Zora Stančič

Zora Stančič-Bitenc (born 10 March 1956) is a Slovene graphic and visual artist who primarily works in the medium of lithographic printmaking and film.

Biography Stančič was born on 10 March 1956 in Štrbe, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As a child she moved with her family to Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Stančič studied her bachelors degree at the University of Sarajevo and her masters degree at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana. She has also studied in Paris, France (1988), Vienna, Austria (1989), the USA (1993) and the Czech Republic (2001).

Stančič is a contemporary graphic and visual artist who primarily works in the mediums of lithographic printmaking and film. She has exhibited in Slovenia at Ljubljana Castle and the City Art Gallery in Ljubljana; and Monfort Gallery in Portorož. She has works in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the International Graphic Art Centre, both in Ljubljana.

Internationally, Stančič has works held in the permanent collections of the Albertina in Vienna, Austria; and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington, New Zealand.

Between 1992 and 1999, Stančič was the art editor of the cultural newspaper Views.

Alongside her art career, Stančič has worked as a costume designer, She designed a graphic "kiss me" print which was used for pyjamas by Alber Elbaz's AZFactory fashion brand. She was awarded the Association of Fine Artists Ljubljana (DLUL)'s Ivana Kobilac Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023.

Personal life Stančič's partner is Damjan Kozole and they have a son together.