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Vlasta Zorko (born May 27, 1934 in Maribor) is a Slovenian sculptor. She studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana alongside fellow sculptor Zdenko Kalin, graduating in 1959. After graduating she studied abroad and has been a freelance artist since 1972. She was married to sculptor Slavko Tihec from 1958 to 1983.

Her sculptures are typically of people, made out of stone, concrete, metal and other materials.

She has exhibited at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Koroška (KGLU).

In 2018 a retrospective of her work was held at the Umetnostna galerija Maribor (Maribor Art Gallery).

References

1. Grafenauer, Bogo (2009). "Vlasta Zorko" [Vlasta Zorko]. In Vide Ogrin, Petra (ed.). Slovenski biografski leksikon (in Slovenian). ISBN 978-961-268-001-5.
2. "Vlasta Zorko | Biography". MutualArt. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
3. "Vlasta Zorko – retrospective". Umetnostna galerija Maribor. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

• 1934 births
• 20th-century Slovenian sculptors
• 21st-century Slovenian sculptors
• Living people
• Artists from Maribor
• University of Ljubljana alumni
• Slovenian women artists
• 20th-century women artists
• 21st-century women artists