Janez Lenassi
b. 3 July 1927 in Opatija, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (YU); d. 26 January 2008 in Piran (SLO); Slovene sculpto
| 1947-1951 | Studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana under Professor Peter Loboda |
| 1953-1955 | Teaching post at an intermediate school in Radovljica. Continued to train his artistic skills under Professor Boris Kalin |
| 1957-1959 | Teacher at an elementary school in Ljubljana |
| 1966 | Awarded the Prešeren Prize |
| 1981 | Awarded the Jakopič visual arts prize |
| 1982 | Appointed a professor, but never took up a corresponding position |
| 1980-1990 | International Kornari Summer Academy for Sculpture in Marušiči |
| 1985-1989 | President of the Union of Artists in Yugoslavia |
| 1986-1996 | Member of the committee of the Salzburg International Summer Academy |
| 1987-1989 | President of the Union of Slovene Artists |
Symposia:
| 1959 | President of the Union of Slovene Artists |
| 1961 | With the sculptor Jakob Savinšek, he organized the first international sculpture symposium in Slovenia in Kostanjevica na Krki and the sculpture symposium Forma Viva on the Seča peninsula near Portorož |
| 1966 | Second participation in the St. Margarethen sculpture symposium |
| 1972-1976 | Part of the team working on the art project started by Karl Prantl for Stephansplatz in Vienna which was shelved following objections from certain Viennese authorities |
| 2007 | The Forma Viva sculpture symposium is dedicated to him to mark his 80th birthday |