IVANA SMILJANIĆ

Serbian visual artist. Born in 1980 in Belgrade, Serbia. Lives and works in Belgrade and Budapest.

Education / Grants:

     2009 - MFA at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia

     2005 - Graduated at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade

     2002 - International Summer Academy, Salzburg, Austria – performance/video class

                         Ulrike Rosenbach (Salzburg Summer Academy grant and donation of SSA

                         Friends)

     2000 - International Summer Academy, Salzburg, Austria – video class Ellen Cantor

                         (KulturKontakt, Vienna and SSA grant)

     1999 - Grant-holder of the Centre for Youth Creativity, Belgrade

Solo Exhibitions / Performances:

     booked for 2010 - VN Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia

                             - KONTEKST Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia

     2009 - Master show “I DANCE DANCE DANCE”, live performance & video performances,

               Gallery of Contemporary Art of The Cultural Centre Pančevo, Serbia

     2008 - “What Am I to You”, REMONT Gallery, Belgrade

     June 28th, 29th and 30th 2007 - “I DANCE DANCE DANCE”, dance performance,

               Center for Cultural Decontamination, Belgrade

     2003 - “Big Bang”, with Dana Cojbuc, SKC Gallery, Belgrade

    September 7th  2001 - “1+1+1+1=1”, dance performance with Herma Wittstock, Neomi

     Martinez Chico and Katherina Katsifaraki, Museum “25th of May”, Belgrade

     May 15th 2001 - “One Hour of Speaking”, “Permanent Events”,  SKC Gallery, Belgrade

Selection of Group Exhibitions / Video Projections:

     2009 - “REMONT in Pula”, Stara tiskara, Museum of Contemporary Art of Istria, Croatia

             - “Dimitrije Basicevic Mangelos - The Young Visual Artist Award“, Exhibition of the

               finalists, the award winner, KONTEKST Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia

             - “Budoar”, Eurocentar Gallery, Belgrade Museums Night                

     2008 - “Revisiting Belgrade”, Hotel Kasina, Belgrade

             - 49th October Saloon “Artist-Citizen”, curated by Bojana Pejić, Museum 25th

               of May, Belgrade

             - “Dimitrije Basicevic Mangelos - The Young Visual Artist Award“, Exhibition of the

               finalists, KONTEKST Gallery, Belgrade

             - “NO BORDERS (Just N.E.W.S.)”, Faculty of Fine Arts, Cuenca, Spain;

               Museu de la Festa, Algemesi, Spain; Center for Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki,

               Greece; La Centrale electrique, Brussels, Belgium

             - AKTO 3 Festival, Bitola, FYR Macedonia

             - VIDEOABEND II, Silvester Stoeger selection, Stadtpark Gallery, Krems, Austria

     2007 - PARALLAX, Festival of the New Visual Tendencies, DOB Gallery, Belgrade

             - “Look and See the Violence Against Women!” curated by Maja Ćirić,

               SKC Gallery, Belgrade

             - “Best Regards from the Blind Spot. Feminine Representations in Video

                from Serbia and Montenegro (1976, 2007)”, curated by Jovana Stokić,

               Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria, Spain

             - HELIX Project, Vienna/Budapest/Belgrade, FLU Gallery, Belgrade

             - Jalovik Art Colony Exhibition 06/07, National Museum, Šabac

             - RE_SET:02, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pančevo

     2006 - “Dimitrije Basicevic Mangelos - The Young Visual Artist Award“, exhibition of the

               finalists, KONTEKST Gallery, Belgrade

             - “DEZ ORG + + “, Museum Gallery, Smederevo

             - ART SESSIONS, ViennAfair@KUNSTHALLE wien project space karlsplatz, Vienna

             - “Zoom to Fit”, First exhibition of the DEZ.ORG Group, O3ONE Art Space, Belgrade

     2005 - “Stories from the neighborhood” curated by Jelena Vesić, Rael Artel Gallery:

               Non-Profit Project Space, Pärnu, Estonia
             - 11th Festival of Digital Art, Maribor, Slovenia

             - “Yugoline”, ESC Gallery, Graz, Austria

             - 38th Winter Saloon, Josip - Bepo Benković Gallery, Herceg Novi, Montenegro

     2004 - “Flu-ID” Belgrade Faculty of Fine Arts Students, Miroslav Kraljević Gallery, Zagreb,

               Croatia

             - “Codes and Identities. The Violence of the Image / The Image of

                Violence”, Biennial of Young Artists, Bucharest, Romania

             - BELEF 04, Artikuliranje, Belgrade Summer Art Festival

             - “Untitled as yet”, Yugoslav Biennial of Young Artists, Vršac

     2003 - “Flu-ID III”, DOB Gallery, Belgrade

             - “Raw”, selection of Dejan Grba, Introducing Sites /Cultural Territorien #04,

               Galerie für Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany

             - April Meetings 03, Author's evening: Ivana Smiljanić, SKC Gallery, Belgrade

     2002 - “Flu-ID II”, DOB Gallery, Belgrade

             - “Bound/less Borders”, First Outdoor Touring Balkan Project 2002/2003,

               selection of  Biljana Tomić

             - “Face – identity”, National Museum Gallery, Kraljevo

             - Balkan Youth Festival, Pieria, Greece

     2001 - “Real Presence 01”, European Art Academies Meeting, Museum “25th of May”,

               Belgrade

             - “Artists – students”, Konkordija, Vršac

             - “M.H: So much I would like to say”, SKC Gallery, Belgrade

Workshops / Residencies:

     2009 - The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), NYC, New York

     2007 - Backyard Residencies, VECTOR Association, Iasi, Romania

     2006 - 29th Jalovik Art Colony, Jalovik, Serbia

     2005 - Real Presence – Floating Sites, Collateral Events, 51st International Art Exhibition la

          Biennale di Venezia

     2004 - Televisualization, moderated by Stevan Vuković, Belgrade

        - Screen Culture, moderated by Jovan Čekić, Belgrade

    2003/2001 - Real Presence, International Art Students Meeting, Belgrade

    2002 - “Gasthoff”, Frankfurt, Germany