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Jože Ciuha (1924 – 2015) was one of the most important Slovenian painters. He was born in Trbovlje. In 1950 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. Read the full biography

Jože Ciuha (1924 – 2015) was one of the most important Slovenian painters. He was born in Trbovlje. In 1950 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. He traveled extensively throughout his career, his artistic style influenced by time spent in Macedonia as a student, as well as in Paris and the Far East in the 1950s, and in North and South America in the 1960s. Ciuha taught at the International Summer Academy in Salzburg in the 1970s, at Western Michigan University, at the International Graphic School in Venice and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. Ciuha has worked in a variety of media, including watercolor, drawing, illustration, mosaic, and tapestry. He also produced poetry and other writings. His work has been exhibited prolifically and is held at several major international art institutions.