13b is an artist run project space and gallery founded by Louise Winter at her home in the medieval town of Kamnik, Slovenia. Born out of a desire to create a space for artists to show their work and try out ideas outside of the traditional white cube, the gallery explores questions of what art is, how it is made and who makes it.

By de-centralising the exhibition space and bringing art into the fabric of everyday life, 13b blurs the boundaries between art and reality, encouraging spontaneous interactions and forging connections between artists, audiences and the public sphere, both nationally and internationally.

Focus:

• Collaboration
• Everyday creativity
• DIY ethos in art
• Art in unusual spaces
• Art as intervention
• Reclaimed work, labour and time
• Building alternatives to capitalism and the institutional art world

Bio:

Winter is an artist, curator and writer who works between the UK and Slovenia. In 2011 Winter graduated with an MA in Fine Art with distinction and, since then, has exhibited regularly across the UK and internationally. Louise has held solo exhibitions in Leeds, Newcastle and Exeter and in 2014 was shortlisted for the Beers Award for Contemporary Emerging Art. In 2015 she was selected as artist in residence with ARTErra, Portugal and exhibited as part of ‘The Multiple Exposure Project: Outside the White Cube’ , in Metro Manila, Philippines. In 2016 Winter exhibited with &Model Gallery, Leeds, The Royal Standard, Liverpool and Galeria Zero, Barcelona.

In 2017 she held solo exhibitions at The Newbridge Project and Slugtown, Newcastle. She was also selected for the group shows ‘Les Boites’, Suede Gallery, Edinburgh and ‘Artistic Encounter’ at The Great North Museum at the Hancock.

Winter is a member of The Slovenian Association of Fine Arts Societies and has held Pop Up Solo Installations at Kamfest and Stara Tobacna. She has also participated in Open Studio events, the international group exhibition KAOS at Layerjeva Hiša and the International Biennale of Installation and Sculpture - Multiplicity and Repetion, IAVPOA Art.

Last year she was selected for the show 'Kinetične Keramike' curated by Kristina Rutar and completed an artist residency at Hiša na Hribu. She also curated and took part in the group exhibiton 'Weird Sisters' at Galerija Dika, Kamnik, which brought together six leading contemporary female artists living and working in Slovenia.

Interview: 'Art is food for the soul'

https://www.modre-novice.si/pogovori/louise-winter-umetnost-je-hrana-za-duso/

Press: Weird Sisters, Group Exhibition, Galerija Dika, (curated project)

https://www.gorenjskiglas.si/razvedrilo/cudne-sestre-in-moc-sodobne-umetnosti-39663/

Artist Website

https://axisweb.org/artist/louisewinter