About

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'm mostly working in a field of art & design, still and motion pictures. You can find more information about my work under Portfolio page. I am based in Kranj, Slovenia.

For collaborations, project inquiries or other things you can contact me via:
✉ domen@caligofx.net

Around the year 2009 I discovered the world of 3D animation and I have been 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. My interest gradually expanded to include exploring various creative possibilities of 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 more biographic information on my personal page.

I understand art as a truth procedure, 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 contemplative philosophy of reality. From the time of Plato we know that a good artform can be extraordinary more real than the reality we know from the everyday noise of mythology.

I examine works on textual and contextual level of analysis: the level of the idea, form and meaning, which corresponds to narrative theme, discourse and story. Meaning-making thus includes the art of storytelling, design theory (gestalt principles, color theory, methodology) and understanding the context of the field (the state of the art). I like to combine all these theories with the philosophy of mind and the conceptual system of cognitive science, which studies perception, emotions, learning and the neuroscience behind it.

In addition to reading books on narrative storytelling, 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, The International Film Festival "This human world" - Breath - recognition

Solo Exhibitions

2021 Mala galerija LDK, Kranj, Cremated landscapes.
2021 Zavarovalnica Triglav, Traces of organic.
2020 ZDSLU, Ljubljana, Night of bats.
2020 Gorenjski Muzej, Kranj, Sandy Transition.
2019 Gorenjski Muzej, Kranj, Nedokončane zgodbe, Public Talk, Opening of the exhibition and Final thoughts / 7. 3. 2019.
2019 Retrospective exhibition / ALUO / 4. 1. 2019
2017 P74 Gallery, King's Democracy, +Public Talk (video).
2016 MKD Gallery Kranj, 2016. Catalog.
2016 Kavarna Slonček Kranj, The Material city.

Group Exhibitions

2021 The Road to Justice, Unfamiliar Area, Galery Alkatraz.
2021 Self-portrait, Mala galerija, Kranj.
2021 Geometry without borders - ZDSLU, Galerie im Turm, der Bezirkshauptmannschaft Baden, Avstrija.
2021 S'menj je bil živ - Prešernu v čast, Likovno društvo Kranj.
2021 Različni, odlični. Mladi umetniki 2020. ZDSLU, Ljubljana. Catalog.
2021 Zimski festival, ZDSLU, 3. 12. 2020 – 30. 1. 2021.
2020 Videofestival Narave 17, Bežigrajska galerija.
2020 Mali format, Likovno društvo Kranj. Catalog.
2020 8. Art Colony MKD, Zavoda za varstvo kulturne dediščine, Kranj.
2020 Festival Under the Subway Video Art Night, New York, ZDA.
2020 9. International Festival of Fine Arts, Kranj, Slovenia.
2020 International exhibition Bele noći, Majdanpek, Srbija.
2020 Zamisli in zasnove, ZDSLU, Ljubljana.
2019 Mali format `19, Mala galerija, Kranj.
2019 Zimski festival, ZDSLU, 2019. Catalog.
2019 7. Art Colony MKD, 2019. Catalog.
2019 Art for students - collection of fine arts by the French Prešeren High School, Kranj. Catalog.
2019 Facing diversity, Museum Kosova graščina, Jesenice.
2019 Festival Black and white, 2019, Kranj.
2019 1st International biennale Artistic vision: Fear 2019, 19. 8 - 21. 9. 2019.
2019 Mala Galerija, Novi člani, 2. 7. 2019.
2019 Mala Galerija, Grafika, 5. 3. 2019.
2018 Mala Galerija, Mali format `18, 20. december 2018. Catalog.
2018 ZDSLU, Zimski festival, 6. december 2018. Catalog.
2018 6. Art Colony MKD. Catalog.
2018 ZDSLU, Razstava mladih avtorjev, 7. november 2018.
2018 Majski salon 2018 - Grafika, ZDSLU, Narodni muzej Slovenije, 11. oktober 2018.
2019 NUK, "Jaz sem Cankar - in to ti pove vse!", Knjige in pisma: Cankar v delih študentov UL ALUO, 26. 9. 2018 - 26. 1. 2019.
2018 Svetlobna Gverila 2018, Barve, Ljubljana
2018 Bežigrajska galerija 2., Festival Narave, Ljubljana, april 2018.
2018 Galerija Equrna, Ljubljana, Abstrakcija je na koncu tvoje cone udobja, april 2018.
2017 5. Art Colony MKD. / Catalog
2017 Pixxelpoint 2017 - 18. international festival of contemporary art practices. Catalog.
2017 23. MFRU - Mednarodni festival računalniške umetnosti.
2017 ALUO Exhibition 2017.
2016 4. Art Colony MKD, 2016. Catalog.
2016 University of Ljubljana, VIM Student Exhibitions, 19. april 2016.
2016 Faculty of Architecture, Ljubljana, ALUO Student Exhibitions, 14. march 2016.
2016 Jakopič Gallery, ALUO LXX. Past, Present, Future, 19. January 2016. Catalog.
2015 Festival Obzidja Piran 2015.
2015 Gallery Vakuum, ALUO student exhibitions, Trigif.
2013 Mestni muzej Ljubljana, Oblikovanje s 5000-letno tradicijo, SŠOF Student Exhibitions, 2013.
2009 Mglc - Mednarodni grafični likovni center, Art masterclass.
2002 Lijalent, Student home Lizika Jančar, Maribor.

Exhibitions and Films in Cooperation

Aksioma, MemesteticA, title animation, 2021.
Aksioma, (Re)programiranje – Strategies for Self-Renewal, animated graphics, 2021.
Nonument Group: German Marks, Bienale Pochen, Chemnitz, 3D animation hologram, 2020.
Razstave Vezenine Bled, animated documentary, 2020.
Teden Slovenske drame skozi čas, documentary film, 2020.
Gorenjski muzej, Nazaj k predmetu: Konservatorsko-restavratorski stik s preteklostjo, animirana vizualizacija, 2020.
TV Slovenija, Na kratko: Bioetika, ilustracije, 2020.
Aksioma, MoneyLab #8: Minting a Fair Society, motion graphics, 2020.
TV Slovenia show - Na kratko: Mreženje, illustration and animation, 2019.
Sun Calendar, on PixxelPoint, 3D v isualization, 2018.
Lumitronome, 3D visualization, 2018.
Moj zrak, moja odgovornost - Kurite doma, Colour correction, 2018.
Android app for learning Slovene - ZNAM, concept developer and voice actor, 2017.
Film Oropana Duša / Robbed Soul, Title Designer, 2016.
TV-Film Veselko, Graphic Designer, 2016.
Cyanometer, 3D Design, Slovenska cesta, Ljubljana, 15. June 2016.
Gorenjski muzej, 1914-1918 BOHINJ 1941-1945, Animation, 4. July 2015, Exhibition catalog.
Gorenjski muzej, Gospodje in tovariši, director of the documentary film, 14. May 2015.
Gorenjski muzej, K Mariji Pomagaj na Brezje 1814 – 2014 , Animation, 13. May 2014.
Gorenjski muzej, What was the weather like in Gorenjska?, Multimedia, December 2013.
MKD, Graphic design, 2011-2021.

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.