— Prečni rezi —
(Cross sections)
Graphic artist, illustrator, and musician
Miha Erič
presents his artwork at the Prečna Gallery in Kamnik.
The exhibition features his woodcuts, linocuts, and high-relief copper engravings created over the past seven years.
His work includes figurative, realistic, and surreal socially critical motifs, often with a touch of the grotesque. Miha uses engraving chisels to carve into the printing matrix, shaping light in the negative.
He pays special attention to “cross sections,” which create a sense of space, light, and tactility — even though it's all just an illusion.
The fantasy in his line work offers an escape from harsh reality, while also delivering clear and sometimes very direct messages.
Some prints are hand-colored with watercolors, reminiscent of early book illustrations from 500 years ago, and framed in antique frames, often salvaged from attics or junkyards.
Occasionally, Miha even custom-sizes a graphic to fit a unique frame — doing the opposite of the usual approach, where the artwork comes first and the frame second.
The second part of the exhibition features unframed black-and-white prints, just as they emerge from the printing press.
Also on display are the wooden and copper matrices—rarely shown in exhibitions, yet essential, as they give birth to the graphic prints.
The exhibition is also a sales show and will be open until August 31, 2025.
— Miha Erič —
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Miha Erič holds a degree in Visual Communication Design – Illustration and works as a freelance artist and instrumentalist.
In 2009, he completed a program in “Design Technician” at the Secondary School of Design and Photography in Ljubljana.
He graduated in 2013 from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana with a degree in Visual Communication Design, majoring in illustration.
In 2015, together with intermedia artist Natalija Šepul Erič, he founded the Orbita Institute for Education, Art, Music, and Cultural Activities, known for numerous visual and musical projects both in Slovenia and abroad.
Through the institute, he organizes and leads concerts, workshops, lectures, instrument lessons, summer schools, children's camps, team-building workshops, and more.
The institute also includes Studio Orbita and Orbita Records.
As a visual artist, Miha specializes in printmaking, holding at least three solo exhibitions annually and participating in numerous group exhibitions.
He regularly conducts workshops in relief printmaking—linocut, woodcut, and high-relief copper engraving.
His graphic works have been used in a variety of printed materials, including books, posters, T-shirts, flyers, publications, manuals, CDs, and vinyl records.
Since 2020, together with his wife, he has led the Salsaverde Cultural Art Association and Gallery in Izola as curator, gallery manager, and creative director.
The gallery organizes around 15 exhibitions per year and is active in public cultural work.
Miha has received numerous awards in both the visual arts and music fields. He is involved in several musical groups and regularly participates in domestic and international projects.
Each year, he performs at over a hundred musical events, concerts, and studio projects.
Independently, he has released 12 albums and many individual tracks used in campaigns, advertisements, and promotions.
He also composes music for film and theater.
In 2025, Miha and Natalija opened their own Art School and Erič Gallery in Celje.
Visual art techniques:
woodcut, linocut, high-relief copper engraving
Glasbene zvrsti v katerih deluje in ustvarja izključno avtorsko glasbo:
filmska glasba, country, rock, blues, ljudska glasba, stoner, rockandroll, ambientalna glasba, americana, etno, rockabilly
