Sergej Kapus graduated from the department of art history and sociology at the Ljubljana Faculty of Arts. He began to exhibit his works in 1975. He has authored several theoretical and critical essays on modern painting, which have been published in magazines and art catalogues. In 1991 he curated the exhibition Image and Matter at the Ljubljana Museum of Modern Art, creating an overview of the Slovenian painting of the 1970s High Modernism. In 1998 the Ljubljana Museum of Modern Art ( edition Mar‘s) published his monograph on the painter Jožef Petkovšek. In 1999 he curated the exhibition Jožef Petkovšek. Duplicate Paintings at the National Gallery in Ljubljana. In 2000 he received the Works of Art Award from the University of Ljubljana and in 2001 he was habilitated as the Assistant Professor for Painting. He lectured on modern art at the Faculty of Pedagogy in Ljubljana between 1992 and 2005. He's a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design since 2005.
SOLO EXIBITIONS
2012 - Gallery Meduza, Seams,
Ljubljana, Slovenia
-Gallery Equrna, In the Gap,
Ljubljana, Slovenia (with T. Šušnik)
2009 -Gallery Equrna, (6+1), Ljubljana, Slovenia
-Gallery Mazuth, (6+1), Zagreb, Croatia
2008 -Gallery A+A, Venezia, Italy
2007 -Mala galerija, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2003 -Gallery Equrna, (The meshes of the world), Ljubljana, Slovenia
2002 -Museum of Modern Art, (Paintings), Ljubljana, Slovenia
1999 -Gallery Kos, Ljubljana, Slovenia
-Gallery Equrna, (The measure of time), Ljubljana, Slovenia
1996 -Bežigrajska galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1994 -Gallery Equrna, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1991 -Bežigrajska galerija, (Paintings), Ljubljana, Slovenia
1989 -Mala galerija, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
-Studio gallery of contemporary arts , Zagreb, Croatia
1987 -Gallery Loža in Meduza, (Paintings 1973-87), Koper, Slovenia
-Gallery Equrna, (Paintings 1973-87), Ljubljana, Slovenia
1986 -Gallery Equrna, Ljubljana, Slovenia( with F. Gruden )
1984 -Bežigrajska galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1983 -Gallery Labirint, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1982 -Gallery Meduza, Koper, Slovenia
-Society of Slovene Composers (DSS), Concert studio , Ljubljana, Slovenia
1981 -Gallery ŠKUC, Ljubljana, Slovenia ( with F. Gruden)
1976 -Gallery ŠKUC, Ljubljana, Slovenia ,( hall in Student campus)
1975 -Slovenian cultural home Trieste, Trieste, Italy ( with L. Vodopivec, M. Butina )
SELECTED GROUP EXIBITIONS
2011 - Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, The Present and
Presence – repetition 1, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Gallery Equrna, 16/16 The Taste of Painting, Ljubljana,
Slovenia
- Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, The Present and
Presence, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Museum of Modern Art, 20.
century: Continuities and Ruptures, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2009 -City gallery Piran,(from the collection Riko), Slovenia
-Gallery Miklova Hiša, (from the collection Riko) , Slovenia
2008 -Slovenian paintings after 1945. (From the collection NLB), Bruxelles, Belgium
-Koroška gallery of fine arts, Poetika, Slovenia
-Kharakow arts museum, In touch with Slovenia, Factor banka, Kharakow
2007 -Pokrajinski muzeji Gorica, Arte Slovena contemporanea, (From the collection NLB),
Slovenia
-City house, 60 years Faculty of Education, Fine arts exhibition of profesors from the department for Art pedagogy, Univercity in Ljubljana, Slovenia
2006 -Deželni dvorec, Fine arts exhibition of profesors from the department for Art pedagogy,Ljubljana, Slovenia
2005 -Gallery CD, The politics of the paintiings, Ljubljana, Slovenia
-Chateau des Bruneaux,The politics of the paintings, France
-Slowenisches Kulturzentrum Korotan ,Kunst und identitat, Wien, Austria
-UGM Maribor Art gallery, Chapters from the development of Slovenian painting in 20 century (From the collection NLB)
-Galerija Učiteljske akademije, Umjetnost i identitet, Zagreb,Croatia
2004 -Gallery Loža, Abstract painting from Mušič to Rimele, Slovenia
-City Gallery Piran, Politics of painting, Slovenia
-Museum of Modern Art,Razširjeni prostori umetnosti: Slovenian art 1985-1995, Slovenia
-Gallery Equrna , 20 years later, Slovenia
2003 -Museum of Modern Art, Do roba in naprej, Slovenian art1975-1985, Slovenia
-Gallery Miklova hiša, Images 80/90, Slovenia
2002 -Gallery Meduza ,30 years, Slovenia
2001 -Museum of Modern Art, (Art collection of Factor bank), Slovenia
-Museum of Modern Art, Oko in njegova resnica. Spektakel in resničnost v slovenski umetnosti 1984-2001,Slovenia
-Bežigrajska galerija, Prostor spreminjanj, Slovenia
-Center of contemporary arts Celje, Prostor, iluzija, želja, Slovenia
-Gallery Loža, Meduza and Pretorska palača, Art in Slovenia 1976-1999, Slovenia
1998 -Gallery Jakopič, group exhibition-Education Faculty, Slovenia
-Gallery of Loški museum, group exhibition-Education Faculty,
1997 -Gallery Equrna, (Art collection of Factor bank), Slovenia
-Gallery Equrna, Resnične prisotnosti, Slovenia
1996 -City Gallery Piran,(From collection of Obalnih galerij), Ljubljana
-Stadthalle Hanau, Von Uns aus… Neue Kunst aus Slowenien, Hanau, Germany
1995 -Gallery Radenska, Art colony of fundation Rembrandt, Slovenia
-Von Uns aus… Neue Kunst aus Slowenien:
*Bonn, Germany
*Bruselj / Bruxelles, Belgium
*Göttingen, Germany
-Sala Franco Soprintendenza ai Baaaas per il Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Arte Contemporanea Slovena. Anni Ottanta Anni Novanta , Italy
-City gallery Piran, Arte Contemporanea Slovena. Anni Ottanta Anni Novanta, Slovenia
-Studio of Matjaž Počivavšek, Slovenia
1994 -Von Uns aus… Neue Kunst aus Slowenien, Marburg an der Lahn, Wiesbaden, Hanau, Germany
1994 -Gallery Equrna, Angelske prisotnosti, Slovenia
1993 -Gallery Equrna, Slikarske metamorfoze. 10. obletnica galerije Equrna, Slovenia
-Gallery Miklova hiša, Ribnica '90'91, Slovenia
-Museum of Modern Art,( from the collection of Ribnica), Slovenia
-City gallery Piran, ( from the collection of Ribnica), Slovenia
-Center for contemporary arts Celje, Likovni salon, Odsotnost figure, Celje, Slovenia
1991 -UGM, Maribor Arts Gallery, Z roba. Območja slovenske umetnosti 1985 – 1990, Slovenia
-Museum of Modern Art, Gallery Loža, Muggia- Casa Veneta Poetike osemdesetih let v slovenskem slikarstvu
in kiparstvu, Slovenia
-Städtische Galerie Haus, Kunst, Europa 1991, Siegen, Germany
1990 -Gallery Fokus, otvoritvena razstava.Slovenia
-Umetnički paviljon Cvijeta Zuzorić, Izbor II. Beograd, Serbia
1989 -Museum of Modern Art, ( Selection from the collection of Museum of Modern Art), Slovenia
-Gallery Nadežda Petrović, XV memorijal Nadežde Petrović, Čačak, Serbia
-The Olimpic center Skenderija, Yugoslavian Documenta'89, Sarajevo, BIH
-Disclosed Images. Selected slovene Works of Art of Eighties, Budapest, Hungary/ Slovenia
-National museum, Slike prostora - prostori slike, Zrenjanin,Yugoslavia
1988 -Swiss industrial Fair Art 19'88. Die internationale Kunstmesse, Basel,Germany
1987 -Museum of Modern Art, Nove pridobitve Moderne galerije 1983-1986, Slovenia
-Olimpic center Skenderija, Yugoslavian Documenta'87, Sarajevo, BIH
-Gallery Equrna, First saloon Equrna, Slovenia
-City Gallery Ljubljana, Gallery Karas Zagreb, 10 + 10. Republic exchange between SHDLU and ZDSLU, Slovenia, Croatia
-Art gallery, The 7th dubrovnik's saloon, Dubrovnik, Croatia
1986 -XIV memorijal Nadežde Petrović. - Čačak, Umetnička galerija Nadežda Petrović
Geometrijske tendencije danas, Apatin, Galerija Kulturnog centra; Ljubljana, Moderna galerija,
Prenos: Ljubljana, Moderna galerija, 1987
1984
/85 -Art Gallery Rihard Jakopič, Bernard, Gruden, Kapus, Počivavšek, Sambolec, Šušnik, Vodopivec, Vrezec, Slovenia
-City Gallery Piran, Bernard, Gruden, Kapus, Počivavšek, Sambolec, Šušnik, Vodopivec, Vrezec, Slovenia
-Museum of contemporary art Beograd, Young Slovenian art, beograd, Serbia
-Collegium artisticum, Young Slovenian art , Sarajevo, BIH
-Art Gallery Rihard Jakopič, Young Slovenian art, Slovenia
1983 -City Gallery Ljubljana, Permanent working group of independent cultural workers of Ljubljana-Equrna, Slovenia
Other Criteria: Slovenija. - Trst / Trieste, Galerija Tržaške knjigarne / TK galleria, junij 1983.
1981 - Biotechnological Faculty, Andraž Šalamun, Emerik Bernard, France Gruden, Lujo Vodopivec, Sergej Kapus, Žare Vrezec, Slovenia
-Gallery Tivoli, Bernard, Bezlaj, Gruden, Kapus, Počivavšek, Podgornik, Sambolec, Slak, Šalamun, Šušnik, Vodopivec,
Vrezec, Slovenia
1980 -Art Gallery Rihard Jakopič, Young Slovenian artists, born after 1945, Slovenia
-Gallery Tivoli, Emerik
Bernard, Lucijan Bratuš, France Gruden, Sergej Kapus, Tone Lapajne,
Andraž Šalamun, Tugo Šušnik, Janko Testen, Žarko Vrezec, Dragica Čadež,
Matjaž Počivavšek in Lujo Vodopivec, Slovenia