This eternal ambivalent struggle in men is in my art shown through initial right handed planned construction of the composition that I later ruin with destruction depicted motifs with my left hand. . Forms of destructive scenarios such as conflict, tension, anxiety, in short, the destruction of the balance that threatens human civilisation, is noticeable throughout my work. These images are added alongside everyday routine scenarios that look a bit absurd in relation to the previous ones (e.g. a walk with the dog, milking a cow, riding a bus, mowing the grass,…). With the central motif depicted in paintings – crowds of people, unconscious psychological scenarios, debauchery, images of genitalia and domination of humanity over things and animals, I merge two different realities, routine and obscenities that reach deep into human ambivalence. You see through history, mankind has aways struggled to contain or control the forces of nature, he was always integrated between his individualistic perception and outer sphere, because this is the only way he knows how to function, with relation through the other. So the reality in which we are is becoming fragmented, we constantly produce images of us on social media, share opinions etc. and  we lose sense of self, our identities become splintered. Furthermore our perception of the other, of outer perceptiveness becomes even less defined, which affects our ability in relation with the subject/object. That is why the social scenes are becoming more obscene. We are losing our principles and values as humans,  because the oneself lives in these two extremes, either he is too self centred or too eccentric and loses its own center. I argue that humankind needs to find these limits in his dualistic behaviour, because in my opinion these leads in today’s crisis across the world.

About the artist

Visual artist Patrik Dvorščak was born in March 1995 (Čakovec, Croatia) and comes from Ljubljana, Slovenia. He obtained his high school education at the High School for Design and Photography – majoring in high school. He continued his education by studying at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana, in the Painting program. He graduated in 2017, and in 2022 he also completed his master’s studies with title – Unconscious and primitive human commotion, also in the Painting program. He currently lives and creates in Ljubljana. He has already participated in numerous domestic and foreign solo and group exhibitions and workshops. Aditionally he was selected by the preliminary jury as one of 50 positions among 852 applicants from Austria, Germany, Slovenia to participate in the final jury of the STRABAG Artaward International 2024.

While creating, he devotes himself to the dualistic nature of man and his relationship to reality and objects, interested in their mutual connection. At the same time, he realizes that man inevitably acts against his better interests (potentials), because in order to live in a culture he partially suppresses or excludes objective reality, pleasure and mortality, in order to be able to follow his apparent capitalist-based heroic system, where man can be nothing and everything at the same time. His practice invites viewers to confront the conflict between our biological selves and the societal structures we create to deny our mortality.

Awards

– 2024, included in final selection, STRABAG Artaward International, Austria-Germany-Slovenia, [Link].
– 2023, PRIMAVERA Award, DLUM, Slovenia, [Link].

Exhibitions

– 2025/26, solo exhibition, Gallery Velenje, Purum Lutum, Velenje, Slovenia, [Link].
– 2025, solo exhibition, Y Gallery, Constant Suffering for All at All Times, Ljubljana, Slovenia, [Link].
– 2025, solo exhibition, DBC Montana Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenija.
– 2025, 9-24th of March, residency and solo exhibition, Tic Tac Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium.
– 2025, solo exhibition, Fishes, Myself and a Pail, Gallery Miklova Hiša, Ribnica, Slovenia, [Link].
– 2024, solo exhibition, award winners PRIMAVERA, gallery DLUM, Maribor, Slovenia, [Link].
– 2024, group exhibiton, ECOART Festival, Y Gallery, Ljubljana, [Link].
– 2024 solo exhibiton, Lavish Delusions, Generali Gallery, Generali Insurance, Ljubljana, [Link].
– 2024, solo exhibition, Še nikol nism sanjal, da bi jedu lačn, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, [Link].
– 2023, solo exhibition, Patrij, City Hall in Ljubljana, Galerija Kresija, Ljubljana, [Link].
– 2023, group exhibition, ZDSLU, Prvenci svetlobe, Ljubljana, Slovenia, [Link].
– 2023, group exhibition, Fourth International Print Biennale Yerevan, Armenia, [Link].
– 2023, group exhibition, HUMORRIOTS, Projektraum Galerie M, Berlin, Germany [Link].
– 2023, group exhibition, Redcar Summer Exhibition, Redcar Contemporary Gallery, England.
– 2023, group exhibition, DLUM, Media Nox Gallery, curated by Kristina Prah, Maribor, Slovenia [Link].
– 2023, group exhibition, Fourth International Print Biennale Yerevan 2023, Armenia, [Link].
– 2023, solo exhibition, Ecytara for life, curated by Maša Žekš, Krka – Novo mesto.
– 2023, solo exhibition, EX Arte Gallery, Artist = Spandrel, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
– 2022 – 2023, group exhibition, Prvenci svetlobe: razstava mladih do 35. leta starosti, ZDSLU, Ljubljana, Slovenija [Link].
– 2022, solo exhibition, Rotary Club Ljubljana International – Rotary Club Prague International, Savoia Castle Prague, Czechia.
– 2022, group exhibition, Burnout, curated by Hana Čeferin, Zala Galerija, Ljubljana.
– 2022, solo exhibition, Ko – lapsus, curated by Rea Vogrinčič, KIZC MORS – Ministry of defense, Ljubljana, [Link].
– 2022, group exhibition, Sodobna neskladja, Gallery ŠKUC, Ljubljana,
– 2022, solo exhibition and Master’s thesis defence, Galerija Miklova hiša, Ribnica, Slovenija, [Link]
– 2021, group exhibition, Sveže ribe, Dobra Vaga, Ljubljana.
– 2021, solo exhibition, Beznica/shebeen, Pita project – Academy of Fine Arts Ljubljana, Univerza v Ljubljani.
– 2021, group exhibition, REA Art Fair, Milano, Italy [Link, page 74-75].
– 2021, group exhibition Vabljeni mladi 2021, Galerija DLUM – vetrinjski dvor, Maribor [Link].
– 2021, group exhibition, Better together artists, Connection [Link].
– 2021, group exhibition, Quarentena Galeria, Chile, Mexico [Link].
– 2021, group exhibition S04E02_KRIZOLOGIJA: apliciran pristop, Galerija Media Nox, Maribor, [Link].
– 2020/21, group exhibition, Round Lemon, ZEST HALL ‘BODY’, [Link].
– 2020, open-call, proglas, Mladina, KORONAVIRUS.
– 2020, group exhibition online gallery 100_toes (instagram), Karantena.
– 2020, solo exhibition, mladinski center Mladi Zmaji, ko-lapsus, Ljubljana.
– 2020, solo exhibition, Cafe Galerija Pungert, KUKU kofi haus, Kranj.
– 2019, group exhibition, Error 404, Gallery SLEPA ULCA, Ljubljana.
– 2018, group exhibition, gallery ZDSLU, Excheangable, Ljubljana.
– 2018, solo exhibition, the Nighttime showcase/Metelkova mesto, the Crowd, Ljubljana, [Link].