Gala Alica (b. 1999, Ljubljana) explores the human experience within urban space through her sculptures and site-specific installations, focusing on how architecture and material environments shape feelings of intimacy, alienation, and belonging. She is completing her magister degree (MAG) in sculpture at die Angewandte, University of Applied Arts Vienna, and holds a bachelor’s degree (BA) from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. She has also studied at the University of Art and Design in Linz, Austria, and Taipei National University of the Arts in Taiwan. Solo exhibitions include The Cabinet (UGM | Maribor Art Gallery, Maribor, SLO, 2026), Small Parts, Isolated and Desired (Jochen Hempel Gallery, Leipzig, DE, 2025), Not All That Persists Prevails (MoTA – Museum of Transitory Art, Ljubljana, SLO, 2024), Someone’s Land (Gallery Alkatraz, Ljubljana, SLO, 2022), and Generated Views (Gallery Nova Izložba Pešak, Ljubljana, SLO, 2022). Her works have been exhibited in numerous group shows, including U3—10th Triennial of Contemporary Art in Slovenia: Against the Stream of Time (MG+, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, SLO, 2024), where she received the 10th Triennial of Contemporary U3 Art Award for “the relevance of her message and the quality of her work” (jury consisting of Anne Barlow, Bernard Blistène, Luigi Fassi, Christelle Havranek, and Simone Sentall).
