Barbara Demšar

She graduated in art education from the Faculty of Education in Ljubljana under Prof. Herman Gvardjančič in 1997. She is a member of the Union of Slovenian Fine Artists Associations (ZDSLU) and the Škofja Loka Artists Association. She has held more than 30 solo exhibitions and participated in over 300 group exhibitions at home and abroad. She has received 28 awards in Slovenia, Croatia and the USA. Among the most significant are artist grants from the Gottlieb Foundation and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, both in New York, USA. She lives and works as an independent artist in Škofja Loka.