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

 On Edge

Gallery SULUV, Novi Sad, Serbia

Gallery Loggia, Split, Croatia

Gallery SC, Zagreb, Croatia

2021

Gallery Knifer, Osijek, Croatia, cat.

Gallery Edge, Slavonski Brod, Croatia, cat.

Things I don’t See, Ligatura, Zagreb, Croatia (withVladimir Frelih)

2018

 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

2016

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

2015

NaJežiti, POPUP18, Esseker centar, Osijek, Croatia

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.

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.

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

 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

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

 Kunst am Strom, concept Swantje Volkmann, Márton Méhes, cat.

Gallery Alfa, Košice, Slovakia

Museum Ulm, Germany

Schallaburg Castle, Austria

2020

 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

 Go, Stop, Stay, Modem, curators Kata Szalai i Vojnits-Purcsár Vító, Debrecen, Hungary

2018

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

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.

2016

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

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.

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.

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

   

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

2011.

Prepaid, Surduk festival, Zmajevac, curator Betina Lehmann , Croatia, kat.

Osijek <-> Pečuh / Eszék <-> Pécs, Nádor Gallery, curator Karmela Puljiz, Pecs, Hungary, cat.

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.

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

2009.

World biennale of student photography, Novi Sad, Serbia, cat.

2008.

Start festival, Novi Sad, Serbia, cat.

 

petrovic.ana.uaos@gmail.com

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