Vanja Pagar
painter, born January 09, 1969 in Split, Croatia.
Member of CROATIAN FREELANCE ARTISTS’ ASSOCIATION
EDUCATION
1987-1992 Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Croatia
1980-1984 High school of Decorative Arts, Split
EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2005
– action “GOD BLESS THE INTERNET”, St. Dujam’s Cathedral, Split
2004
– group exhibition “EMANCIPATION”, Gallery Plovca, Split
– action “ANDJELKO OR THE LUNCH AT THE PARK”, “FONA”, MMC, Rijeka
– group exhibition “ARTIST NOW”, basements of the Diocletian’s palace, Split
– solo exhibition “CAVE CANEM”, basements of the Diocletian’s palace, Split
2003
– group exhibition “CONTEMPORARY SPLIT ARTISTS”, gallery Matice Hrvatske, Zagreb
2002
– group exhibition “15. A.A.A.”, basements of the Diocletian’s palace, Split
– solo exhibition “CHANGING RELATIONS”, City library, Zadar
– solo exhibition “COLOR DIVISION”, galery OK, Palach club, Rijeka
– solo exhibition “STICKERS”, gallery Ghetto, Split
– solo exhibition “PICTURE OF THE COLOR”, galery SC, Zagreb
2001
– group internet project “THE ARTIST AND HIS STUDIO”, in collaboration with Wilfried
Agricola de Cologne, www.a-virtual-memorial.org
– group exhibition “14. A.A.A.”, basements of the Diocletian’s palace, Split
– group exhibition “EXSCENTAR”, gallery Kulturno srediste mladih, Split
– group internet project “LIVE ART”, Anna Best in collaboration with the Art Council of England,
www.liveart.freeservers.com
2000
– group exhibition “M2”, Multimedia Center, Split
– group performance “PUBLIC RELATION”, under project “Free space”,
de Brouckere metro station, Brussels
– group installation at the Beck gallery , Zagreb, Croatia
– workshop at the “VISUAL ART WORKSHOP NECUJAM”, island of Solta, Croatia
– performance at the workshop/performance festival “MOLO TROVNA”, multimedia mobile center
for exploring alternative ways of living on small isolated islands mala Trovna, island Vis, Croatia
– solo exhibition “DALMACIJA U MOM OKU”, gallery Galic, Split
1999
– solo exhibition “RELATIONS”, basements of the Diocletian’s palace, Split
– solo exhibition “RELATIONS”, gallery Otok, Lazareti, Dubrovnik
– solo exhibition “RELATIONS”, gallery of the “Villa Kaliopa”, island of Vis
1998
– group exhibition “PROTEGA”, City Gallery, Vrgorac, Croatia
– solo exhibition “BUY ME”, caffe gallery P, Komiza, island of Vis, Croatia
1997
– beginning of the work on the “RELATION” paintings, Island of Vis, Croatia
1995
– group multimedia action “20 YEARS OF PUNK”, Visoka object, Split
1994
– group exhibition “BACK TO LIFE”, gallery Casnicki Dom Lora, Split
– group exhibition “HDLU”, basements of the Diocletian’s palace, Split
1993
– group exhibition “BIENNALE”, Artists salon, Split
– group multimedia action “ENJOY THE VISION”, gallery Loggia, Split
– solo exhibition, “100 YEARS OF THE CITY THEATER”, gallery Protiron, Split
1992
– group exhibition “NVSLS”, artists Salon, Split
– group exhibition “MI ZA HRVASKO”, Mozaik gallery, Celje, Slovenia
– group exhibition “WAR IN CROATIA”, gallery MGC Gradec, Zagreb
– solo exhibition “ART GARDA”, gallery Protiron, Split
– group exhibition “IZLOZBA STUDENATA ALU”, gallery SC, Zagreb
1991
– group exhibition “BIENNALE”, Artists’ salon, Split
– group exhibition “DIPLOMANTI ALU”, gallery Vladimir Nazor, Zagreb
Vanja Pagar participates in
The Artist and his Studio – curated by Agricola de Cologne