Marija Jenko is a full professor in the field of textile and clothing design at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana. In 1985 she graduated in architecture from the University of Ljubljana, earning an additional degree in fine arts a year later, as well as an MA in graphic art in 1990. She’s specialized in textiles at the University of Art and Design Helsinki in Finland. In the years 1994-1996, she continued her training at the Scottish College of Textiles (Edinburgh), the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Danmarks Designskole (Copenhagen) and the Edinburgh Printmakers’ Workshop.
She creates in several fields, and she has won awards mainly for her work of artistic graphics and in the field of textile design and art. Her graphic works are in the collections of the Albertina in Vienna and the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. In 1987, she received the second prize in the competition of the Chamber of Commerce of Slovenia for an original Slovenian souvenir, in 1990 the student Prešeren Prize, and in 1992 the Grand Prix at the second biennial of Slovenian graphics in Novo Mesto. For the exhibition Parallel in 2001, she received the Trend Award from the Slovenian Radio and Television. In 2012 the same award was given to the Department where she’s employed as a professor for textile design.
Marija Jenko leads lectures, seminars, and exercises at:
– 1st level of university degree Textile and clothing design (undergraduate): Textile design 1, 2, 3, Textile art 1, Interior design 1, Development of modern fashion and textiles, Sustainable design 1 and Selected chapters from contemporary fashion
– 2nd level master’s degree Textile and clothing design (postgraduate): Textile Design 4, 5, Contemporary Fashion and Textile Design, Contemporary Fashion and Textile Practices and Sustainable Design 2.