Ciril Horjak
Selection of exhibitions
2023 | Slovenian Illustration. An Unexpected Abundance, Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany
2023 | Ciril Horjak: Selection, Ljubljana Castle – S Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2022 | Live Drawing, DLUM Gallery, Maribor, Slovenia
2021 | Ciril Horjak / Dr Horowitz: What Are NGOs, Maribor, Slovenia
2020 | Coronavirus comics competition [in front of the museum], National Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2019, 2020 | Drawings for newspaper supplement “V soboto”, Town Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2019, 2020 | ComiXconnection, Museum of European Cultures, Berlin, Germany
2019 | Stripburger in Print. Since 1992. Slovenian Comics Delicacies with a Distinctive International
Flavour, Neurotitan Shop & Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2018 | Drawings for newspaper supplement “V soboto”, Dr. Franc Sušnik Central Carinthian Library, Ravne na Koroškem, Slovenia
2017 | Drawings for newspaper supplement “V soboto”, Synagogue, Maribor, Slovenia
Awards
2023 | Prešeren Fund Award for creative activities in the field of comics
2023 | Society of Slovenian Journalists commendation for the illustration Little Teardrops
2022 | The film Wracked Piano, which he collaborated on, receives the Best Film Award from the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI), Slovenia
2020 | National Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia distinction for the comic Life in the Time of Coronavirus
1988, 1989 | First prize at the Original Youth Comics Competition, Novi Sad, Serbia
Selection of published illustrated works
2022 | Ciril Horjak, King Ubu or the Poles, Slovenian Theatre Institute
2006–2016 | Educational comics Kitchen
Comics in the magazine Stripburger
Comics and illustrations in the internal bulletin Highways of the Motorway Company in the Republic of Slovenia
Educational comic Endodontostrip
Refreshed image of “V soboto” with a series of new illustrations
Illustrations in the magazine Free Word of the Union of the Associations for the Values of the National Liberation Movement of Slovenia
Series of comics about the economy Striponomija, Delo
Interactive drawing in the radio show Risanka on Radio Študent (235 episodes)
Educational mobile app Luther Trubar, Goethe-Institut
Other important activities
Lecturer (Art Theory) at the High School of Design and Photography in Ljubljana
Guest lecturer (Fundamental Elements of the Comic Art Language) at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana
Illustrations for foreign newspapers – Den Politiken, The Guardian, Le Monde, Die Zeit, The Chicago Tribune …
Mentoring as part of the project We Include and Activate!
Live drawing workshops for migrant workers
Regularly working with young people with autism
Accompanying conferences with drawings
Storytelling