CURRICULUM VITAE

NELI ŠTRUKELJ

Date and place of birth: 12. 11. 1982, Šempeter, Slovenia

2015 MASTER OF ARTS

postgraduate study at Faculty of Natural Sciences and Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

2008 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CLOTHING

Faculty of Natural Sciences and eneneering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

2010 COSTUME DESIGN COURSE

Central Saint Martins school of Art and design, London,UK

FASHION SHOWS

2018 C U R R E N T ! runway show – presentation of fall-winter collection, Mercedez Benz fashion week, 12.5. 2018, Gospodarsko razstavišče, Ljubljana

2016 URBANI NOMADI, a group fashion show, - cooperative Zoofa @, LJFW - Ljubljana fashion week, 18. 9. 2016 Hotel Slon, Ljubljana

2014 RELAX, NOTHING IS UNDER CONTROL - collection of clothing and accessories Nelizabeta, 16.10.2014, Phillips Fashion Week, Kino Siska

2013 STRUMEN POZDRAV ZIMI - collection of clothing and accessories Nelizabeta, 4.10.2013, Phillips Fashion Week, Kino Siska, Ljubljana

2013 SPORT DECO - premiere of a new own-brand apparel and accessories Nelizabeta, Phillips Fashion Week, 10.16.2013, Kino Siska

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

MODULART- Exhibition of bags made of modular units,

-  2017  Kosovelov home Sežana

-  2014  Squat Gallery, Ljubljana 21 11- 21:12. 2014, the accompanying program BIO 50: NOW

AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS

2017 INDEPENDENT HANDBAG DESIGNER AWARDS - Award ceremony: 14.6. New York, finalist in @Best green handbag# category

2016 ELLE STYLE AWARDS - Award of the Year in 2016 – granted to members of Soto Society for the International Exhibition of Slovenian textile and fashion design "Made in Slovenia"

2016 MOD-YOU-L'ART- finalist of the international contest "New analogue" and a special mention by the jury at the exhibition "Balkan Design Competition" Mikser Festival, Belgrade

2016 5th INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF FINE ARTS KRANJ - award for quality artworks exhibitors in the House at the end of the tunnel

2015 handbags MUSEUM - placement of bags from the collection Modulart in the museum part of the collection of the Museum of handbags in Portorož

2008 PROMISING YOUNG DESIGNER, awarding Institute in Big Month of Design

2008 FACULTY STUDENT PREŠEREN AWARD for work: Multifunctional bag

EXHIBITIONS IN SLOVENIA

2019 KREATORJI / THE CREATORS, exhibition celebration the 100th anniversary of University of Ljubljana showcasing works of best Slovenian designers, MAO, Ljubljana, 16. 5. - 15. 9. 2019

2017 MODA & ARHITEKTURE, Fashion month in the Museum, bag exhibition, Pokrainski muzej Maribor , 10.5 - 31. 6 2016

2016 PRIMICOVA JULIJA - Prešeren muse through modern design and photographic Interpretation, Hiša na koncu tunela, Kranj, February 2016

2016 UNICEF DOLLS - a charitable group sales exhibition Zoofa shop, Ljubljana, 5.5. - 05.06.2016

2016 ČIPKASTE VEZI - Slovenian Ethnographic Museum, 21.6. - 31 12 16, Ljubljana

2016 LJUBLJANA MY TOWN - Dan Križevniškega soseda; 23. 6. 2016 Zoofa, Ljubljana

2016 SKRITI ODTENKI KRASA, group exhibition of the karst artists of the 25th anniversary of the opening of Kosovelov home Sežana 5.4. - 8.5. 2016 Kosovelov home, Sežana

2015 MADE IN SLOVENIA - Slovenian exhibition of textile and fashion design, 7 - 31. 12. 2015 Ljubljana

2015 LJFW Place - exhibition of clothes and fashion video projection, 20 – 23. 11. 2015

2013 FASHION MONTH IN MUSEUM -Introduction collection for autumn-winter strum greeting winter brand Nelizabeta Regional Museum Maribor; 05/19/2013

INTERNATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019 METHAMORPHOSIS, exhibition of bags with prints of Berlin artists, M-store, Berlin, Germany, 18.1. - 30.6.2019

2017  ASSEMBLY DESIGN FESTIVAL – - International Design Festival, Kunsthaus Gray, May 2017

2016    DIGITAL IMAGE & CLASSICAL FIGURE - International Biennial of Fine Arts Kranj - Associations, Kranj, different locations / 26 9.- 3. 11. 2016

* JURY AWARD exhibitors in the House at the end of the tunnel

2016    MOD-YOU-L'ART - design competition "New analogue", an international group exhibition BALKAN DESIGN NETWORK, 8 - 12/06/2015, Belgrade, Mikser Festival

* Special Jury Mention Award

2015    MADE IN SLOVENIA - Slovenian exhibition of textile and fashion design

VIENNA: 14 to 30 November 2015 Local design store PRAGUE: 10 to 13 December 2015 Design Supermarkt

* The project is financed by the Ministry of Culture* ELLE STYLE AWARDS - Award 2016 for the project Made in Slovenia

2014    PELLMELL  - selling exhibition gallery, Graz, Austria; 14:11. 2013 - 01.08.2014

2013    ASSEMBLY DESIGN FESTIVAL - International Design Festival

Joanumsviertel, Graz, Austria, 19 -22. 5. 2015Volkskundemuseum, Graz, Austria; 24-26.5.2014 Congress Graz, Graz, Austria; 12-15. 5. 2013

CUSTUME DESIGN

2019 ARIOL, director: Matjaž Pograjc, premiere: january 2019, Slovensko mladinsko gledališče

2017  SLOVENSKA POPEVKA, director: Matjaž Pograjc, premiera: november 2018, Slovensko mladinsko gledališče

2016    KOLUT 110, directed by Dejan Spasić, premiere: 17/11/2016, Glej Theatre, Ljubljana

2016    BE MY: OXYGEN - designing costumes for music videos, Slovenia, Poland, Cyprus

2015     SLOVENIAN DRAMA WEEK, Prešeren Theatre Kranj, 7. 4. 2015

 2014    THE STORY OF THE PANDA BEAR TOLD BY A SAXOPHONIST WHO HAD A GIRLFRIEND IN FRANKFURT

premiere: 17. 12. 2014 Directed by: Marko Sosic, SNG Nova Gorica

 2014    ČLOVEK NI SIMETRIČEN- author stage project at the 110th anniversary of the birth of Srečko Kosovel, 26. 3. 2014 Kosovelov dom Sežana

2013    PAVLA NAD PREPADOM, directed by Matjaž Pograjc premiere: 05/12/2013,Slovenian Youth Theatre, Ljubljana

2013    ADOLESCENCE Directed by: Dejan Spasic, premiere: 30.11.2013, KD Immediate

*** Adolescence was placed festival of youth creativity VISION 2014 during the 6 best performances in Slovenia and received Matiček for ensemble play

2013    NAVAJENI NA ŠOK , ROCK CABARET, produced by Šodr Theatre, directed by Dejan Spasic, premiere: April 2013, KUD Šentvid by Ljubljana

* Accustomed to shock has been placed on the state Linhart Meeting 2013 in Postojna between 6 best amateur performances in Slovenia

ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER

2018  POHUJŠANJE V DOLINI ŠENTFLORIJANSKI, asistentka Jelene Proković, režija: Eduard Miler, premiera: janaur 2018, cooproduction :  DRAMA, MGL  and Cankarjev Dom Ljubljana

2017  ŽLAHTNI MEŠČAN, asistentka Jelene Proković, režija: Eduard Miler, premiera: april 2017, MGL Ljubljana

2017  VRANJA VRATA - gledališka kriminalna nadaljevanka, asistentka Jelene Proković, režija: Aleksandar Popovski, premiera: maj 2017,  MGL Ljubljana

2016    MERLIN, Assistant Jelena Proković premiere: 07/12/2016, Slovenian national theatre Drama Ljubljana

 2016    SHOCKHEADED PETER, assistant of costumographer Jelena Proković

premiere: 12. 7. 2016, Slovenian national theatre Nova Gorica