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VEDRAN PERKOV

born October 29, 1972 in Split, Croatia


EDUCATION

2002       graduated in painting, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, prof. Diego Esposito, Milan, Italy

1991       School of Applied Arts, graphic design, Split, Croatia


2004 – 2010         works as a senior assistant and assistant professor at the Painting Department of the Art Academy of Split University

Member of the Croatian Fine Artists Association of Split and Croatian Association of Freelance Artists

President of Punta Arta Art Assotiation



SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2014       Untitled  (with Dino Bićanić) – curated by Ksenija Baronica - Alkatraz Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Any Colour You Like –La Chambre Blanche, Québec, Canada

Captions – curated by Irena Bekić –Prozori Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia *

2013       On réalise que l’on a tout perdu- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, le CRIJ Bretagne, le 4 bis- Rennes, France *

Broadway Boogie- Woogie – curated by Božo Majstorović- Academia moderna, Zagreb, Croatia *

Sad But True – curated by Mladen Lučić- Museum of Contemporary Art of Istra, Pula, Croatia

2012       Golden Mean – curated by Blaženka Perica, organization Kata Mijatović- Atelieri Žitnjak, Zagreb, Croatia *
 CalendarGolden Mean (billboard project- concept Boris Šitum)- Cista Provo, Croatia

2011       Everything is Under Control – curated by Ksenija Baronica – SC Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia

Perhaps it will Hold – curated by Božo Jurjević – Studio Flight 777, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Moving In - curated by Barbara Vujanović- Meštrović Gallery, Split, Croatia

2010       One on One Cycle (with Đorđe Jandrić)- curated by Božo Majstorović - Gallery of Arts, Split, Croatia
                                                                                                                                                                             
I didn't mean like that- curated by Marina Viculin- Waldinger Gallery, Osijek, Croatia

2008       You Got It!- Salon Galić, Split, Croatia

Everything in Its Right Place- curated by Antonija Majača- Miroslav Kraljević Gallery,
Zagreb, Croatia

2007       You Got It!- curated by Sunčica Ostoić- Vladimir Nazor Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia

2006       The Things That Dreams are Made of- curated by Jasminka Babić- Gallery of Arts,
Split, Croatia

2005       Above the Clouds (with Marko Tadić) – curated by Ana Dević- Josip Račić Gallery,
Zagreb, Croatia

2004       Circus – curated by kustoski kolektiv WHW – Galerija Nova, Zagreb, Croatia *

2002       Untitled- Galerija SC (with Claudiom Nanni & Petrom Stanovićem), Zagreb, Croatia *

Still Life, MMC Palach, Galerija OK, Rijeka, Croatia

1998       Choosing Peace Together, Lapidarium of the National Museum, Poreč, Croatia

1997       Naos – curated by Diego Esposito – Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano, Italy


GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2014       (In)constancy of Space – curated by Vanja Babić & Neva Lukić –Gallery Ring, Zagreb, Croatia *
More that Sport –  curated by Branka Benčić & Tonći Kranjčević Batalić, MKC, Spli, Croatia
Images of Light, to Julije – curated by Blaženka Perica- Kazamat Gallery, Osijek, Croatia *
T-HT Award@msu.hr – curated by Ivana Kancir- Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia *

2013       Dictionary of everyday interactions – curated by Irena Bekić- Gallery Prozori, Zagreb, Croatia *
38th Split Salon: Fantasizing – Dislocating curated by Blaženka Perica, Janka Vukmir- Obala hrvatskog narodnog preporoda, Split, Croatia *
Crisis 2 / Apathy curated by Mladen Lučić- Museum of Contemporary Art of Istra, Pula; Klovićevi dvori Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia *

2012       Dimensions of Humor– curated by Blaženka Perica - Substructures of the Diocletian's Palace, Split; MMC Luka, Pula; Klovićevi dvori Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia *
Sub- Art – organization Ivo Deković, Loren Živković Kuljiš- Mulo, Croatia
Symposion / Domination – concept Vanja Pagar, Branko Cerovac – Lazareti, Dubrovnik, Croatia

2011       Dimensions of Humor– curated by Blaženka Perica- Kazamat Gallery, Osijek, Croatia
SHORTZ- 2nd International short film and video festival – Multimedia center of Academy of Arts, Novi Sad, Serbia
Snapshoot- City – curated by Marina Viculin- Building in construction, city district Trnje and Klovićevi dvori Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
Iron applause.net – curated by Lucia Gavulova, Tijana Stepanović- Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
From sculpture to confession / self-portrait-autobiography – curated by Ive Šimat Banov, Liljana Velkovski, Dalibor Prančević- Klovićevi dvori Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
Art Scene in Split– curated by Toni Horvatić- Kazamat Gallery, Osijek, Croatia
Dla dzieci & dla dorosłych. For Kids and Adults – curated by Dušica Dražić, Anna Mituś, Una Popović, Joanna Stembalska- Awangarda Gallery, BWA Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
51. Annale- We Are Not Happy- curated by Janka Vukmir- Istarska sabornica, Poreč, Croatia
255.804 km2- Young art from the former Yugoslavia - curated by Alenka Gregorič, Mateja Podlesnik-  Brot Kunsthalle, Wienna, Austria
Picture of Sound - curated by Evelina Turković – Museum of Contemporary Art, NO Gallery, Zagreb; Lazareti, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Symposion- concept Marin Zorić, Vanja Pagar, Hrvoje Cokarić, Branko Cerovac– Old city hall, Split, Croatia
Volume Collection- curated by Nemanja Cvijanović – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka; Lazareti, Dubrovnik; Croatia

2010       Picture of Sound– curated by Evelina Turković, MKC, Split, Croatia
Here we are 2– curated by Mladen Lucić, Museum of Contemporary Art of Istra, Pula, Croatia
255.804 km2- Young art from the former Yugoslavia - curated by Alenka Gregorič, Mateja Podlesnik-  Mestna galerija 1, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Modern (Post) Modern- curated by Radovan Beck, Mladen Lucić, Božo Majstorović, Damir Sokić-  Museum of Contemporary Art of Istra, Pula, Croatia

2009       Modern (Post) Modern- curated by Radovan Beck, Mladen Lucić, Božo Majstorović, Damir Sokić- Gallery of Arts, Split, Croatia
36th Split Salon: Readymade- artifact- toy- curated by Dalibor Prančević- MKC, Split, Croatia
10th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture- Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy, Zagreb, Croatia
Pogled na grad- curated by Jasminka Babić- Grožnjan, Croatia
Visiting (Young Croatian Art Scene)- curated by Gordana Bralić- Galleries MUU and FAFA, Helsinki, Finland

2008       Art Night– 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, USA
Donumenta– curated by Janka Vukmir- Regensburg, Germany
Here we are– curated by Mladen Lucić, Museum of Contemporary Art of Istra, Pula, Croatia
Artikulacija prostora/ Radovi u tijeku– curated by Božo Majstorović- Bedem Cornaro,
Split, Croatia
Joint Exhibition of Young Visual Artists Awards Winners– Magacin, Belgrade, Serbia
Island Map- curated by Marina Viculin – Klovićevi dvori Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
4th Triennial of Croatian Drawing - curated by Margarita Sveštarov Šimat and Ružica Pepelko- Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy, Zagreb, Croatia
Paso Doble- curated by Branko Franceschi and Ana Janevski- MKC, Split, Croatia
Exhibition in Color- curated by Toni Horvatić- Močvara, Zagreb; MKC, Split; Lazareti,
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Punta Arta- Island Map- curated by Marina Viculin- Aldura, Zlarin, Croatia

2007       35th Split salon- curated by Toni Horvatić- Bačvice aquarium, Split, Croatia
Final 2007! Radoslav Putar Award- the jury Tina Gverović, Jasna Jakšić, Darka Radosavljević, Janka Vukmir, Jerica Ziherl- Galženica Gallery, Velika Gorica, Croatia
42th Zagreb salon- curated by Božo Majstorović, Ivan Faktor, Mladen Lučić- Zagreb Fair - Padillion 19, Zagreb, Croatia

2006       9th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture- Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy, Zagreb, Croatia
Normalisation- Dedicated to Nikola Tesla- curated by curators colective WHW- Nova Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
Contemporary Art in Split- New Generation- curated by Božo Majstorović- Gallery of Arts, Split, Croatia HDLU Zagreb/ House of Croatian Artists, Zagreb, Croatia

2005       Ropažu Pleners- Ropaži, Latvia

2004       Festival Of New Art- FONA- Korzo, Rijeka, Croatia
ArtiST Now- An Underground Garden- curated by Dragica Čakić- Diocletian Palace Substractions, Split, Croatia *
The Yugoslav Biennial of Young Artists- Untitled (as yet) - curated by Svebor Midžić, Siniša Mitrović, Ana Nikitović, Jelena Vesić- Center for Contemporary Culture Konkordija, Vršac, Serbia and Montenegro *

2003       33th Split salon  - curated by Vinko Srhoj- Obala hrvatskog narodnog preporoda, Split, Croatia *
Urbane intervencije- Matica hrvatska, Križevci, Croatia
16th Adria Art Annale- Substructures of the Diocletian's Palace, Split, Croatia *
Festival Of  New Art- FONA - curated by Olga Majcen, Sunčica Ostoić  - Torpedo, Rijeka, Croatia

2002       15th Adria Art Annale- Substructures of the Diocletian's Palace, Split, Croatia *
New Croatian Turism- Goli otok, Croatia

2000       Glocal - curated by Diego Esposito- XXL Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Quotidiana '00 - curated by Virginia Baradel, Stefania Schiavon, Guido Bartorelli- Galleria Civica, Padova, Italy *
Workshop Europe - curated by Enrico Comi- Contemporary Art Centre Spazio Umano, Milan, Italy
Tracce di un seminario - curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, Angela Vettese- Galleria Via Farini, Milan, Italy

1999       Mostra fine corso- curated by Haim Steinbach, Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, Angela Vettese- San Francesco, Como, Italy *
Salon I° '99- Museo della permanente, Milan, Italy *



*catalogue



AWARDS:

2013       Slobodna Dalmacija- special recognition for the art project Fast Forward (author of the project with Božo Majstorović)

2011       special recognition SHORTZ-2, Festival of Short Film and Video, Novi Sad, Serbia

2007       winner of Radoslav Putar Award for best young artist

grand prix of 35th Split salon - Emanuel Vidović Award



WORKSHOPS, GRANTS, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE:

2014       Résidence de création, La Chambre Blanche, Québec, Canada

2013       Résidence de création, Association Travesías, PHAKT - Centre Culturel Colombier, Rennes, France

2008       International Artists in Residence Exchange,18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, USA

Young Visual Artists Award Residence, ISCP, New York, USA

2007       Naracije, MedILS, Split, Croatia

2005       Ropažu Pleners, Ropaži, Latvia

VI-th Meeting Of Mediterranean Schools of Art,
Point Of Social Exchanges- as workshop professor (with Toni Meštrović), Alger, Algeria

2004       Speak Up!, Rooseum, Malmo, Sweden

2000       Workshop Europe, Contemporary Art Centre Spazio Umano, Milan, Italy

1999       Advanced Course In Visual Arts, visiting professor Haim Stainbach, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy



COMMISSIONS AND PUBLIC WORKS:

You’ll Never Get to Heaven (TRA-LA-LA), Museum of Contemporary Art of Istra, Pula, Croatia

Penalty Kicks, Gallery of Arts, Split, Croatia

Instant Monument, Gallery of Arts, Split, Croatia

Golf Car, Zlarin, Croatia


AUTHOR OF TEXTS:

2013       Dino Bićanić, catalogue, Croatian Fine Artists Association of Split, Croatia

2011       IKEA- Za Dom spremni!- Nemanja Cvijanović, catalogue, Gallery of Arts, Split, Croatia
Traces- Nataša Ljubetić, catalogue, Croatian Fine Artists Association of Split, Croatia
Southern Tropic- Marko Tadić and Zlatan Vehabović, catalogue, MKC, Split, Croatia

2010       Cycle- Viktorija Miletić, catalogue, Croatian Fine Artists Association of Split, Croatia

2009       Play Girl- Ivana Resić Šore, catalogue, Croatian Fine Artists Association of Split, Croatia

2005       Četri autora i slika, Morsko prase br. 6, Kratis, Sv. Nedjelja, Croatia



CURATORIAL PROJECTS, CONCEPT, EXECUTION-IN-CHIEF:

2014       author of the concept Tuesdays in the Gallery / Fast Forward- solo exhibitions of Art Academy students and students of the Faculty of Philosophy (with Božo Majstorović)- Gallery of Arts, Split, Croatia
Edi Radan & Anđelko Mihanović, Ida Skoko & Tomislav Poljanec, Igor Zdunić & Vanda Franičević, Luka Radica & Dorja Mandina Bulog, Ivana Kevo & Petra Dajak, Oliver Mišura & Klara Čapalija, Anita Miloš & Antonija Šućur, Milivoj Popović & Josipa Begonja, Dijana Šehić & Ana Žanko, Dragan Đokić & Meri Vesanović

organization and exhibition set-up Island Map 2, curated by Marina Viculin, Zlarin, Croatia
Boris Cvjetanović, Tijana Đapović, Marko Ercegović, Ivan Faktor, Boris Greiner, Božo Jurjević, Jerko Macura, Vlado Martek, Toni Meštrović, Petra Mrša, Mejra Mujičić, Nadija Mustapić, Sara Perović, Davor Sanvicenti, Ivana Resić Šore, Mirjana Vodopija, Vlasta Žanić, Tina Vukasović

co-author of exhibition concept and exhibition set-up Images of Light, to Julije, (author and curator Blaženka Perica, coordinator Tina Vukasović), Kazamat Gallery, Osijek, Croatia
Gildo Bavčević, Ivan Faktor, Vladimir Frelih, Julije Knifer, Vedran Perkov, Goran Petercol, Ana Petrović, Viktor Popović, Igor Ruf, Davor Sanvicenti, Damir Sokić, Mirjana Vodopija, Tina Vukasović


2013       organization of artists residency Punta Arta and exhibition set-up, curated by Marina Viculin, Zlarin, Croatia
Boris Cvjetanović, Ivan Faktor, Boris Greiner, Božo Jurjević, Jerko Macura, Vlado Martek, Petra Mrša, Mejra Mujičić, Sara Perović, Davor Sanvicenti, Mirjana Vodopija, Vlasta Žanić, Tina Vukasović

author of the concept Tuesdays in the Gallery / Fast Forward- solo exhibitions of Art Academy students and students of the Faculty of Philosophy (with Božo Majstorović)- Gallery of Arts, Split, Croatia
Katrin Novaković & Katarina Sučić, Ante Duraković & Katarina Duplančić, Blaž Klarić & Rudolf Maretić, Kristina Šušnjara & Andrea Trutanić, Adna Bakija & Viktorija Žuvela, Ela Gašperov & Dora Derado, Silvija Abramović & Kristina Petričević, Matej Bosnić & Martina Vuković, Mario Leko & Marita Pastuović, Damjan Barić & Jasmina Šarić

2012       author of the concept Tuesdays in the Gallery / Fast Forward- solo exhibitions of Art Academy students and students of the Faculty of Philosophy (with Božo Majstorović)- Gallery of Arts, Split, Croatia
Vilma Reljić & Božo Kesić, Dragoslav Dragičević & Antonija Mihovilović, Luka Mimica & Mirjana Malovan, Lana Stojićević & Lana Beović, Tina Vukasović & Jelena Pavlinušić, Domagoj Burilović & Anita Dinielli, Anja Jelaska &Gabrijela Terze, Đani Martinić & Lana Brajković, Tamara Bilankov & Mia Raos, Petar Katavić & Ines Nimac

                organization and exhibition set-up Dimensions of  humor (with Viktor Popović and Sonja Gašperov)– curated by Blaženka Perica- Substructures of the Diocletian's Palace, Split; MMC Luka, Pula; Klovićevi dvori Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
Željko Badurina, Snježana Ban, Dino Bićanić, Dražen Budimir, Nemanja Cvijanović, Igor Eškinja, Ivan Fijolić, Alen Floričić, Vladimir Frelih, Sonja Gašperov, Luka Hrgović, Danijel Kovač, Ines Krasić, Denis Krašković, Siniša Labrović, Tihomir Matijević, Vedran Perkov, Viktor Popović, Dragana Sapanjoš, Josip Špika, Ivan Tudek, Goran Škofić, Anton Svetić, Stipan Tadić

jury member and exhibition set-up 11th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture
(with Blaženka Perica, Đorđe Jandrić, Petar Barišić)
Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy, Zagreb, Croatia

2011       organization and exhibition set-up Dimensions of  humor (with Viktor Popović and Sonja Gašperov)– curated by Blaženka Perica , Kazamat Gallery, Osijek, Croatia
Željko Badurina, Snježana Ban, Dino Bićanić, Dražen Budimir, Nemanja Cvijanović, Igor Eškinja, Ivan Fijolić, Alen Floričić, Vladimir Frelih, Sonja Gašperov, Luka Hrgović, Danijel Kovač, Ines Krasić, Denis Krašković, Siniša Labrović, Tihomir Matijević, Vedran Perkov, Viktor Popović, Dragana Sapanjoš, Josip Špika, Ivan Tudek, Goran Škofić, Anton Svetić, Stipan Tadić
exhibition set-up Snapshot Grad - curated by Marina Viculin, city district Trnje and Klovićevi dvori Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia

exhibition set-up People- Branko Ružić (family collection) – curated by Marina Viculin –Kazamat Gallery, Osijek, Croatia

2010       coordinator of art project Premijere – a series of solo exhibitions of Art Academy students- Loggia Gallery, Split, Croatia
Milan Stanić, Frane Šitum, Vilim Hälbarth, Tina Rade

2009       exhibition set-up Zelena karta – curated by Ivana Meštrov – Zlarin, Croatia
Yan Geraud, Lucie Galand, Eric Valette (France), Katalin Schaak (Germany) 

presentation of videoworks by James Newitt (Australia) –Ispo’ Leroja Cinema, Zlarin, Croatia

coordinator of art project Premijere – a series of solo exhibitions of Art Academy students- Loggia Gallery, Split, Croatia
Milena Meštrović, Marko Marković, Damira Kalajžić, Sunčica Jerković, Sanja Burazin, Nataša Pavlov, Marin Krstić, Josipa Šarić, Viktorija Miletić, Marija Ančić

2008      co-founder of art project  Premijere – a series of solo exhibitions of Art Academy students- Loggia Gallery, Split, Croatia
(with Gorki Žuvela and Helena Petrinović)
Dino Bićanić, Josip Jurić, Mario Franić, Vojin Hraste, Katarina Marović, Ana-Marija Obradović, Ivana Resić, Igor Lušić, Nina Podrug, Zrinka Barbarić

organization and exhibition set-up of Art Academy students - MKC, Split, Croatia
(with Gorki Žuvela, Sonja Gašperov and Tanja Ravlić)

organization Island Map, curated by Marina Viculin –Klovićevi dvori Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
Valdo Martek, Vlasta Žanić, Mirjana Vodopija, Ivana Jelavić, Mejra Mujčić, Toni Meštrović, Igor Kuduz, Nemanja Cvijanović, Igor Eškinja, Siniša Labrović, Lovro Artuković, Nika Radić, Danijel Kovač, Vedran Perkov

2007       organization and exhibition set-up Island Map, curated by Marina Viculin, Zlarin, Croatia
Valdo Martek, Vlasta Žanić, Mirjana Vodopija, Ivana Jelavić, Mejra Mujčić, Toni Meštrović, Igor Kuduz, Nemanja Cvijanović, Igor Eškinja, Siniša Labrović, Lovro Artuković, Nika Radić, Danijel Kovač

2006       organization and exhibition set-up of Art Academy students - Vila Oršić, Varaždin, Croatia
(with Jasminka Babić, Sonja Gašperov and Mihael Giba)

organization and exhibition set-up Svako ima svoje idro – curated by Marina Viculin – Kažerma, Zlarin, Croatia
Vlado Martek, Boris Demur, Ivana Jelavić, Mate Adum, Davor Šarić, Rudolf Sremac

organization and exhibition set-up Transformacije – curated by Jasminka Babić – Kažerma, Zlarin, Croatia
Igor Eškinja, Alem Korkut, Loren Živković- Kuljiš

organization and exhibition set-up of Art Academy students - Galerija Ghetto, Split, Croatia

exhibition set-up of Art Academy students – Podstrana, Croatia

2005       co-founder of the art project Punta Arta – muzej na otoku (with Marina Viculin)

organization and exhibition set-up Potjera – curated by Marina Viculin – Kažerma, Zlarin, Croatia
Mio Vesović, Jasenko Rasol,  Ivan Posavec

author of the concept and the exhibition set-up Četri autora i slika – Kažerma, Zlarin, Croatia
Viktor Popović, Toni Meštrović, Marko Tadić, Petar Stanović

exhibition set-up of Art Academy students – Podstrana, Croatia

organization and exhibition set-up of Art Academy students – Foaje HNK , Split, Croatia

2002       selection of foreign authors in the project  New Croatian Turism – Goli otok, Croatia
Kristine Alksne (Latvia), Woong-Jong Yoo (S. Korea), Yuki Konsyo (Japan), David Francesconi (Italy – Slovenia)