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

2026    Schafhof – European Art Forum Upper Bavaria, Artist in Residence, Freising, Germany 
2021    Mitterdrin – Artist in Residence, Graz, Austrija
2021    Polygon – “Beyond the Endless Border” – Artist in Residence, Lika, Croatia
2015    Saari Residence – Artist in Residence, Konnen Saatio Foundation, Mietoinen, Finland
2014   Headlands Center for the Arts – Artist in Residence, Marin Headlands / San Francisco, USA
2009   Capital City Arts Initiative, Carson City –Visiting Artist/Scholar/Curator Residency, Carson City, USA
2000   Scuola Internazionale di Grafica – Assistantship, Venice, Italy
2002   Foundation Gori, Villa Celle  – Artist’s Assistant to Robert Morris on his work for: Biennial Ars Sacra, Carrara Biennial and a collaborative piece with Claudio Parmiggiani, Pistoia, Italy
2000  7th International Biennial of Architecture – Intern at USA pavilion, Venice, Italy – handling of pavilion’s daily activities, maintenance and presentation
1999    Peggy Guggenheim Museum – Internship, Venice, Italy

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026    Time, She Said, Gallery Pogon Jedinstvo, Zagreb, Croatia
2026    Site of Impact,  Gallery Kontejner, Zagreb, Croatia
2026    Site of Impact,  Gallery MKC, Dom mladih, Split, Croatia
2025    Time, She Said / Čas, je rekla / Tempo, lei disse / Vrijeme je, Gallery X Center, Nova Gorica, Slovenija (programmed within ECOC GO!2025 Pixxelpoint programme prePIXX, curator: Katarina Podobnik)
2024    Site of Impact,  Gallery Kortil, HKD, Rijeka,, Croatia (curator: Anamarija Batista)
2024    Time, She Said, Gallery OK, Rijeka, Croatia
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

2026    Dialogues With Landscape, City Museum Makarska, Vila Irena, Makarska, Croatia
2025    “Rhythm X – Performance as Expression” / “5 to 12” – group exhibition and evening of performances, Gallery Žitnjak, Zagreb, Croatia (curator: Olga Majcen Linn)
2025    20 Years of the Academy of Applied Arts, Rijeka City Museum, Rijeka, Croatia (selector: Brako Franceschi)
2025    Too Late to Give Up, MSU, Zagreb, Croatia (curator: Suzana Marjanić, production Domino)
2024    Institute of the Invisible, Gallery Waldinger, 29. Slavonia Biennial Osijek, Croatia (curators: Valentina Radoš, Janka Vukmir, production Art Museum Osijek)
2023    Image of Sound 4, Gallery Pogon – Jedinstvo, Zagreb, Croatia, (curator: Evelina Turković)
2023    Where Is This Cloud Floating?, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia (curators: Ksenija Orelj, Sabina Salamon)
2023    Intuition, Moise Pallace, The Universitu of Rijeka, Cres, Croatia
2022    The Visible Ones, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia (curators: Jasminka Babić (GU Split), Vilma Bartolić (MMSU Rijeka), Branka Benčić (MMSU Rijeka), Valentina Radoš (MLU Osijek), Rozana Vojvoda (GU Dubrovnik) and Ana Škegro (MSU Zagreb))
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    1^st 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

2026    Interface Video Art Festival 2026, Art Kino, Rijeka, Croatia (juried)
2026    City Library Pazin, screening of video “House” for the presentation of book of poetry “House” by Davor Mandić, organiser: Hiža od besid, Pazin, Croatia
2026    Library Bogdan Ogrizović, screening of video “House” for the presentation of book of poetry “House” by Davor Mandić, Zagreb, Croatia
2026    City Library Pula, screening of video “House” for the presentation of book of poetry “House” by Davor Mandić, Pula, Croatia
2026    City Library Rijeka, screening of video “House” for the presentation of book of poetry “House” by Davor Mandić, Rijeka, Croatia
2023    City Library Rijeka, screening of documentary film “Rikard Benčić, for Example“, Rijeka, Croatia
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

2025-ongoing     House, collaborative artistic research project with writer Davor Mandić, 
2023    The Invisible Ones, collaborative, unannounced artistic action by five artists – Milijana Babić, Branka Cvjetičanin, Tajči Čekada, Nadija Mustapić, and Nika Rukavina – conducted at the opening of the Rijeka edition of the inter-institutional project/exhibition “Vidljive” (“The Visible Ones”) at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka. The performance involved the group of artists arriving at the exhibition opening with their “heads in bags,” followed by sending a press release after the performance, where the artists revealed their identities and reasons for protest and dissatisfaction. In a widely publicized press re- lease, “The invisible ones” outlined the reasons for their protest, expressing their disagreement with the inter-institutional project/exhibition. The release highlighted several organizational issues, including a lack of dialogue between curators and artists, the objectification of female artists, unpaid work, lack of funding for travel expenses, inadequate production and technical conditions, unclear acquisition policies, and other shortcomings
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
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 2001 Printmakers portfolio
1995   Photography Group Exhibition, Gallery Ars, Rijeka, Croatia, awarded Prize for Best Photography and Best Series of Photography

ART GRANTS
2016   The City of Rijeka, Croatia, Department for Culture ⁄ New Media council, one-term grant for art project production 
2016   Ministry of Culture, Croatia, New Media council, one-term grant for art project production
2013   The City of Rijeka, Croatia, Department for Culture ⁄ New Media council, one-term grant for art project production
2013    The City of Rijeka, Croatia, Department for Culture ⁄ Art council, one-term grant for art exhibition production
2011    The City of Rijeka, Croatia, Department for Culture ⁄ New Media council, one-term grant for art project production
2011    The City of Rijeka, Croatia, Department for Culture ⁄ Art council, one-term grant for art exhibition productio
2010   Ministry of Culture, Croatia, New Media council, one-term grant for art project production
2010    The City of Rijeka, Croatia, Department for Culture ⁄ Art council, one-term grant for art exhibition production
2010    The City of Rijeka, Croatia, Department for Culture ⁄ New Media council, one-term grant for art project production
2009    The City of Rijeka, Croatia, Department for Culture ⁄ Art council, one-term grant for art exhibition production
2009    The City of Zagreb, Croatia, Department for Culture ⁄ Art council, one-term grant for art exhibition production
2009    The City of Rijeka, Croatia, Department for Culture ⁄ New Media council, one-term travel grant for visiting artist
lecture
2009    The Primorsko-Goranska Region, Croatia, Department for Culture, one-term grant for art exhibition production
2009    The Primorsko-Goranska Region, Croatia, Department for Culture, one-term travel grant for visiting artist lecture
2007    The University of Rijeka Foundation, Croatia,  one-term financial grant for Medijateka – Filmaktiv project
2003    Fine Arts Council Student Art Grant, University of Iowa, one-term financial grant for an art project

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Delta 5 Artist Run Organisation – Rijeka, Croatia
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 / NON-ACADEMIC TEACHING

2025        Moderator and Speaker, International Art-Scientific Conference “Community-Engaged Learning (CEL): Art and Social Connection”, Academy of Applied Arts, University in Rijeka
2025        Pannelist at Round Table Discussion “Between Brush and Code – The Paradox of Knowledge and Intuition in Educating the Artists of the Future”, Center for Innovative Media – Academy of Applied Arts, University of Rijeka, Srce @ V.B.Z., Rijeka, Croatia
2025        Guest lecturer, Writers’ Workshop CeKaPe , island of Iž, Croatia
2025        Lecture and workshop “Interactive Art in the Public Sphere”, Moise Palace in Cres, island Cres, Croatia
2024        Symposium: “Two Perspectives on Visual Arts Residency Programs”, MMSU, Rijeka – Round table discussion with artists Siniša Ilić, Nadija Mustapić, and Katarina Kožul
2024       Artist Talk, “Breakfast on the Grass”, public event by the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
2020       Book presentation and public lecture: Responsive Art In The Public Sphere (by Nadija Mustapić and Katarina Rukavina) at University of Zadar Department of Art History, in organisation of Student Committee of The University of Zadar – conference “Susreti: studij izvedbe”, moderator Ivana Hanaček
2020       International Scientific and Artistic Symposium on Pedagogy in Art, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Osijek, Croatia, October 23rd-24th 2020, Paper Presentation and Discussion: “Responsive Art In The Public Sphere – Discourses and Techniques: about inovative methods of teaching in the fiels of art
2020       Invited guest artist at the public presentation “In the Company Of Phones and Tablets” which screened video works by a Spanish artist Carmen Roca Igual and a Slovak artist Adam Centko, Drugo more, Rijeka, Croatia
2020      Artist Talk and Public conversation with Andrea Zlatar (during solo exhibition “2 and 2”) – Conversations in the gallery Prozori: “Are two and two four or five?”, Gallery Prozori, City Library S. S. Kranjčevića, Zagreb, Croatia
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,

ACADEMIC POSSITIONS

2025-2026    Head of Department of Fine Arts, Academy of Applied Arts, The University of Rijeka
2020-today   Full Professor, Academy of Applied Arts, The University of Rijeka, Croatia
2015-2020    Associate Professor, Academy of Applied Arts, The University of Rijeka, Croatia
2010-2015     Assistant Professor, Applied Arts Academy, The University of Rijeka, Croatia
2011-2014     Researcher/Teacher, ADRIART (adriart.net) – EU funded program (Erasmus, EACEA Multilateral Programs), Academy of Applied Arts, The University of Rijeka
2010-2011     Adjunct Assistant Professor, Film and Video Department, University of Split Art Academy, Croatia, New Media Art I, Fall 2010
2010-2011     Vice-Dean for Arts and Science Field, Academy of Applied Arts, The University of Rijeka, Croatia
2010-2011    International Relations Coordinator, Academy of Applied Arts, The University of Rijeka, Croatia
2006-2012   Adjunct Assistant Professor/Croatian Site Coordinator, Projekt Oko Sokolovo, The University of Iowa, Intermedia Department
2006-2010   Erasmus Coordinator, Academy of Applied Arts, The University of Rijeka
2006-2010   Senior Assistant, Academy of Applied Arts, The University of Rijeka, Printmaking Department
2006              Adjunct Assistant Professor, The University of Iowa, Painting and Drawing Department
2005              Adjunct Assistant Professor, The University of Iowa, Painting and Drawing Department
2005              Teaching Assistant – Instructor of Record, The University of Iowa, Printmaking Department
2004              Teaching Assistant – Instructor of Record, The University of Iowa, Printmaking Department
2003              Teaching Assistant – Instructor of Record, The University of Iowa, Printmaking Department
2003              Research Assistant, The University of Iowa, Printmaking Department

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