Vladimir Leben, born in 1971, spent his childhood years in Sevnica and later moved to Ljubljana, where he attended Secondary School for Design and Photography and Academy of Fine Arts and Design. He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions both home and abroad, with Galapagos project as one of the most successful. He is one of the founders of the Museum of Too Modern Art. He is also active as animator and illustrator. He received the first prize for animation at the 10th Festival of Slovenian Film in Portorož in 2007 and was recipient of Hinko Smrekar plaque for illustration at the 10th Biennial of Slovene Book Illustration in 2012. In 2014, director Amir Muratović made a film portrait of Leben for Slovene National Television. He lives and works in Ljubljana.
