Prešeren Fund Awards
1962
Vladimir Makuc (1925-2016)
For his printmaking work in the last two years
1962
Marko Šuštaršič (1927-1976)
1963
Janez Bernik (1933)
For his painting and printmaking
1963
Marjan Pogačnik (1920-2005)
For his printmaking oeuvre
1964
Stane (Stanislav) Jarm (1931-2011)
For »Hostages«, his sculpture exhibited at the exhibition of the Slovenian Fine Arts Association at the Modern Gallery in Ljubljana in December 1963
1964
France Slana (1926-2022)
For his cycle of the artistic creations with motifs of the earthquake that destroyed Skopje
1964
Karel Zelenko (1925)
For his graphics exhibited in March 1963 at Mala Galerija in Ljubljana
1965
Bogdan Borčič (1926-2014)
For his paintings exhibited in 1964
1965
Andrej Jemec (1934)
For his prints exhibited in 1964
1965
Štefan Planinc (1925-2017)
For his paintings exhibited in 1964
1966
Janez Boljka (1931-2013)
For his sculptures exhibited in the last year at the exhibitions of the Slovenian Association of Fine Artists and for the Hostages Monument at the Ljubljana cemetery
1966
Janez Lenassi (1927-2007)
For his sculpture in the complex of the National Liberation War Monument in Ilirska Bistrica
1966
Kiar (Bogdan) Meško (1936)
1967
Floris (Frančišek) Oblak (1924-2006)
For his paintings exhibited in 1966
1967
Slavko Tihec (1928-1993)
For his sculpture exhibited at the Venice Biennale
1968
Jože Ciuha (1924-2015)
For his paintings exhibited at the Small Gallery in Ljubljana in 1967
1968
Ive Šubic (1922-1989)
For his paintings exhibited at the Gallery of the Škofja Loka Museum in 1967
1968
Drago Tršar (1927)
For his sculptures exhibited at the Small Gallery in Ljubljana in 1967
1969
Peter Černe (1931-2012)
For his sculptures exhibited in Škofja Loka in 1968
1969
Nikolaj Omersa (1911-1981)
For his paintings exhibited in Nova Gorica in 1968
1970
Maks Kavčič (1909-1973)
For his paintings exhibited in Maribor and Ljubljana in 1969
1970
Bine (Albin) Rogelj (1929)
For his graphics in the field of caricatures
1970
Jože Tisnikar (1928-1999)
For his paintings exhibited in 1969
1971
France Peršin (1922-1997)
For his paintings exhibited in Kranj, Ljubljana and Zagreb
1971
France Rotar (1933-2001)
1972
Zvest Apollonio (1935-2009)
For his painting and printmaking
1972
Marlenka Stupica (1927-2022)
For her achievements in youth illustration
1973
Metka Krašovec (1941-2018)
For her exhibition at the Small Gallery in Ljubljana in 1972
1973
Vladimir Lakovič (1921-1997)
For his painting oeuvre
1974
Avgust Lavrenčič (1925-1996)
1974
Jelica Žuža (1922-2014)
1975
Tomaž Kržišnik (1943)
For his design for the puppet show »Golden Bird«
1975
Ivan Seljak-Čopič (1927-1990)
1976
Borut Pečar (1931-2009)
For his exhibition of caricatures at the Maribor Theatre Festival
1976
Tinca (Justina) Stegovec (1927-2019)
For her graphics exhibition in 1975
1977
Tone (Anton) Lapajne (1933-2011)
For his solo exhibition in Ljubljana in 1976
1977
Janez Vidic (1923-1996)
For his solo exhibition in Maribor
1977
Joco Žnidaršič (1938)
For his art photography
1978
Janez Šibila (1919-2017)
For his retrospective exhibition
1978
Dušan Tršar (1937)
For his exhibitions in previous years
1979
Zdenka Golob (1928-2019)
For her exhibition of prints at the Labyrinth Gallery
1979
Stojan Kerbler (1938)
For his photographic records of Haloze
1979
Milan Rijavec (1922-2018)
For his original painting achievements
1979
Evgen Sajovic (1913-1986)
For his original painting achievements
1980
Tone (Anton) Demšar (1946-1997)
For his exhibition at the Labyrinth Gallery
1980
Stane (Stanislav) Jagodič (1943)
For his exhibitions in Ljubljana and Slovenj Gradec
1980
Rudolf Kotnik (1931-1996)
For his exhibitions in Zagreb and Split
1980
Duba (Dubravka) Sambolec (1949)
1981
Alenka Gerlovič (1919-2011)
For her art work presented at exhibitions in recent years
1981
Herman Gvardjančič (1943)
For his work for the Studio 1980 exhibition at the Richard Jakopič Art Salon
1981
Silvester Komel (1931-1983)
For his paintings exhibited in recent years
1981
Valentin Oman (1935)
For his exhibitions of the previous two years in Slovenian Carinthia in Austria
1981
Milan Pajk (1942)
1982
Vinko Tušek (1936-2011)
For his exhibitions of paintings in Kranj and Bled
1983
Adriana (Jadranka) Maraž (1931-2015)
For her original and technically refined achievements in the field of graphic creation
1984
Franc Novinc (1938)
For his artistic achievements in the field of landscape.
1984
Tone Stojko (1947)
For his exhibition of theatre photos in 1983
1984
Klavdij Palčič (1940-2021)
For his artistic achievements and scenography
1985
Zmago (Zmagoslav) Jeraj (1937-2015)
For his artistic achievements in drawing and gouache
1985
Rudi Španzel (1948)
1986
Dragica Čadež (1940)
For her sculptural series »Associations of Pompeii«
1987
Emerik Bernard (1937-2022)
For his works exhibited at the 1986 Venice Biennale
1987
Lojze Logar (1944-2014)
For his graphic and painting works exhibited at the Equrna Gallery
1988
Zdenko Huzjan (1948)
For his most recent work exhibited at the Small Gallery
1988
Lujo (Alojz) Vodopivec (1951)
For his sculptures exhibited in the previous two years
1989
Marija Lucija Stupica (1950-2002)
For her book illustrations, in particular for illustrations of the Andersen's fairy tales
1989
Franko Vecchiet (1941)
For his graphic works
1990
Bojan Gorenec (1956)
For his exhibition at the Equrna Gallery in 1989
1991
Matjaž Počivavšek (1955)
1991
Marko Pogačnik (1944)
For his work exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art
1992
Gustav (Avgust) Gnamuš (1941)
For his exhibition at the Small Gallery
1993
Andraž Šalamun (1947)
For his exhibition at the Piran Coastal Galleries
1994
Marjetica Potrč (1953)
1997
Tugo Šušnik (1948)
For his retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1996
1998
Jakov Brdar (1949)
For his exhibition at the Small Gallery
1998
Eta Sadar Breznik (1950)
1999
Živko Ira Marušič (1945)
For his exhibition The Painting is Dead – Long Live the Painting! at the Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana
1999
Andrej Zdravič (1952)
For his film Riverglass - A River Ballet in Four Seasons
1999
Zvonko Čoh (1956)
Milan Erič (1956)
For the animated feature-length film »Socialisation of a Bull?«
2000
Mirsad Begić (1953)
For his series »Keeping the Dream«
2001
Ivo Prančič (1955)
For his exhibitions at the Božidar Jakac Art Museum in Kostanjevica na Krki and at the A+A Gallery in Venice in 2000
2001
Nataša Prosenc Stearns (1966)
For her video installation Gladiators presented at the 2000 Venice Biennale
2003
Alen Ožbolt (1966)
2003
Oto Rimele (1962)
For his exhibition Illuminations at the Božidar Jakac Art Musem in Kostanjevica na Krki in 2003
2007
Jože Slak Đoka (1951-2014)
For his exhibition Paintings for the Blind at Mala galerija in Ljubljana
2007
Marko Peljhan (1969)
2008
Ema Kugler (1955)
For her film »Le Grand Macabre« and the performance »Introitus«
2009
Tobias Putrih (1972)
2011
Jure Miklavc (1970)
2011
Lila Prap (1955)
For her exhibitions Room for Lila Prap and her Stories of Fine Art, Literature, Music and Theatre at the Gallery of Contemporary Art in Celje and Lilijana Praprotnik Zupančič: Lila
2014
Alenka Sotler (1958)
For her exhibitions at the Kibla Gallery in Maribor and at the Alkatraz Gallery in Ljubljana in 2012
2015
Marko Jakše (1959)
For his exhibitions of paintings in recent years
2016
Mojca Smerdu (1951)
2016
Aleksij Kobal (1962)
2017
Tomaž Lavrič (1964)
2018
Boris Gaberščik (1957)
2019
Dušan Kastelic (1964)