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Petra Grozaj graduated from Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb Painting and Education department and from School of Apllied Arts and Design in Zagreb. She is working in painting and has won a Rector Price Of Zagabria University, Award of Academy of Fine Arts and Grand of 'Croatia- House Foundation', Goethe Instituta Kroatien, IFA Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen, etc... She is exhibiting from 1999. and until now had many solo and group exhibitions. Representing Croatia at Biennial of Young Artists BJCEM in Naples, was at Residences Cite Internationale des Arts Paris, Glogau AIR Berlin, One Sided-Story Spinnerei Leipzig,where she had a studio few time during years 2012 till 2019 and De/ Construction of painting Hafenkombinat also in Leipzig. Exhibiting at Kunslerhaus Bethanien, Spinnerei and Westpol Leipzig, Museum of Contemporary art Zagreb, Kunsthaus Graz,etc.... Her paintings are part of museums, gallerys and private collections in Croatia and internationally.
education
2002 Graduated at Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb
1995- 2000 Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb
1993 graduated at School of Arts and Design Zagreb
residences, projects / selection
2023 Art residency ''Holon Art'' Wels Austria
2020 Art Rezidency ''De/konstruction of painting '' Hafenkombinat Leipzig,
Organized by HDLU Zagreb
2019 / 2020 Leading /teaching painting group program at HDLU Project
''START 54+ curating student exhibition at HDLU Gallery Prsten, writting and
promoting Cataloque at HDLU Gallery Prsten
Project Financied by Europe Union and Croatian Ministry of Culture
2019 FECIT International painting simposium Grožnjan, organized by
Publishing House Klett
2016/17 Studio Spinnerei Leipzig / working on show Scholia Painters dialogue
for Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb
2017 IFA - Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen for the Exhibition and project with
Leipzig painter Maria Sainz Rueda projekt Transition in Progress/
Painters Dialogue
2015 /17 Transition in progress/ in collaboration with Goethe- Institut Croatia
2012/13 Art ResidenceOne Sided story, Spinnerei Leipzig
2008 Art Residenceprogram Glogau AIRBerlin
2007 Art ResidenceCite Internationale des Arts Paris
2005 Int. Painting Symposium, Museum of Contemporary Art, Casoria/ Napoly
atBJCEMBiennal of Young artist of Europe and Mediterranean
Castel Sant'elmo, Napoly Italy
2005 Painting and Sculpture workshop, Croatian artists, Academy of Fine
Arts Kiev Ukraina and Academy of Fine arts Moscow Russia, Island of Brač
2000 Art education courses, Academy of FA Zagreb and Northen Illinois
University USA, Island of Hvar
2000 International Illustration course, Teatrio Associazione Culturale,
Venice Italy
group exhibitions / selection
2023 Nesvrstani Art fair/ Zagreb with ''Holon art'' gallery Wels Ausria
2023 Portrair, Gallery Holon Art , Wels
2022 Art & Grad/ Gallery Lauba, Zagreb
2022 Triennal of Croatian sculpure/ HDLU Gallery Ring, Zagreb
2022 Nesvrstani Art fair/ Platform for contemporary art, Gallery 90-60-90/
Lauba, Zagreb
2022 Start collection< 300/ Holon Gallery, Wels Austria
2021 6th Biennal of Painting/ HDLU Zagreb
2021 Portrait, Holon Gallery, Wels Austria
2021 Light visions/ Lions Croatia, Gallery Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb
2021 Art & Grad/ Gallery Lauba, Zagreb
2021 Nesvrstani Art fair / with Gallery ''S'' Špoljar Koprivnica, Lauba, Zageb
2020 Art Zagreb / Tehnical Museum Nikola Tesla, Zagreb
2020 Nesvrstani art fair / Platform for contemporary art, Gallery 90-60-90/ Lauba, Zagreb
2019 De / Construction of painting / Gallery Karas, Zagreb
2019 Known unknowns / Gallery Westpol A.I.R. / Leipzig, Germany
2019 Exhibition of international art simposium / Fecit / Lauba, Zagreb
2019 Fecit / Gallery DLUL/ Ljubljana, Slovenia
2018 Loneley as rinosaurus/ Gallery ULUS, Beograd Serbia
2018 Fecit / Town Gallery FONTICUS / Grožnjan Croatia
2015 3rd Croatian Biennal of Painting, HDLU, Zagreb
2013 Wasser Schopfen / Zagrabiti, Gallery Barell, Gallery Ring and Gallery PM,
HDLU, Zagreb Lepzig / Zagreb group show
2013 Mutatis Mutandis, One Sided Story, halle 14, Spinnerei Leipzig
2011 Millenium Development goals, World bank Gallery, Zagreb
2010 30th Youth Sallon, Gallery HDLU/ Marisall, Zagreb
2010 Recent exhibition, Gallery HDLU, Zagreb
2009 Souvenir , Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin
2008 Open studios , Glogau AIR Berlin
2008 AAP exhibition , Hofgalerie Graz, Austria
2007 5 + , Gliptoteka of Croatian Academy of Science and Art Zagreb
Exhibition of Students who got Rector University Award
2006 Format, Kunstlerhaus, Graz Austria
2006 New Fragments, Museum Mimara, Zagreb
2006 39. Zagabrian salon, 'Art is medium' HDLU Zagreb
2006 White night, Museum of Skopje town, Skopje Macedonia
2005 BJCEMBiennal of Young artist of Europe and Mediterranea
Castel Sant'elmo, Napoly Italy
2005 Iperpitura, Gallery Isola Bassa, Dolo, Padova Italy
2005 Passion, Museum of Modern and Contemporary art Rijeka
2005 International Painting simposium, Museum of Contemporary art Casoria/
Napoly Italy
2004 27 th Youth Sallon, HDLU Zagreb
2004 3 rd Croatian Triennal of graphic , HDLU Zagreb
2003 New fragments ,Gliptoteka of Croatian Academy of Science and Art
Zagreb
2003 3rd Triennal of drawings, Gallery Klovićevi dvori Zagreb
2002 New fragments, organised by Erste&Steierm. Bank,Gallery SC Zagreb
Gallery GAL Rijeka
2002 Rector winers prize ,Gallery VN Zagreb
2001 90-60-90, Aqarius art Zagreb
Blue bird, Zagreb
2000 7 th Triennal of Sculpture, Gliptoteka of Croatian Academy of Science and
Art
2000 2 nd Triennal of Graphic , Art pavilion Zagreb
1999 Days of Europa movies ,Kinoteka Zagreb
1999 Paintings, Gallery SC Zagreb
1999 One mounth at the country, Art Club Attack Zagreb
1999 University review exhibition, Gallery SC Zagreb
1999Pasion Legacy, Gallery Klovičevi dvori, Zagreb
1998Art Academy Zagreb exhibition, Museum of Vukovar town, Vukovar
1998 25 th Youth Salon,HDLU Zagreb
solo exhibitions / selection
2022 Shining/ Gallery Kljaković, Zagreb
2021 Kaleidoscope/Contemporary Gallery Lauba/House for Art and
people,Zagreb
2019 Krystal / Gallery Galženica, Velika Gorica, Croatia
2019 The wall / Pogon Jedinstvo/ Gallery 90-60-90, Zagreb
2019 Moonlight / Gallery Decumanus Town and Island of Krk, Croatia
2017 Scolia Painters dialogue / Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb
with Maria Sainz Rueda
2017 Between line and painting/ Gallery Zuccato Poreč
with Stipan Tadić and Ivona Jurić
2016 Out of the blue, Gallery Događanja, Zagreb
2015 Transsition in progress/ A dialog, with Maria Sainz Rueda, Westpol,
Leipzig
2013 Moments in time, Gallery Barrel HDLU Zagreb
2012 Mystic magic sweet, Gallery Knežev dvor, Rab
2011 Moments in time, Gallery Zilik, Karlovac
2010 Paintings by observing, gallery Buljat, Zagreb
2008 Everything is the same story, Matica Gallery, Zagreb
2008 Canceled, Prostor Zagreb
2008 On the other side, Gallery MarisallZagreb
2006 Ladies from catalogue, Modern Gallery ,Studio Racic Zagreb
20051:1 ,Gallery Artbug,Bassano del Grappa Italy
2005 Recycles, Start solo Gallery Nova Zagreb
2004 Me, myself & I, Gallery B.Bernardi Zagreb
2004 Appearing and dissapearing, Gallery Karas Zagreb
20031 : 1 , Gallery Kordic,Velika Gorica with Ivan Fijolić
20031 : 1, Galery Vladimir Nazor Zagreb
2001 New ,Gallery V.Nazor Zagreb
1999 Days of Europa movies ,Kinoteka Zagreb
1999 Paintings, first solo show, Gallery SC Zagreb
Awards
Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb Award for the best show, Rector Award Of Zagabria
University, Grant of Zagreb town for One Sided Story residence in Leipzig, Grant of
Croatian Ministry of Culture for Art Residence Cite International des Arts Paris,
Grant of 'Hrvatska kuća- Croatia house' for project Transsition in Progress/ A dialog
Galerry Westpol in Leipzig, Grand of IFA- Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen for the
Exhibition and project with Leipzig painter Maria Sainz Rueda projekt Transition in
Progress/ Painters Dialogue
profesional membership
2000Croatian Assotiation of Artist,
2005Croatian Freelance Artist Assotiation
bibliography | selection
2021 Romina Peritz/ Jutarnji list/ Petra Grozaj texts about exhibition
Kaleidoscope in Lauba Zagreb
2021 Maja Car/ Večernji list/ 12th april, article for solo show Kaleidoscope in Lauba
2021 Lana Harjaček/ cards for solo show Kaleidoscope/ Gallery Lauba Zagreb
2020 Tia Špero/ Večernji list/ article about Art fair Nesvrstani lauba Zagreb
2020 Daniel Tomičić/ Art zagreb/ preface for Art fair
2020 Miran Jurić, Nika Šimičić/ Start 54+, preface for catalogue
2019- 2020 Zagreb in your pocket cover '' Getting ready''/ Cool-ture winter
2019 Ivana Mance, Marijana Stanić/ ''Zid'' Gallery 90-60-90,Pogon Jedinstvo,
Platform for Contemporary art Zagreb
2019 Tena Bakšaj, Josip Zanki/ De/ construction of painting/ Gallery Karas/ HDLU
preface for catalogue
2019 Patricija Kiš / Jutarnji list/ article about show in Gallery Galženica
2019 Klaudio Štefančić/ Gallery Galženica/ Krystal, foreword and interview
for cataloue of exhibition
2019 Falk Messerschmidt / Known unknowns/ Gallery Westpol Leipzig
2019 Višnja Slavica Gabout / Link in arts/ Moonlight/ Foreword for catalogue /Gallery
Decumanus Islland of Krk
2018 Eugen Borovsky,Loneley as rinosaurus /Fecit Grožnjan/ proloque at catalogue
International artist summit
2017 Patricija kiš/ Petrada/ Jutarnji list/ Article about exhibition at Museum of
contemporary art Zagreb, Scholia/ Painters dialogue
2017 Patricija Kiš / Jutarnji list/ Zuccato, Faces as masks, landscapes and crushed
Animals
2017 Patricia Počanić/ Between line and painting/ Foreword for catalogue / Gallery
Zucatto Poreč, show with Stjepan Tadić and Ivona Jurić
2017Leila Topić, Scholia/ Commentary of the works,
Transition in Progress and Scholia Paintings in dialogue Westpol Leipzig
andMuseum of Contemporary Art Zagreb
2016Jospa Bubaš, Out of the Blue, galerija Događanja, Zagreb
2015Željko Marciuš, 3. Bijenale slikarstva, 3rd Bienal of painting, Slika-slikarstvo
-ne(slikarsvo)
2015Patricija Kiš, Biennal of painting, 38 umjetnika koji čine aktualnu hrvatsku
slikarsku scenu, Jutarnji list
2015Maja Hrgović, Uz 3. Bijenale slikarstva, veliku izložbu u Domu HDLU,
Dobri stari Kist i štafelaj, Novi list, str 24
2015 Iva Kobler, Likovno povečalo, Treći bienale slikarstva- bahato
'zagrebocentričan' pregled hrvatske umjetnosti, Nacional,br. 914
2015 Tea Akrap, Suvremena Slikarska scena u Meštorvićevom paviljonu
Cro life, str. 8, A3
3013 Iva Kobler, Petra Grozaj, Momenti u vremenu/ Moments in timeZagreb, HDLU/
Croatian Assosiation of Artists
2012-2013 Candace Goodrich, Jonathan Beer, lasse Antonsen, One sided story
/ artist residency,Leipzig, published by OSS leipzig
2012 Nataša Ivančević, Slikarsvo petre Grozaj, 'Mystic magic sweet'
Galerija Knežev dvor, Rab
2011 Nikola Albaneže, 'The guardia of changes' for 'Moments in time' Gallery Zilik,
Karlovac
2010 Iva Kobler, Paintings by observing, Gallery Buljat, Zagreb
2010 Nikola Albaneže, Creative and other production, The exhibion of recenzt
Works of croatian association of artist members, Gallery HDLU, Zagreb
2008 Ivana Mance, At the other side, Marrisal Gallery , Zagreb
2006 Patricija Kiš, Painter and models from the changing room, Jutarnji list,
Kultura, Zagreb
2006 Željko Marcius Young ladies from catalogue, Modern gallery,
Studio Josip Racic, Zagreb
2006 Flavia Fricano and Chiara Zago, Iperpitura,Gallery Isola Bassa, Dolo, Italy
2005 Branko Franceschi, Passion, Biennial of Young artists of Europe and
Mediterranean,Croatia, Visual arts, Castel Sant Elmo, Naples, Italy
2005 XII edition of Biennial for Young artists of Europe and Mediterranean,
Castel Sant Elmo, Naples, Italy
2005 Mladen Lučić, Iva Kobler, 39. Zagreb Sallon, Art is media,
Croatian Assotiation of Artists, Zagreb
2004 Enes Quien, Arising and Vanishing, Gallery Karas, Zagreb
2004 Vlasta Tolić, Recycling as an artistic method, Vjesnik, Kultura, Zagreb
2004 27. Youth Sallon, Diversity as dominant feature, Forward/ prize awarding
Comittee of 27 youth salon, Croatian Association of the artists, Zagreb
2003 3 th Triennial of Graphics,Accademy of Arts and Sciences,Zagreb
2002 Nikola Albaneze 3th Triennail of Drawings, Graphics institute, Zagreb
2000 Ivica Župan, 7th Triennail of Sculpture, Glyptotheke Zagreb
1999 Tatjana Smojver, Autoportraits of Petra Grozaj, Me, myself & I solo show,
Galery CEKAO, Open University Zagreb
1998 Klaudio Stefancic, 25th Youth Sallon, Croatian Association of Visual Artists,
Zagreb