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I am a visual and performance artist, working within the field of live art performance, installation & sculpture. I explore the relationship between identity, ideology and the body in both my sculpture and performance pieces. Being raised in Socialist Yugoslavia and living in London for past 15 years, issues of the disintegration of social and political systems, displacement and memory inform my work.
I have studied performance art, sculpture and physical theatre and have been involved in a variety of theatre and art projects since 1989. I started my artistic journey as an experimental & physical theatre performer at first. Since 1999, my increasing interest in the visual arts has taken me into areas of devising, designing and directing alongside creating sculptures and installation centred around the human body.
In August 2007 I started the Performance Klub Fiskulturnik project with the aim of developing artwork inspired by the human body, physical exercise and the corporeal and visual heritage of ex - communist societies. Based on the idea of the Fiskulturnik – a cultured athletic worker imagined by the Constructivist Avant garde and exploited by socialist realism - my intention was to create participatory ways of communicating with the viewer through live art performances.
Investigating the notion of embodiment through re-enacting archived physical exercise manuals, using them as a language, forms an important creative strategy for Performance Klub Fiskulturnik projects. In most PK Fiskulturnik performances, the viewers are asked to be active participants rather then passive observers and the communication happens beyond words – directly to and through the body, each performance thus becoming a unique collective experience.
I’m a visual and performance artist, born in Croatia, living and working in London since 1994.
In addition, I’m an experienced lecturer & workshop leader working in various educational & community settings with learners of mixed abilities and ages.
For more information on courses / workshops I can offer please contact me via email.
| 2005 - 2007 | MA Fine Art, University of Arts London, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, UAL |
| 2001 - 2004 | BA Sculpture, University of Arts London, Camberwell College of Arts, UAL |
| 2000 – 2001 | Access in Art and Design, Lambeth College London |
| 1995 - 1999 | Ecole de Mime Corporel Dramatique / International School of Corporeal Mime, London |
| 1995 | Desmond Jones School of Mime and Physical Theatre, London |
Biomechanics with Gennadi Bogdanov, London (2010),Performer's Physicality: Meyerhold's Biomechanics and M.Chekhov's Psychological Gesture with Sergei Ostrenko, London (2008), Butoh with Katsura Kan, London (2005), Butoh intensive workshop, with Ko Murobushi, Ljubljana, Slovenia (1995), Site specific & movement theatre, with Moving Academy of Performing Arts, Croatia (1995), Acting & physical theatre course, Scuola di Teatro di Bologna, Italy (1993), Method acting, with Janez and Andrej Vajavec, Actors Studio Zagreb, Croatia (1990-1991), Drama studio led by Vlado Krusic, ZKM, Youth Theatre Zagreb , Croatia (1990/91), Experimental theatre and mime, INAT school, Pula, Croatia (1986 - 89).
| Performance Klub Fiskulturnik live art performance productions (ongoing): | |
| 09/04/10 | Shards of Utopia, Late at Tate Britain, London, UK |
| 06/11/09 | Act Art 7 ‘Children of the Damned’, London, UK |
| 17/10/09 | You & Your work 7, Bristol, UK |
| 12/10/09 | Max Art Fest 2009, ‘Manifest of oblivion’, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 15/07/09 | Adventures in Movement Festival, Arcola Theatre, Create09, London |
| 30/11/08 | Camden People's Theatre, London, UK |
| 15/11/08 | In the Flesh festival, Barbican Theatre, Plymouth, UK |
| 10/08/08 | The festival ‘Sedam dana stvaranja’, Pazin, Croatia |
| 08/08/08 | Festival of Performing Arts, Katarina-Monumenti, Pula, Croatia |
| 05/08/08 | Trg Slobode / The Freedom Square, Umag, Croatia |
| 03/08/08 | The Festival of Visual Theatre, Titov Trg, Labin, Croatia |
| 05/07/08 | Rational Rec ‘End of Season 3’ picnic & ‘Grunts for the Arts – Artists Sports Day’ Butterfield Green, London, UK |
| 24/05/08 | East End Collaborations Platform, Queen Mary University London, UK |
| Oct/07 – June/ 08 | Slet Rijeka 08 - Internet Mass performance of St. Vid: online performance art project and a live performance, Rijeka, Croatia |
| 31/08/07 | Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London, UK |
| Selected exhibitions and projects: | |
| 2008 September | ’There is no place like home’, performance at Battersea Arts Centre Scratch festival – writer, director and designer. |
| 2007 November | ‘There is No Place Like Home’, solo exhibition, Galerija Aneks, MMC Luka Pula, Croatia |
| 2007 August | Project Fizkultura, MA degree exhibition, Central Saint Martins College of art and design, UAL |
| 2007 January | 11.472, MA interim show, Bargehouse / Oxo Tower Wharf, London |
| 2006 February | Identikit, group exhibition, TemporaryContemporary, Deptford |
| 2006 January | Homespun,mixed media exhibition with Ric Roberts, MMC KIBLA, Maribor, Slovenia |
| 2005 March / September | ‘No Underground 1 & 2’, group sculpture show TemporaryContemporary, Deptford & Nolia’s Gallery, Old Kent Road |
| 2004 December | Video projections for dance piece ‘Hana’, a collaborative project with choreographer Megumi Eda and ABCDance company premiered at Das Festspielhaus, St. Polten, Austria. |
| 2004 June | ‘Theatre of Virgin Dancers and Dead Sofas’, installation, BA Degree show, Camberwell College of Arts |
| 2004 February | ‘Search’, sculpture group show, Lewisham Arthouse |
| 2003 May | ‘21 Down’, sculpture group show, Centenary Gallery, Camberwell College of Arts |
| 2003 April | ‘Arc Eye’, group event, Blue Elephant Theatre, Camberwell |
| 2000/01 | Co founder of Spark International Theatre and Film production company. Devised, acted in and co directed short films, video projections and performances such as:’Sunday Short’, ‘Eve’s Curse’, ‘Blow’, ‘Sun Maiden’, ‘My communist eye’, etc. |
| 2000 January – June | Actor and collaborator in Spark International’s staging of Samuel Beckett’s ‘Eh Joe’, performed at Pula Theatre festival, Croatia |
| 1998 July – August | Youth workshop leader and director of physical theatre production ‘Contours of Memory’, Pula, Croatia . Held a lecture demonstration on Corporeal Mime, Pula Theatre Festival, Croatia |
| 1998 June | Performed and contributed to staging of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘Fall of The House of Usher’ produced by Ecole De Mime Corporel Dramatique & Theatre de L’Ange Fou |
| 1998 January | Performed in Etienne Decroux’s piece ‘Passage of Men on Earth’, Theatre de L’Ange Fou production, London International Mime Festival, Pleasance Theatre. |
| 1997 June | Performer in Etienne Decroux’s repertoire showcase ‘Love Duet’ and ‘The Factory’, Islington Arts Factory, London |
| 1997 May | Performer in ‘Passage of Men’ & ‘L’Ange Perdou’, Theatre de L’Ange Fou production, Royal Free Hospital, London |
| 1997 January | Performed in and contributed to ‘Memories of Unknown Ties’, Ecole De Mime Corporel Dramatique and Theatre de L’Ange Fou production, London International Mime Festival, BAC |
| 1996 June | ‘Memories of Unknown Ties’, Union Chapel, London |
| 1995 June – August | Performed in and contributed to Site specific project ‘Meta Foe’ led by Fritz Vogels and Grieftheater, in Labin Croatia, organised by MAPA, Amsterdam (Moving Academy of Performing Arts) and HIPP (Croatian Institute for Movement and Dance) |
| 1995 July | ‘Baloonette’ clown street solo-performances, Croatia. |
| 1995 March | Desmond Jones school of Mime and Physical Theatre end of the term performance, The Base Theatre, London |
| 1993/94 | Voice over and co-author of numerous radio jingles and commercials for Croatian Radio, Radio Pula. Actor and voice over for documentary series ‘Historia Histriae’, directed by Ines Pletikos, produced by HTV (Croatian Television) |
| 1991/92 | Member and contributor to alternative cabaret and street theatre company ‘UD Ovce’, Croatia. Performing at rock music concerts and festivals, city streets, carnivals and other public events. |
| 1990/91 | Performed in ZKM productions: ‘Stefica Cvek’ by D. Ugresic, directed by Vlado Krusic, ‘Christmas Tree at Ivanovs’ by A. Vvedenski, directed by Drazen Ferencina. |
| 1989/90 | Performed in and contributed to staging of A. Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’ produced by INAT |
