EDUCATION
2004-2005 University of Iowa, MFA, graduated with honors, (Printmaking/Intermedia)
2002-2004 University of Iowa, MA, (Printmaking/Painting)
1995-1999 University of Rijeka, Philosophy Faculty, Art Department, Rijeka, Croatia, degree: Professor of Fine Arts
RESIDENCIES
2021 Mitterdrin, Graz, Austrija – Artist in Residence
2021 Polygon – Beyond the Endless Border, Lika, Croatia
2015 Saari Residence, Konnen Saatio Foundation, Finland – Artist in Residence
2014 Headlands Center for the Arts, USA – Artist in Residence
2009 Capital City Arts Initiative, Carson City, USA – Visiting Artist/Scholar/Curator Residency
2000 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Italy – Assistantship
1999 Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Italy – Internship
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Here and There, Gallery Atelliersi Žitanjak, Zagreb, Croatia
2019 Moment of Silence (with Toni Meštrović), Podroom Gallery – Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, (organised by ECOC 2020 Rijeka, curated by Zorana Đaković Minniti)
2018 A View from Golo Brdo (with Toni Meštrović), Studio Golo Brdo, Rovinjsko selo, Croatia
2017 Destination: Distitled, exhibited in the form of street billboard at Branimirova Street, Zagreb, Croatia, as part of public art program Plane/Surface (curated by Silva Kalčić)
2017 2 and 2, Prozori Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia, (curated by Irena Bekić)
2016 The Quotas of Pride (with Toni Meštrović), Hippolyte Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2015 I Don’t Know About The Rest Of The World, But Here…, Waldinger Gallery, Osijek, Croatia (curated by Branka Benčić)
2015 Connecting Islands, (with Toni Meštrović), Saaren Kartano, Mietoinen, Finland
2015 A Waiting Room for People, Machines and the City, (with Toni Meštrović), Waiting room at the Train station, Rijeka, Croatia (catalogue, comissioned by The Musagetes Foundation)
2014 Moment of Silence (with Toni Meštrović), MKC Gallery, Split, Croatia (catalogue)
2014 Moment of Silence (with Toni Meštrović), Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Glypthoteque, Zagreb, Croatia, (catalogue)
2013 Every House is an Island, (with Tonka Maleković), grey) (area Gallery, Korčula, Croatia (curated by Ivana Meštrov, Loose Associations)
2013 Moment of Silence (with Toni Meštrović), Mali Salon Gallery, organized by the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka (MMSU), Rijeka, Croatia, (catalogue)
2012 An Afternoon Without Gravity, Cecille R. Hunt Gallery, Webster University, Saint Louis, USA (curated: Jeff Hughes, catalogue)
2011 The Additional Act, Vladimir Bužančić Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia (catalogue)
2011 An Afternoon Without Gravity, Kortil Gallery, Rijeka, Croatia (catalogue)
2010 Poetics of Incongruity, Multimedia Cultural Center (MKC), Split, Croatia, (catalogue)
2010 An Afternoon Without Gravity, Gallery SC, Zagreb, Croatia, (catalogue)
2010 Different Beginnings II, Juraj Klović Gallery, Rijeka, Croatia, (catalogue)
2009 Outside In, Pontikus Gallery, Grožnjan, Croatia, (catalogue)
2009 Different Beginnings, collaboration with Andrea Crnković, Gallery Barell, The Home of HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia, (curated: Branko Franceschi, catalogue)
2009 Different Beginnings, collaboration with Andrea Crnković, Intermedia Gallery, The University of Iowa, USA
2009 An Ordinary 24 Hours: Conflict, Process, Repetition, Stand Up art action, Rijeka, Croatia
2006 Not In The Sky, Nor On The Earth (Habitat), Intermedia Gallery, Iowa City, USA
2005 Scroll, Eve Drewelowe Gallery, Iowa City, USA
2005 Whole Red, Black Hole, Byron Burford Gallery, Iowa City, USA
2004 Outside In, Intermedia Gallery Gallery, Iowa City, USA
2004 Topologies Of The Inside, Intermedia Gallery, Iowa City, USA
2004 Erased, Intermedia Gallery, Iowa City, USA
2004 Hands, Coal Cellar Space, Iowa City, USA
2003 Nadija Mustapić: Prints and Drawings, Eve Drewelowe Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
2001 Nadija Mustapić: Incisioni, two-person exhibition, Studio Palazzi, Venice, Italy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 41st Split Salon: “Not definitely lost to each other” (curator: Ivana Meštrov, exhibition assistance: Ana Janevski), Multimedia Cultural Center Split, Salon Galić, Aquarium Bačvice, Croatian Maritime Museum Split, Exhibition space Zoja Dumengjić in Clinical Hospital Center Split, Split, Croatia
2021 Me and the Place, FLUC, Vienna, Austria (curator: Anamaria Batista)
2021 61st Poreč Annale: “Holy Bureaucracy, Where Are You Taking Us?”, Istarska sabornica Gallery, Croatia, (curated by Ksenija Orelj)
2021 University of Rijeka Thrust Award: Exhibition of Awarded Artists (Fuellep, Mustapić, Kunić), Gallery APU, Rijeka
2018 Art kamp Empeduja 2018, Rijeka, Croatia (invitational, curated by Nadežda Elezović)
2017 GT22 + Festival Lent 2017 = Fokus Rijeka, Gallery GT22, Maribor, Slovenia (curated by son:DA)
2017 HT Award 2017, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia (juried, catalogue)
2016 Pixxelpoint 2016, Nova Gorica, Slovenia (curated by Rene Rusjan, catalogue)
2016 1st Biennial of Industrial Art UTOPIA=REALITY, Labin Art Express / Lamparna, Labin, Croatia (curated by Branko Franceschi)
2016 T-HT Award 2016, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia (juried, catalogue)
2015 From Within the Giant’s Belly, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia (curated by Ksenija Orelj)
2015 City at Second Glance, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia
2014 Interface – New Media Festival, Ex-Bernardi, Rijeka (curated by Tomislav Brajnović)
2014 Punta Arta – Map of Island 2, Zlarin, Croatia (curated by Marina Viculin and Vedran Perkov)
2014 Europe. South East – Recorded Memories, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka, Croatia
2013 CRISIS 2 – APATHY, MCAI – MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN ISTRIA, Pula, Croatia (catalogue, curated by M. Lucić)
2013 The Dynamic Space of Rijeka – Academy of Applied Arts Faculty Show, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMSU) Rijeka, Croatia, (catalogue)
2012 We Are Here 3, Museum of Contemporary Art of Istria, screening program at Kino Valli, Pula, Croatia (curated: M. Lucić)
2012 The Inner Ear, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMSU), Rijeka, Croatia, (curated by Sabina Salomon and Ksenija Orelj, exhibition from Museum collection)
2012 Faculty Show (Department of Graphic Arts, Academy of Applied Arts, University of Rijeka), Mali Salon Gallery, Rijeka, Croatia
2011 Si:n Festival of video art & performance, A.M. Qattan Foundation, Ramallah, Palestine
2010 We Are Here 2, Museum of Contemporary Art of Istria, Pula, Croatia (curated: M. Lucić)
2010 Culturing Community, The Moving Crew: Ideal X, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell, USA, (catalogue)
2010 The Moving Crew: What’s Inside Ideal X, Molekula, Rijeka, Croatia
2010 45th Zagreb Salon, The Home of HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia (juried, catalogue)
2010 T-HT Award 2010, Contemporary Art Museum, Zagreb, Croatia, (juried, catalogue)
2009 5th Croatian Printmaking Triennial, The Home of HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia (juried, catalogue)
2009 Video Vortex Exhibition, Multimedia Cultural Center (MKC), Split, Croatia (invitational, catalogue)
2008 Contemporary Landscapes, Gallery Kortil, Rijeka, Croatia, (curated: Breda Kolar Sluga, catalogue)
2008 4th Croatian Drawing Triennial, Gliptoteka, Zagreb, Croatia (invitational, catalogue)
2007 60 + 1 Extended Media, Gallery Kortil, Rijeka, Croatia, (curated: Nataša Ivančević, Ksenija Orelj, catalogue)
2007 The Moving Crew:Transfer-maton / Walking Division, Front Street Gallery, UICA, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
2007 New HDLU Rijeka Members, Gallery Juraj Klović, Rijeka, Croatia (juried, catalogue)
2007 New ULUPUH Members, ULUPUH Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia (juried)
2006 Rijeka Art Scene / Snapshots, Galerija umjetnina, Split, Croatia, (curated: Nataša Ivančević, catalogue)
2006 PLAC II (Print Language as Content II), Southern Graphics Council, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
2005 Rijeka Art Scene / Snapshots, Umjetnička galerija, Dubrovnik, Croatia, (curated: Nataša Ivančević, catalogue)
2005 MFA Exhibition, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
2004 Prints from the Museum Collection, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia (catalogue)
2004 PLAC I (Print Language as Content I), Southern Graphics Council, New Brunswick, NY, USA
2004 PLAC I (Print Language as Content I), Mid-American Print Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
2004 The Iowa Printmakers, Iowa Hall Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
2003 A.M.A.C. 6th Triennial, Chamalieres, France, (juried, catalogue)
2002 Pinups, Iowa Arts Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
2002 New IPG Printmakers, Eve Drewlowe Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
2001 International Graphics Exhibition, Rab, Croatia, (invitational, catalogue)
2001 Ex-Libris International Printmaking Exhibition, Juried, Gallery Cortil, Rijeka, Croatia, (juried, catalogue)
2000 Art Expo of Young Artists, Juried, Budapest, Hungary (juried, catalogue)
2000 2nd Printmaking Triennial of Croatia, Juried, Zagreb, Croatia, (juried, catalogue)
1999 Student Graduating Exhibition, Gallery Kortil, Rijeka, Croatia, (catalogue)
1996 Photography exhibition, Juried, Gallery Ars, Rijeka, Croatia
FESTIVALS / SCREENINGS
2020 Kino Jadran, screening of documentary film “Rikard Benčić, for Example“, Rijeka, Croatia
2019 17th Liburnija film festival, screening of experimental/documentary “Do I Love my Job?“ Opatija, Croatia
2019 Zavičajni muzej Drenove, Filmaktiv in collaboration with Bez granica/No Borders organizes screening of documentary film “Rikard Benčić, for Example“, Rijeka, Croatia
2018 HRT3 – Croatian National Radio Broadcast “Slika od zvuka“ (editor: Evelina Turković), broadcast of sound art work “2 and 2“
2017 Art Metamedia 2017, screening of „The Additional Act“, Projektraum LS43, Berlin, Germany, curated by: Božo Katić and Martina Mezak
2017 Art Metamedia 2017, screening of „The Additional Act“, screening on street billboards in front of Student Center (SC) Zagreb, Croatia, curated by: Božo Katić and Martina Mezak
2017 Festival Tobogan, (program by Rijeka European Cultural Capital 2020), screening of „Rikard Benčić, For Example“, Ex-Factory Benčić Complex in Rijeka, Croatia, selected by Benčić Youth Council
2016 Beton kino, MKC Split, Croatia, screening of “Do I Love My Job?“, curated by: Gean Moreno, Brian Willems, Jasna Gluić, as part of group exhibition and film program “Sea Change”
2016 Kino Europa, Zagreb, Croatia, screening of experimental film “An Afternoon Without Gravity“, selector: Ivan Paić, in connection to a travelling international exhibition (In) Constancy of Space – Struggle For Identity
2016 Art Museum, Osijek, Croatia, screening of experimental film “An Afternoon Without Gravity“, selektor: Ivan Paić, in connection to a travelling international exhibition (In) Constancy of Space – Struggle For Identity
2016 De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam, Netherlands, screening of documentary film “Rikard Benčić, For Example” (co-authored with Marin Lukanović) in connection to a travelling international exhibition (In) Constancy of Space – Struggle For Identity (curators: Neva Lukić, Vanja Babić)
2016 SHE DEVIL video program / Leipziger Edition: Home, Leipzig, Galerie KUB, Germany, curator: Candace Goodrich, screening of “Different Beginnings II”
2016 15th Venice Architecture Biennial – Croatian national pavilion “We Need It – We Do It“ by Dinko Peračić, Miranda Veljačić, Slaven Tolj and Emina Višnjić (continuous screening of “Rikard Benčić, For Example” as part of the pavilion installation and exhibition)
2015 Titanik Gallery, Turku, Finland (one-evening presentation of “The Additional Act” and “An Afternoon Without Gravity” video installations)
2015 New Performance Turku Festival, Tehdas Theatre, Turku, Finland (screening of “A Waiting Room for People, Machines and the City” video)
2015 Taking Part European Arts Festival, London, UK (screening of “Rent A Delta”, experimental documentary film)
2014 Directors Lounge, Berlin, Germany, Media Art from Croatia, (screening of “Different Beginnings II”), curated by Ingeborg Fülepp
2013 INSTANTS VIDEO 26 numériques et poétiques, program: THE DISTRICT OF HYBRID EMIGRATIONS, Marseilles, France, (screening of “An Afternoon Without Gravity”, experimental film), (catalogue)
2013 Collegium Hungaricum – CHB, Media Facade, Berlin, Germany, (screening of “Different Beginnings II”), organized by Kroatien Kreativ 2013, Media Art from Croatia
2013 C.A.R. Contemporary Art Ruhr – Media Art Fair / Media Kunst Messe, Essen, Germany (screening of “Different Beginnings II”), organized by Kroatien Kreativ 2013, Media Art from Croatia
2013 Molekula, Rijeka, Croatia, organized by Drugo More for the exhibition “Abandoned Premises” (screening of “Rikard Benčić, For Example”, documentary film – coauthored with Marin Lukanović)
2013 C.A.R. Contemporary Art Ruhr – Media Art Fair / Media Kunst Messe, Essen, Germany (screening of “An Afternoon Without Gravity”, experimental film)
2013 1st Student Congress “Students for Human Rights“, The University of Rijeka, Croatia, (screening of “Rikard Benčić, For Example”, documentary film – coauthored with Marin Lukanović)
2012 Kino Valli, Pula, Croatia, (screening of “An Afternoon Without Gravity”, experimental film)
2011 Si:n Festival o video art & performance, Ramallah, Palestine, (screening of “An Afternoon Without Gravity” experimental film)
2010 Kino Valli, Pula, Croatia, (screening of “Different Beginnings II”, experimental film)
2010 3rd Congress of Croatian Architects, Split, Croatia, (screening of “Rikard Benčić, for example” documentary film, co-directed with Marin Lukanović)
2009 Art Kino Croatia, Rijeka, Croatia, (screening of “Rent A Delta”, experimental documentary film)
2009 Art Kino Croatia, Rijeka, Croatia, (screening of “Rikard Benčić, for example” documentary film, co-directed with Marin Lukanović)
2008 6th Liburnia Film Festival of documentary film, Ičići, Croatia, (screening of “Rikard Benčić, for example” documentary film, co-directed with Marin Lukanović)
2008 5th Anniversary of The University of Rijeka Foundation, Filodramatika, Rijeka, Croatia, (screening of “Rikard Benčić, for example” documentary film, co-directed with Marin Lukanović)
2008 Patching the City Workshop by Rijeka Architects′ Association, Filodramatika, Rijeka, Croatia, (screening of “Rikard Benčić, for example” documentary film, co-directed with Marin Lukanović)
2007 namaTRE.ba Contemporary Video Art and Photography exhibition, Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina (screening of “An Ordinary 24 Hours: Conflict, Process, Repetition”)
COLLABORATIONS
2017 Destination: Distitled, photograph / billboard, collaboration with Toni Meštrović
2016 The Atlas of Homecoming, artistic research and online project, in collaboration with Neli Ružić and Tanja Ravlić
2016 Sameness of Time, two-channel video installation, collaboration with Toni Meštrović
2015 A Waiting Room for People, Machines and the City, site-specific multi channel video installation, collaboration with Toni Meštrović
2013 Moment of Silence, multi channel video installation, collaboration with Toni Meštrović
2010 The Moving Crew: What′s Inside?,a project by the art collective, interactive performance / installation / web-site, Molekula, Rijeka, Croatia, Faulkner Gallery, Grinnell, Iowa, USA
2009 Different Beginnings, three channel video installation, in collaboration with Andrea Crnković
2008 Rikard Benčić, for example, documentary film, collaboration with Marin Lukanović
2007 The Moving Crew:Transfer-maton / Walking Division, interactive / installation /performance / exhibition, Front Street Gallery, UICA, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
2007 The Moving Crew: Land-Grant-Flag-State-Construct, interactive performance / installation, The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, BemisUNDERGROUND, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
2006 The Moving Crew: Passport-Home, interactive performance / installation, Arts Iowa Gallery and the Ped Mall area, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
2006 The Moving Crew: Cardboard Boat Regata, interactive performance, downtown Ped Mall area, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
2005-today The Moving Crew – founding memeber of the art collective, community-based art
2005 An Ordinary 24 Hours, site-specific interactive performance, collaboration with Marnie Glazier, Tomislav Friscic, Bryan Burgess, The Laser Building on the University of Iowa Campus, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka
The Amity Foundation
Southern Graphics Print Archive
University of Iowa, School of Art and Art History Print Archive
Printmaking Cabinet of Croatian Artists′ Association
Ministry of Croatia Art Archive
The Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College
Budapest Art Expo Foundation
The University of Mississippi-Oxford Print Archive
COMMISSIONS / PRIZES / AWARDS / STIPENDS
2021 The University of RIjeka Thrust Award (Nagrada Zaklade Sveučilišta u Rijeci) for the category ARTIST in the year 2019
2017 Erasmus grant for Teaching Faculty mobility, University of Sussex, UK
2014 The Musagetes Foundation (Guelph, Canada), site-specific video/audio installation commission
2008 Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka, Croatia, documentary film commission (Rikard Benčić, naprimjer / Rikard Benčić For Example)
2004 Ministry of Science, Education and Sport, Croatia, graduate scholarship award
2004 Leola Bergmann Scholarship, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
2004 Leola Bergmann Iowa Print Group Graduate College Fellowship, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
2004 The City of Rijeka, Croatia, graduate scholarship award
2003 The Amity Art Foundation, print commission for the Iowa 10 portfolio
2002 Graduate College Scholarship, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
2002 Leola Bergmann Scholarship, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
2002 Virgil M. Beall Fellowship, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
2001 The International Graphics Exhibition, Rab, Croatia, awarded Prize of the Jury Council
2001 Graphics Cabinet of the Croatian Artists Association, print commission for the Young Croatian Printmakers portfolio
1995 Photography Group Exhibition, Gallery Ars, Rijeka, Croatia, awarded Prize for Best Photography and Best Series of Photography
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Croatian Association of Artists in Rijeka – Member
Croatian Association of Artists in Zagreb – Member
Croatian Association for Artists of Visual and Applied Arts- Member
New Media Council, The City of Rijeka Office for Culture – Board Member
Filmaktiv (arts/film-centered artist association) – Board Member
Ruke (association for arts, culture and education) – Board Member
LECTURES / PRESENTATIONS / WORKSHOPS
2017 Visiting lecturer (Artist Talk, MA Masterclass, Tutorials and Crit Sessions for BA, MA and PhD level students), University of Sussex School of Media, Film and Music, Brighton, UK
2016 Artist Talk (“The social dimensions of de-industrialized urban structures“), Hippolyte Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2015 Artist Talk and presentation at Big Ideas in Arts & Culture lecture series, SPUR Festival, Guelph, Canada
2015 Artist Talk, Titanik Gallery, Turku, Finland
2015 Artist Talk, Saari Residency, Finland
2014 Show and Tell (Artist Talk), Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA
2012 Visiting Artist (Artist Talk, student critiques), Webster University, Department of Art, Saint Louis, USA
2010 Visiting Artist (Artist Talk, Film and Video Workshop), Grinnell College, Department of Art, Grinnel, USA
2010 The Rosenfield Simposium Lecturer (“Art in Croatia: Expressions of Transition”), Grinnell College, Grinnell, USA
2010 Artist Talk (“Inclusive art practice: The Moving Crew Collective”), The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia
2010 Artist Talk (“The Moving Crew Collective”), Molekula, Rijeka, Croatia
2010 Artist Talk (“The Moving Crew Collective”), Film and Video Department, University of Split Art Academy, Split, Croatia
2009 Visiting Artist (Artist Talk, Student Critique, Master class lecture), Film, Media and Music Department, The University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
2009 Visiting Artist (studio visits, lecture: “The waiting room as a point of departure: Croatian art in times of transition”), Intermedia Department, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
2009 Visiting Artist (lecture: “The View from Kvarner Bay: Art in Croatia”), Capital City Arts Initiative – Visiting Artist/Scholar/Curator Residency, Carson City, USA,
2009 Artist Talk, Sierra Nevada College Art Department, Carson City, USA
2009 Artist Talk, Douglas High School, Carson City, USA
2009 Artist Talk, McQueen High School, Reno, USA
2006 Visiting Artist (studio visits with graduate students), Intermedia Department, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
2004 Visiting Artist (Artist talk, Panelist on Career Workshop), The Coe College, Cedar Rapids, USA
2000 Assistant, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy, (assisted with University of Iowa Printmaking Summer Course, assisted with courses: Artists-Books, Monotype, Drawing)
1996-98 Workshop Instructor, Škola mira/School of Peace, (Mrkopalj, Croatia,
1994-96 Workshop Assistant, Novigradsko proljeće/The Spring of Novigrad, Novigrad, Croatia,