photo by Miha Godec ©

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Short biography

Valerie Wolf Gang is an intermedia artist, researcher, and senior military specialist working at the intersection of emerging technologies, defense systems, and digital culture. With more than a decade of international experience in new media art, artificial intelligence, and immersive and extended reality technologies, her work bridges artistic research, strategic innovation, and institutional transformation. She has collaborated with leading universities, research institutes, and cultural organizations across Europe and the United States, developing interdisciplinary projects that critically examine the relationship between humans, technology, and power structures.

After years of artistic and theoretical research focused on human technology interaction, consciousness, and socio political systems, she transitioned into strategic roles within the Slovenian Armed Forces. She currently works on the development of doctrine, artificial intelligence integration, digital transformation processes, and future oriented education and training systems. Her work includes the design of virtual and XR learning environments, innovative communication strategies, and conceptual frameworks supporting modern defense and security structures in the context of hybrid and information operations.

Her expertise spans artificial intelligence ethics, machine learning applications, XR environments, strategic communication, interdisciplinary innovation development, and future warfare concepts. She regularly lectures at universities and speaks at international conferences on the societal and cultural impact of emerging technologies, technological singularity, and the transformation of contemporary warfare and governance systems.

She is a recipient of several major awards including the Ivana Kobilca Award, Vesna National Film Award, and the Fulbright Award. She lectures at the University of Nova Gorica, is a doctoral researcher at ZRC SAZU, and mentors at the Center for Creativity. She has previously worked as a research fellow at the Institute of Fine Arts Vienna and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence DFKI.

She currently holds the position of Senior Military Officer for Doctrine, Development and Artificial Intelligence at the Doctrine, Development, Education and Training Command of the Slovenian Armed Forces. Her practice is defined by a synthesis of creative technology, strategic leadership, digital media research, and interdisciplinary approaches to complex contemporary challenges.

Artist statement

“The world around me is my theater and I always observe the play with lots of focus and alertness. I’m very much fond of details, I see what everyday people don’t and I’m fascinated by small everyday events that influence our life. After I observe them I process everything and let myself be inspired and just let go. I take my camera and capture what I see, feel and dream. I create works that come from my heart and I try to speak to people through them. I always want to help those who are innocent, powerless or manipulated and let them know they’re not alone. Art is a strong media that can change the world so I use it with care and respect. When you look at my works, you can always see part of me and my hidden thoughts. They’re coming out in subtle ways that only a keen observer can notice. Look closer and you will see through me: there’s a new world.”

– Valerie Wolf Gang

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About the work of Valerie Wolf Gang:

“Valérie Wolf Gang is forming in the artist of the new generation, who is more sovereign, strong, uncompromisingly clear in her expressive power, while showing excellent knowledge of the techniques and media she uses.

– Rene Rusjan, program director of School of Arts University of Nova Gorica, professor of Contemporary Arts

“Demanding production practice which comprises the work of the artist, especially the quality and potential of its practice shows that Valérie Wolf Gang belongs to the group of the population that deserves the status of Independent Cultural Worker as well as other potential state support, mostly due to that its practice can be developed and maintained at a high artistic level, while able to exceed the boundary between art and its users. “

– Dr. Petja Grafenauer

„In Valérie Wolf Gang’s work, the sense of social and ideological alienation is played out through careful visual choice of materials and reconstructions. In her work one is made aware of the larger ideological or symbolic order through the actual material configurations being presented – that things can be about something else other than what they are made out to be.“

– dr. Lawrence Chin

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