Jani Pirnat

Jani Pirnat (1974), art historian and curator, a founding member of the Domestic Research Society which is curatorial and art group established in a year 2004 also by artists Alenka Pirman and Damijan Kracina. As a curator and organizer of art events, he was employed in by the SCCA - Centre for Contemporary Art Ljubljana (2003 – 2004), the National Museum of Slovenia (2007), Škuc Gallery Ljubljana (2010 – 2012), Celje Centre for Contemporary Art (2012 – 2013) and collaborated with Ljudmila Digital Art Laboratory. He was living and working in Osaka, Japan (2013-2015). Focusing on contentious cultural heritage research within Domestic Research Society he was part of consortium partnership for HORIZON 2020 project TRACES, researching death masks phenomena.

Currently he has a position of curator at the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana (MGML), curating contemporary art program of Match Gallery. Between years 2016 and 2020 he was a coproducer and a member of art and organisation board of Indigo Festival Ljubljana.