Jona Bednjanec (1991) is a knitwear designer based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Education
2007-2011: Secondary School for Design and Photography, Ljubljana
2011 - 2016: BA Textile and Fashion Design, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering - Chair of Textile and Fashion Design, Ljubljana
2016- 2020: MA Textile and Fashion Design, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering - Chair of Textile and Fashion Design, Ljubljana
Experience
2019: Internship at knitwear production Grma, Gameljne, Slovenia 2018: Artist in residency, Big Berry Resort, Bela Krajina, Slovenia
2015: Internship at knitwear production Pletenine Špenko, Komenda, Slovenia
Awards
2019: Winner of the Week - Ljubljana Fashion Week DiGi WoW award
2018: Stylo competition powered by Mercedes - Benz Fashion Week Ljubljana - award for best collection
Exhibitons
2022: Fin de Siecle exhibition, Layer, Kranj, Slovenia
2022: preMislek/contemplation, ULUPUH gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2017: Information, Kogl house, Velika Nedelja, Slovenia 2017: Hand Technologies, Slovene Ethnographic Museum Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015: Addu/Expresivuum, Anselma, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2014: Obrazi/Faces, Centralna Postaja, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2014: Emona - Roman clothing then and now, Emona house Archaeological park, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Fashion Shows
2020: TUTTI, Ljubljana Fashion Week, October 2020, Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2019: Granny Takes a Trip, Ljubljana Fashion Week, April, 2019, Ljubljana Slovenia
2019: Fashion Scout See competition - finale fashion show, Ljubljana Fashion Week
2018: Stylo fashion show, Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, Koper, Slovenia
2012-2017: final University fashion shows
Pop-Up’s
2022: Copenhagen pop - up, Res-Res, Copenhagen, Denmark