Matija Brumen

Born in Maribor, Slovenia. Trained alpine skiing. Graduated from Japanology and Philosophy studies at Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana. Finishing master studies of Photography at Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana.
Study exchanges at Tsukuba University, Japan, Folkwang Hochschule, Essen, Germany, and Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic.
I worked as alpine ski instructor in Japan for two winters, as a Japanese language translator, as a cameraman at Slovenian national TV, as librarian at National and University Library in Slovenia and all this time also working as artist photographer.