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| the drawing collective From the left: Emma Moore, Michele Drascek, Manca Bajec, Milia Xin Bi |
Manca Bajec (1982, born in Ljubljana, Slovenia) graduating with IB Diploma and a Bilingual Diploma in 2001, started her studies of art at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice in 2002. Receiving a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture of Italy throughout her studies, she graduated with a thesis on the interpretation of Heinrich von Kleist’s essay Über das Marionettenteater in 2007. In 2008 she began her MA in Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. While studying she worked in the theater and conceptualized and realized five theater productions as a stage designer, one of which was successfully invited to many festivals within the country, as well as abroad. Manca has worked as a photographer, translator, and space designer. Throughout this time, she participated in many group shows and had her first solo show in 2010. In 2011 she was nominated for the ESSL Award CEE 2011.
Milia Xin Bi (1987, born in Beijing, China) with a professional education background of BA Art History in China Central Academy of Fine Arts, is MA Curating Student at UAL Chelsea College of Art and Design. BI also has the working experiences as the assistant of an art project director and the working experiences of the assistant of a Chinese contemporary artist. During the time, as a group, they cooperated with various galleries and museums in China and abroad, such as the curator assistant and installation supervisor of Circumstance Calligraphy Exhibition hosted by National Art Museum of China; Today Art Museum Martell Artists of the Year 2009, BI traveled to Shanghai and Guangzhou
Michele Drascek (1974, born in Gorizia, Italy) first-class degree graduated in University of the Studies of Trieste with the thesis Methods for Contemporary Art Workshop. A practical experience in 47 Venice Biennale. He worked in ENAIP National Agency Professional Training as Coordinator of educational and training EU Fund Projects and, then, as co-assistant in the curatorial team of Contemporary Art Center Villa Manin. Right after, he occupied the position of Assistant Curator for Cultural Activities in Italian Cultural Institute in Slovenia, starting, at the same time, a triennial workshop on creative processes with Cittadellarte Michelangelo Pistoletto Foundation (Italy). This followed by the curatorial collaboration with AequadorLab for Latin American Faculty of Social Science (Ecuador) and with University of the Studies of Trieste (Italy). As freelance, lately Drascek curated different projects, including Obsession exhibition for Terminal00 (UK) and The Third Channel video screening for Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture (Slovenia).
Emma Moore (1986, born in Dublin, Ireland) graduated with a first class honours in Visual Arts Practice from Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology in June 2008. Within a year of completing her degree, Moore established a gallery/studio space in Dublin’s North city centre with six fellow graduates. Moore managed and ran the gallery space, where she curated several successful exhibitions and events, including a show of over 80 contemporary artists working in Ireland. Moore has participated in several group exhibitions and had her first solo show in Dublin in November 2008. Moore is currently studying on the MA Curating course at Chelsea College of Art and Design in London.