Artist’s statment

In my art I want to express positive visions of life and all its manifestations and to talk about them in a gentle way. I try to be layered and to give the viewer some space for reflection. In my work the shape is simple, the line is clear and narration is straightforward. I also try to integrate spirituality and humour into my work. My intention is to express my love for nature and all its beings and forms. The most beautiful aspect of existence is the subject of my art.

          

Contact

Denis Kraškovič

e-mail:  dkraskovic@yahoo.com

phone:  ++ 385 95 905 9034

 

Biography

Denis Jurij Kraškovičwas born in 1972 in Zagreb, where he finished the School of Applied Arts and Design. He graduated in sculpture from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb in 1994, in the class of Professor Stanko Jančić. In 2012, he completed a master’s degree in sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, under the mentorship of Professor Jože Barši. In 1997 he started teaching sculpture-related subjects at the School of Applied Arts and Design in Zagreb. In 2008, he first became an assistant professor and later an associate professor at the Department of Fine Arts of the Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek. As part of his work as a teacher, he founded the Jarčevac International Student Fine Arts Workshop (wood sculpting), and led many other creative projects for students. In 2015 and 2016, he was a visiting professor at the Department of Sculpture of the Faculty of Music and Visual Arts in Pecs, Hungary. He is the recipient of many awards and recognitions for his work as both an artist and a teacher. He won, amongst others, the 2000 Grand Prix at the Youth Salon in Zagreb, the 2015 Grand Prix at the Zagorje Art Salon, the Special Jury Prize at the XI Triennial of Croatian Sculpture in 2012, and was awarded the second prize at The Residents video competition in Olomouc, the Czech Republic. His Journey to the End of the World of General Umberto Nobile’s Expedition was ranked by Q Strip magazine in 2015 amongst the top five Croatian comic books of all time. He has exhibited at numerous solo and group exhibitions in both Croatia and abroad – from Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek, Pula, Dubrovnik, to Berlin, Budapest, Turin, Prague, Krakow, Vienna, Los Angeles, Johannesburg, etc. He is the author of fascinating public sculptures, such as The Whale sculpture on Jarun Lake, The Walrus and The Lamb sculptures outside the Arena in Zagreb, and two monumental sculptures, Neanderthal I and II, in Krapina. His public wooden sculptures Goodness in Kostanjevica on the Krka River and A Monument to a Happy Childhood in Kočevje in Slovenia should also be singled out. He has been a member of the Croatian Freelance Artists’ Association since 2019 and has worked as a freelance artist ever since.

Web porotfolio: deniskraskovic.com

 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1994 Miroslav Kraljević Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia

1995 Nova Gallery, Zagreb

1996 Student Centre Gallery, Zagreb

         Rigo Gallery, Novigrad, Croatia

         Otok Gallery, Dubrovnik, Croatia

1997 Concordia Gallery, Zagreb

1998 Karas Gallery, Zagreb

1999 Palazzo Mignotti, Ortona, Italy

2000 Palach Club, Rijeka, Croatia

2001 Izidor Kršnjavi Gallery, Zagreb

         Galženica Gallery, Velika Gorica, Croatia

2002 Gradec Gallery, Zagreb

2003 Attack Club, Zagreb

2004 Izidor Kršnjavi Gallery, Zagreb

2005 Prica Gallery, Samobor, Croatia

         Lazareti Art Workshop, Dubrovnik, Croatia

2006 Home of the Croatian Association of Artists, Bačva Gallery, Zagreb

2007 Kazamat Gallery, Osijek, Croatia

         AŽ Gallery, Žitnjak Studios, Zagreb

         Šibenik City Museum, International Children’s Festival, City Museum Šibenik, Croatia

         Palmižana, Island of St. Clement, Hvar, Croatia

         Ružić Gallery, Brod Fortress,

         Slavonski Brod, Croatia

2008 Rovinj City Museum,

         St. Thomas Gallery, Croatia

         Labin City Museum, Croatia

2009 Student Centre Gallery, Zagreb

2010 Osijek Archaeological Museum, Croatia

2011 Požega City Museum, Croatia

         Waldinger Gallery, Osijek, Croatia

2012 Greta Gallery, Zagreb

         Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb

         Božidar Jakac Gallery, Kostanjevica, Slovenia

2013 MMC Luka and Anex Gallery,

         Pula, Croatia

2015 Kranjčar Gallery, Zagreb

         Rovinj City Museum, Croatia

         Makarska Cultural Summer, Croatia

2016 Nick Art and Design Gallery, Pecs, Hungary

         Klaster Zlata Koruna, Česky Krumlov, Czech Republic

         Greta Gallery, Zagreb

2017 Flora Gallery, Dubrovnik, Croatia

2018 Greta Gallery, Zagreb

         Kočevje Regional Museum, Slovenia

         Rigo Gallery, Novigrad, Croatia

2019 Izidor Kršnjavi Gallery, Zagreb

         Sisak City Gallery

2021 Salon Galić, Split, Croatia

         Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) Dubrovnik, Croatia

2022 Studio -21-, Spli, Croatia

 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

1991 Young Croatian Artists, Karas Gallery Salon, Zagreb, Croatia

1992 Youth Salon, Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb

1993 Zagreb Salon, Gradec Plateau, Zagreb

         33rd Annual, Poreč, Croatia

1994 5th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, Glyptoteque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and

Arts, Zagreb

1995 30th Zagreb Salon, Klovićevi dvori Gallery, Zagreb

         Tracce di Grafica Croata, Turin, Italy

         Comics Salon, Vinkovci, Croatia

1996 Triennial of Drawing, Zagreb

         Otok Gallery, annual exhibition of the Soros Centre of Contemporary Art, Dubrovnik, Croatia

         DDDA, CEKAO Gallery, Zagreb

         Youth Salon, Glyptoteque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb

         Modernita-Progetto, Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, Italy

1997 6th Triennial of Croatian

         Sculpture, Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb

         Rovinj Art Colony, Rovinj City Museum, Croatia

         Earth Day, Club of Architects, Zagreb Architects Association

1998 Festival 98, Mainz, Germany

         Ladomir Faktura, Cankarjev Dom, set design for theatre play, Ljubljana, Slovenia

1999 Break 21, Rog Factory, Ljubljana, Slovenia

         Palazzo Mignotti, Ortona, Italy

         Triennial of Drawing, Zagreb, Croatia

2000 A New Beginning, Student Centre

         Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia

         MomianoOO Festival, Istria, Croatia

         Galženica Gallery, Velika Gorica, Croatia

         7th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and

Arts, Zagreb

2001 Contemporary Croatian Art, Brewery Project, Los Angeles, USA

         Sculpture, Skopje, Macedonia

26th Youth Salon, Zagreb Trade Fair, Croatia

        Contemporary Croatian Ceramics, Koprivnica City Museum, Croatia

          Mobile videotheque Utopia Travel (Kairo, Beirut, Istanbul, Sofia, Skopje, Belgrade, Sarajevo,    Zagreb, Ljubljana, Vienna)

2002 Contemporary Croatian Art, Ravenna, Italy

         Janos Sugar Studio, Budapest, Hungary

         Human / Nature, Traffo Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

         007 – A Woman from a Male Perspective, Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb

         Multimedia, Skopje Film Festival, North Macedonia

         Local / Global, Koprivnica City Museum, Croatia

         Croatian Film Days, Kinoteka Cinema, Zagreb

         Burning Coals 2: Ashes, Bjelovar City Museum, Croatia

         Rinascimenti e mutamenti, Palazzo dei Consoli, Gubbio, Italy

         Human / Nature, Slavonski Brod City Museum, Croatia

         Contemporary Croatian Photography, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

         Young Croatian Artists, Schonbrunn, Orangery, Vienna, Austria

2003 Much to Much, Art Pavilion, Zagreb

         Sociability, Balen Gallery, Slavonski Brod, Croatia

         Cite internationale des arts, Paris, France

         The Unadapted, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

         8th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and

Arts, Zagreb

         Kitsch, Grad Gallery, Rijeka

         A Small Peephole, Home of the Croatian Association of Artists, Bačva Gallery, Zagreb

2004 Bad Art, VN Gallery, Zagreb

2005 Tie Challenge, Pretoria, Johannesburg, South Africa

         Vinorell, Public Library, Dubrovnik, Croatia

         Two Coasts, Galleria civica d’arte contemporanea di Termoli, Italy

         Retrospective of Croatian Video Art – Insert, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb

         Back to the Future, 40th Anniversary of the Student Centre Gallery, Zagreb

2006 Sacred Art in Croatia, Klovićevi Dvori Gallery, Zagreb

         Retrospective of Video Works KMRF, MM Centre, Zagreb

         Retrospective of Croatian Video Art – Insert, Museum of Contemporary Art, Mali Salon,

Rijeka, Croatia

         Tie Challenge, Krakow, Gdansk (Poland), Berlin (Germany), Sofia (Bulgaria), Vienna (Austria)

         Rovinj Art Colony, Rovinj City Museum, Croatia

         Croatian Film Days, Student Centre Cinema, Zagreb

         Shifting Ground, West Coast, Ireland

         Etno-natura, Student Centre Gallery and Cinema, Zagreb

         Faux Mouvement, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Metz, France

         Vienna Biennale, Plattform – Raum fur kunst, Vienna, Austria

         36th Split Salon, MKC and Aquarium, Split

2007 10th Anniversary of MMC & 40th Anniversary of Palach Club,

         Museum of Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia

         Videorats, Video Festival, Celje, Slovenia

         Universality of Museum Objects, Post Museum, Zagreb

         Films by Young Authors, Izidor Kršnjavi Gallery, Zagreb

         Op.Art – Quisisana Urban Culture Festival, Opatija, Croatia

         The Return of the Lost Generation, Izidor Kršnjavi Gallery, Zagreb

         Art and Crime, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia

         Rehab, Balen Gallery, Slavonski Brod, Croatia

2008 Rehab, Labor Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

         oOoze Festival, Lazareti, Dubrovnik, Croatia

         Rovinj Art Colony, Rovinj City Museum, Croatia

         Truth and Forgery (Red Peristyle), Diocletian’s Palace Basement, Split, Croatia

         Boys & Their Toys, Student Centre Gallery, Zagreb

         Zemlja Sculpture Workshop, Vinkovci, Croatia

         The Cathedral of St. James, St. Krševan Gallery, Šibenik, Croatia

         Vinorell, Lučko Atelier, Zagreb

         Slavonian Biennale, Gallery of Fine Arts, Osijek, Croatia

2009 Zagreb Festival, Močvara Club, Zagreb

         Arrival in Inheritance, Church of St. Dominic and City Lodge, Zadar, Croatia

         Zagorje Triennial, Krapina City Gallery, Croatia

         Surduk Festival, Suza, Croatia

         Blow Poster Exhibition, Tončićeva Street, Split, Croatia

         Rovinj Art Colony, Rovinj City Museum, Croatia

         10th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and

Arts, Zagreb

2010 DDDDA, Oroslavje Castle, Croatia

         1+1, Kazamat Gallery, Osijek, Croatia

         The Residents, Caesar Gallery, Olomouc, Czech Republic

         Tenda Gialla, culture camp, Pogon Jedinstvo, Zagreb

         Slavonian Biennale, Gallery of Fine Arts, Osijek, Croatia

2011 T-HT Award, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb

         Pop Art is not Dead, Klovićevi Dvori Gallery, Zagreb

         Sculpture, Kazamat Gallery, Osijek, Croatia

         Sava Watercolour Colony, Vladimir Becić Art Salon, Slavonski Brod, Croatia

         Rovinj Art Colony, Rovinj City Museum

         Miniatures, Novi Dvori, Zaprešić, Croatia

         Forma Viva, 50th Anniversary Sculpture Symposium, Lamut Art Salon, Kostanjevica, Slovenia

         International Exhibition of Drawings, Mouraria Gallery, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

         From Sculpture to Confession, Klovićevi Dvori Gallery, Zagreb

         Art & Food, Žitnjak Ateliers, Zagreb

         Zagreb Residents of Slovenian Origin, University of Maribor Library, Maribor, Slovenia

         Kalokaghatia / Eros Kalos, Jogurt Gallery, Autonomous Cultural Centre Medika, Zagreb

         Dimensions of Humour, Kazamat Gallery, Osijek, Croatia

         New Year Exhibition, Greta Gallery, Zagreb

2012 Prešeren Day, Slovenian Centre, Zagreb

         Dimensions of Humour, Diocletian’s Palace Basement, Split, Croatia

         11th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and

Arts, Zagreb

         Rovinj Art Colony, Rovinj City Museum

         Miniatures, Novi Dvori, Zaprešić, Croatia

         Summer Exhibition, Greta Gallery, Zagreb

         Dimensions of Humour, MMC Luka, Pula, Croatia

         Paradizo Art Colony, Paradizo Gallery, Rab, Croatia

         Forma Viva, 50th Anniversary Sculpture Symposium, Ravne na Koroškem Museum, Slovenia

         Watercolour on Raft-Ferry, Matija Skurjeni Museum, Zaprešić, Croatia

         Dimensions of Humour, Klovićevi Dvori Gallery, Zagreb

         Slavonian Biennale, Gallery of Fine Arts, Osijek

         Mediamorphosis, Kazamat Gallery, Osijek

2013 Zagreb Salon, Home of the Croatian Association of Artists, Zagreb

         Rovinj Art Colony, Rovinj City Museum

         The Image of Dog in Croatian Art from the 19th Century to Date, Prica Gallery, Samobor, Croatia

         2nd Biennale of Painting, Home of the Croatian Association of Artists, Zagreb

         53rd Poreč Annual, Istrian Parliament Hall, Poreč, Croatia

         Line Volume, Kazamat Gallery, Osijek

2014 Rovinj Art Colony, Rovinj City Museum

         Have a HeArt, Kranjčar Gallery, Zagreb

2015 Live Coal 3, Đurđevac City Museum, Croatia

         Live Coal 3, Varaždin Gallery Centre, Croatia

         7th Zagorje Salon, Krapina City Gallery, Croatia

         Rovinj Art Colony, Rovinj City Museum

         12th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and

Arts, Zagreb

         3rd Biennale of Painting, Home of the Croatian Association of Artists, Zagreb

         Cravat Challenge, European Parliament, Strasbourg, France

         School Day, AŽ Gallery, Zagreb

         Animation at the School of Applied Arts and Design, Izidor Kršnjavi Gallery, Zagreb

2016 Private and Public, Obrvan Garden, Metković, Croatia

         Rovinj Art Colony, Rovinj City Museum

         The Sounds of Insects: an Orchestra of the Smallest, Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb

         Sljin, Đurđevac City Museum, Croatia

         Border Regions, Diocletian’s Palace Basement, Split, Croatia

2017 T–HT Awards, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb

         Contemporary Sacral Art Salon, Milesi Palace, Split

         Rovinj Art Colony, Rovinj City Museum

         Osijek Academy of Arts in Pecs, Nador Gallery, Hungary

         Žeravica 4 (Žhavy popel), Marianska Gallery, Česke Budějovice, Czech Republic

2018 The Sounds of Insects: an Orchestra of the Smallest, Požega City Museum, Croatia

         Non-Aligned, Lauba Gallery, Zagreb

         5th Croatian Triennial of Drawing, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb

         Soccer in Croatian Painting, Dulčić Masle Pulitika Gallery, Dubrovnik

         Rovinj Art Colony, Rovinj City Museum

         Cats & Dogs, Lapidarium Museum, Novigrad, Croatia

         Skopje International Art Colony, Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra, Skopje, Macedonia

         40th Split Salon, Diocletian’s Basements, Split

         13th Triennale of Croatian Sculpture, Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and

Arts, Zagreb

         The Sounds of Insects: an Orchestra of the Smallest, Natural Hystory Museum in Dubrovnik

2019 The Sounds of Insects: an Orchestra of the Smallest, Art Pavilion Juraj Šporer, Opatija

          Rovinj Art Colony, Rovinj City Museum

          Memory for Izabela, Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb

          Cat in Croatian Contemporary Art

2021  Lokvarka Cave, Gorski kotar, Croatia

          People-Sea-Coast, Šibenik City Museum, Croatia

          7th Zagorje Salon, Krapina City Gallery, Croatia

2022  14th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and

Arts, Zagreb

           Summer Art Exhibition, Culture center Mesnička, Zagreb

           The Art Bubble Project, Ilica 73, Zagreb

           EU projekt 3RD-SPC./RP, Frankopan Castle, Kraljevica, Croatia

           140 years of School for Aplied Arts and Design, Pogon Jedinstvo, Zagreb

           EU projekt 3RD-SPC./RP, The Pool Gallery, Düseldorf, Germany

PUBLIC SCULPTURES

1995 The Portal, Jakovlje Mansion Sculpture Park, Croatia

1997 A Monument to Dead Soldiers, Trnje, Zagreb, Croatia

1998 The Pomegranate, Sućuraj, Island of Hvar, Croatia

2000 Via Crucis, Stari Trg ob Kolpi, Slovenia

2001 The Whale, Jarun Lake, Zagreb

2004 Singulinac, Srebrnjak, Zagreb

2010 The Walrus, Arena Zagreb

2010 The Lamb, Arena Zagreb

2013 Goodness, Forma Viva, Kostanjevica, Slovenia

2012 A Seed, Trausdorf an der Wulka, Austria

2014 Neanderthal I, Krapina, Croatia

2015 Neanderthal II, Sveti Križ Začretje, Croatia

2018 A Monument to a Happy Childhood, Kočevje, Slovenia

2020 A Snail, Labin, Croatia

         Mediterranian Monk Seal with Pup, Šibenik, Croatia

2021 Cico, Alley of the Great, Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb

        

 

AWARDS

1993 2nd Prize at the Skulptura (Sculpture) competition in Lipik,Croatia

1997 Young Artist Award, Rovinj ArtColony, Rovinj City Museum,Croatia

2001 First Prize at the Youth Salon in Zagreb, Croatia

2010 2nd Prize at The Residents video competition, Caesar Gallery, Olomouc, Czech Republic

2012 Special Jury Prize, 11th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb

2014 Best Artist Award, Rovinj Art Colony, Rovinj City Museum

2015 7th Zagorje Salon Grand Prix, Krapina City Gallery, Croatia

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WORKSHOPS AND RESIDENCIES (PARTICIPANT)
1996 The Jakovlje Sculpture Park, Croatia
            Island – Art workshop Lazareti, Dubrovnik, Croatia
1997  City festival, Mainz, Germany
1998  Vujnovic studio, Sucuraj, Hvar island, Croatia
1999  Palazzo Mignoti, Ortona, Italy
2000  MomianOOO, Istria, Croatia
2003  Cité des artes, Paris, France
2005  Vinorelli, Orlando Club, Dubrovnik, Croatia
          Art stays, Ptuj, Slovenia
2007  Palmizana art, St. Clement Island, Croatia
2008  Sculpture workshop Zemlja, Vinkovci, Croatia
          Ooooze festival, Lazareti, Dubrovnik, Croatia
2010  Watercolour colony Sava, Slavonski Brod, Croatia
2011  Surduk festival, Baranja, Croatia
2012  Kunstmeille, Trausdorf am der Wulka, Austria
          Art colony Paradizo, Rab, Croatia
2013  Forma viva, Kostanjevica ob Krki, Slovenia
2018  Skopje Art colony, Skopje, Macedonia
          Painters colony Riviera Porec, Croatia
          Wood festival, Kocevje, Slovenia

2020 Mediterranian Sculpture Symposium, Labin, Croatia

WORKSHOPS (ORGANISER)
2008 – 2016 Jarcevac – International Art Students workshop in wood, Osijek, Croatia
2013  Students Public Sculptures in Beli Manastir, Croatia
2016  Windsculptures – Students Workshop in metal, Art Academy Osijek, Croatia

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