IVANA OGNJANOVAC
Short Bio
Ivana was born in 1983 in Vukovar, Croatia. Most of her solo projects are realized through international residential programs: ‘Fragile Homes’ at Inside Zone residency Borsec, Romania, 'Paradis' at CreArt's residency in Kristiansand Norway, ‘Web Of Possibilities’ at Yurta And A Lake Air in Bel-Tam, Kyrgyzstan, ‘Interdependence III’ at Glo’Art Air in Lanaken, Belgium, ‘Rayuela – The Fading Kingdom’ at LAVA centre in Valladolid, Spain and ‘Audioguide’ at Atelierhaus Salzamt in Linz, Austria in 2020. In 2012 she was awarded the 1st Prize of the Triennial of Self Portrait in the Prica Gallery, Samobor. Her work is based on drawing and text writing. Her interest in film begins in 2018 with “I Am Better Off When You Are Silent”, the first collaborative project with Mare Šuljak.
EDUCATION
2008 MFA at Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Croatia
2006 semestral study at Universitatea de Arta si Design Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2002 graduated from School of Applied Arts and Design, Zagreb, Croatia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 (April) 'International Circus', Gallery SIVA, Zagreb, Croatia
2024 (April) 'Interlocking Weaves', Gallery Artsada, Volosko, Opatija, Croatia
2023 'Pink in green', Botaničar, Zagreb
2022 ‘Pink Stories’, Flora Gallery, Medijateka, Dubrovnik
2021 'Mono-Dia-Logos', Gallery Ars et Mundus, Kaunas, Lithuania
2020 'InterWEAVING', Gallery Izidor Kršnjavi guest in The Richter Collection, MSU, Zagreb, Croatia
2019 'Babe i žabe/ Frogs and Grandmothers', (Erasmus+ project
PROEUVERB) in Gallery of the Tourist office in Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal
2019 'I'm better off when you're silent', Gallery Događanja, Zagreb, Croatia
2019 'Wonder Traps', Gallery Radićeva 37, Zagreb, Croatia
2018 'School for heaven', Pikto Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2016 'Interdependence 1', Gallery Razvid, Zaprešić, Croatia
2015 'Frogs and Grandmothers', SC Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2014 'Appearing/Disappearing', Oblok Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2013 'Completely personal', VN Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2013 'The house has horns so we're moving again', Gallery Događanja, Zagreb, Croatia
2013 'One', Gallery Prica, Samobor, Croatia
2011 'In utero', Green Room Gallery, Zabok, Croatia
2009 'Division', Gallery Molekula, Rijeka, Croatia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Fanzine Night Watch - popup exhibition, MOTS Gallery, Zagreb
2022 ICIA The International Competition for IntermediaWork of Art, Kraków, Poland
2022 ‘Woven under the skin’, Gallery Događanja, Zagreb
2021 ‘Trokut#2’, Gallery Događanja, Zagreb
2021 ‘Linija nakon linije’, Split University, Split
2021 ‘Kauno menų inkubatoriaus rezidentų paroda’, Ars et Mundus Gallery, Kaunas, Litva
2021 ‘Trokut#2’, Gallery Događanja, Zagreb, Croatia
2021 ‘Linija u šetnji’, Gallery Događanja, Zagreb, Croatia
2021 International group exhibition of 'Independent Biennial', Slovenia
2021 ‘One su tu’, Gallery ‘Slavko Kopač’ Vinkovci, Croatia
2021 '27th Slavonian Biennial', Osijek, Croatia
2020 'XXI Cerveira International Art Biennial', Cerveira, Portugal
2020 ‘Art and Politics’, Gallery HDLU Istra, Pula, Croatia
2020 ‘One su tu’, Gallery ‘Slavko Kopač’ Vinkovci, Croatia
2020 ‘Anthropologio’, ArtNo23 Gallery, Athens, Greece
2018 'CreArt Open Studio', Laboratorio de las Artes de Valladolid: LAVA, Spain
2018 'Performing marathon', KC Knap, Zagreb, Croatia
2018 '7th Biennale of illustration', Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb, Croatia
2018 '21st International exhibition od miniatures', Novi dvori, Zaprešić, Croatia
2018 '20th International exhibition of miniatures', Pro3or Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2017 '20th International exhibition of miniatures', Novi dvori, Zaprešić, Croatia
2016 'Blood And Honey Under Your Tongue', Ekserhuset Kristiansand, Norway
2016 'Memories', New Space Arts Foundation, Hue city, Vietnam
2016 '1st International exhibition of miniatures in Kursalon', Kursalon, Lipik/
City museum Pakrac/ Format C, Osijek, Croatia
2016 'OSTEN Biennial Of Drawing', Osten Galerija, Skopje, North Macedonia
2015 'CRTOMAT! The Little Festival Of Illustration And Cartoons', City museum, Virovitica, Croatia
2015 '4th ARTUM', City museum, Umag, Croatia
2015 'InsideZone', Casa de Cultura, Borsec, Romania
2014 '22nd 21C ICAA Seoul International Art Festival 2014 Harmony', South Korea
2014 '5th Biennale Of Illustration', Gallery Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb, Croatia
2013 'The Real Situation', Gallery of Croatian Post, Zagreb, Croatia
2012 'Aquarelles On Scaffolding, City Museum, Samobor, Croatia
2012 'Sketchbook' exhibition, SC Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2012 'Sketchbook' exhibition, Gallery Zlati Ajngel, Varaždin, Croatia
2012 'Sketchbook' exhibition, 'Galurija', ALU, Zagreb, Croatia
2012 'Exhibition in Atelier Monika', Medika, Zagreb, Croatia
2012 '2nd Triennial Of Selfportreits', Gallery Prica, Samobor, Croatia
2010 'Osten', World Gallery Of Drawing, Skopje, North Macedonia
2008 'Vox Feminae', SC, Zagreb, Croatia
2007 'Kiborgezija', Velesajam kulture, Gallery SC, Zagreb, Croatia
2006 'inter (-aktiv)', Gallery SC, Zagreb, Croatia
2005 'Pasionska baština', Gallery 'Starogradska viječnica', Zagreb, Croatia
1999 'Children's Global Vision', (INSEA), Queensland, Australia
Artist-in-residence programs
2021 CreArt Air’, Artkomas, Kaunas, Lithuania
2020 ‘CreArt Air’, Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz, Austria
2018 ‘CreArt Air', Laboratorio de las Artes de Valladolid: LAVA, Spain
2018 ‘Glo'Art' Residency, Lanaken, Belgium
2018 ‘Yurta and a lake' Residency, Yssik-Kul, Kyrgyzstan
2016 ‘CreAir' Kristiansand, Norway
2015 ‘InsideZone' Residency, Borsec, Romania
2012 ‘Akvareli na skeli, Samobor, Croatia