Ivana Pegan graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, the Sculpture Department, in the class of prof. Šime Vulas, in 1996. She is a member of the Croatian Association of Independent Artists, the Croatian Association of Visual Artists Dubrovnik, the Lazareti Art Workshop Dubrovnik and the arts organisation Tkivo. Since 2014, she runs the Flora Gallery of the Croatian Association of Visual Artists Dubrovnik, which also deals with art restoration. She has lived and worked in Dubrovnik since 1998.
In her recent work, she uses photography, language, writing, speech, and voice, finding expression in the media of artist’s books, poetic objects, audio and video works. Through diary entries, fragmentary texts, poetry, short stories, and grammar quizzes, as well as through visual and sound works (spoken word), she examines in her own voice the ways in which the subject is constituted, focusing on the emotional, mental and vocal potential of exceeding social conventions and established boundaries.
RECENT WORKS / EXHIBITIONS / PERFORMANCES IN PUBLIC SPACE (2016–2024)
SOLO
2024
Nobody, Otok Gallery, Art Workshop Lazareti, curator: Petra Golušić
2022
Somewhere, MOMAD, Dubrovnik, curator: Petra Golušić
Seeing Voice, Arget, Belgrade Cultural Centre, with Alia Zaparova, curator Mia Ćuk
2021
Acoustics in Me, Flora Gallery, Dubrovnik
2020
Hard Rain, Kamba Garage, Zagreb
2019
Who Are You?, Guest artist in Museum Setup, concept: Ivana Pegan, Dubrovnik, Rector’s Palace, Natural History Museum, Maritime Museum, ‘Rupe’ Ethnographic Museum
Guide me, Bucharest, Ivan Gallery, (with Cristina David)
2018
My Testament, site-specific work in progress, Dubrovnik, Flora Gallery
Mindness, Marin Držić Theatre, audio performance, and vinyl / artist’s book presentation
2017
Voice and Nothing Else, Vasko Lipovac Gallery, University Library Split
The Dark Places, ambient installation, performance, Museum Quartier Vienna, Raum D
Mindness, Eurodom Osijek, PopUp33
Deserted Words, Otok Gallery, ARL, Dubrovnik
2016
Alphabet… ambience… accusative… acoustics… anthology, Croatian Radio Chanel 3, Slika od zvuka, editor: Evelina Turković
Put Four Faith In, Audio sculpture in public space, Dubrovnik, Grad je mrtav. Živio grad! ARL
Guide Me, Dubrovnik’s candidacy for European Capital of Culture: “Disclosure”, audio work in public space
GROUP CONCEPT / FESTIVALS
2024
The Visible Ones, Museum of Fine Arts Split
The Visible Ones, MOMAD Dubrovnik
2023
The Visible Ones, MSU Zagreb
Before Us, Kazamat Gallery, Osijek, curators: Helena Puhara and Slaven Tolj
Art War, Warm Festival, Sarajevo, curator: Slaven Tolj
Before Us, Kazamat Gallery, Osijek
2022
Sudbina, Otok Gallery, Dubrovnik, curator: Slaven Tolj
For I Have Known Them..., Flora Gallery, Dubrovnik, curator: Slaven Tolj
2021
Porečko anale: Krasti bogu dane, Pula, Sabornica, curator: Ksenija Orelj
Oslobađanje otoka: Festival Vizura Aperta, Vis, curator: Davorka Perić
2020
Second City, selection of works by contemporary artists from Split and Dubrovnik, Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, curators: Rozana Vojvoda and Jasmina Babić
Mental Ecology: A study of Human Influence on Man, Festival Vizura Aperta, curator: Davorka Perić
2019
Abandonment/Acceptance, Vizura Aperta Festival: Janjina, Lastovo, curator: Davorka Perić
Body on Fire, Cellars of Diocletian’s Palace, HULU Split, curator: Marko Stamenković
2018
Instruction for Watching – What the Body Wants, MMSU Rijeka, curators: Vilma Bartolić, Ksenija Orelj, Sabina Salamon, Nataša Šuković
Edges of the City, Edges of the Sea, Contemporary Dubrovnik Scene, Kazamat Gallery, Osijek, curator: Rozana Vojvoda
Horrors of the Homeland, Sponza Palace, Dubrovnik, curators: Groma Curatorial Collective
2017
Views / Perspectives, NOMAD – pop-up pavilion in public space, Dubrovnik, Pošta Lapad, 30.3. artistic action / artist’s book, curators: PLACA Association – Spatial exploration collective
Silent Scream: I can only whisper the whole story in your ear, Podroom Gallery, Belgrade Cultural Centre, curators: Ksenija Orelj and Nataša Šuković, MMSU Rijeka
May Your Cushion Be a Stone…, Almissa open art festival, Omiš, curator: Slaven Tolj
Veze, Vizura Aperta Festival, Janjina
2016
Tourism, Vizura Aperta Festival, Zlarin, curator: Davorka Perić
Challenges of Humanism – 51st Zagreb Salon
We Need It – We Do It, Biennale Architettura 2016, Reporting from the Front, Venice, curator Slaven Tolj
PUBLICATIONS
2017 Mindness, book accompanied by 7-inch vinyl, co-published by author, ARL and MMSU Rijeka
2016 Deserted Words, collection Knjige umjetnika, published by ARL
2016 Lead Me, audio guide for project “Disclosure” / Dubrovnik’s candidacy for European Capital of Culture 2020
SCHOLARSHIPS/ RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMMES
2017 Beč, Museum Quartier, Q21 Artist in residence programme, BMEIA / 2002 New York, Art Omi International Artists’ Residency / 2001 Cite International des Arts Paris / 2001 Artslink Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center
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