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IVANA REŽEK,<br />
Graphic designer<br />
ivana.rezek@gmail.com<br />
http://www.behance.net/ivanarezek<br />
- Born in Zagreb, Croatia, May 4th 1982<br />
- Graduated from the School of Applied Arts and Design in<br />
Zagreb (department of Graphic design) in the year 2000<br />
Although I am a graphic designer, in recent years I have started spending more and more<br />
time painting. In my illustration work I usually interpret motifs from mythology, science-fiction,<br />
fantasy, old legends and folklore. A lot of those motifs I use in my paintings as well, but while<br />
illustrations are much more detailed and most most often black and white, the paintings are much<br />
more expressive and abstract. My paintings are also very often inspired by strong emotions, positive<br />
as well as negative ones, and I'm trying to 'capture' those feelings and mental states in a sort of a<br />
'landscape' of internal world. Since I find different techniques suitable for expressing different<br />
things, I am currently experimenting with using many different techniques, from drawing and<br />
painting to collage, photography and mixed media.<br />
Apart from painting and illustration/design work, I also <strong>org</strong>anize group shows. I run a small<br />
artists' space on the island of Cres in Croatia and I'm trying to form connections between foreign and<br />
local artists (I regularly show small works by international artists), as well as present Croatian artists<br />
to a wide international audience (over the internet as well as through <strong>org</strong>anizing group shows). I<br />
believe your course would greatly help me in making the online presentations and <strong>org</strong>anizing group<br />
shows more professionally.<br />
Also, as I am currently working in many different styles and techniques I think I need to<br />
narrow my focus and create a coherent presentation of my own work.<br />
My work in <strong>org</strong>anizing shows so far:<br />
2011:<br />
- travelling show titled „Archetypology“, which tackles the subject of archetypes (fundamental<br />
ideas or types of characters and situations embedded in the collective subconscious of all human<br />
beings). I gathered 9 artists (from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, USA and Canada) and<br />
ask them to make their own interpretation of an archetype that they personally find most interesting<br />
and important. The show was held at six places - ASA Art Gallery in Sarajevo, Europe House in<br />
Zagreb, Atelier on the island of Cres, Prima Center in Berlin, Mobius in Boston, and Gallery Victor<br />
Pauze in Joliette, Canada.<br />
- “Summer Dream”, group show of local artists <strong>org</strong>anized for KVN Public Library in Zagreb,<br />
featuring positive, optimistic and uplifting works<br />
2010:<br />
- travelling show 'the 11 visions project', in which I asked 10 Croatian and Bosnian women artists<br />
to create artwork which deals with their perception of different aspects of femininity and women's<br />
issues. I felt that women artists deserved to get more attention as well as a platform to show their<br />
opinion on the subject that they personally find important. The show was held at three places –
KUNS Gallery in Rijeka, Croatia, Prima Center in Berlin, and Galerie Art'Est in Paris (with a<br />
finissage during Nuit Blanche)<br />
- mail art show 'Memorable Movie Moments' in cooperation with Bosnian artist Nataša Stanišić, in<br />
which we asked artists around the world to send us their favorite movie quote and illustrate it.<br />
Collected works were shown at ASA Gallery in Sarajevo, during Sarajevo Film Festival<br />
- <strong>org</strong>anized/ coordinated 2 shows in Zagreb for Matthew Rose's project 'A Book About Death'<br />
and 1 show in Sarajevo in cooperation with Nataša Stanišić. This show included works by over 500<br />
artists from all over the world, on the subject of death and their attitude towards it.<br />
Art colonies:<br />
2010.- Castle Lužnica, Zaprešić, Croatia<br />
2009.- Likovni krug Pohižek, Sesvete, Croatia<br />
Shows:<br />
2011 – Group shows:<br />
“ARCHETYPOLOGY” (<strong>org</strong>anizer)<br />
- ASA Art Gallery, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina<br />
- Europe House, Zagreb, Croatia<br />
- Atelier, Cres, Croatia<br />
- Prima Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany<br />
- Mobius, Boston, USA<br />
- Galerie Victor Pauze, Rawdon, Canada<br />
“BUNNY SHOW”, Eve-n-Odd Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA<br />
“EXPERIMENTAL FLOWER SHOW”, Mobius, Boston, USA<br />
“WOMEN – SECRETS AND CONFIDENCES”, Centre Civic de la Barceloneta, Barcelona, Spain<br />
“MICRO2”, Associazione Circuiti Dinamici, Milano, Italy<br />
“SEEKING KALI”, online exhibition, http://seekingkali.blogspot.com<br />
“THE ART OF TAROTS”, Blissland, Berlin, Germany<br />
“SIGNS OF OUR TIMES”, Mobius, Boston, USA<br />
“THE WORLD IS A TOWN”, online at http://theworldisatown.blogspot.com<br />
“ABAD – THE TIES THAT BIND”, The Second Avenue Firehouse Gallery, Bay Shore, New York,<br />
USA<br />
“FLUXFACE IN SPACE”, aboard the Space Shuttles STS-133 and STS-134<br />
“FEELINGS”, online at http://specificfeelings.blogspot.com<br />
“6x6x2011”, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 137 East Avenue, Rochester, New York, USA<br />
2010 – Group shows:<br />
“THE 11 VISIONS PROJECT”, Galerie Art’Est, Paris, France (<strong>org</strong>anizer)<br />
“THIS IS NOT A F***ING CHRISTMAS TREE”, Mobius, Boston, USA<br />
“SELF-PORTRAIT”, Galerie Epicentre, Paris, France<br />
“FEMMINE!” – Fabricaimmagine, Rome, Italy<br />
“PAPERGIRL”, Albany, New York<br />
“GREEN ART SHOW” – The Five Spot, Atlanta, Ge<strong>org</strong>ia, USA<br />
“UNIVERZALNI JEZIK” - CEH, Sarajevo, Bosnia i Herzegovina<br />
“LJETNI SAN” – KVN Kustošija, Zagreb, Croatia (<strong>org</strong>anizor of the show)
“MEMORABLE MOVIE MOMENTS” – ASA, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (co-<strong>org</strong>anizer)<br />
"MOBIUS ARTRAGES 2010: SURREALESTATE", Mobius, Boston, MA, USA<br />
http://www.mobius.<strong>org</strong><br />
DONATE A CHANCE AT LIFE, Athens, Greece http://human-colours-musicgreekmailart.blogspot.com/<br />
VIEW FROM THE WINDOW, Kunstforum Weilheim/ Thorsten Fuhrmann www.kunstforumweilheim.de<br />
Stadtmuseum Weilheim, Wielenbach, Germany<br />
MAIL ART WORKS IN INDONESIA, Bantul National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia<br />
MAILMANIA 4, Slide Room Gallery, Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria, BC, CANADA<br />
FLYING, the Local Authority of Nyíracsád, Dózsa György Cultural Centre and the Tour inform<br />
Office, coordinator Kiss József, Nyíracsád, Hungary<br />
NUESTRO PLANETA, coordinated by Juan Carlos Vargas Gomez, Pereira, Colombia<br />
FLUXUS TO BE FLUXUS, Fluxus St.Louis - Museum of contemporary art St. Louis, St Louis,<br />
USA http://fluxusstlouis.blogspot.com/<br />
IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF JUDITH A. HOFFBERG, Armory's Caldwell Gallery, Pasadena,<br />
California, USA http://scorecard.typepad.com/crag_hills_poetry_score/2010/02/international-mailart-exhibition-in-honor-and-memory-of-judith-hoffberg.html<br />
"MINIJATURE 2010", ULS Zaprešić, Novi Dvori, Zaprešić, Croatia<br />
„GODIŠNJA DOBA“ , godišnja izložba članova LD Kozala, Filodrammatica, Rijeka, Croatia<br />
"THE 11 VISIONS PROJECT" , Prima Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany (<strong>org</strong>anizer)<br />
"A BOOK ABOUT DEATH" - KVN Kustošija i Prostor MultiRacionalna kompanija, Zagreb, i ASA<br />
Art Gallery Sarajevo (coordinator for Croatian shows, in cooperation with Nataša Stanišić for<br />
Sarajevo show)<br />
Solo shows:<br />
At SARAKON (SF convention), Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina<br />
KLUB MLADIH ORLANDO, Dubrovnik, Croatia<br />
CLUB DISCORDIA, Rijeka, Croatia<br />
PROSTOR - MultiRacionalna kompanija, Mesnička 5, Zagreb, Croatia<br />
2009. – Group shows:<br />
"TROIKA 8", Norwich, UK<br />
“DIE ZEIT OF DRAWING”, Climate/Gallery, New York, USA<br />
“DIN A4 project”, Malaga, Spain http://www.dina4.<strong>org</strong>.es<br />
SPRAYGRAPHIC BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOSHOW, Greens Cafe, Tempe, Arizona, US<br />
http://www.spraygraphic.com<br />
“POETRY AND STAMP ART”, M-A Group, Lviv, Ukraine<br />
“NO to violence, YES to create”, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece<br />
“20 Years Since the Fall of the Wall“, Prenzlauerberg Museum, Berlin, Germany<br />
http://mailartists.wordpress.com/news/<br />
"LES DÉESSES PAR LES DÉESSES", Museum of Ornamental Post, Toronto, Canada<br />
THE 11 VISIONS PROJECT – KUNS Galerija OK, Rijeka (<strong>org</strong>anizer)<br />
Painting show - Centre d’Artistes de Rawdon, Rawdon, Quebec, Canada<br />
"A BOOK ABOUT DEATH", The Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery, New York, USA<br />
http://abookaboutdeath.blogspot.com<br />
"Drawing the GOD", Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia<br />
OUTSIDERS!ink Art Colony - Pameran Lawang Sewu, Indonesia<br />
II BIENAL INTERNACIONAL DEL PEQUEÑO FORMATO, coordinators Annijames Rivero i<br />
Luis Valera Escarre, Maracay, Venezuela http://www.bienalvenezuelados.blogspot.com<br />
“MINI MINI SHOW”, Cartel Coffee/Art Gallery, Tempe, Arizona, USA<br />
http://www.spraygraphic.com
“SKETCH IT OUT”, APW Gallery, New York, USA<br />
http://www.apwaarts.com<br />
“VINYL FACTORY”, MondoPOP Gallery, Rome, Italy<br />
“The Sketchbook Project vol. 3”, Art House Gallery, Atlanta, Ge<strong>org</strong>ia, USA<br />
“Art:Raw Inaugural Exhibit”, Art:Raw Gallery, New York, USA<br />
“Zebra mail-art show”, Central Library, Den Haague, Holland<br />
“World of Imagination vol. 2”, APW Gallery, New York, USA http://www.apwarts.com<br />
“AUGUST ART GALLERY - On CDOs and Double Clubs (+Art Swap)”, Wharf Studios, London,<br />
UK<br />
“ART ON RECORD”, APW Gallery, New York, USA http://www.apwarts.com<br />
Vinyl Art Show, Conspire Art Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona, USA<br />
“EX TEMPORE”, Rijeka, Croatia<br />
“LIBURNICON” – SF & Fantasy convention, Opatija, Croatia http://www.liburnicon.hr<br />
2008.- Solo shows:<br />
MARZIART STUDIO, Hamburg, Germany<br />
Ulična galerija LIKUM CONTEMPORA, Zagreb, Croatia<br />
Group shows:<br />
“FILL IN THE GROOVE” Vinyl Art Show at Hoodlums Music Store, Tempe, Arizona, USA<br />
http://www.spraygraphic.com<br />
“POSTDATA PROJECT”, Mail Art & Net Art, Centro de Artes Universidad EAFIT, Medellín –<br />
Colombia<br />
Healing Through Creativity Festival, West Virginia, USA http://www.healingthroughcreativity.<strong>org</strong><br />
“SNAP TO GRID”, LACDA, Los Angeles, California, USA http://www.lacda.com<br />
“Mail art” - Centre d’Artistes de Rawdon, Rawdon, Quebec, Canada http://car-rawdon.blogspot.com<br />
“MAILMANIA 3 ”, Studio J, Victoria, BC, Canada<br />
2007 and earlier:<br />
Solo shows:<br />
"FANTASY WORLD", Likum Contempora, Zagreb<br />
"ZAGREB", Knjižnica Vladimir Nazor, Kustošija, Zagreb<br />
"BAJKA U ODRAZU OKA", Knjižnica Vladimir Nazor- Špansko Sjever, Zagreb<br />
"MOJ SVIJET", Klub Mladih Perestrojka, Kutina<br />
Group shows:<br />
“Vox Feminae”, SC, Zagreb, 2007.<br />
RiKon, Rijeka, 2007<br />
SFerakon, Zagreb, 2006, 2007<br />
IstraKon, Pazin, 2006, 2007<br />
"Put Kaštela", Rijeka<br />
"Zagorka", Knjižnica Vladimir Nazor, Kustošija, Zagreb<br />
"Mandrać", Volosko, (2001. – 2005.)<br />
"Ex Tempore", "Bore Staroga Grada", Open Air, Lovran (2005, 2006)<br />
"Grisia", Rovinj (2004, 2005)<br />
Izložba članova Grupe'69 - Galerija Kristofor Stanković, Starogradska vijećnica, Zagreb (2004)<br />
"Milan Kneževic-Emka, In Memoriam" Laurus Gallery, Lovran (2003)<br />
"Likovni susret u Jedrarskoj", Open Air, Rijeka (2004, 2005)<br />
"Ex Tempore", Grožnjan (2001, 2002)<br />
"Ex Tempore", Selce (2001, 2002, 2003)
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