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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).

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