Tilyen Mucik (Art Salon Zürich 2024)

Tilyen Mucik (1995) is a visual artist who lives and works in Ljubljana. After finishing her graduate studies at The Faculty of Applied Sciences (VIST) in 2018, she finished her master studies in Photography at the Academy of Visual art and Design in Ljubljana in 2022. Since 2011, she has exhibited her works in Slovenia and internationally (among others in Božidar Jakac gallery, Galerija Fotografija gallery, P74 gallery, Ljubljana City Hall, Museum of Contemporary Art MSUM+, Museum of Arts and Crafts Zagreb, Layer House, Cankar Hall, Loža Gallery and Galerie Albrecht in Berlin). Her works were published in different online and printed magazines, such as Wotisart?, SemiMagazine, Float magazine and F-stop magazine.

Mucik is the recipient of Float Photo Magazine curator's award (2022), received a special mention by Envision Arts (2020) and won second place in the category »Artistic concept« at Rovinj PhotoDays festival (2018). Her works were presented at several international art fairs: Viennacontemporary, Photo Basel, Paris Photo, Unseen, Zero Pixel, and YIA Paris. Among her most recognizable series are Flora Femina (2018), Shrubs (2020), and Seeds (2023), which explore the artist's love of botanical photography, alternative photographic processes, and plant-based pigments.