About me...

Milan Ketiš is a contemporary artist working with various mediums of expression. His main form is painting. He loves to paint in a kind of naive romantic impressionistic style, depicting landscapes, animals and still lives.

As a counterpart to representational painting, he explores abstract art as well. Geometry, brushstrokes, lines, compositions, colours, different materials and much more find place in his experimental researches.

Nature is definitely the strongest form of inspiration for Milan. Natural materials, such as clay, soil, straw, leaves, wooden sticks, find the way into his paintings, installations or performances.

“Small particles of forgotten decaying nature can be beautiful. It is just a matter of your perception. Beauty is inside you. If you can be beauty inside, you can see beauty outside.”

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Milan Ketiš was born in year 1992 and lives and works in Maribor.

He graduated in the year 2015 at the painting department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana with a project named Drawing of the Body.

He continued studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana and did an exchange programme in the year 2016 at the University of Arts Helsinki, Academy of fine Arts.

He finished his Master studies in the year 2019 with a project named Space of spiritual, human, nature and culture.

In his work he is using different mediums, he presented various projects, space installations, paintings, objects and performances.

Theme of his work consists of humans relations with self, nature and spirituality. His work has been presented in many solo and group exhibitions.

Group exhibitions

NATURAL FAITH, 21. 12. 2022 - 26. 2. 2023, MGLC Švicarija, Ljubljana

ART MUS, 6. - 16. 12. 2022, Cirkulacija - 2, podhod Ajdovščina, Ljubljana

ŽIVA RISBA, 21. 10.-19. 11. 2022, Galerija DLUM, Židovska ulica 10, Maribor

NAGRAJENCI DLUM 2021, 12. 8.-10. 9. 2022, Galerija DLUM, Židovska ulica 10, Maribor

UMETNOST V IZJEMNIH RAZMERAH, 7. 12. 2021-20. 2. 2022, Galerija DLUM, Židovska ulica 10, Maribor

9. mednarodni festival likovnih umetnosti Kranj, Lepljenka, kolaž in asemblaž: reciklirane zgodbe, 28. 9. 2020 – 3. 11. 2020, več lokacij, Kranj

Novo sprejeti člani DLUM - Špela Kobal, Maja Šivec, Milan Ketiš, 9. 6. - 4. 7. 2020, DLUM, Židovska ulica 10, Maribor

Obnovoletna razstava - DLUM '99 OLD, 28. 11. 2019 - 8. 2. 2020, DLUM, Židovska ulica 10, Maribor

MUS: ArtMetropolis 2019, Mariborski umetnostni sejem, 24. 10. 2019 - 27. 10. 2019, Salzburški dvor, Vetrinjska ulica 16, Maribor

ART FOR SALE/Papirnate zadeve, poletna prodajna razstava, 15. 6. 2019 - 8. 9. 2019, UGM Kabinet, Strossmayerjeva 6

Murali za Muro, 12.5. 2018 – 13. 5. 2018, več lokacij, Boračevska cesta 2, 9252 Radenci

MUS: ArtMetropolis 2017, Mariborski umetnostni sejem, 20.12. 2017 - 22. 12. 2017, artKIT, Glavni trg 14, 2000 Maribor

MUS: ArtMetropolis 2016, Mariborski umetnostni sejem, 15. 12. – 21. 12. 2016, Kibla Portal, Valvasorjeva 40, 2000 Maribor

EKO ART Maribor, 19. 8. – 10. 9. 2016, KiBela, Ulica kneza Koclja 9, 2000 Maribor

Dvoriščno okno, razstava študentov Ljubljanske ALUO, 11. 5. – 20. 5. 2016, Škuc galerija, Stari trg 21, 1000 Ljubljana

MUS: ArtMetropolis 2015, Mariborski umetnostni sejem, 17.-19. 12. 2015, Salon uporabnih umetnosti, Glani trg 1, 2000 Maribor

2. Urbana likovna kolonija Milena Lah, 14. 9. – 19. 9. 2015 in 20.9 – 11. 10. 2015, Galerija HKDM, Partizanska cesta 12, 2000 Maribor

We wrote a song about Vallila, 2.6.2015, Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Vilhonvuorenkuja 15-16, 00500 Helsinki

Come Home, Call of Periphery, 3.5 – 31.5.2015 Esitystaiteen Keskus, Suvilahti Puhdistamo, Kaasuhtaankatu 1, 00540 Helsinki

1. Urbana likovna kolonija Milena Lah, 27.9.2014, Rajzefiber biro, Gosposka 11, 2000 Maribor

Pravočasno, razstava študentov ALUO, 15. 5. - 30. 5. 2014, Škuc galerija, Stari trg 21, 1000 Ljubljana

30. grafični bienale: Prekinitev, spremljajoča razstava: Kaj se je zgodilo, 17. oktober – 24. november 2013, Vošnjakova 4, 1000 Ljubljana

Vabljeni mladi 2013 in nagrajenci Primavera 2012/2013, 21.5. – 14. 6. 2013, Informacijsko kulturno središče EPM 2013 (Galerija Salona Rotovž), Trg Leona Štuklja 2, 2000 Maribor

Lijalent 2013, XV. Mednarodna likovna kolonija, 1. 9. 2013, Dijaški dom Lizike Jančar Maribor, Titova cesta 24 a, 2000 Maribor

Solo exhibitions

MILAN KETIŠ, GEOMETRIJA iz ZEMLJE, 9.1. -31.1. 2024 trakovi, Layerjeva hiša, Kranj

Milan Ketiš / Trakovi, UGM Šop, Strossmayerjeva ulica 6. 16. 12. 2022 – 12. 3. 2023

Amebe ljubezni, Milan Ketiš in Eva Novak, 2. 7. 2021 - 31.7.2021, Dom Kulture Gornja Radgona, 9250 Gornja Radgona

Ukoreninjeni v srcu, Milan Ketiš in Maša Dvoršak, performans, 4. 6. 2018, Mladinski Center Gornja Radgona, Partizanska cesta 11, 9250 Gornja Radgona

Enost Dvojine, Milan Ketiš in Maša Dvoršak, 26. 4. 2018 – 31.5.2018, Avla Jožeta Hudalesa, Občina Lenart, Trg osvoboditve 7, 2230 Lenart v Slovenskih goricah

Valovanje umetnine, 16.5. – 3. 6. 2017, artKIT, Glavni trg 14, 2000 Maribor

Skica za tempelj, 31. 3. – 22. 4. 2017, Galerija Simulaker, Vrhovčeva 1a, 8000 Novo mesto

Drevesa, gobe, škratje in podobna bitja, 2. 12. – 10. 2. 2017, Oš Tabor 1 Maribor, Ulica Arnolda Tovornika 21, 2000 Maribor

Valovanje, 17. 3. – 20. 4. 2016, Nočna izložba Pešak, AKC Metelkova mesto, Metelkova ulica 10, 1000 Ljubljana

Um roke-dela etnost, 26. 2. - 20.3 2016, Art:reSet PgEs, Jurčičeva 8, 2000 Maribor

Um roke-dela etnost, 27. 1 - 20. 2. 2016, Ziferblat, Vegova ulica 8, 1000 Ljubljana

Skica za drevo, 11. 6. – 28. 6. 2015, Galerija DLUL, Breg 22, 1000 Ljubljana

Papir, Slađana Matić-Trstenjak, Milan Ketiš, 9.7. - 1. 8. 2014, Galerija MORH-a “Zvonimir”, Bauerova 33, 10122 Zagreb

Zaplet, Milan Ketiš in Saša Bezjak, 1.12.2012 – 31.1.2013, Avla Občine Sv. Ana, Sv. Ana 17, 2233 Sv. Ana