Evgen Čopi Gorišek

La Vitrine

Gorišek previously studied sculpture in Slovenia but broke off his studies to experiment with the medium of painting, combining his experience as a graffiti artist with his love for fashion. He creates large portraits based on photographs of celebrities, athletes, and other iconic figures, which are composed from a combination of oil stick and spray gun acrylic applications. Emblazoned on each portrait is Gorišek’s trademark smiley face, intentionally blurring out the defining features of the depicted character to replace it with a kind of mask, behind which, it is uncertain what the figure is actually feeling. Gorišek creates textured grounds on which to spray, which provide a strong contrast between the tactility of his facture and the smooth, evenly distributed strokes of his paint gun.

Evgen Čopi Gorišek (b. 1994, Koper, Slovenia) lives and works in Slovenia.

Evgen Čopi Gorišek has exhibited both nationally and internationally in solo exhibitions with La Vitrine - Stems Gallery, Paris, FR; Bill Brady Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; König Galerie, Berlin, DE; WOAW Gallery, Hong Kong, CN; Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, KR; Plan X Gallery, Capri, IT & Milan, IT; Duve Gallery, Berlin, DE; Padre Gallery, New York, NY. Recent group exhibitions include The Hole, New York, NY; WOAW Gallery, Singapore, SGP & Hong Kong, CN; Arsenal Contemporary Art, New York, NY; Stems Gallery, Brussels, BE; Padre Gallery, Miami FL, New York, NY & Hong Kong, CN; Gana Art, Seoul, KR; König Galerie, Berlin, DE; Ramp Gallery, London, UK; Plastic Murs, Valencia, ES; Marian Cramer Projects, Amsterdam, NL and Plan X Gallery, Milan, IT.

He has been part of institutional exhibitions including UGM Maribor, Maribor, SI and Mazovian Centre for Contemporary Art Elektrownia, Radom, PL.

Evgen Čopi Gorišek’s work is in the collections of the Aurora Museum, Shanghai, CN; the X Museum, Beijing, CN and the Pizzuti Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, OH.