Stojan Kerbler

Born at Ptujska Gora 1938. In 1969 first time proclaimed best exhibitor in Slovenia and in 1970 the best exhibitor in Yugoslavia ( A FIAP). In 1971, awarded with Golden Bird Award for the exhibiton Portraits from the Streets of Ptuj. In 1977, the People of Haloze series was exhibited in the gallery of Eastman Kodak Company. In 1980 he received the FIAP Gold Medal for the exhibition in Landerneau, France. In 1982, the Photographic Museum of Charleroi included 15 of his photographs into its collection. In 2001, the slovenian daily, Delo, names him one of the top ten Slovene photographers of the 20th century.

Stojan Kerbler has received a total of 500 awards and prizes of which 120 at international exhibitions. His works have been presented at more then 100 solo exhibitions in Slovenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Poland, Soviet Union, Spain, USA and Yugoslavia. From 1960 to 2003, Stojan Kerbler took part in 1270 exhibitions of which 600 were organised at 128 different venues in the former Yugoslavia and 670 were international exhibitions hosted by 52 countries worldwide.