ARTS/MFLU KRANJ -ZDSLU. DRAWING. intimate record and foundation of artistic creation, Kranj, SI
2023 - CABINET OF WONDERS. Exhibition of UL ALUO students (European Researchers Night - Humanities, it's you!), UNIVERSE LJUBLJANA, SI
2023 - community.env, Y Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
2023 - 35TH LJUBLJANA GRAPHIC BIENNIAL. From the void came gifts of the cosmos, MEDNARODNI GRAFIČNI LIKOVNI CENTER, Ljubljana, SI
2023 - FeKK. PODMLADEK: If I can't dance, I don't want to be a part of your revolution, ZAVOD ZA SODOBNO UMETNOST, Ljubljana, SI
2023 - Photobooth Sub-workshop, PORTAL 2-7-7-7-7-8, Ljubljana, SI
2023 - appointMENT 7.0, DobraVaga, SI
2023 - HERE YOU CAN FIND US, CENTRE OF ILLUSTRATION, Ljubljana, SI
2023 - Sodob®a grafika. Exhibition of students of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana, MALA GALERIJA BANKE SLOVENIJA, Ljubljana, SI
2022 - BORÅS BRIGHT ART, hosting of the light installation The Observer, Borås, Sweden
2022 - Novi Wal, Ema Kobal: Stlačenke, solo exhibition, Vetrinjski dvor, Maribor, SI
2021 - VIII. VIII Biennial of Slovenian Illustration. BIENNIAL OF THE INDEPENDENT 2021, ŠIŠKA CINEMA - CENTRE FOR URBAN CULTURE, Ljubljana, SI
2021 - ŽIVA GRAFIKA, EQURNA GALLERY, Ljubljana, SI
2021 - LOVES / LOVES NOT. International Exhibition of Illustrations, MEDIA NOX GALLERY, Maribor, SI
2021 - AIR4 - WE ARE ALL ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS, RAVNIKAR GALLERY SPACE, Ljubljana, SI
2021 - SVETLOBNA GVERILA 2021. REALITY / LIGHTING GUERRILLA. Ljubljana, SI
2021 - VABLJENI MLADI 2021, GALERIJA DLUM, Maribor, SI
2021 - ART ATTACK by the artist collective Podmladek, MEDIA NOX GALLERY, Maribor, SI
2020 - ARTIST OF THE MONTH: EMA KOBAL: The Lost Glove, DobraVaga Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
2020 - Participation in the project Collective of Sighs, group book, Publisher LBAL, Ljubljana
2020 - Publication in the magazine Likovne besede with the collective Podmladek, Winter 2020, Ljubljana
→ kobalema@gmail.com