Andrej Grabrovec

Andrej Grabrovec (pseudonym Gaberi), Slovenian artist, engineer, sculptor and photographer, born in 1959.

In cooperation with the Design and Research Office at the Higher Technical school in Maribor and under the guidance of Professor Borut Pečenko and engineer Vukašin Ačanski, he developed concepts, drawings and models of "forma vivo" in concrete.

In his studio he started working on a large sculpture made of clay and plaster.

He draws designs and makes models of sculptural compositions, writes insights and seeks solutions for public installations.

[1] 2001: The Rector's Chair at the University of Technology in Vienna (Austria) 2002: The Portrait of Europe Relief in Europa-Park near Vienna (Austria) 2004: Themis and Dike in the hall of the Faculty of Law in Maribor (Slovenia) 2005: The Bridge in front of the new Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Poland) 2006: Mother Earth water sculpture in the BTC in Ljubljana (Slovenia) 2007: Omega sculptural composition in the botanical garden of Vilnius University (Lithuania) 2007: Little Mermaid sculpture in Novigrad, Croatia 2007: The Crucified for Croatia, Zadar (Croatia) 2008: the relief A Midsummer Night's Dream in Ljubljana (Slovenia) 2008: makes a large Paradise Gate in his studio 2008: makes a large Pieta relief in his studio 2009: The relief Angels Sing Beautifully at UKC, Ljubljana (Slovenia) 2012: installation of The Chapel of Universal Love in Maribor for the closing of the ECC (Slovenia) 2013: sculptural composition Historica in front of the Corvinus University in Budapest (Hungary) 2014: sculptura composition Little Mermaid in Novigrad (Croatia) 2015: sculptural composition Siddharta at the BTC in Ljubljana (Slovenia) 2017: sculptural composition Rhine Nymphs at the BTC in Ljubljana (Slovenia) 2018: sculptural composition European University Bridges at Alma Mater Europaea in Maribor (Slovenia) 2021: installation of the public bronze sculpture "Chained nymph Ballerina" in the roundabout BTC Ljubljana (Slovenia) 2021: installation of the all-Slovenian memorial "Pillar of statehood with the Slovenian muse of songs" in Lenart at 30th anniversary of independence (Slovenia) 2021: permanent installation of the sculptural collection "Women's Image in the Public European Space" at area of 450m2 in Maribor (Slovenia) 1989: Maribor (Slovenia), University Library Maribor 1990: Varaždin (Croatia), exhibition space Vama 1992: Graz (Austria), Otto Hase Gallery 1993: Ljubljana (Slovenia), Government of the Republic of Slovenia 1993: Ljubljana (Slovenia), Nova Ljubljanska Bank 1996: Zagreb (Croatia), Mimara Museum in Zagreb 2001: Vienna (Austria), Korotan Vienna Gallery 2017: Zagreb (Croatia), Mimara Museum 2019: Rogaška Slatina (Slovenia), Gallery Nina 2003: Richard Vakaj, Academy of Fine Arts, University of Vienna 2006: Maja Vetrih, art historian 2007: Maja Vetrih, art historian 2008: Marjan Žnidarič, director of the National Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia 2008: Mario Berdič, art historian 2011: Attila Zsigmond, director of the Budapest Galeria 2017: Damjan Prelovšek, art historian 2019: Polona Tratnik, Professor 2019: Iz roda v rod, Radio Maribor 2021: presentation in the Monograph of the Maribor Society of Artists on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the art organization DLUM