ABOUT


Welcome, my name is Domen Dimovski and I am the founder of Caligo FX, my online portfolio and motion design / visual effects resource site.

I am based in Kranj, Slovenia. You can find more information about my work under Portfolio page.
My projects range from art & design, philosophy, film and animation narratives.

For collaborations, project inquiries or other things you can contact me via:
✉ domen@caligofx.net
I discovered the world of 3D animation around the year 2009 and since then I am an active CG artist. My original goal was to publish personal and professional explorations in 3D on this website, share digital renders and produce advanced tutorials and exciting products for the motion design and visual effects community. But then my interest gradually expanded to include exploring various creative possibilities in film, animation and contemporary art. In 2019 I graduated with a Master's degree in Video and New Media from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. You can find the complete biography on my personal page.

I understand art, my main interest, as truth procedures, which includes on the one hand the passion for the pictorial dimension of still or moving images and on the other hand the passion for thinking and the contemplative philosophy of reality. We know from the time of Plato that a good artform can be more real, more extraordinary than the reality we know from the everyday noise of mythology.

I examine this on various levels: on the level of the meaning-making process, on the level of design theory, gestalt principles, colour theory, and even the art of storytelling. I like to combine all this with the philosophy of mind and the conceptual system of cognitive science, which studies perception, emotions, consciousness, learning and the neuroscience behind it.

In addition to reading books on narrative, philosophy and psychoanalysis, I also enjoy writing short essays. If you are interested and speak Slovenian, go to Pisane-topike.
Awards
  • 2020 Award for quality in video and multimedia art, International Festival of Fine Arts, Kranj, Slovenia.
  • 2019 Award for quality in video and multimedia art, International Festival of Fine Arts, Kranj, Slovenia.
  • 2018 / Prešeren award for students with outstanding achievement
  • 2017 / P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Award for young artist in Intermedia Art
  • 2015/2016 / ALUO Award
  • 2012 / 2nd place for short film "Kdo je kokoš?" -  UNAS - United Nations Association of Slovenia - recognition
  • 2012 / 60 seconds science - International Open: Highly Commended at 3th place - Wind Turbine
  • 2012 / qualify winner of UNAS - national competition of short films on Human Rights, organized within the International Film Festival "This human world" - Breath - recognition


Solo Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
  • 9. International Festival of Fine Arts, Kranj, Slovenia.
  • International exhibition Bele noći, 2020, Majdanpek, Srbija.
  • ZDSLU, Zamisli in zasnove, 2020, Ljubljana.
  • Mala Galerija, Mali format `19, Kranj. 
  • ZDSLU, Zimski festival, 2019
  • 7. Art Colony MKD, 2019.
  • Art for students - collection of fine arts by the French Prešeren High School, Kranj.
  • Facing diversity, Museum Kosova graščina, Jesenice.
  • Festival Black and white, 2019, Kranj.
  • 1st International biennale Artistic vision: Fear 2019, 19. 8 - 21. 9. 2019
  • Mala Galerija, Novi člani, 2. 7. 2019
  • Mala Galerija, Grafika, 5. 3. 2019  
  • Mala Galerija, Mali format `18, 20. december 2018 / Catalog
  • ZDSLU, Zimski festival, 6. december 2018 / Catalog
  • 6. Art Colony MKD, 2018 / Catalog
  • ZDSLU, Razstava mladih avtorjev, 7. november 2018
  • Majski salon 2018 - Grafika, ZDSLU, Narodni muzej Slovenije, 11. oktober 2018
  • NUK, "Jaz sem Cankar - in to ti pove vse!", Knjige in pisma: Cankar v delih študentov UL ALUO, 26. september 2018 - 26. januar 2019
  • Svetlobna Gverila 2018, Barve, Ljubljana
  • Bežigrajska galerija 2., Festival Narave, Ljubljana, april 2018
  • Galerija Equrna, Ljubljana, Abstrakcija je na koncu tvoje cone udobja, april 2018
  • 5. Art Colony MKD, 2017 / Catalog
  • Pixxelpoint 2017 - 18. international festival of contemporary art practices / catalog
  • 23. MFRU - Mednarodni festival računalniške umetnosti / 2017
  • ALUO Exhibition 2017
  • 4. Art Colony MKD, 2016 / Catalog 
  • University of Ljubljana, VIM Student Exhibitions, 19. april 2016
  • Faculty of Architecture, Ljubljana, ALUO Student Exhibitions, 14. march 2016
  • Jakopič Gallery, ALUO LXX. Past, Present, Future, 19. January 2016 / Catalog
  • Festival Obzidja Piran 2015
  • Gallery Vakuum, ALUO student exhibitions, Trigif, 2015
  • Mestni muzej Ljubljana, Oblikovanje s 5000-letno tradicijo, SŠOF Student Exhibitions, 2013
  • Mglc - Mednarodni grafični likovni center, Art masterclass, 2009
  • Lijalent, Student home Lizika Jančar, Maribor, 2002

Exhibitions and Films in Cooperation
Film and Animation Festivals
  • Slovenski animirani film 2006-2011, 2018 Celje
  • 12th Animateka 2015 / Short film House
  • 11th Grossmann 2015 / Short film
  • 10th Athens ANIMFEST 2015 / Short film
  • Festival Svobodne Video Produkcije 2014
  • Videomanija 2013 / Short film In the Woods
  • This human world 2012 / Festival Opening short film
  • Videomanija 2012 / Short film Štopar