Selected by
Projects and exhibitions
International projects
Experiment Gallery
Solo exhibition
Stuttgart, Germany, 1986
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Behr Gallery
Solo exhibition (30 medium format works)
Wendlingen, Germany, 1987
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Galerie Schloss Stolberg
Solo exhibition (40 works)
Stolberg, Germany, 1987
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Kunsthöfle Gallery
Solo exhibition
Stuttgart, Germany, 1988
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Gedok Gallery
Group exhibition of small format works
Stuttgart, Germany
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Presentation of Slovenian authors
Bayerische Bank, Munich, 1989
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Galerie in der Mühle
Schorndorf, Germany, 1990
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World Miniature Exhibition
Toronto, Canada, 1990
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Herrenberg Gallery
Herrenberg, Germany, 1994
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Uskok Gallery
Solo exhibition (20 paintings on 120 square metres)
Zadar, Croatia
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Banj International Painting Symposium
One-week workshop for 7 selected authors (out of 30)
Pasman Island, Croatia
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Baden Württemberg House of Deputies
Solo exhibition of 45 paintings, large-format painting purchase
Stuttgart, Germany, 1994
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International one-month symposium
Artists’ scholarship for selected artists from 12 countries of Central and Eastern Europe; Slovenia is represented by Dušan Zidar and Marjeta Godler, selected by the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana (selected by Dr Tomaž Brejc)
Horn, Austria, 1992
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Divina Dystrophy
Exhibition of Central European artists: Eva Afuhs, Austria; Jan Vagner, Czech Republic; Salome Haettenschweiler, Switzerland; Susanne Gamauf, Austria; Dušan Zidar and Marjeta Godler, Slovenia
City Gallery, Ljubljana, 1995
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Exhibition of selected artists (selection from the symposium)
The artist presents a 10 x 10 m painting
Kunstverein Horn, Austria 1995
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Meeting of three cultures – Carinthian, Italian and Slovenian
Exhibition of three artists; M. Godler exhibits 10 major paintings
Cultural Centre, Šentjanž na Koroškem, Austria, 1996
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Austrian three-month fellowship for a selected guest artist
Studio and presentation exhibition
Vienna, Austria, 1997
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Europe Erweitern
International exhibition of invited artists organised by Kulturkontakt, Austria
Erste Bank, IV Industriellen Vereinigung; Vienna, 2001
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Kasvotusten 2001
Large thematic exhibition of invited artists selected by Finnish designers on the theme “The Face in Lace”
Poselli Gallery, Nortmankatu, Rauma, Finland
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Vernissage “Slowenien” Compilation 211 m Europe
One-month exhibition of artists selected by an international jury; Slovenia as a new EU member state represented by Gašper Jemec and Marjeta Godler, each on 100 m² and with an enlarged photograph of the artist’s work on the Wienertor tower
Galerie am Hauptplatz, Hainburg (near Vienna), Austria, 2004
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Mein Europa Oder We Are (In) Europe
Through three artists – Imre Bukta (Hungary), Isabela Grosseova (Czech Republic) and Marjeta Godler (Slovenia) – the exhibition shows in an original way how we in Europe are connected by our common roots. Each of the authors, together with the organiser and creator Monika Migl Frühling, works for three days in the place where their ancestor lived. The project lasted one year and was supported by a Margret Bilger grant. The project was presented in December 2004 at the AFO (Architekturforum Oberösterreich) in Linz in the form of a video presenting the artistic process on site and as an exhibition in the gallery.
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Gaziantep, Turkey
Solo exhibition of 33 works on paper (selection from 3 different series) in collaboration with the Slovenian Embassy in Ankara
Gaziantep City Gallery, Turkey, May 2014
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Planetary Illusions Dance
Exhibition of 12 planets, 4 sand objects (mandalas) and 2 aerial installations (clouds) and a series of small paintings and photographs by Dr. Marica Starešinič on 250 m²
Gallery of Slovak Artists Umelka, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2014
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Crvena nit
First group survey exhibition of Slovenian and Croatian textile design in Zagreb after independence
Karas Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
Same group exhibition in Piran, 2015. The artist’s textile and light object is on display.
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Tanz der Planeten, And the planets are dancing
Solo exhibition as a continuation of the larger series Planets, sand objects, light installation with UV lights, original sound performance at the opening
K&K Gallery, Slovenian Cultural Centre, Šentjanž, Austria, 2015
Projects in Slovenia
Burnt Norton
Solo exhibition (inspired by T. S. Eliot’s poem Burnt Norton)
Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana, 1990
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Turn around woman
Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana, 1993
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Biennial of Small Paintings
SMELT Gallery, Ljubljana, 1995
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Scenes from the life of things
Design of puppets and set design for a puppet show by Boris A. Novak
Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, 1990
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A honey fairy tale
Design of puppets and set design for a puppet show
Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, 1994
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Three ways to the dot on the i
Solo exhibition
Galerija Krško, 2002
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DSLU exhibition
Rihard Jakopič Gallery, Ljubljana, 2003
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Design Week exhibition of design works
Hand-dyed and woven textiles
Metelkova Celica, October 2003
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Structures
Exhibition of three artists (A. Popovič, E. Lenassi, M. Godler)
Gallery of the Lottery of Slovenia, October 2004
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Lokovec Art Colony 1
Workshop with exhibition
Lokovec Cultural Centre, 2005
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Lokovec Art Colony 2
Workshop with exhibition
Lokovec Cultural Centre, 2006
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Under the blanket.si
An exhibition of hand-printed unique cloth blankets, created in a year-long process by nine painters and sculptors
Srečišče Gallery, Metelkova Celica, December 2006
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Celica Restaurant
25 hand-printed cushions and a large textile piece (in collaboration with academic painter Alenka Koderman)
Restaurant of Hostel Celica, Ljubljana, 2007
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Colony in Lipovci
Exhibition of works in Lipovci and Banovci, 2007
Presentation in the gallery of the Society of Fine Artists, Trbovlje, 2008
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Exhibition of paintings
Solo exhibition
Jože Hudales Exhibition Centre, Lenart, March 2007
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All-peace-is-in-the-lake
Solo exhibition of a series of paintings created between 2007 and 2008 on Lake Cerknica
Srečišče Gallery, Hostel Celica, June 2008
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May Salon, Perseverance
Exhibition of the Association of Slovenian Artists
Institute of Culture Slovenska bistrica, 2006
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Space – joy
Exhibition of unique handmade lace as part of the 34th International Idrija Lace Festival, together with photographer Dr. Marica Starešinič and lacemaker Vera Velikajne
Galerija Kavarnica, 2014
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Blue Planet
Ivan Hribar Centre, Trzin, 2024
Projects with students
A selection of major projects co-created with students. The pioneering idea of such group installations, involving a large number of young people in a public space, opened up new pedagogical and creative avenues.
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Flags
Idea, mentoring and implementation of the project in collaboration with Prof. V. Sešlar and Prof. M. Jenk. In the city centre, 44 textile and clothing design students design 14 projects that relate to the specificity of a place or revive the history of a single street or building.
European Month of Culture, Ljubljana ’97
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Who’s afraid of the witch
An ambient installation that occupies the entire castle atrium, the inner gallery (the film) and the underground part of the castle (9 venues), visually and sonically presenting the suffering of women who were subjected to the so-called witch trials. Around 40 female students are involved, designing eight venues and a common installation with shirts.
International Festival City of Women, Ljubljana Castle, 1999
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Unique textiles in Celica
40 students of textile and clothing design created unique textiles and furnished five rooms of the famous hostel in Metelkova Street.
Hostel Celica, Ljubljana, June 2003
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A house like space
Groups of 30 third-year design students explore print techniques and produce series of table settings, bed linen, curtains and lampshades.
City Gallery, Celje, 2004
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Enriching the world of sick children with textiles
As part of a research project, a group of female students create unique artistic textiles for the psychiatric ward of the Paediatric Clinic in Ljubljana.
35th International Symposium on Innovations in Textiles, 2004
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Chairs for breastfeeding mothers
A research project in which 12 students create and later donate 12 unique chair covers for breastfeeding to the Paediatric Clinic in Ljubljana.
Srečišče Gallery as part of the City of Women International Festival, 2006
Performance and art-political actions
Project Geto
in collaboration with the Sezam association (with co-author Zlatka Knapić); art performance with 60 glass jars in which the ghetto symbol is “trapped”, 2008.
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Forests
Political-artistic performance for the protection of Slovenian forests, which have become the property of church institutions. Organised tree distribution.
Prešernov trg, 1998
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Imaging
More artistic painting actions on the Ljubljanica riverbank between 2020 and 2022
Book works
Art in thought, creativity in drawing
COBISS.SI-ID: 281678592, ISBN: 978-961-6900-15-7
Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Textiles, 2015