Nejc Trampuž (1993) is a multi-award-winning multimedia artist of the younger generation who has exhibited in dozens of exhibitions in Slovenia and internationally. He works at the intersection of multimedia and sci-art, technology, and environmentalism. His multimedia works are intertwined with digital or animated audiovisual collages with a distinctive saturated and colourful aesthetic.
He communicates environmentalism through different approaches, and technologies: AI, automation, interactivity, internet, video, sound, glitch, projection, light, etc. Since 2019 he is a member of the activist movement Youth for Climate Justice. Trampuz is frequently covered by Slovenian and foreign media.
He studied photography at Academy of Fine Arts and Design where he graduated (cum laude) in 2016 and received the 2019 academic Prize for Outstanding Master's Thesis.
2022-2023, in collaboration with konS = Platform, he realized the project Another Future Entirely, presented at Simulaker Gallery (SI), Cukrarna Gallery (SI), Velenje Gallery (SI), Museum of Modern Art (SI), 29th MFRU (SI), VideoDvorišče.11 (DIVA + ŠKUC) (SI), SLOART (SI), and the intermediate phase in Graz (AT) at MUR.at. In 2023, he collaborated with director Matej Filipčič on the animated visuals for the Slovenian national celebration ceremony of the Statehood Day, which addressed themes of environmentalism. Under the grant of Slovenian Ministry of Culture, he created a short experimental film animated with AI in 2023, which premiered in February 2024 at Osmo/za Gallery (SI). In 2024 he will participate in the production of a project as part of European Capital of Culture: GO! 2025.
In addition to these, he has received several awards: Poziv Simulaker 2019, Honourable Mention ON_Award 2018 (SK), Primavera 2019 finalist, etc. He has been a member of several juries (e.g. student section of animated film festival Animateka 2017 and student section of TAM-TAM's Plaktivat 2021-2023). Some of the other galleries and organisations where he has exhibited or collaborated with: OFF_festival (SK), Museum of Contemporary Art (SI), IZIS (SI), Cirkulacija2 (SI), Kibla (SI), Animateka festival (SI), platform Artsy, SCCA (SI), Alkatraz (SI), MGLC - Švicarija (SI), GT22 (SI), Nova Gorica City Art Gallery (SI), Foto Fest (SK), ZDSLU (SI), DLUM (SI), Museum of Architecture and Design (SI), Layer's House and TAM-TAM’s Street Gallery (SI), Photogether (CZ), KUD FP (SI), City Hall Ljubljana (SI), AQ Gallery (SI), University of Ljubljana Gallery (SI), FDV Gallery (SI), libraries, youth centres, etc.