V I D E O C E N T E R
S A N J A
I V E K O V I C
Sanja Ivekovic was born in Zagreb, Croatia, where she graduated from The Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb and had her first solo exhibition in 1970.
Her art production has spanned a range of media such as photography, performance, video and installations.
The point of departure of her work was (and has remained until today) her own person, her own life - and by putting this theme into a broader context - the situation of women in our time and society.
On Croatian art scene she was the first women artist who called herself a feminist artist.She lectures at the Center for Women's Studies in Zagreb since its begining in 1994.
She is a founder of Electra - The women's Art Center Zagreb.
SWEET VIOLENCE, 1974
SUNRISE, 1974
LOOKING, 1974
MAKE-UP, MAKE-DOWN,1976
INSTRUCTIONS, 1976
RECONSTRUCTIONS, 1976
UN JOUR VIOLENTE, 1976
MEETING POINT, 1978
OSOBNI REZOVI (PERSONAL CUTS), 1982
PLEMENSKA BOGINJA (TRIBAL GODESS), 1982
MAYA, 1986
GLAS TISINE (VOICE OF SILENCE), 1989
PUT LJUBAVI (WAY OF LOVE), 1990
in collaboration with Dalibor Martinis:
TV TIMER, 1973
MADE IN PRISON, 1979
CHANOYU, 1983
NO END, 1983
BLACK AND WHITE, 1985
DHIKR, 1990
THE BRIDE, THE BACHELORS - EVEN, 1992
Since 1989 Sanja Ivekovic has created a number of site-specific video installations, among them:
LIGHTHOUSE ("Art in the Eighties in Croatia", Duisburg,1990);
FROZEN IMAGES (Kampnagel, Hamburg,1992; Berlin Videofest,1994; Long Beach Museum of Art, Ca);
MIND OVER MATTER ("Europeans" 1993, "Power/Business ", Berlin 1994);
WHITE STAGE (Zagreb, 1994);
RESNIK (Artist's Space, Winnipeg 1993; "Europe Rediscovered", Copenhaven, 1994);
FANTASY OF A FRESH WIDOW ("Word And Image", Zagreb, 1994);
TRAVEL TILL THE END OF THOUGHT, (Offenes Kulturhouse, Linz, 1994);
SIGHT UNSEEN ( "Krieg", Klagenfurt, 1996);
WEREFOLF ("Media Scape", Zagreb, 1996)
Her video works were shown in almost all international video festivals - Roma, San Sebastian, Berlin, Bonn, Hague, Locarno, Montreal, Monbeliard ,Tokyo, etc.
1984 Prix MonitEUR for videotape "Chanoyu" by Sanja Ivekovic and D. Martinis at Locarno video festival
1986 videotape "Maya" selected for Prix du public at the Festival Interna tional des Films et Videos des Femmes in Montreal
1990 videotape "Voice of silence" was awarded Prix d'excellance at Estavar Video festival
1990 the videotape "Dhikr" was awarded a special prize at video festival WRO, Wroclaw, Poland
Collections include: Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Stedelijk museum, Amsterdam; Hara Museum, Tokyo; Kunsthous, Zürich; National Gallery of Canada; Museum of Modern Art, Fukui.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS1970 Galerija SC, Zagreb 1976 Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb 1977 Galleria Tommaseo, Trieste 1979 Powerhouse, Montreal 1978 Pumps Gallery, Vancouver 1982 Kunstlerhouse Bethanien, Berlin 1986 Centar za Film, Zagreb 1990 Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln 1993 Gallery YYZ, Toronto 1994 Long Beach Museum of Art 1995 Galerija 21, St.Petersburg 1996 Galerija Rigo, Novigrad |  | PERFORMANCESOTVORENJE, Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb, 1976 UN JOUR VIOLENTE, Galeria Cavallino, Bologna, 1976 INAUGURAZZIONE, Galeria Tommseo, Trieste, 1977 INTER NOS, Multimediski Centar, Zagreb,1978 PRVI BEOGRADSKI PERFORMANCE, Galerija SKC, Beograd, 1978 MEETING POINTS, Western Front, Vancouver, 1978 MELTING POT, Vehicule Art, Montreal, 1979 CONSCIOUSS ACT, A Space, Toronto, 1979 WATHER IN AMSTERDAM, De Appel, Amsterdam, 1979 TELAL, Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb, 1980 TOWN-CRIER, Franclin Furnace, New York, 1981 NESSIE, Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb, 1981 PRACTICE MAKES A MASTER, Kunstlerhouse Bethanien, Berlin, 1982 ROMEO IS JULIJA, 1983 |
- Documentation tape of public action organised in front of Croatian Parlament by the Coalition of Women's groups, March 8th, 1995.
- Women's Human Rights - Training and action - Croatia, organised by B.a.B.e & Women's Studies Zagreb, 1995.
- Documentation tape of public action signing of the Petition to the Government & Parlament of the Republic Croatia for safe and legal abortion, organised by the Coalition of Women's groups, Zagreb, 1995.
- Women's Studies Zagreb - lectures and workshops, Zagreb 1995/6.
- Promotion of the book Konji, zene, ratovi (Horses, women, wars) by late Lydia Sklevicky, published by Zenska infoteka, Zagreb 1996.
- Documentation of other smaller events and actions
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