Andrej Perko

Born in 1946. After completing secondary school in Novo mesto, he graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Ljubljana and later studied visual art at the Faculty of Education in Ljubljana. From 1968 to 1971, he was a member of the ŠOLT photography group, and he furthered his artistic education in workshops led by Duba Sambolec, Dušan Fišer, Herman Pivk, Klavdij Sluban and others. He works with analogue, hybrid and digital photography, as well as historical photographic and printmaking techniques. He regularly presents his work in solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad. His photographs are held in several collections, and he has published seven photography books. He is a member of ZDSLU, DLUSP (the North Primorska Fine Artists Society), ZUŠL (the Škofja Loka Artists Association) and the Cabinet of Slovenian Photography. He lives and works in Vipavski Križ.