Janez Bernik

Janez Bernik studied at University of Ljubljana. The recorded working language is Slovene. The field of work recorded is visual arts, painting and graphics. Work by Janez Bernik is recorded in the collections of Tate, Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Kosovo and Print Collection. Distinctions recorded are Prešeren Award, Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia, Herder Prize and Jakopič Award.

• Name — Janez Bernik • Born — 6 September 1933 • Birthplace — Gunclje, Yugoslavia • Died — 15 July 2016 • Place of death — Prebold, Slovenia • Known for — Graphic art, sculpture, set design, and poetry

Bernik was born in the village of Gunclje, now part of Ljubljana. After finishing the Crafts School in Ljubljana, from 1951 until 1955, Bernik attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, where he was a pupil of Maksim Sedej. From 1956 to 1958, he continued his studies with the professors of graphic design Božidar Jakac and Riko Debenjak, and on a number of study travels (Italy, France...). From 1958 to 1969, he worked as a freelance artist, and in 1970 started teaching as a professor of drawing and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. From 1979 to 1996, when he retired, he was a full professor and the head of the Painting Department of the Academy. He was member of the Group 69 and participated at all its exhibitions. In 1989, he was named an associate member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and in 1993 became its full member. He was an external corresponding member of Accademia di san Luca in Rome, and from 1996, a regular member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. He died in Prebold.