Nika Špan (b. 1967) is an artist based in Düsseldorf and Ljubljana.
Who’s there?⎜Who’s there? (2010/2025)

Around the corner from the affective odors at Dorambari Family House, a knocking can be heard. Emerging from behind a door, Nika Špan’s Who is there? | Who’s there? invites the viewer to become a listener—and a participant, too, if they choose to respond to the work’s central questions.

Špan graduated in painting and specialized in sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. As a DAAD scholarship holder, she studied at Künstakademie Düsseldorf. She works with various media, particularly installations, spatial and sound interventions. Her conceptual, performative, situational and often ephemeral works have been presented internationally.

Recent solo exhibitions include:
Garden Secret for You, Pavilion of the Republic of Slovenia, Biennale Arte, Venice (2024)
Close your Eyes, with Richard Whitlock, Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2024)
Eau De Parkhaus, PARKHAUS im Malkastenpark, Düsseldorf, Germany (2021)

Recent group exhibitions include:
I am the grass. Let me work, University library Klagenfurt, Austria (2025)
Picture (a) City, MSUM, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2025)
Extended Vision, Cukrarna Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2024);

Supported by: Goethe Zentrum Prishtina