Miha Knific

Miha Knific was born in 1976, in Kranj, Slovenia. He graduated in Sculpturing at the Ljubljana  Academy for Fine Arts (1995-2000). He postgraduates on the Kungliga Konsthogskolan  (Royal college of arts) in Stockholm, Sweden  (2005-2006). In 2007 Miha made the move from conceptualartist(more than 20 group exhibitions: Akademie der Kunste Berlin - E.U. positive, Villa Manin, Udine - Instant Europe, Moderna galerija Ljubljana, -95-05, Bienale of the youth Bukarest;and Mala Galerija Ljubljana; News from Moderna Galerija and over 12 solo shows in galeris over the Europe: Škuc gallery Ljubljana, ON gallery Poznan - Poland, Gallery Platform Vaasa- Finland and Modern Art Oxford, England...) to film director with his debut film Let me sleep (Noč/En Natt) and has been involved in film ever since. Miha has directed a number of short films, directed adverts for major international clients (more than 50 TV commercials in last 6 years, for diferent international markets (Rusha, Serbia, Poland, Monte Negro, Croatia and Slovenia)  for client as T-mobile, Krka, Mobitel, Siol, Wolksvagen, BMW...) and directed multiple music  videos (over 30 music videosThe tide, Non, Sausages, Elvis Jackson, Vlado Kreslin, Loney,  dear SWE, Bullet for my Valentine UK and Rambo Amadeus MNE..). As production designer and art director he works on comercials for international clients as Audi, Lexus, Nissan, Sigma, Orange, Asus... and in theaters Miha focuses primarily on human stories and in his works researches extreme situations, landscapes, historical era and futuristic concepts and their outcomes, with a particular interest in the concept of freedom that these situations create. He deals with worlds that fatally change an individual, his own relationship towards the world and the world itself.

Education:
2013 - doctor degree Academy of fine art Ljubljana, Slovenia
2005 - 2006 master degree, Royal college of arts (Film and video deparmant)
1995 - 2000 Academy of fine art Ljubljana, Slovenia (sculpter)
1991 - 2005 highschool for Design and photography (Photography deparmant)