Ana Skobe (1994) is Slovenian architect and photographer.
She graduated in 2019 from Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana, with the master’s thesis on the topic of architectural photography. Ana has received several awards in the same field, including the International Competition of Photography in Artificial Light in 2015, 2016 and 2017 and the Vurnik’s photographic competition in 2019. In 2020, she worked as an assistant to artist and architect Tanja Prušnik and participated in organisation of art exhibitions in Vienna and elsewhere in Austria. Currently she lives and works between Ljubljana and Zürich.
+ SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
(Re)constructing Architecture: The Unbuild Series, Božidar Jakac Art Museum, Lamut’s Art Salon, Kostanjevica na Krki, Slovenia.
+ GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Contemporary Photography of Young Artists: Sales Exhibition of Photon Gallery, Gallery of the New University, Ljubljana.
Photonic editions II, Photon - Centre for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Plečnik: the metropolis, place, garden, City Museum of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2021
Art Stays, International Festival of Contemporary Art, FO.VI Gallery, Kidričevo, Slovenia.
2019
(Ne)varno sonce, Mikado Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Fotovizije – Spomini, rotunda SNG Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia.
2017
Fotovizije – Odtujenost, rotunda SNG Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia.
International Competition of Photograph in Artificial Light, ETSAB Barcelona School of Architecture, Barcelona, Spain.
2016
Gledam širše, vidim več, Historical Atrium of the Ljubljana Town Hall, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
International Competition of Photograph in Artificial Light, ETSAB Barcelona School of Architecture, Barcelona, Spain.
2015
International Competition of Photograph in Artificial Light, ETSAB Barcelona School of Architecture, Barcelona, Spain.
+ AWARDS
2022
first prize in Outsider magazine’s Photocontest Random playspaces
first prize in Vurnik’s photographic competition, Center for Architecture Slovenia
2019
first prize in Vurnik’s photographic competition, Center for Architecture Slovenia
Fotovizionar Award, Republic of Slovenia Public Fund for Cultural Activities
2018
first prize in competition Living with water, Museum of Architecture and Design
2017
first prize in International Competition of Photograph in Artificial Light, Barcelona School of Architecture
Fotovizionar Award, Republic of Slovenia Public Fund for Cultural Activities
2016
first prize in International Competition of Photograph in Artificial Light, Barcelona School of Architecture
2015
first prize in International Competition of Photograph in Artificial Light, Barcelona School of Architecture
+ PUBLICATIONS
2023
Pillar of the Comunity, Jane Withers. The World of Interiors, 43 (2), p. 10, 108-113, February 2023.
2022
Detailing Plečnik: Matter and metaphor in Jože Plečnik’s architecture. Ljubljana: Faculty of architecture.
+ ARTICLES
2022
Bolj pomembno kot to, kar je na fotografiji, je tisto, kar je odsotno, Outsider, July 2022.
Moje delo ima mesto v svetu, Rast magazine, p. 46-55. June 2022.
2021
Ana Skobe, arhitektka in fotografinja: "Vztrajati pri arhitekturi nujno pomeni vedno znova utemeljevati, kaj arhitektura je", Večer. December 2021.
2020
Arhitekturna fotografija, Digitalna kamera, 99, p. 97-99. March/April 2020.
O arhitekturni fotografiji, Radio Študent, Hertz arhitektur #36, March 2020. (https://radiostudent.si/kultura/hertz-arhitektur/hertz-arhitektur-36)
(Re)konstruiranje arhitekture: Nezgrajena serija, AB architect's bulletin, p. 50-63. November 2020.
2019
Kvadrat modrega neba, vrtec Mladi rod, enota Vetrnica arhitekta Stanka Kristla, Radio Študent, Hertz arhitektur #31, March 2019. (https://radiostudent.si/kultura/hertz-arhitektur/hertz-arhitektur-31)
Architectural Photography as Medim of (Re)presentation and Construction of Architecture, Master Thesis, Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana, October 2019.
2018 Arhitektura – kako se je vse skupaj začelo?, Ana Skobe: (S)misel, Outsider magazine, 13 (4), p. 68,69. March 2018.