KATA MIJATOVIC | Biography
Kata Mijatović is multimedia artist. She was born in 1956 in Branjina, Croatia. In 1981 she graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Osijek. From 1988-1991 she is member of the art group Swamp / Baranja. From 1991-1993 she studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence. In 1997 she graduated painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb. Since 2005 she runs AŽ Gallery at Artistic organisation Žitnjak Ateliers, Zagreb. Since 2007 she is member of the art group PLEH.
She represent Croatia at 55th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia/2013, with the project Between the Sky and the Earth /curated by Branko Franceschi/. She lives and works in Zagreb.
The reconsideration of the complex relationship between the conscious and unconscious, between the visible outside world and the invisible inner mental spaces is the main topic of Kata Mijatović,s artistic preocupation. The starting point always is the dichotomy between two psychic spaces, the conscious and unconscious, their interaction and the possibility or impossibility of their mutual communication. A particular segment within the framework of these research consists of works / projects with dreams, where the dreams are a basic structural template and motivating content. Dealing with the dream phenomenon, these works problematize the perception of reality in relations conscious-unconscious, and explore the function of the unconscious in the construction of reality.
More about artist: http://issuu.com/katamijatovic/docs/kata_portfolio_engleski_layout_2/0.
E-mail: kmijatovic0@gmail.com
Selected exhibitions and projects
| 2014 |
Between the Sky and the Earth, Museum of Contemporarty Art, Banja Luka Between the Sky and the Earth, Art Pavilion, Zagreb Between the Sky and the Earth, Museum of Fine Arts, Osijek |
| 2013 |
Between the Sky and the Earth, Sala Tiziano, Zattere, 55th La Biennale di Venezia, Venice /curated by Branko Francheschi To Be, Gallery 60-90-60, Zagreb On the Earth, POP-UP Project, Osijek You can say anything here, with Zoran Pavelić, IAM Institute, Berlin |
| 2012 | Dreams from the Underpass, Dogadjanja Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2011 |
The Look of Resistance, with Vlasta Žanić, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb/curated by Mirela Ramljak Purgar Greetings from Baranja, with Zoran Pavelić, Kooh-i-nor Gallery, Copenhagen |
| 2010 |
The Calling, Gliptoteka HAZU, Gallery IV, Zagreb, Croatia Sleeping between the Sky and the Earth, performance, MSU, Zagreb Selected, Multimedia Culture Centre, Split /curated by Jasna Gluić |
| 2009 |
Choir, performance, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia Two Dreams, performance, Performance Art Festival Dopust, Split, Croatia Screaming, Ring Gallery, Croatian Association of Visual Artists, Zagreb /curated by Ana Janevski |
| 2008 |
Luka and Matej from Branjin Vrh, Gallery Prozori, Zagreb /curated by Irena Bekić Visible / Invisible, Mali Salon, Rijeka /curated by Vilma Bartolić |
| 2007 |
Echo, with Zoran Pavelić, Moria Gallery, Stari Grad Kunst ist ein deutsches Wort/Art is a German Word, with Zoran Pavelić, Studioausstellung, Dusseldorf Visible / Invisible, Barrel Gallery, Croatian Association of Visual Artists, Zagreb |
| 2006 | Resume, performance, MMC, Zagreb |
| 2004 |
Building, Krizic-Roban Gallery, Zagreb /curated by Sandra Križić Roban Markita's Dream, performance, Studio of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb Željko's Dream, performance, Karas Gallery, Zagreb Selected dreams - more real than reality, Karas Gallery, Zagreb |
| 2003 |
Selected Dreams, Ghetto Gallery, Split Robert's Message, performance, Miroslav Kraljevic Gallery, Zagreb |
| 2002 |
Temporary Accommodation, with Zoran Pavelic, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb /curated by Nada Beroš Selected Dreams, performance, Club Močvara, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2001 |
Dream net, online project, Miroslav Kraljevic Gallery, Zagreb Dreams - 1991, ( K+Z,), with Zoran Pavelić, Art Gallery, Slavonski Brod I am not Conscious, performance, SC Gallery, Zagreb |
| 1999 |
Back from the Unconscious, performance, Miroslav Kraljević Gallery, Zagreb Coal from the Unconscious, SC Gallery, Zagreb How is it in the Unconscious?, Gradska Gallery, Zagreb |
| 1998 | Preparations, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, /curated by Tihomir Milovac |
| 1997 |
Works on the Surface, PM Gallery, Croatian Association of Visual Artists, Zagreb, The Life of Traklo, Nova Gallery, Zagreb |
| 1996 | The Craving, Island Gallery, Art Workshop Lazareti, Dubrovnik |
Selected group exhibitions /projects
| 2014 |
Pleh references / Pleh in Ljubljana, International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana /curated by Saša Nabergoj The City is Dead, Long live the City, urban festival, Dubrovnik /curated by Slaven Tolj Iron Works Festival, public space, Sisak 13th Days of Performance, Varaždin, /curated by Branko Francheshci |
| 2013 |
Art Sanya, Encounters, Sanya /curated by Gary Xu Medienkunst aus Kroatien, CHB Berlin, Berlin /curated by Ingeborg Fülepp All of me, Stephan Stoyanov Gallery, New York, /curated by Stephan Stoyanov |
| 2012 | Performance Art Festival, Osijek /curated by Ivan Faktor |
| 2011 |
Plexus, Galženica Gallery, Velika Gorica /curated by Klaudio Štefančić Picture of the sound, Museum of conterporary Art, Zagreb /curated by Evelina Turković |
| 2010 | Nobody's Safe, 50. Poreč Annual, Gallery Zuccato, Poreč /curated by Slaven Tolj Extended/ Ex-pe-ze, Kulturamt, Düsseldorf Picture of the sound, MKC, Split /curated by Evelina Turković PLEH in Sarajevo, Charlama Depot Gallery, Sarajevo T-HT award@msu.hr, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb |
| 2009 | Performance Arts Festival, Barutana, Osijek Days of Open Performance/Dopust, Split PLEH in Subotica, dr Vinko Perčić Gallery, Subotica Temple, Ring Gallery, Croatian Association of Visual Artists, Zagreb /curated by Branko Franeschi |
| 2007 | Baranja Art Colony 2005/6, Gallery Miroslav Kraljević, Zagreb Art as Life, XX Slavonia Biennial, Kazamat Gallery, Osijek /curated by Ivan Šeremet |
| 2006 | Do you celebrate Christmas?, Gallery Prozori, Zagreb /curated by Irena Bekić |
| 2005 | Action-Attraction, 40 Years of SC Gallery, Zagreb Insert, Retrospective of Croatian Video Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb / curated by Tihomir Milovac |
| 2004 | Homeless Ideas, Miroslav Kraljević Gallery, Zagreb /curated by Nada Beroš IV Days of Performance, Varaždin |
| 2003 | Urban Festival, public space, Zagreb Die kleine Spionin, Barrel Gallery, Croatian Association of Visual Artists, Zagreb /curated by Stefan Bohnenberger Quarantine, Art Workshops Lazareti, Dubrovnik, Croatia |
| 2002 | Osijek Art Summer, Kazamat Gallery, Osijek Zinnober 5, Studio 6ix PACK, Hannover Inter muros, Zadar Live II, International Art Project, Zadar /curated by Iva Rada Janković |
| 2001 | Theatre and Myth, Gavella Theatre, Zagreb Transit, City Gallery, Lehrte, Germany |
| 2000 | Ambiance '90, Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo /curated by Branko Francheschi Ambiance' 90, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka |
| 1998 | Books and Society 22%, public space, Zagreb /curated by Igor Grubić Small Planet Earth, European Council, Strasbourg /curated by Tihomir Milovac XII Slavonian Biennale, Galery of Fine Arts, Osijek |
| 1997 | Kunst in der Stadt, Frankfurter hof, Mainz |
| 1996 | International Triennial of Painting, Sofia |
| 1995 | International Art Workshop, Lamparna, Labin Art Express, Labin |
| 1994 | Slavonian Artist, Pecs Gallery, Pecs |
| 1990 | Group Swamp, Gallery CM, STUC, Osijek |
Video clips/ YouTube channel:
- http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqeKbRX8C8N9tekkpxV1lA
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzMLtjDizR0
- Božena's Dream / Wipers, 2011
- Two Dreams, 2009
- I'am not Conscious, 2000
- Crying Out, 2010
- Forsythia, 2002
- Visibile / Invisibile, 2007
- Markita's Dream, 2004
- Baranja by Bus, 2009
- Back for the Uncoscious, 2001
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3NMtp6V4RI
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDtehKiJLZc