Kiki Klimt (1971) enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana (ALUO) in 1992 and received a Zois scholarship a year later (1993). She graduated with a degree in painting in 1997. In the same year, she enrolled in post-graduate studies in sculpture (ALUO) and received a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. She received her master's degree in 2000, as well as the status of a freelance artist in the field of culture of the Ministry of Culture. She obtained a PhD for illustration and visual communication in 2009, and in the same year the Ministry of Culture awarded her with a scholarship and a studio in Berlin. A year later, in 2010, she received the title of assistant professor for the field of illustration and became a professional associate of NAKVIS for the field of arts schools. She is in the process of becoming a professor. She lectured at the Faculty of Design and the School of Drawing and Painting in Ljubljana, as well as abroad (Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Istanbul, Turkey; National Academy of Arts Sofia, Bulgaria; IADE - Creative University of Lisbon, Portugal) and has been a guest of many symposia and conferences. She creates in various media: conceptual art, performance, installation, photography, illustration, painting, and design. With Mehta Publishing House, India, she published 12 copyrighted paintings, illustrated 32 books and participated in other media. Since 2013, her book illustrations have been regularly presented at international book fairs in Bologna, Frankfurt, and New Delhi; she has also participated in international book fairs in London, Paris, Shanghai, Dubai, Beijing, and elsewhere. Kiki Klimt has prepared 19 independent exhibitions at home and abroad (Belgrade, Berlin, Bratislava, Genova, Helsinki, Koln, New York, Sarajevo, Zagreb) and participated in many group exhibitions. She is famous for her motorbikes painted with brushes and with gilded bodies under the name IZANAGI. She received the JAK grant in 2018. She published articles about sacred geometry in the magazine Sensa.