Bezjak Saša – Anka’s Self-Portrait 2

About the author:She was born in 1971 in Maribor, Slovenia, and grew up in Trata in Slovenske gorice. She graduated in 1999 from the Faculty of Education in Maribor with a degree in art education under the mentorship of sculpture professor Darko Golija, and in 2001 from the painting department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana under the mentorship of prof. Metka Krašovec and prof. Dr. Sc. Nadja Zgonik. In 2009, she earned her master’s degree in sculpture under the mentorship of prof. Lujo Vodopivec with the thesis: Different Dimensions of Reality. Since 2002, she has been self-employed in culture. In 2013, she trained as a professional collaborator—teacher in the subject area of special didactics at the University of Maribor. She works in drawing, painting, sculpture, embroidery, artistic actions, and teaching. For ten years, she has organized and led art workshops for children and adults and organized exhibitions of the works created. Since 2006, she has lived, worked, and created in Gornja Radgona, Slovenia.