Klavdij Tutta

Klavdij Tutta was born in Postojna in 1958. He studied printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. He works in painting, printmaking and objects, and organises the Kranj – ZDSLU festival, which he founded. He has held more than 280 solo exhibitions and participated in 418 group exhibitions at home and worldwide. He has received 83 awards, including prizes at biennials in Ljubljana, Barcelona, Seoul, Cadaqués, Villach and Bitola, an art critics' award in Japan (2020), the Prešeren Plaque of the Municipality of Kranj, a pewter medal from the Société Académique Arts–Sciences–Lettres in Paris, and honorary citizenship of the Municipality of Nova Gorica.