ARTIST PROFILE

Luiza Margan

  • Croatia (b. 1983 in Rijeka)
  • Currently in Vienna, Austria.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • Luiza Margan, Young Art Collection, Hypo NÖE Konzernzentrale, St. Pölten, Austria.
  • In Hand, Pinacoteka, Vienna, Austria.

2014

  • Funny Business, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art / Mali Salon, Rijeka, Croatia.

2013

  • Within the Giant’s Belly, VN Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia.

2011

  • Outside the Role, SC Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia.

2009

  • Interspaces, Tobacco Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • Ground Work, Vaska Emanuilova Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • The City and Me, Palazzo Ducale, Genova, Italy.
  • Shame on You, Contemporary Art Centre, Celje, Slovenia.
  • Mature and Angry, Center for Contemporary Art, The Ancient Bath , Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
  • Mujeras Alcanzando La Luz, Casa Museo del Banco Nacional, Panama, Panama.
  • Within the Giant’s Belly, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art , Rijeka, Croatia.
  • The Enigma of the New and the Modern, Mumok Kino, Vienna, Austria.

2014

  • Loss of Control, Kunstraum Super, Vienna, Austria.
  • Recaptured Surroundings, HMK, Horn, Netherlands.

2013

  • Sculpture Today: Performative Bodies and Spaces, Centar for Concemporary Art, Celje, Slovenia.
  • Resilience, U3 - 7th Triennial of Contemporary Art in Slovenia, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art , Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • Was ist Kunst? Resuming Fragmented Histories, Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz, Austria.
  • Impossibility vs. Self-censorship, Matadero, Madrid, Spain.

2012

  • On the Road, Changdong National Art Studios Gallery, Seoul, Korea, Democratic People's Republic Of.

2011

  • Extreme, Kunstraum Niederoesterreich, Vienna, Austria.
  • Iron Applause, National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia.

LOCATION

  • Born 1983 in Rijeka, Croatia.
  • Lives and works in Vienna, Austria.

EDUCATION

  • 2009 - 2013
    Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
    Master of Fine Arts in (Performative Arts and Sculpture)

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2014
    Würdigungspreis
    Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna, Austria
  • 2012
    TH-T Art Award
    Museum of Contemporary Art Award, Zagreb, Croatia
  • 2007
    OHO Award for best young visual artist
    Trust for Mutual Understanding and OHO Award, Ljubljana, Slovenia

RESIDENCIES

  • 2015
    Residency in Mexico City, Ministry for Art and Culture , Vienna, Austria
  • 2012
    Changdong National Art Studio, National Museum of Arts, Seoul and Museum for Contemporary Art, Croatia, Seoul, Korea, Democratic People's Republic Of
  • 2008
    ISCP, International Studio and Residency Program, New York, United States

COLLECTIONS

  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
  • Arthotek des österreichischen Bundesministeriums, Vienna, Austria
  • Tobacco Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • KD Group, Ljubljana, Slovenia