Ana Petrović
visual artist
Ana Petrović examines visual elasticity of different kinds of media. She was born 1985 in Bjelovar, Croatia. She graduated in 2011 from the Art Academy in Osijek. At the same institution is a senior teaching assistant of the courses Multimedia and intermedia and Photography.
Her work has been shown in numerous group exhibitions and solo shows in Europe. About the wide spectrum of her work she held several lectures in Germany, Hungary, Austria, Bulgaria and Croatia. Her works have been awarded in Croatia two times, by organizers Rovinj Heritage Museum (2016.) and the Museum of Fine Arts in Osijek (2021.). She has exhibited her work in the prestigious European Media Art Festival in Osnabrueck, Germany (2009.) and has a work in the art collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Osijek.
Participated in workshops in Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Croatia, in duration between one and two weeks. Finished art residency in Graz, Austria, under the organization of Kulturvermittlung Steiermark, Internationales Haus der Autorinnen und Autoren Graz.
Her works have been published in numerous catalogs, news articles and art books with texts of most prominent art theoreticians and curators in Croatia, like Branko Franceschi, Boris Greiner, Branka Benčić, Blaženka Perica and Krešimir Purgar.
Co-founder of the art organization POPUP that operates since 2012 (til 2019), with the aim to broaden awareness of contemporary art in alternative exhibiting venues.
Lives and works in Osijek, Croatia.
Contact: petrovic.ana.uaos@gmail.com
Solo Exhibitions
2022
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On Edge Gallery SULUV, Novi Sad, Serbia Gallery Loggia, Split, Croatia Gallery SC, Zagreb, Croatia |
2021
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Gallery Knifer, Osijek, Croatia, cat. Gallery Edge, Slavonski Brod, Croatia, cat. Things I don’t See, Ligatura, Zagreb, Croatia (withVladimir Frelih) |
2018
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My Sin, Galerija na katu, KIC, curator Emil Matešić, Zagreb, Croatia Space between, Gästezimmer, Stuttgart, Germany (with Vladimir Frelih) Borderless, 11. International Danube Festival, public space exhibition, in organization Donau Büro Ulm, Ulm, Germany, cat. (with Bosiljka Lečić Zirojević) |
2017 |
All 4 in the Air, Golo brdo, curator Tomislav Brajnović, Rovinjsko Selo (with Vladimir Frelih), Croatia Nothing to All – All to Nothing, Rovinj Heritage Museum, curator Dario Sošić, Rovinj, Croatia
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2016
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Custom program, Gallery TTF, curator Silva Kalčić, Zagreb, Croatia Non Visual Cinema, Gallery Rajka Mamuzića, curator Branka Benčić, Novi Sad, Serbia, cat. Behind, Gallery Flora, curator Ivana Pegan Baće, Dubrovnik, Croatia
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2015 |
NaJežiti, POPUP18, Esseker centar, Osijek, Croatia
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2014 |
Balloon with a hole, Gallery Bužančić, curator Igor Loinjak, Zagreb, Croatia Tote Mitte, Atelier Wilhelmstrasse, Stuttgart, Germany (with Vladimir Frelih) LIFRAM, Green Room Gallery, Zabok, Croatia, cat.
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2013 |
LIFRAM, Gallery AŽ, Zagreb, Croatia, cat. 168 hours of Eastern Sin, Greta, Zagreb, Croatia (with Robert Fišer and Josip Kaniža) Bure Baruta, LIFRAM, Gallery Kazamat, Osijek, Croatia, cat.
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2010 |
Fišer and Petrović, Mali Likovni Salon, Gallery Novi Sad, Serbia (with Robert Fišer) |
Group Exhibitions/ selection
2024. – ’23. |
Visible, curators Martina Munivrana, Jasminka Babić, Vilma Bartolić, Valentina Radoš, Rozana Vojvoda, Ana Škegro, Branka Benčić MSU, Zagreb, MMSU, Rijeka, UGD, Dubrovnik (Croatia) |
2023 |
Nothing New in the East, curator Janusz Czech, A.K.T, Pforzheim, Germany Space and time, curator Igor Loinjak, Galeriy Academia, Sofija, Bulgaria East of Eden, curators Blaženka Perica i Valentina Radoš, Galerija umjetnina Split, Croatia |
2022
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Project Differences, curator Goran Despotovski, Creative District, Novi Sad, Serbia Art & City, urban art intervention, organization Lauba, Zagreb, Croatia East of Eden, curators Blaženka Perica i Valentina Radoš, Gallery Centrum, Graz, Austria |
2021
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Art Festival, curator Ana-Marija Koljanin, Cultural Centre Osijek, Croatia International Digital Art Festival (DA Fest), curators Venelin Shurelov and Galina Dimitrova-Dimova, Gallery Academia, Sofia, Bulgaria Disclosure, Art Festival, in organization of an NGO ProjektOr, Pogon Jedinstvo, Zagreb, Croatia East of Eden, curators Blaženka Perica i Valentina Radoš, Museum of Fine Art Osijek, Croatia, cat. 27 Slavonian Biennal, Picture as a Virus, Museum of Fine Art Osijek, Croatia, cat. |
2021 – 2020
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Kunst am Strom, concept Swantje Volkmann, Márton Méhes, cat. Gallery Alfa, Košice, Slovakia Museum Ulm, Germany Schallaburg Castle, Austria |
2020
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Panta Rhei Part II, curators Edith Risse and David Kranzelbinder, Pavelhaus, Radkersburg, Austria Time and Space, curator Igor Loinjak, Galerija Knifer, Osijek, Croatia, cat. |
2019
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Go, Stop, Stay, Modem, curators Kata Szalai i Vojnits-Purcsár Vító, Debrecen, Hungary |
2018
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Photo graz 018 :: Die Steirische Fotobiennale, Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, curator Gerhard Gross, organization Kulturvermittlung Steiermark, Graz, Austria, kat. Panta rhei: Two rivers – Four Artists, Schaumbad, curator Edith Risse, Graz, Austria, cat. P***** Smoke, Esseker center, Osijek, Croatia
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2017 |
Pixxelpoint, Resično čaroben trenutek / A Truly Magical Moment, Gallery Agore (Cultural Space Nova Gorica) and Gallery Nova Gorica, curator Božidar Zrinski, Stara Gorica, Slovenia and Nova Gorica, Italy, cat. PATEM 365, Galerija Narodnog teatra Bitola, Macedonia On Photography at UAOS, Museum of fine art Osijek, curator Vladimir Frelih, Osijek, Croatia kat. Panta rhei: Two rivers – Four Artists, Museum of Fine Arts Osijek, curator Edith Risse, Osijek, Croatia, cat. Inner Migration, Gallery Poola, Pula, Croatia Színerő VIII.: Konstrukció – Szín – Dinamizmus, m21 Galéria, Zsolnay Center, Pecs, Hungary, cat. Eszéki Művészeti Akadémia – Kiállítás megnyitó, Gallery Nador, curator Igor Loinjak, Pecs, Hungary Inner Migration, Gallery DADO (Art Museum Cetinje), curator Ana Ivanović, Cetinje, Montenegro, cat.
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2016
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PATEM 365, 2015/2016, Gallery AŽ, Zagreb, Croatia, cat. 33th Youth Salon, Expenses, Croatian Association of Artists, curators Martina Miholić and Mia Orsag, Zagreb, Croatia Edge of the Picture or the Border Area, Dioklecijanovi podrumi, curators Igor Loinjak and Zlatko Kozina, Split, Croatia Rovinj Colony Exhibition 2016., Rovinj Heritage Museum, curator Dario Sošić, Rovinj, Croatia, cat. Inner Migration, Gallery Duplex 100m2, curator Pierre Courtin, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina
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2015 – 2016 |
Projektraum Donau, curators Franziska Degendorfer i Michael Grudziecki, cat. Ulm, Germany, Private Hochschule für Kommunikation und Gestaltung, 2016 Brüssel, Belgium, Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the EU, 2016 St. Pölten, Austria, Landhaus St. Pölten, 2016 Timișoara, Romania, Galerija Calpe, 2016 Berlin, Germany, Embassy of Baden-Württemberg, 2016 Karlsruhe, Germany, V8, 2015 Timișoara, Romania, POPUP i Atelier Kafeto, Triade Interart Foundation, 2015 |
2015 |
Audience – Work – Context, Cultural Center Eurodom, curator Igor Loinjak, in organization HDLU Osijek, Croatia, cat. Project Differences, Student Cultural Center Novi Sad, FABRIKA, curator Goran Despotovski, Novi Sad, Serbia, cat. Apstraktno – figurativno – rasklapanja – preklapanja, City Museum Vukovar, Castle Eltz, Pavilion II. and Musem of Fine Art Osijek, curator Igor Loinjak, Croatia, cat. |
2014 |
deEvolution, Museum of Contemporary Art Istria, curator Vladimir Frelih and Mladen Lučić,Pula, Croatia, cat. Cinemaniac, MMC Luka, curator Branka Benčić, Pula, Croatia, cat. Scenes from light, for Julije, Gallery Kazamat, curator Blaženka Perica, Osijek, Croatia, cat.
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2013 |
Drava Art Biennale, Museum of City Koprivnica, curators Helena Kušenić, Maša Zamljačec, Ana Kovačić, Tanja Špoljar and Vanja Žanko, Koprivnica, Croatia, cat. Danube Dialogs, Art Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia, cat. Starter 2, Archaeological Museum, curator Mario Čaušić, Osijek, Croatia, kat.
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2012 |
Shortz, Festival of short film, Novi Sad, Serbia Odbienale, POPUP, Esseker Centar, Osijek, Croatia Tu smo 3, Museum of Contemporary Art Istria, curator Mladen Lučić, Pula, Croatia, cat. Tvrđava Art, Galery Ružić, curator Ivan Šeremet, Slavonski Brod, Croatia Meeting Point 3, curator Grgur Marko Ivanković, Pecsi Galeria, Pecs, Hungary and Gallery Waldinger, Osijek, Croatia Interpretation Labels, Gallery PM, curators Neva Lukić and Veronika Gamulin, Zagreb, Croatia, cat. Tampon Generation, Akvarij na Bačvicama, curators Nina Jurić, Vini Mihanović, Ana Šunjić, Martina Vuković and Kristina Trifunović, Split, Croatia
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2011 – 2013 |
Der Mensch. Der Fluss., Paintings of the Danube countries, curator Vladimir Frelih, cat. Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany, Landratsamt Schwarzwald- Baar-Kreis, Stabsstelle Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Kultur und Archiv, 2011 Tulcea, Romania, Muzeul de Arta, 2012 Sofia, Bulgaria, National Academy of Art in Sofia, 2012 Novi Sad, Serbia, Gallery Rajka Mamuzića, 2012 Osijek, Croatia, Gallery of Fine Art Osijek, 2012 Pécs, Hungary, Pécsi Galéria, Zsolnay Kulturális Negyed, 2012 Bratislava, Slovakia, Gallery of Slovak Union of Visual Arts, 2012 St. Pölten, Austria, Landhaus, Sitz der Landesregierung Niederösterreich, 2013 Brüssel, Belgium, Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the EU, 2013 Ingolstadt, Germany, Stadtmuseum Ingolstadt, 2013 Ulm, Germany, Donauschwäbisches Zentralmuseum, 2013
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2011. |
Prepaid, Surduk festival, Zmajevac, curator Betina Lehmann , Croatia, kat. Osijek <-> Pečuh / Eszék <-> Pécs, Nádor Gallery, curator Karmela Puljiz, Pecs, Hungary, cat.
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2010. |
22. Slavonian Biennale, Gallery of Fine Art Osijek, Croatia, cat. 1+1, Gallery Kazamat, curator Tanja Vujasinović, Osijek, Croatia, cat. European Media Art Festival, Osnabrueck, Germany, cat.
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2012. – 2010. |
FotoStarter, curator Vladimir Frelih Novi Sad, Serbia, Novi Kulturni Centar, 2012 Rovinj, Rovinj Heritage Museum, 2011 Zagreb, Gallery Lotrščak, 2011 Pula, Gallery Makina, 2010
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2009. |
World biennale of student photography, Novi Sad, Serbia, cat.
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2008. |
Start festival, Novi Sad, Serbia, cat. |