Jaka Vatovec (1989) graduated in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. His work has been featured at the solo exhibitions Tetrodotoxin at the Pivka House of Culture (2014), Always Rotten, Never Ripe at Kino Šiška in Ljubljana (2015), Post-Christmas Depression at the P74 Gallery in Ljubljana (2017) and at numerous group exhibitions in Slovenia and abroad. He has also published several art publications. He lives and works in Leipzig and Postojna.