Andrej Grabrovec

Andrej Grabrovec (pseudonym Gaberi), Slovenian artist, engineer, sculptor and photographer, born in 1959.

He was born in 1959 in Maribor, where he lived a happy childhood on the bank of the Drava River and in his grandfather's carpentry workshop. He went to grammar school in Maribor and graduated from the Higher Technical School of Civil Engineering in 1985. He was hired as a designer by a design bureau. In collaboration with the design and research bureau at the Higher Technical School in Maribor and under the guidance of Prof. Borut Pečenko and engineer Vukašin Ačanski, he developed concepts, drawings and models of "forma vivo" in concrete. He began a long-standing collaboration with the Art Foundry of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, where, in collaboration with professors from the Academy of Fine Arts, he becomes familiar with sculptural technologies. In 1990, he decided to pursue an independent career. At his atelier, he began working on a large clay and plaster sculpture. He established the civic initiative Harpistic Table in 1993. From 2001 to 2007, he published a monthly magazine for new relations in the third millennium, titled ga BERI, in which he also publishes his own brief contemplations. In 2005, he installed the sculptural composition The Bridge outside the new Jagiellonian University, outlining a new project of collaboration among old European universities, named European University Bridges. He lives and works in Ljubljana, Maribor and Zagreb.

He draws designs and produces models of sculptural compositions, seeking solutions for public installations. In his work, he connects engineering, mathematics, design and an extra dimension. At his Maribor and Zagreb ateliers, he makes large compositions in clay, plaster and wood and has them cast in bronze at the Art Foundry in Zagreb. The basic recurring motif of his work is the Woman. As a master of martial arts, he profoundly studies movement and posture in relation to the wisdom of the Far East. At the Maribor gallery, he organises round tables, ceremonial sessions of the Harpistic Table, exhibitions and concerts.

• Harpistic Table
• European University Bridges
• ga BERI magazine

• The Sleeping Muse in Graz, Austria (1992)
• Monument to Lord Kocel in Maribor (1994)
• Bust of Miroslav Krleža at HNK Zagreb (1995)
• Sculptural composition The Drava Fairies in Maribor (1996)
• The Dance of the Fairies fountain in Maribor (1997)
• The Muse of Prague outside the Charles University in Prague (2000)
• The Rector’s Table at the Vienna University of Technology (2001)
• The Portrait of Europe relief in Europa-Park near Vienna (2002)
• Themis and Dike in the hall of the Maribor Faculty of Law (2004)
• The Bridge outside the new Jagiellonian University in Kraków (2005)
• Mother Earth water sculpture in Ljubljana (2006)
• Omega sculptural composition in the botanical garden of the Vilnius University (2007)
• The Crucified One for Croatia at the Museum of Silver and Gold in Zadar (2007)
• The relief A Midsummer Night's Dream in Ljubljana (2008)
• The relief Angels Sing Beautifully at UKC Ljubljana (2009)
• Installation of The Chapel of Universal Love in Maribor for the closure of ECC (2012)
• Historica sculptural composition outside the Corvinus University in Budapest (2013)

• "STA: Slovenski kipar Grabrovec-Gaberi razstavlja v zagrebškem muzeju Mimara". www.sta.si. Retrieved 2016-03-17. 
• "Novice". zagreb.veleposlanistvo.si. Retrieved 2016-03-17.