sabinastumberger

background

I was born in Slovenia and was educated there and in England. I trained in film and anthropology following which I travelled extensively in Europe and overseas where I lived and worked. Having spent part of my early career researching subculture and minority groups of Slovenia, I was already familiar with the stories of Gipsy travellers before I eventually dedicated several years filming and creatively collaborating on projects particularly focusing on groups in Eastern Europe and in France.
Another passion - glass - was discovered in a chance meeting with a renowned Turkish stained glass artist Hassan Safkan. I was taught the master craft of glass making in his studio. The world of film and glass find their common language in my current art installations. In England I established myself as a partner in a video-design-new media company in London, and later received another degree, this time in glass and sculpture.
My artworks show an acute sensibility and interest for space, light and stories from life. Informed by distinctive east-west perspectives I aim to create installations that draw on the emotional responses to the experience of space through light, moving images and sound. Keen observation and knowledge of people have brought a depth of vision to my subject's stories. My work is shown in galleries, site-specific places and public art applications.
 

 

 

 

 

  
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education
  • BA First Class Honours Degree, 3D Design, Glass and Sculpture, University of Wolverhampton, UK, 1999
  • MA Specialized study , Documentary Film / Visual Anthropology, KOS, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1989
  • BSc Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Humanistic Sciences, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1986
art residencies/awards
  • World selection for 2009 best 100 Glass Artsworks, Corning Museum of Glass, New York
  • Overall Winner and Best in Show, Open 2008, spatial installation 'Memories No2', West Midlands biannual art exhibition, Art Gallery Wolverhampton, 2008
  • Award for site specific installation 'Memories Captured', Collaborations One exhibition, Stourbridge, 2007
  • AA2A University of Wolverhampton, School of Art and Design - artist in residence, October 2007 - April 2008 (not completed)
  • Optima Community Association, public art residency; Birmingham, 2007/2008
  • Art Shanty Projects, collaborative participant at art residency, Lake Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, January - February 2007
  • Stourport, public art residency, Longhouse / British Waterways; worked with leading artist David Patten and architect Maurice McGuire; 2006
  • Architectural Glass-painting residency with Patrick Reyniers award; Central Saint Martins School of Art, London, 1997
art exhibitions
  • Tresspass, Collaborative Installation, Ljubljana 2009
  • Open 2008, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, June - September 2008
  • British Glass Biennale, Rusking Glass Centre, Stourbridge, July - September 2008
  • From Left to Right, Eagleworks Gallery, Wolverhampton, September 2008
  • 1000 Glass Miles, Memories No2, glass-video-sound installation, Gallerie bei Museum, Frauenau, Germany, August 2007
  • Memories Captured, site-specific installation; suspended hand made glass rods made into 3D screen, projected video, sound; Collaborations One at The International Glass Festival / Glass Biennale, Stourbridge, 2006
  • Embraced; installation; large scale screens, kiln formed glass sculptures, projected video of underwater river imagery, sound; Graduation exhibition, Wolverhampton, 1999
  • Angels; installation; large scale screens, suspended kiln formed glass, projected video, sound; Studio Gallery, Birmingham, 1999
  • Arabian Nights; kiln formed glass, slide projections; Eagleworks Gallery, Wolverhampton, 1999
  • Structures, group show; Lounge Lizard, Bloomington, Illinois, USA, 1998.
  • Glass Water, installation; glass, metal, paper screen hangings, slide projections; IOU, Illinois, USA, 1998
art commissions
  • Public art and lighting project, Atwood Green - Woodview, Birmingham, 2007/2008 (in production)
  • Collaborations One, Red House Glass Cone, site specific installation, Stourbridge, 2006
  • Red and Blue, painted stained glass, London, 1998
  • Tea House, historic renovation project, architectural glass; Ljubljana Old Town, Slovenia, 1994
  • Private sites, architectural applications, Slovenia, 1988/1995
leading courses / workshops
  • Installation Art - video media and site specific installations, course leader, Art Akademie Frauenau, Germany, 2008
  • Public and Live Art, short term workshops. Radenci, Slovenia, 2008
  • 3D design and art applications, Lampat School, Buce, Slovenia, 2008
  • Divided God, video making and post production workshops, international project for pupils (17-25 yr), 2006/2008
  • Video editing and graphic design, studio teaching and presentations, Goldcrest Films and Postproduction, London, 2001-2007
  • Optima Community Association, resident art workshops: photography, painting, glass painting, glass blowing, glass casting; Birmingham, February - June 2007
  • Mantle Community Arts, art workshop school placements; Leicester, 2006
  • Castle Rock School, art classroom assistant; Leicester, 2006
  • Glass making techniques, individual and group art workshops; own studio, Ljubljana, Slovenia1993/1996
  • Interactive creative projects in Romani settlements, video and photographic camera as an object of communication, workshops and video research for schools and residents; Krsko, Slovenia, 1991/1996
selected video production
  • ' Last Frontier', script, camera, directing, edit; documentary about the last chair of factory glassmakers in Stourbridge; 26 min, RoughAndRefined Production, 2006
  • DVD documentaries and video production (Handmade, Anchor Bay, Granada TV, Fremantle Media, Tartan Films, Rvelations Films), London, 1999 - 2007
  • 'We Have No Word for War', script, interviews; feature documentary-Gypsy festival in Camargue; 112 min, Abrahami-Netz Productions, Amsterdam, NL, 1995
  • 'Bosnian Muslims - The Fate of World', editing, feature documentary - the war in Bosnia; on festivals in Europe and overseas, 115 min, Mostar Production, 1995
  • Short length documentaries featuring the biggest European gathering of Romani people in Camargue, France; script, direction, editing, various lengths, TV Slovenia Co-production, 1990-1995
  • Short video documentaries - Romani culture in Gipsy settlements of East Slovenia; field video anthropologist and adviser; script, camera, direction, edit; various lengths, KOS Production, 1990-1995
  

 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 

 
 
 

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