about

Katja Zelinka Škerlavaj

Born in Ljubljana, where graduated from the Faculty of Architecture. She has been working as a freelance graphic designer ever since. Being awarded several times at Graphic design competitions, she also received silver medal in the Advertising Graphics category at the 10th Biennial of Graphic Design Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1982. She exhibited her work at different exhibitions both in Slovenia and abroad and had it published in local and international specialist magazines.

 

awards | exhibitions | publications

Industrijski biro, Ljubljana
Logo – 1st Prize in the competition
1971

Centromerkur, Ljubljana
Logo – Awarded in the competition
1971

1st BIGO – 1st Biennial of Graphic Design, Maribor
Best work award in the logos category
1972

1st BIGO – 1st Biennial of Graphic Design, Maribor
2nd Prize in the competition for 1. BIGO poster, co-author Peter Škerlavaj
1972

Zlatarna Celje
Logo – 2nd Prize in the competition
1972

Železarna Jesenice
3rd Prize in design competition for jubilee badge and charter
1972

Liko, Vrhnika
Awarded in the logo competition
1972

Zlatarna Celje
3rd Prize in the gold and silver jewelry design competition
1973

Ilirija, Ljubljana
Logo – 1st Prize in the competition
1973

Gozdno in lesno gospodarstvo, Slovenj Gradec
1st Prize in the logo competition
1974

SOP Slovenija ceste, Ljubljana
Awarded in the logo competition
1974

Alpetour, Škofja Loka
1st Prize in the logo competition
1975

University of Ljubljana – Faculty of electrical engineering
1st Prize in the logo competition, co-author Peter Škerlavaj
1975

Gozdno gospodarstvo Novo mesto
1st Prize in the logo competition
1976

JUB chemical industry
3rd Prize in the logo competition
1978

10th Biennial of Graphic Design Brno 1982
Silver medal for logo design
1982

Cankar Hall, Ljubljana
1st Prize in the integral image of the cultural and congress center competition
1983

Municipality of Ljubljana
Awarded in the city logo and corporate identity competition
1988

Slovenian Environmental Development Fund, Ljubljana
3rd Prize in the corporate identity competition, co-author Peter Škerlavaj
1995

 

Participation in competitions by invitation

Radio-Television of Slovenia
Corporate identity competition
1993

Municipality of Ljubljana
City logo and corporate identity competition
2000

1st BIGO – Biennial of Graphic Design, Maribor, 1972
AS design, Ljubljana, 1973
13th Biennial of Graphic Design Brno 1978, Brno, 1978
8th Biennial of Industrial Design – BIO 8, Ljubljana 1979
9th Biennial of Industrial Design – BIO 9, Ljubljana, 1981
ZGRAF 3, International exhibition of graphic design and visual communications, Zagreb, 1981
10th Biennial of Graphic Design Brno 1982, Brno, 1982
Cankar Hall, exhibition of awarded works of the integral image of Cankar Hall, Ljubljana, 1983
10th Biennial of Industrial Design – BIO 10, Ljubljana, 1983
ZGRAF 4, International exhibition of graphic design and visual communications, Zagreb, 1985
12th Biennial of Graphic Design Brno 1986, Brno, 1986
ZGRAF 5, International exhibition of graphic design and visual communications, Zagreb, 1987
Designers’ Society of Slovenia – exhibitions, from 1982 to 2002, Ljubljana
14th Biennial of Graphic Design Brno 1990, Brno, 1990
16th Biennial of Graphic Design Brno 1994, Brno, 1994
Chaumont International Poster Festival, Chaumont, France
Post of Slovenia, Christmas stamp exhibition, Ljubljana, 1994
Design in Slovenia, Ljubljana, 1995
World at Your Fingertips, The Fax Design Exhibition, Brno, 1996
Poster Museum Wilanow, Poland, 1999
Trnava Poster Triennial 2000, Trnava, Slovakia, 2000
Golden Bee 5, International Biennial of Graphic Design, Moscow, 2000
City corporate identity exhibition of invited participators, Kresija Gallery, Ljubljana, 2001
The Slovene poster of the nineties, Zagreb, 2003
Redesign Europe, Berlin 2005
Arhitektura Inventura, exhibition of Association of Ljubljana architects, Cankar Hall, Ljubljana, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2016
8th Biennial Brno, catalog, 1978
F.M. Ricci: Top Symbols and Trademarks of the World, Annual 10, 1979/80
F.M. Ricci: Top Symbols and Trademarks of the World, Annual 11, 1981/82
ZGRAF 3, catalog, 1981
10th Biennial Brno, catalog, 1982
Takenobu Igarashi: World Trademarks and Logotypes, 1983
7th Biennial Brno, catalog, 1986
ZGRAF 5, catalog, 1987
David E. Carter: Letterheads 6, 1987
Takenobu Igarashi: World Trademarks and Logotypes 2, 1987
Yasaburo Kuwayama: Trademarks Collection, Europe 1, 1988
World Graphic Design Now – Corporate identity, 1989
Takenobu Igarashi: Letterheads 2, 1989
Takenobu Igarashi: Businesscards, 1989
Y. Kuwayama: Marks & Symbols of the World, 1989
Stane Bernik: Poster & sign, 1989
14th Biennial Brno, catalog, 1990
David E. Carter: Logo international 2, 1990
IDEA Special Issue: Graphic design in East Europe, 1990
Graphis Poster 90, 1990
Takenobu. Igarashi: World trademarks and logotypes III, 1991
16th Biennial Brno, catalog, 1994
Edi Berk: Design in Slovenia, 1995
Stane Bernik: The Slovene poster of the nineties, 1997
David E. Carter: Creativity 27, 1998
Eulda 2006