Luka Rep

Luka Rep, born on July 27, 2000, graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts (AVA) in Ljubljana in 2024. In 2019 and 2020 he successfully passed the entrance examinations for the Academy of Fine Arts and Design (ALUO), Painting Department, where he began his Master’s studies on October 1, 2024. His artistic path was strongly influenced by the late academic painter Zmago
Modic, who in 2013 recognized his talent and invited him to attend his advanced painting course for adults. Rep held his first exhibition in 2014 at Primary School Koseze, followed by exhibitions in Banja Luka and at the Stane Kregar Gallery the same year. In 2022 he presented the sculpture Put-in Disco and the experimental film Lucid Dreams at AVA, while his solo photographic exhibition was displayed at the TAM-TAM Urban Gallery in Ljubljana. At the AVA annual exhibitions, he showcased the painting Dead End and the experimental film No Risk, No Story in 2023, and later that year exhibited at Art Expo Ljubljana at Brdo pri Kranju. In 2024, he created the design for the Slovenian bear for the international exhibition United Buddy Bears, which was first presented at Republic Square in Ljubljana under the honorary patronage of the President of the National Assembly, mag. Urška Klakočar Zupančič, and the Mayor of Ljubljana, Zoran Janković. His collaboration with the City of Ljubljana and the Federal Republic of Germany gave him valuable insight into the connection between entrepreneurship, art and politics.

Alongside his artistic career, Rep is also an entrepreneur and serves as the Head of the Diplomacy Department at Youth Business Group Slovenia, a business community uniting more than 350 proactive young people from diverse fields. On May 20, 2025, in cooperation with the Club of Diplomats Slovenia, he organized an international event at the European House, where he acted as a speaker and representative of Youth Business Group Slovenia. In recognition of his efforts, he has also been nominated for the Ambassadors of Knowledge Award 2025.

As a recipient of the Municipality of Ljubljana Scholarship for Talented Students (2023–2025), Rep is committed to fostering stronger support for young entrepreneurs on both the national and international levels, while continuing to develop his artistic, diplomatic and entrepreneurial career.