Zora Stančič

Stančič was born on 10 March 1956 in Štrbe, Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[1] As a child she moved with her family to Ljubljana, Slovenia.^[2]

Stančič studied her bachelors degree at the University of Sarajevo and her masters degree at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana.^[3][4] She has also studied in Paris, France (1988), Vienna, Austria (1989), the USA (1993) and the Czech Republic (2001).^[5]

Stančič is a contemporary graphic and visual artist who primarily works in the mediums of lithographic printmaking and film.^[6][7][8] She has exhibited in Slovenia at Ljubljana Castle^[9] and the City Art Gallery^{[10][11][12][13]} in Ljubljana; and Monfort Gallery in Portorož.^[14] She has works in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the International Graphic Art Centre, both in Ljubljana.^[5] From December 2025 to February 2026, a piece by Stančič will feature in an exhibition at Galerija Loža in Koper, Slovenia.^[15]

Internationally, Stančič has works held in the permanent collections of the Albertina in Vienna, Austria;^[5] the Fond National D'art Contemporain in Paris, France;^[5] Museum of Modern Art in New York City, United States;^[5][16] and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington, New Zealand.^[5][17]

Between 1992 and 1999, Stančič was the art editor of the cultural newspaper Views.^{[citation needed]}

Alongside her art career, Stančič has worked as a costume designer,^[2] designing for the Slovenian films Nočno življenje [sl] (2016), Slovenka (2009) and Za vedno [sl] (2008).^[18] She designed a graphic "kiss me" print which was used for pyjamas by Alber Elbaz's AZFactory fashion brand.^[6]

Stančič received the Župančičeva nagrada [sl] award in 2016.^[19] She was awarded the Association of Fine Artists Ljubljana (DLUL)'s Ivana Kobilac Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023.^[2][20][21]

Stančič's partner is Damjan Kozole and they have a son together.^[22]