Artists

Slavko Tihec

(1928-1993)

Slavko Tihec was born in Maribor. He studied sculpture under Professors Karel Putrih, Zdenko and Boris Kalin at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. He graduated in 1955.
In 1967, he won the Prešeren Fund Award for his sculpture exhibited at the Venice Biennale. In 1983, he won the Prešeren Award for his quality innovations in sculpture and for his creative new solutions of the National Liberation War Monuments in particular.

Prešeren Award 1983

For his quality innovations in sculpture and especially for his creative new solutions for the monuments to the National Liberation Struggle

Prešeren Fund Award 1967

For his sculpture exhibited at the Venice Biennale