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Robertina Šebjanič, based in Ljubljana, is an artist/researcher whose practice drifts through the fluid thresholds of hydro-ecology, (geo)politics, and arts, attuned to the rhythms and ruptures of aquatic worlds. Her award- winning works navigate the intertidal zones between species, and bringing to the surface the submerged voices of oceans and rivers.  In her analysis of the Anthropocene and its theoretical framework, the artist uses the terms “aquatocene” and “aquaforming” to refer to the human impact on aquatic environments. 

Her art work Aurelia 1+Hz / proto viva generator (artist proof) is since 2019 part of the .NewArt{collection;}_ Electronic Art Collection, Spain. Since 2023, she has been an Associate Professor at the School of Arts, University of Nova Gorica.                                                                              

Her works received awards, honorary mentions and nominations at Prix Ars Electronica, Starts Prize, Falling Walls., Re: humanism.

Robertina Šebjanič’s work explores interspecies communication and ecologies of coexistence, as seen in her series Aurelia 1+Hz. With Aquatocene, she draws attention to underwater noise pollution and its impact on marine life. In collaboration with Gjino Šutić, aqua_forensic investigates pharmaceutical pollution in aquatic environments. Her ongoing series Echoes of the Abyss examines the environmental consequences of sunken (chemical) munitions leaking toxins from the seafloor, an overlooked legacy of warfare dumping.

She had lectures / talked / presented her works at events/venues (selection): Stanford University (Palo Alto), Ocean Space – TBA21 (Venice), UCLA- ArtiSci Center  (Los Angeles), Arte&Ciencia UNAM – The National Autonomous University of Mexico  (Mexico City), ISEA2023 (Paris), Mare Conference (Amsterdam), Kikk Festival (Namur), ITMO University (St. Petersburg), Aalborg University (Aalborg), University of Nova Gorica – School of Arts – (Nova Gorica), Re:publica (Berlin) a.o. 

She exhibited / performed at solo and group exhibitions as well as in galleries and festivals, bienalles, museums around the globe (selection): ZKM (Karlsruhe),  Gallery Cukrarna (Ljubljana), Kunstgewerbemuseum (Berlin), UCLA – EDA (Los Angeles) Ars Electronica (Linz), Tribeca Immersive – Mercer lab (New York), Matadero (Madrid), WRO Bienalle (Wroclaw), ISEA2024 (Brisbane), Biennal Ciutat i Ciència at CCCB (Barcelona), KIKK festival (Namur), The Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MK&G), Contemporary Art Museum of Istria (Pula), Sea Art Festival (Busan), Watermans Arts Centre (London), Akbank Sanat (istanbul), ,Art Laboratory (Berlin), Eastern Bloc (Montreal), Laboratorio Arte Alameda (Ciudad de Mexico), MSU – Museum of Contemporary Art (Zagreb), MSUB – The Museum of Contemporary Art (Belgrade), MONOM (Berlin), La Gaîté Lyrique (Paris), Le Cube (Paris), +MSUM Museum of Contemporary Art (Ljubljana), Eyebeam (New York), Kikk Festival (Namur), CAAM – Atlantic Center of Modern Art (Grand Canaria) CCD – Centro de Cultura Digital (Ciudad de Mexico) re:publica (Berlin), Mladi Levi (Ljubljana), Piksel (Bergen), OSMO/ZA (Ljubljana), Device art 5.015 at Klovičevi dvori (Zagreb), PORTIZMIR#3 (Izmir),  etc.