Cvetka Hojnik was born in Murska Sobota, Slovenia.

After completing high school she graduated from the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Ljubljana, Department of textiles, Study programme Design of Textiles and Clothes.

She also studied contemporary painting techniques at the Academy of Fine Arts, in the class of Prof. Gorenec and Prof. Vogelnik.

At the School of Drawing and Painting in Ljubljana she complements her education with the master’s thesis entitled En Soph, Assemblages and Texturing through the Fractals of Kabala, which was rated the highest grade.

She presented her work at solo exhibitions and participated and group exhibitions in Slovenia and abroad.

She received numerous awards and recognition for her work, including the Awards for Creativity by the Association of Fine Artists of Maribor (2006 and 2014, 2019), a Special award at the Spacal Homage show in Italy (2007), a large Purchase award at the “Ex Tempore” in Piran on the topic of Soline (2009) as well as an acknowledgment by the Mayor Anton Balazek for achievements in the field of culture at home and abroad (2013). 2019 received she a Gran prix at the exhibition “Žene slikari” in Majdanpek, Serbia. 2020 received a special award from the expert jury at the 3rd International Biennial of Miniature on Paper in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina and 2021 two awards of the expert jury, at the international exhibition in Zagreb, Croatia and at the international biennal Nude in Montenegro.

She is member of the Association of Fine Artists of Maribor, the Association of Fine Artists of Slovenia, the Austrian Association of Fine Artists and the Society of International Free Artists.

She works in her studio in Lendava, Slovenia.

• Cvetka Hojnik "The Dark Side" Solo Exhibition