As part of the Reciklart festival – an international art festival of recycling and DIY culture, we are hosting an international art colony dedicated to art students from universities in Slovenia and Slovakia.
Starting on July 31st, under the guidance of mentors from Slovenia and Slovakia, we will be working on this year’s festival theme “Food abundance and scarcity“. Each participant, individually or preferably as part of a group will produce an art piece that will be exhibited at art colony group exhibitions, first in Alkatraz Gallery, Ljubljana (SI) as part of the Reciklart festival and later again in spring of 2027 in Košice (SK), where the second part of youth exchange will take place.
The goal of the colony is to connect visual art students across borders through collaboration and socializing.
We invite you to complete the form by July 20, 2026. After this date, we will contact you with more information.
We look forward to socializing, creating, recycling, reflecting, contemplating with you!
You are welcome!
Do you have any questions? Write to us at festival.reciklart@gmail.com
Coordinator of art colony: Aleksandar Božić / Kunstleraj
Production: Matafir Association in KUD Mreža
Partners: A-Infošop, Print studio Metatisk, YHD
Partner organization: Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Arts
Co-funded by: European Union*, the Municipality of Ljubljana and Ministry of culture RS
* Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the National agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
Aleksandar Božić (1981), graduate graphic artist and professor of fine arts. After 15 years of working in the field of digital product design, he is again more actively involved in the field of art and culture. As a fine artist, he explores the media of classical and digital drawing, screen printing and lithography, with which he has so far presented himself to the Slovenian and Croatian public. As a designer, he participates in projects and festivals in art and culture in Slovenia and Serbia. He started the project or association “Kunstleraj”, which operates in Ljubljana with its own production and publishing of artwork. Both in the premises of Kunstleraj and on Metelkova, art workshops for youth and an international art colony for art students are held, exhibitions are organized ...
Associate Professor and Head of the Painting Studio at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Technical University of Košice. He is an internationally recognized visual artist whose work focuses on socially engaged art, environmental themes, and interdisciplinary artistic practices. Hudec has extensive experience in leading participatory art projects involving students, youth, communities, and international partners. His pedagogical approach emphasizes experimentation in the media of painting, sculpture, video, and performance. With his project, he represented the Slovak Republic in the National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2024. Through his artistic and academic activities, he has contributed to numerous exhibitions and public presentations in Slovakia and abroad, educational initiatives, and student exhibitions.
Video artist, musician and assistant at the Studio for New Media and Photography at FU TUKE. His artistic practice focuses on experimental video, multimedia performance and sound art. He is a multimedia artist, musician, video artist and performer whose work includes video essays, DIY projects, live performances and music under the stage name Džumelec. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and currently teaches new media and photography. His artistic practice often combines humor, experimental video and performative lectures with environmental themes.
Accommodation and work:
30 July 2026 – 11 August 2026
Akc Metelkova mestoFirst exhibition:
6 August 2026 – 27 August 2026
Alkatraz GallerySecond exhibition:
Somewhere in Slovakia :)