Polona Tratnik

Polona Tratnik, has gained PhD in philosophy and theory of visual culture at UP FHŠ (2007), Master's degree in sculpture (2001) and graduated from painting (1999) at UL ALU. She is a research associate at UP Science and Research Centre of Koper (http://www.zrs.upr.si/">www.zrs.upr.si) and docent for philosophy of culture at UP Faculty of Humanities Koper (http://www.fhs.upr.si/">www.fhs.upr.si) at the Department for Cultural Studies. She is a director of Horizonti institute, a secretary of Slovenian Society of Aesthetics (since 2005), and was an art director of the Break 2.3 festival New Species (2005). Her monographs include: In Vitro. Alive Beyond Body and Art (forthcoming, 2010), Transart. Culture and Art in Global Conditions (2010), The End of Art. Genealogy of Modern Discourse: from Hegel to Danto (2009), Art: Resistance, Subversion, Madness (ed., 2009). Her research covers philosophy of culture, philosophy of art, philosophy of science, contemporary art theory, visual culture studies, cultural studies, film, photography, new media and media studies. She has lectured at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. University for Science and Technology of China, University of Art and Design Helsinki Taik, Capital Normal University in Bejjing etc. As a research artist she is active in the field of bio art and has participated at: Ars Electronica (Linz, 2008), Bios 4 (Sevilla, 2007), Vit<a>rti (Antwerpen, 2007), In Vivo in Vitro (Athens, 2006), Biennial for Electronic Arts (Perth, 2004), L'Art Biotech (Nantes, 2003) etc. She is the principal of the Hair in vitro project (http://www.horizonti.net">www.horizonti.net). She received several awards for her work. URL: http://www.ars-tratnik.si/">www.ars-tratnik.si.