Forms of presence / Split / 1 - 31.10.
Exhibition 1.10.-30.10
Mon-Fri 10:00 – 19:00
List of artworks
Mihael Frančić
Another Kind of Realism
Lana Gržetić
Woman-angel
Kruno Jošt
Unscripted Algorithms: Researching the Digital Mirror
Lara Petak
Fake Hope
Mihaela Podboj
Under
Nika Rukavina
Do you know what love is?
Ivana Tkalčić
Nebeske lignje
Manuela Vladić Mastruko
History of illness, reading, joy, sadness and old age
Curator: Jasmina Šarić
Artists
Mihael Frančić (HRV)
Mihael Frančić, born 1998 in Split, received his MA in Painting from the Arts Academy in Split in 2023. Selected exhibitions include: 4 exhibitions titled Ennui at Galum, Kortil, Šira, and Waldinger galleries (2022–2023); Empire at KVART Gallery, Split (2024); I’ll Get Around to It Someday at Gallery Ružić, Slavonski Brod (2025); Another Kind of Realism at the Kaštela City Museum, Kaštel Lukšić (2025); Energy Reservoirs at Creative Hub Prostor, Split (2025); and Empire at Kiosk Gallery (SC), Zagreb.
IG: @francic.mihael
Lana Gržetić (HRV)
Lana Gržetić, born 1995 in Rijeka, graduated in 2019 from the Academy of Applied Arts in Rijeka. She participated in several group exhibitions in Rijeka, Zagreb, Pula, Kranj (Slovenia) and Villach (Austria. Classical ballet, which she practiced from an early age, significantly influenced her choice of motifs and her free style of painting. Her main motifs are abstractions, studying the human body, nudes, portraits, and free forms.
IG: @lanagrzetic
https://lanagrzetic.art/
Kruno Jošt (HRV)
Kruno Jošt combines transdisciplinary research with contemporary art to explore ecological contextuality, permaculture, off-grid living, and human–non-human interactions. His practice merges art, environment, and technology through key projects like “Centre for Creative Solutions” (C4CS), “Ecocentric,” and “SoundGarden.” Jošt has exhibited internationally, including in Berlin, Bangalore, Sweden, and at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka.
Lara Petak (HRV)
Lara Petak, born 2000, is a self-taught Croatian visual artist focusing on animation and painting, working under the pseudonym Friday 14th since 2015. She has exhibited paintings and photography in educational and youth venues, including P4 in Varaždin and Bookara in Zagreb, winning several local awards. As a member of the Creative Movie Studio Vanima, she works as an assistant animator and teaches traditional animation to children and youth.
IG: @black_unicorn_of_friday14th
Mihaela Podboj (HRV)
Through her artistic practice, Mihaela Podboj explores and deconstructs everyday life and subjectivity. While canalizing the mundane, she creates intuitively. Therefore, her artworks result in an unfinished manner. Often, she mixes media in her creative process, and in recent works, she expresses herself through fiber art, printmaking and new media. She has Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts and Master’s degree in Visual Arts, and is a member of art collectives ULUPUH and ARTEX.
IG: @mihaela.podboj
https://mihaelapodboj.com/
Nika Rukavina (HRV)
Nika Rukavina is a Rijeka-based artist with a sculpture degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. Working across performance, installation, painting, and video, her work re-examines commonly accepted views. She won the 2009 Ivo Kalina Award for the best exhibition in Rijeka. Rukavina has exhibited internationally at venues including Bozar (Brussels), OSTRALE Biennale (Dresden), frei_raum Q21 (Vienna), Kunsthaus (Gaz), and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb.
IG: @nika.rukavina000
https://nikarukavina.wordpress.com/
Ivana Tkalčić (HRV)
Ivana Tkalčić, born 1987, is a multimedia artist and researcher with degrees from the Faculty of Economics, the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb, and WHW Akademija. She exhibits globally and has won prestigious accolades, including the Radoslav Putar Award, HPB Grand Prix, and RCAA. Her work is held in the Contemporary Art Collection of the European Parliament.
IG: @ivana4anavi
FB: @Ivana Tkalčić
Vimeo: Ivana
https://ivanatkalcic.com/
Manuela Vladić Mastruko (HRV)
Manuela Vladić-Maštruko, born 1962, graduated in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb in 1985. Exhibiting internationally, she explores hybrid forms across painting, illustration, animation, and installation. The founder of Mela Art Studio (1995) and Arte Insula (2014), this award-winning artist has authored numerous multimedia projects and 15 original picture books. She is a member of HDLU, HDP, and the Croatian Association of Researchers in Children’s Literature.
IG: @manuela_vladic_mastruko
FB: Manuela Vladic-Mastruko
http://manuelavladic.com
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