Ivana Papić (b. 1987) is a Croatian multimedia artist-researcher, art mediator and a invasive plant advocate based in Berlin. Using photography, sound, objects and poetry she builds layered installations designed to encourage audience interaction. Since 2021, Papić's artistic research has focused on invasive or feral plants, with a particular emphasis on Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima). In her ongoing project series The Wild walnut, she explores her female heritage through five human senses where she questions the contemporary meaning of the concepts of identity and belonging and examines the complex relationships between humans and nature.
From the Fine Arts Academy of the University of Split she holds MA in conservation and restoration. In 2022, she received a specialised MA at the Institute for Art in Context at the Udk - Universität der Künste Berlin, where she worked on several participatory, artistic-research and educational projects. She is a member of HULU - Croatian association of visual artists, Cine Club Split and bbk e.V. - professional association of visual artists of Berlin.
Upcoming
Solo show, Podroom Gallery; Cultural Center Belgrade (SR)
2026
2025
Solo (three persons) show, Zeleni kôd: Ekologika / Green côde: Ecologic; AK Gallery, Koprivnica (HR)
2025
Lecture and speculative workshop about Ailanthus plant with Gaja Mežnarić Osole (Trajna/Krater) as a part the Free Radicals Symposium on plant biodiversity, Prague (CZ)
Solo Exhibitions
La voz de la nuez silvestre / The voice of the wild walnut; El Gato Tulipán Gallery, Lima (PE)
Glas divljeg oraha / The voice of the wild walnut; Salon Galić Gallery, Split (HR)
U dubokom zelenilu / In the deep greenery; Cine Club Split (HR)
Zov divljeg oraha / Call of the Wild Walnut; DOB - Belgrade Youth center Gallery, Belgrade (SR)
Berlin, the promised city - A report from a call center ; MKC gallery, Multimedia Culture Centre, Split (HR)
Berlin, the promised city - A report from a call center ; Multimedia hall Jedinstvo Pogon, Zagreb (HR)
2024
2023
2023
2023
2020
2020
Zeleni kôd: Ekologika / Green côde: Ecologic, three persons show; O.K. Gallery, Rijeka (HR)
2024
Group Exhibitions
42. Splitski salon, Salon Galić Gallery; Split (HR)
2024
Within the Krater Collective, Learning from Nature? – Botany; MODEM Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, Debrecen (HU)
2024
8. Exhibition of Sound, Kontejner Gallery, Zagreb (HR)
21. Festival prvih "(In)visible women", Gallery Događanja, Centar Knap, Zagreb (HR)
KrisenFEST; Group Global 3000 Gallery, Berlin (DE)
25 Grad; KühlhausBerlin, Berlin (DE)
Sensing the city - Sense of the city; Zwitschermaschine Gallery, Berlin (DE)
48 Stunden Neukölln Festival "BOOM"; Schaufenster Kunstsatellit Der WerkStadt E.V., Berlin (DE)
2023
2023
2022
2022
2022
2020
Echoing dimensions, Kunstraum Potsdamer Straße Gallery, Berlin (DE)
2024
Awards, grants & residencies
2024
Culture Moves Europe grant by Goethe-Institut for the two-months artist-research residency "The touch of the wild walnut x Krater" at the production lab Krater, Ljubljana (SI)
2023
Jury award from the 21.Festival prvih/21.Festival of the first group exhibition on the topic "(In)visible women"; Gallery Događanja, Zagreb (HR)
2023
Ministry of culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia grant for The wild walnut project
2023
Artist residency in Sachaqa Centro De Arte, Amazon rainforest, San Roque De Cumbaza, Tarapoto (PE)
Workshops & participatory projects
2024
Speculative design with the Ailanthus altissima - workshop Split 2124 in collaboration with Krater collective with the students of dizajn of the Arts academy of the University of Split (HR)
2024
Participatory project "Her planetary garden" with women from Zabok county, Green Room Gallery; Zabok (HR)
2024
Take a walk on the wild side poetry workshop about site-specific feral plants; Krater site, Ljubljana (SI)
2024
Take a walk on the wild side poetry workshop about site-specific feral plants; Ksiok am Schäfersee, Berlin (DE)
2024
Soy un árbol/I am a tree poetry and book binding workshop for women, part of the Campeonas liderando artist project from Aliza Yanes; Amazon rainforest, Iquitos (PE)
Artist talks & lectures
2024
Lecture Invasive* plants as agents of regeneration - creative practices for local communities with Krater/Trajna collective at 42. Splitski salon, Salon Galić Gallery; Split (HR)
2024
Artist talk/Conservatorio with the curator Nuria Cano and guests; El Gato Tulipán Gallery, Lima (PE)
2023
2023
Artist talk with the curator Jasmina Šarić; Salon Galić Gallery, Split (HR)
Artist talk with the curator Vladimir Bjeličić; DOB - Belgrade Youth center Gallery, Belgrade (SR)
2023
Artist talk in Ecoaldeas environmental conservation center; Amazon rainforest, San Roque De Cumbaza (PE)
2020
Artist talk with the curator Nataša Kadin in the Curatorial school "Kad jednom odeš, zauvijek si stranac/Once you leave, you're a stranger forever" ; Kino Beton, Split (HR)
Masterclasses & conferences attended
2023
Experimental film workshop with Damir Čučić and Boris Poljak; Cine Club Split (HR)
2022
Cinematography and Directing Workshop with Fred Kelemen "Mind the image"; Cine Club Split (HR)
2021
Participatory art conference "They: Live"; Udk - Universität der Künste BerlinBerlin (DE)
Project partners
Otvoreni Likovni Pogon (Zagreb, Croatia), NGO Mavena – 36 njezinih čuda (Split, Croatia), Pogon – Zagreb Center for Independent Culture and Youth, Cine club Split, Ethnographic Museum Split, Ethno Eco Village Škopljanci (Croatia), DOB - Belgrade Youth center (Serbia), Alternative cultural center El Gato Tulipan (Lima, Peru), WerkStadt Kulturverein Berlin, Stadtteilverein Tiergarten e.V. (Berlin), NGO Trajna/Krater collective (Slovenia), Citizen's organization for culture 'GOKUL' (Croatia).
“Collaboration is the essence of life. The wind, bees and flowers work together, to spread the pollen.” Lets connect.