Artist Name: Nika Erjavec
Residency Dates: August – September 2026
Born: 1994
Hometown: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Lives & Works: Ljubljana, Slovenia
URL: nikaerjavec.com | Instagram: @nika.erjavec
Education:
2021 – MFA in Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts & Design Ljubljana, University of Ljubljana
2017 – BFA in Applied Arts, Academy of Fine Arts & Design Ljubljana, University of Ljubljana
Bio/Statement:
Nika Erjavec is the winner of the 2025 OHO Award.
Nika Erjavec is an interdisciplinary artist focused on the ways sensory languages and systems shape and challenge modes of sensing. Grounded in research and hands-on experimentation, she is currently exploring urban wilderness and working with the physicality of vibration and light, creating interactive installations that probe perception and our idea of reality. Her most recent solo exhibition (un)objectivity (2024) was presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Ljubljana. Nika Erjavec has two permanent installations: the interactive light ambient Cellular Landscapes (2024) in front of the University Medical Centre Ljubljana and the interactive sound installation with Doroteja Erhatič V/Posluh (2022) at the Slovenian Institute of Chemistry in Ljubljana. During her master’s studies, she received the highest award of the Academy for her series of installations and hybrid artistic research (2019). Nika Erjavec is a member of the teaching staff at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana in the Video, Animation and New Media department. Since 2014, she has been actively exhibiting in the local and international context.
Nika Erjavec’s recent solo exhibitions include Transmitted, Spitalkirche St. Katharina, Re.Light festival, Regensburg, Germany (2026) and (Un)objectivity, Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova (MSUM), Ljubljana, Slovenia (2024). She has recently participated in group exhibitions such as Mobile Energy, international exhibition including artist like Marina Abramovič and Ulay, Ravnikar Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2025); 19th Lighting Guerrilla Festival: Disruptions, Match Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2025); Glowing Globe, Anthropocene Art, Kortil Gallery, Rijeka, Croatia (2025), and OHO Group Award Nominees Exhibition, Gallery P74, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2025).
Support: Nika Erjavec’s residency is made possible with support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
