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VIKTOR PopoviĆ
b. 1972 in Split, Croatia
Lives and works in Croatia
Viktor Popović is an artist living and working in Split, Croatia where he is the head of the Painting Department of the Arts Academy. In his work he often uses found objects and raw industrial materials in installations that probe the relationship between artwork (or object), audience, history of the exhibition space, and the environment or location of the gallery itself. Popović’s latest work is the part of artistic research of Modernist heritage of socialist period in former Yugoslavia, the project that was started in 2015 and focuses on the re-contextualization of the 1960s architecture in Split, Croatia. The work is a hybrid between photography and light installation. It consists of the digital prints of archival photographs and constructional elements of installation such as fluorescent light tubes and photo color correction filters that transfer the archival material into the new artistic context. The work questions the position of personal and social memory in relation to the heritage of modernist architecture. Perceiving from present-day post-transitional degradation of many layers of society this work speaks to the lost utopian projects if only to question and remind of the forgotten values.
Popović’s work has been shown in such venues as the Museum of Fine Arts, Split Croatia (2000, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011 & 2017); Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia (2010, 2011, 2015 & 2016); Lauba – People and Art House, Zagreb, Croatia (2011, 2012, 2013); Gallery of Fine Arts – Civic Museum Zadar, Zadar, Croatia (2005, 2010, 2011); Portland Art Center, Portland, Oregon, USA (2006); Glyptotheque – Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, Croatia (2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012); Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts – Department of Prints and Drawings, Zagreb, Croatia (2016); Garis & Hahn Gallery, New York, USA (2014); Kunsthalle Wien Project Space, Vienna, Austria (2012); Istria Museum of Contemporary Art, Pula, Croatia (2008, 2010); MUU Gallery, Helsinki, Finland (2009); Galérie Z, Bratislava, Slovakia (2006); Gallery of Arts, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia (2002); Casal Balaguer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (2002).
Popović is an MFA graduate of Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, Croatia and has been awarded a number of distinguished grants and awards including the Art Omi Residency Program at Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, New York, USA (2017); ArtsLink Residency Program at Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon, USA (2006); 36th Split Salon Prize, Croatian Art Society, Split, Croatia (2009); Annual Young Artist Prize, Croatian Art Society, Zagreb, Croatia (2006); Filip Trade Contemporary Art Collection Prize, Zagreb, Croatia (2005); Cité Internationale des Arts Residency Studio Program at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France (2005); Grand Prix of the 8th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, Zagreb, Croatia (2003).
His work has been collected by major public institutions throughout Croatia, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, Museum of Contemporary Art in Split, Gallery of Fine Arts – Civic Museum Zadar, Zadar and Lauba – People and Art House, Zagreb.
EDUCATION
1996 Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb, Croatia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Split Archives, C24 Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Untitled (Archive ST3: Military Hospital), Gallery of Multimedia Cultural Centre Split, Croatia
Untitled (Archive ST3: Military Hospital), Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
2015
Untitled (Archive ST3), Galerijski centar Varaždin, Varaždin, Croatia
Untitled (Archive ST3), Juraj Plančić Gallery – Stari Grad Museum, Stari Grad/ Hvar, Croatia
Untitled (Archive ST3), Academia Moderna, Zagreb, Croatia
Untitled (Archive ST3), School Gallery, School of Fine Arts, Split, Croatia
2014
Untitled, MAP – Meeting Art Place, Brela, Croatia
Billboard projekt, Cista Provo, Croatia
2013
Untitled, Lauba – People and Art House, Zagreb, Croatia
2011
City Loggia Exhibition Pavillion – Gallery of Fine Arts – Civic Museum Zadar, Zadar, Croatia
2007
City of Split future Aquarium building (organized by Croatian Association of Artists - HULU), Split, Croatia
Kristofor Stanković Gallery – Old City Hall, Zagreb, Croatia
2006
Portland Art Center (organized by Portland Institute for Contemporary Art), Portland, Oregon, United States of America
12R37, City Reading Room (organized by Filip Trade Contemporary Art Collection, Zagreb), Komiža, Island Vis, Croatia
9th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, Glyptotheque - Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, Croatia
2005
Junge Kroatische Kunst, Galerie Eiswürfel – Kolonie Wedding (organized by Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb), Berlin, Germany
2004
Salonn Galić Gallery, Split, Croatia
Moria Gallery, Stari Grad/Hvar, Croatia
Galženica Gallery, Velika Gorica, Croatia
2003
St. Toma Gallery – Heritage Museum, Rovini, Croatia
St. Krševan Gallery, Šibenik, Croatia
2000
Museum of Fine Arts, Split Croatia
Matica Hrvatska Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
1999
SC Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
1998
Salon Galić Gallery, Split, Croatia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Contemporary Istanbul, C24 Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Architecture in Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Split, Croatia
2016
Lighting Guerilla Festival: Memories, Cukrarna Palace (organized by Strip Core, Forum Ljubljana), Ljubljana, Slovenia
10th HT Award for Contemporary Croatian Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
7th Croatian Triennial of Graphic Art Latest Poetics of Croatian Graphic Artists, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts – Department of Prints and Drawings, Zagreb, Croatia
2015
9th T-HTnagrada@msu.hr, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
39th Split Salon: Representations of Split, Salon Galić Gallery (organized by Croatian Association of Artists Split), Split, Croatia
Sweet and Sour: Split Stories, Esernyős Gallery (co-organized with Galerija umjetnina, Split), Budapest, Hungary
2014
Notes on Undoing, Garis & Hahn (organized by Ikon Arts Foundation), New York, USA
Glimpses of Light, to Julije, Croatian Association of Artists Osijek – Kazamat Gallery, Osijek, Croatia
2013 38th Split Salon: Fantasizing – Dislocating, Split City Museum Gallery (organized by Croatian Association of Artists Split), Split, Croatia
Simultaneous Landscapes of the Mediterranean, exhibition of art workshop implemented at the archaeological site of Vela Cave in Vela Luka on Korcula Island, Croatia, Cultural Centre, Vela Luka / Korčula, Croatia
Simultaneous Landscapes of the Mediterranean, exhibition of art workshop implemented at the archaeological site of Vela Cave in Vela Luka on Korcula Island, Hrvatska udruga likovnih umjetnika – Salon Galić, Split, Croatia
2012
Finalists 2012, Lauba – People and Art House, Zagreb, Croatia
Dimensions of Humor, Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb, Croatia
Dimensions of Humor (as part of an international exhibition of visual arts “Tu smo 3 MMC Luka, Pula, Croatia
11th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts - Glyptotheque, Zagreb, Croatia
6th Croatian Triennial of Graphic Art Illusion in Art, Meštrović’s Pavilion – Croatian Association of Artists (organized by Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts – Department of Prints and Drawings), Zagreb, Croatia
Turn the Light on, It’s Dark, Multimedia Cultural Centre Split, Split, Croatia
Lighting out for the Territories, Kunsthalle Wien Project Space (in collaboration with Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb) Wienna, Austria
Dimensions of Humor, Croatian Association of Artists Split – Diocletian Palace basements, Split Croatia
2011
One on one, Museum of Fine Arts, Split, Croatia (with Igor Eškinja)
Dimensions of Humor, Croatian Association of Artists Osijek – Kazamat Gallery, Osijek, Croatia
37th Split Salon: Izlágati/Izlàgati (se), Croatian Association of Artists Split – Golli & Bossi Hostel, Split, Croatia
Non permanent exhibition of the Filip Trade Collection #1, Lauba – People and Art House, Zagreb, Croatia
4th T-HTnagrada@msu.hr, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
2010
Invisible / Material, Academy of Applied Arts, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
SintArt, Richter Collection – Museum of Contemprary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
Tu smo 2, The Old Printshop – Istria Museum of Contemporary Art, Pula, Croatia
New Works in the Collection 1998 - 2010, City Lodge - Gallery of Fine Arts at the Civic Museum, Zadar, Croatia
Miniscule, Oblong Gallery, London, Great Britain
Participacija, ne simulacija, Old City Hall (organized by Arts Academy), Split, Croatia
3rd T-HTnagrada@msu.hr, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
Modern (post) modern, Stara tiskara - Istria Museum of Contemporary Art, Pula, Croatia
2009
Modern (post) modern, Museum of Fine Arts, Split, Croatia
Gift workshop exhibition, Fernmeldeamt Braunschweig (organized by Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig) Braunschweig, Germany
36th Split Salon: Sculpture / Ready Made - Handicraft - Fetish, Multimedia Cultural Center - MKC (organized by Croatian Association of Artists - HULU), Split, Croatia
10th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, Croatia
Best of NY Part II, Broadway Gallery, New York, United States of America
Pogled na grad, Fonticus Gallery (organized by Croatian Association of Artists - HULU, Split), Grožnjan, Croatia
Visiting (Young Croatian Art Scene), Galleries MUU and FAFA, Helsinki, Finland
2008
Project: Delta, Marganovo / Hartera (former paper factory), Rijeka, Croatia (with Branka Juras)
2th T-HTnagrada@msu.hr, Croatian Association of Artists - HDLU (organized by Museum of Contemporary Art), Zagreb, Croatia
Pomodni razgovori (2) / Concept Store, Galerija ULUPUH, Zagreb, Croatia
Tu smo, The Old Printshop - Istria Museum of Contemporary Art, Pula, Croatia
Artikulacija prostora (radovi u tijeku), Museum of Fine Arts, Split, Croatia
4th Triennial of Croatian Drawing, Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (organized by Department of Prints and Drawings), Zagreb, Croatia
Paso Doble, Multimedia Cultural Center - MKC (organized by Croatian Association of Artists - HULU), Split, Croatia
2007
35th Split Salon, Diocletian palace basements - Croatian Association of Artists - HULU, Split, Croatia
T-HTnagrada@msu.hr Pavilion 19, Zagreb Fair (organized by Museum of Contemporary Art), Zagreb, Croatia
42th Zagreb Salon, Croatian Association of Artists - HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia
2006
City Art Museum Ljubljana - Bežigrad Gallery 2
1st Vukovar Salon, Dvorac Eltz, Vukovar, Croatia
Sculpture & Object XI (Socha a Objekt XI.), Galérie Z, Bratislava, Slovakia
Split X-Generation, Vladimir Nazor Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
Contemporary Art in Split: New Generation, Croatian Association of Artists HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia
Contemporary Art in Split: New Generation, Museum of Fine Arts, Split, Croatia
Povratak u budućnost - 40 godina Galerije SC: Parada hitova: 80te, 90te, 00te, SC Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2005
Post-Sculpture, Croatian Association of Artists – HDLU, Zagreb, Croation
Le due rive, Galleria di Art Contemporanea, Le due rive, Termoli, Italia
Punta arta- muzej na otoku, Galerija Arsenal, Zadar, Croatia
Plavi salon – 17th Triennial of Croatian painting: Neo-Modernism or Another Turn of the Century, Gallery of Fine Arts at the Civic Museum, Zadar, Croatia
Punta arta- muzej na otoku, Zlarin, Croatia
39th Zagreb Salon: “Umjetnost je medij,” Croatian Association of Artists - HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia
Inkrustacije, Palača Milesi (organized by Croatian Association of Artists - HULU), Split, Croatia
2004
Gemine Muse 2004, Ivan Meštrović Gallery, Split, Croatia
Nova Splitska fotografija, Gradska galerija, Motovun, Croatia
New Croatian Sculpture, HDLU Osijek / Kazamat Gallery, Osijek, Croatia
Base Camp - Arte Giovane dall’Europa, Merano Arte edificio Cassa di Risparmio, Merano, Italia
Forgotten Places, Multimedia Cultural Center - MKC, Split, Croatia
2003
8th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, Croatia
2002
Drawing Gallery of Arts, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
Plavi salon – 16th Triennial Exhibition of Croatian painting, Gallery of Fine Arts at the Civic Museum, Zadar, Croatia
Hope, Prima Store Building (organized by Multimedia Cultural Center - MKC), Split, Croatia
Slow Watching - Contemporary Croatian Painting, Casal Balaguer (organized by Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb), Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2nd Mediterranean Biennial of the Arts, Kheir Eddine Palace, Tunisia, Tunisia
The New Fragments, SC Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2001
Anthological Works of the Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Split, Croatia
26th Salon of Young Artists, Pavilion 5 - Zagreb Fair (organized by Croatian Association of Artists - HDLU), Zagreb, Croatia
2000
Juraj Plančić Gallery, Stari Grad/Hvar, Croatia (with Ivana Franke)
13th Adria Art Anale, Diocletian Palace basements, Split, Croatia
St. Krševan Gallery, Šibenik, Croatia
Ethno Ambient - Art Workshop Exhibition, SC Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
1999
SG 2.0/Salon Galić Gallery, Split Croatia (with Krisitina Restović)
2nd Military World Games, Officer’s Club, Zagreb, Croatia
Ethno Ambient, SG2.0 / Salon Galić - Croatian Association of Artists - HULU, Split, Croatia
Small Changes, International Urban Planning Seminar, ZKM, Zagreb, Croatia
1998
Ethno Ambient, Gradina, Solin, Croatia
29th Split Salon, Diocletian palace basements - Croatian Association of Artists - HULU, Split, Croatia
1997
Miniature Biennial, Protiron Gallery - Croatian Association of Artists - HULU, Split, Croatia
Ethno Ambient, The Old Castle, Ston, Croatia
1700+, Dicoletian Palace International Architectural Seminar, Gripe Fortress, Split, Croatia
Exploration of Traditional Media, Starabolnica – Multimedia Cultural Center – MKC, Split, Croatia
Young Croatian Art Scene, Youth Center, Split, Croatia
1996
26th Split Salon, Diocletian palace basements - Croatian Association ofArtists - HULU, Split, Croatia
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Art , Zagreb, Croatia
Museum of Contemporary Art, Split, Croatia
Gallery of Fine Arts – Civic Museum Zadar, Zadar, Croatia
AWARDS
2009 36th Split Salon Award, Croatian Art Society, Split, Croatia
2006 Annual Young Artist Prize, Croatian Art Society, Zagreb, Croatia
2005 Grand Prix, Filip Trade Contemporary Art Collection Prize, Zagreb, Croatia
2003 Grand Prix, 8th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, Zagreb, Croatia
RESIDENCIES
2017 Art Omi Residency Program, Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, New York, USA
2006 ArtsLink Residency Program, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
2005 Cité Internationale des Arts Residency Studio Program, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France