Viktor Bernik, born in 1971, graduated in 1998 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, where he studied painting with Profs. Metka Krašovec and Bojan Gorenc; he went on to complete a specialist degree with Professor Gorenc and later continued his studies in the United States. He took part in several referential group exhibitions in Slovenija and exhibited internationally. Author and Initiator of Made in China project, one of the leaders of GalerijaGallery, an artist-run gallery in Ljubljana.