Resume

Martina Manfreda Mortimer

1971: Born in Sempeter pri Gorici, Slovenia
1991–1997: studied fashion/textile design at Ljubljana University, Slovenia.
1999–2000: awarded with a British Council scholarship and achieving MA in fashion/textiledesign at B.I.A.D. University of Central England, Birmingham,
2000: A work experience in London with fashion designers Vivienne Westwood and Julian MacDonald .
2001–2005: self employed knitwear designer in Ljubljana, Slovenia
2005 till today: self employed knitwear designer with a design studio in Berlin.

Exhibitions

1995: International fashion show “Mittelmoda", Gorizia, Italy
1996: International fashion show “Mittelmoda", Gorizia, Itally, awarded with an invitation to Summer School at Domus Academy in Milan, under the supervision of Italian designer Gianfranco Ferre.
1996: international students fashion show at K.I.A.D University, Rochester, UK: won the 2nd prize
2006: Gallery at the Faculty for the Education, Ljubljana
2012: Gallery Berlin Avantgarde, Berlin
2012: ‘ArtEAsts in the City’, Romanian Embassy, Berlin
2014: ‘Bestrickend’, Handwerksform, Hannover

Design fairs for applied art

2012 and 2013: Selected by the jury to take part at an international design fair GRASSI-MESSE, Leipzig
2013 until today: participation at design fairs ‘Zeughausmesse“, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin; Textilmarkt Benediktbeuern, Munich; Kunsthandwerkermarkt, Kassel; Kreativfabrik- Ateliers, Berlin ; Echt, Berlin