ZMAGO JERAJ

The academic painter and art photographer, prof. Zmago Jeraj was born on November 9th 1937 in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana and subsequently graduated from the Department of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade with prof. Zora Petrović. Post-graduate studies in painting at the Academy of fine Arts in Ljubljana at prof. Gabriel Stupica as well as at Hornsey College in London and in former Soviet Union. He lives in Maribor and works as senior lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. Member of  ZDSLU (Union of Slovenian Fine Artists' Associations) and DLUM (Maribor Fine Artists' Association). His artistic work includes paintings, drawings and graphics as well as art-photography (co-founder of the Maribor Circle - so called "Black Photography). His works are found in many private and public collections.