Biography
Born in Zagreb, Croatia, on 26th of august 1966.
STUDIES
1986 diploma in painting, School of Applied Arts, Zagreb, Croatia
1990 diploma in painting, cum laude, tutored by professor Carmelo Zotti, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy
1993 International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria, tutored by Jim Dine
1992 - 1995 Free School of Nude Drawing, Venice, Italy
1997 - 1998 Chinese language and culture class, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, P.R.China (research fellowship by N.R.China Education Board and Croatian Ministry of Science and Technology
1998 - 1999 Chinese Calligraphy class, tutored by professor Wang Yong, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, P.R.China (research fellowship by N.R.China Education Board and Croatian Ministry of Science and Technology)
2008-2011 three-year specialization in Sinology (Chinese culture and language) at the Zagreb Philosophy Faculty
2020 - 2021 specialization in Graphic design - digital publishing at the Algebra University College in Zagreb
TEACHING
2012 - present: teaching Chinese Calligraphy at the Confucius Institute of the University of Zagreb
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS (selection):
2023
-Kabinet Malih zvona, Zagreb, together with author Sanja Lovrencic, Slikoknjige V: Tišina zelenog / Paintingbooks V: The Silence of Green
-Kabinet Malih zvona, Zagreb, together with Mingsheng Pi, 'Znakovi i slike'/'Signs and images'
2022
-Lauba, Zagreb, together with author Sanja Lovrencic, Slikoknjige IV: Boja vode - Mediteran / Paintingbooks IV: The Colour of Water - Mediterranean sea
-Community library Vlado Gotovac, Sisak: Slikoknjige III: Okrhnutost / Paintingbooks III: Broken off
2021
-Kabinet Malih zvona, together with author Sanja Lovrencic, Slikoknjige III: Okrhnutost / Paintingbooks III: Broken off
2020
-Kabinet Malih zvona, exhibition of illustrations made for the book by Lafcadio Hearn "Incense", Mala zvona publisher, Zagreb, 2019
2019
-Kabinet Malih zvona, together with author Sanja Lovrencic, Slikoknjige II: Udžbenik o nestajanju / Paintingbooks II: The Disappearance Book, Zagreb
2018
-Galerija Cekao, 'Uranjanje' / 'Immersion', POU Zagreb
-Mala galerija, Slikoknjige I / Paintingbooks I, POU Vrbovec
2017
-Salon Izidora Krsnjavog Gallery, 'Tocka, linija' / 'Dot, Line', Zagreb
-Živi Atelje DK, ' Kratke price' / 'Short stories', Zagreb
2014
-Institut Francaise, Mediatheque, Zagreb
2012
-Art Gallery Slavko Kopac, Vinkovci
2009
-Sv. Nikola Gallery, Malinska, Croatia
2006
-Comunal Gallery of the town Vrbovec, Croatia
2005
-Hotel Arcotel Allegra, Zagreb
2004
-MCUK International Cultural Center, Zagreb
-Phenomena Gallery, Cultural Center of Kaptol Center, Zagreb, Croatia
2003
-Tower Gallery, Veli Losinj, Croatia
-Nasta Rojc Gallery, City Museum, Bjelovar, Croatia
-Vladimir Buzancic Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2002
-Kordic Gallery, Velika Gorica, Croatia
-Europe House, Zagreb, Croatia
2001
-Crikvenica library, Croatia
-Precko library, Zagreb, Croatia
-Art Gallery, Vinkovci, Croatia
-B. Ogrizovic Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
1998
-Dreamy Gallery, Beijing, China, together with Frankie Fathers, painter from Great Britain
1996
-Klub Gjuro 2, Zagreb, Croatia
-City Museum of Vinkovci, Vinkovci, Croatia
1994
-Bookshop Modern Times, Zagreb, Croatia
1995
-Stock Exchange Art Gallery, Kopenhagen, Denmark
-Gradska Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
-Zorin Dom, Karlovac, Croatia
1992
-Bookshop Schiavi di Piazza, Triest, Italy
-Exhibition Space of San Leonardo, Venice, Italy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection):
2024
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2023
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
Djela iz fundusa galerije povodom obilježavanja 45.obljetnice, Galerija Vladimir Bužancic, Zagreb
2022
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2021
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
Exhibition of illustrations for the Publishing House Mala Zvona, Lauba, Zagreb
2020
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2019
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2018
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2017
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2016
Inkubator/modul: Tvornica Gorica, Živi Atelje DK, Zagreb
Petnaest, 15, Živi Atelje DK, Zagreb
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2015
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2014
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2013
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2012
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2011
46th Zagreb Salon - Applied Arts and Design - Handwritings of the New Age, Gliptoteka HAZU, Zagreb
2010
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2009
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2008
-Ekosusak, project for the island of Susak, Susak
2007
-Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Painters Association, HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia
2006
-Hotel Arcotel Allegra, Zagreb, Croatia
-Looking at AIDS, Art Gallery, Osijek
-Recent works of Members of the Croatian Painters Association, Zagreb, Croatia
2005
-Camera Obscura Gallery, Rijeka, Croatia
-Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Painters Association, Zagreb, Croatia
-Ink works, LUV, Varazdin, Croatia
2004
-Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Painters Association, Zagreb, Croatia
2003
-Europe House, Zagreb, Croatia
2002
-County Museum, Sibenik, Croatia
-Third Croatian Drawing Triennial, Klovic Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
2001
-15th International Triennial of Drawing, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia
-Second World Festival of Art on Paper, Bled, Slovenia
-Collection of St. Ana Vinkovci, Art Gallery, Vinkovci, Croatia
-EPUS 2001, Lotrscak Tower, Zagreb, Croatia
1999
-Foreign Artists in Beijing, Australian Ambassy, Beijing, China
-Foreign Artists in Beijing, Qin Gallery, Beijing, China
1998
-Foreign Artists in Beijing, Australian Ambassy, Beijing, China
2005
-LXXVIII Group Exhibition of the Foundation Bevilacqua la Masa, Padova, Italy
1992
-LXXVII Group Exhibition of the Foundation Bevilacqua la Masa, Italian Pavilion, Biennale Gardens, Venice, Italy
1991
-Croatia in Europe, Frankfurt, Germany
-LXXVI Group Exhibition of the Foundation Bevilacqua la Masa, Padova, Italy
-Pierrot Caffe Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
-Ruga Giuffa Gallery, Venice, Italy
1990
-Omaggio ad Alberto Viani, etching exhibition, Mestre, Italy
1988
-Ri-generations, Olof Palme Foundation, Mestre, Italy
STUDIES
1986 diploma in painting, School of Applied Arts, Zagreb, Croatia
1990 diploma in painting, cum laude, tutored by professor Carmelo Zotti, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy
1993 International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria, tutored by Jim Dine
1992 - 1995 Free School of Nude Drawing, Venice, Italy
1997 - 1998 Chinese language and culture class, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, P.R.China (research fellowship by N.R.China Education Board and Croatian Ministry of Science and Technology
1998 - 1999 Chinese Calligraphy class, tutored by professor Wang Yong, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, P.R.China (research fellowship by N.R.China Education Board and Croatian Ministry of Science and Technology)
2008-2011 three-year specialization in Sinology (Chinese culture and language) at the Zagreb Philosophy Faculty
2020 - 2021 specialization in Graphic design - digital publishing at the Algebra University College in Zagreb
TEACHING
2012 - present: teaching Chinese Calligraphy at the Confucius Institute of the University of Zagreb
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS (selection):
2023
-Kabinet Malih zvona, Zagreb, together with author Sanja Lovrencic, Slikoknjige V: Tišina zelenog / Paintingbooks V: The Silence of Green
-Kabinet Malih zvona, Zagreb, together with Mingsheng Pi, 'Znakovi i slike'/'Signs and images'
2022
-Lauba, Zagreb, together with author Sanja Lovrencic, Slikoknjige IV: Boja vode - Mediteran / Paintingbooks IV: The Colour of Water - Mediterranean sea
-Community library Vlado Gotovac, Sisak: Slikoknjige III: Okrhnutost / Paintingbooks III: Broken off
2021
-Kabinet Malih zvona, together with author Sanja Lovrencic, Slikoknjige III: Okrhnutost / Paintingbooks III: Broken off
2020
-Kabinet Malih zvona, exhibition of illustrations made for the book by Lafcadio Hearn "Incense", Mala zvona publisher, Zagreb, 2019
2019
-Kabinet Malih zvona, together with author Sanja Lovrencic, Slikoknjige II: Udžbenik o nestajanju / Paintingbooks II: The Disappearance Book, Zagreb
2018
-Galerija Cekao, 'Uranjanje' / 'Immersion', POU Zagreb
-Mala galerija, Slikoknjige I / Paintingbooks I, POU Vrbovec
2017
-Salon Izidora Krsnjavog Gallery, 'Tocka, linija' / 'Dot, Line', Zagreb
-Živi Atelje DK, ' Kratke price' / 'Short stories', Zagreb
2014
-Institut Francaise, Mediatheque, Zagreb
2012
-Art Gallery Slavko Kopac, Vinkovci
2009
-Sv. Nikola Gallery, Malinska, Croatia
2006
-Comunal Gallery of the town Vrbovec, Croatia
2005
-Hotel Arcotel Allegra, Zagreb
2004
-MCUK International Cultural Center, Zagreb
-Phenomena Gallery, Cultural Center of Kaptol Center, Zagreb, Croatia
2003
-Tower Gallery, Veli Losinj, Croatia
-Nasta Rojc Gallery, City Museum, Bjelovar, Croatia
-Vladimir Buzancic Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2002
-Kordic Gallery, Velika Gorica, Croatia
-Europe House, Zagreb, Croatia
2001
-Crikvenica library, Croatia
-Precko library, Zagreb, Croatia
-Art Gallery, Vinkovci, Croatia
-B. Ogrizovic Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
1998
-Dreamy Gallery, Beijing, China, together with Frankie Fathers, painter from Great Britain
1996
-Klub Gjuro 2, Zagreb, Croatia
-City Museum of Vinkovci, Vinkovci, Croatia
1994
-Bookshop Modern Times, Zagreb, Croatia
1995
-Stock Exchange Art Gallery, Kopenhagen, Denmark
-Gradska Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
-Zorin Dom, Karlovac, Croatia
1992
-Bookshop Schiavi di Piazza, Triest, Italy
-Exhibition Space of San Leonardo, Venice, Italy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection):
2024
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2023
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
Djela iz fundusa galerije povodom obilježavanja 45.obljetnice, Galerija Vladimir Bužancic, Zagreb
2022
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2021
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
Exhibition of illustrations for the Publishing House Mala Zvona, Lauba, Zagreb
2020
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2019
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2018
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2017
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2016
Inkubator/modul: Tvornica Gorica, Živi Atelje DK, Zagreb
Petnaest, 15, Živi Atelje DK, Zagreb
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2015
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2014
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2013
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2012
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2011
46th Zagreb Salon - Applied Arts and Design - Handwritings of the New Age, Gliptoteka HAZU, Zagreb
2010
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2009
Exhibition of Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Association of Artists, HDLU, Zagreb
2008
-Ekosusak, project for the island of Susak, Susak
2007
-Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Painters Association, HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia
2006
-Hotel Arcotel Allegra, Zagreb, Croatia
-Looking at AIDS, Art Gallery, Osijek
-Recent works of Members of the Croatian Painters Association, Zagreb, Croatia
2005
-Camera Obscura Gallery, Rijeka, Croatia
-Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Painters Association, Zagreb, Croatia
-Ink works, LUV, Varazdin, Croatia
2004
-Recent Works of Members of the Croatian Painters Association, Zagreb, Croatia
2003
-Europe House, Zagreb, Croatia
2002
-County Museum, Sibenik, Croatia
-Third Croatian Drawing Triennial, Klovic Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
2001
-15th International Triennial of Drawing, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia
-Second World Festival of Art on Paper, Bled, Slovenia
-Collection of St. Ana Vinkovci, Art Gallery, Vinkovci, Croatia
-EPUS 2001, Lotrscak Tower, Zagreb, Croatia
1999
-Foreign Artists in Beijing, Australian Ambassy, Beijing, China
-Foreign Artists in Beijing, Qin Gallery, Beijing, China
1998
-Foreign Artists in Beijing, Australian Ambassy, Beijing, China
2005
-LXXVIII Group Exhibition of the Foundation Bevilacqua la Masa, Padova, Italy
1992
-LXXVII Group Exhibition of the Foundation Bevilacqua la Masa, Italian Pavilion, Biennale Gardens, Venice, Italy
1991
-Croatia in Europe, Frankfurt, Germany
-LXXVI Group Exhibition of the Foundation Bevilacqua la Masa, Padova, Italy
-Pierrot Caffe Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
-Ruga Giuffa Gallery, Venice, Italy
1990
-Omaggio ad Alberto Viani, etching exhibition, Mestre, Italy
1988
-Ri-generations, Olof Palme Foundation, Mestre, Italy