Katarina Zdjelar
biography | selected works | exhibitions
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Born 1979 in Belgrade, Serbia
Lives and works in Rotterdam, Netherlands
2004-2006 Piet Zwart Institute, Willem de Kooning Academie, MA Fine Art, Rotterdam
1999-2004 University of Arts Belgrade, Faculty of Applied Arts, Belgrade
2001-2002 CENPI, Centre for Contemporary Theatre and Performance Art, Art Theory, Belgrade
PRESS
2010 MAP magazine
2010 Artforum
2010 Frieze
2009 Metropolis M
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
Museo Artium, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (January)
2012
And In Between, Katarina Zdjelar & Thomas Locher, curated by David Komary, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems
2011
Act I, Act II, Circus, Berlin
Todays motto is "Do one thing passengers that one helps", City Museum, Tobacna 001 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Stepping in-out, Celeia Centre for Contemporary Art, Celje, Slovenia
2010
I think that here I have heard my own voice coming to me from somewhere else, Fri-Art Fribourg, Fribourg
Katarina Zdjelar & Michael Hoepfner, curated by Luigi Fassi, ar/ge kunst Galerie Museum, Bolzano (Cat.)
One or two songs, Circus, Berlin
Shoum, curated by Nacho Valle, Galería Valle Ortí (video room), Barcelona
2009
Parapoetics, curated by Mariette Dolle, TENT, Rotterdam
Pronounciations, curated by Miguel Amado, CAV-Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra, Portugal
But if you take my voice, what will be left to me? Serbian Pavilion, 53rd Venice Biennial (with Zoran Todorovic), Venice
The Precarious State project, Edition #3, SKOR, Amsterdam
Speaking through each other’s mouth, Salon of Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade, Belgrade
2008
The Perfect Sound, VIVID, Birmingham
Everything is Gonna Be, curated by Joris Lindhout, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
Everything is gonna be, curated by Alexandra Fau, Anne de Villepoix Gallery, Paris
2007
Theory and Design, Another Project, with Renee Ridgway, curated by Emily Pethick, CASCO, Office for Art, Utrecht
Bez prevoda, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pancevo, Serbia
2006
Back to back by heart, Mirta Demare Gallery, Rotterdam
Would that be alright with you if I bring my cat along, curated by Suchan Kinoshita, Hedah, Center for Contemporary Art, Maastricht
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
Time, Trade, Travel, curated by Jelle Bouwhuis, Kerstin Winking, Odile Tevie, Kofi Setordji, Nubuke Foundation Accra, Ghana (upcoming October)
Schlagwörter und Sprachgewalten, curated by Nadia Schneider-Willen, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz / Basel (upcoming September)
Time, Trade, Travel, curated by Jelle Bouwhuis, Kerstin Winking, Odile Tevie, Kofi Setordji, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam (upcoming August)
Simultan, curated by Bettina Klein, CEAAC, Strasbourg
Rearview Mirror, curated by Christopher Eamon, Art Gallery of Alberta, Alberta (Cat.)
41st International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam
DLA WAS / FOR YOU, curated by Jaroslaw Lubiak and Maria Morzuch, Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz
2011
Jobbers to the stars, curated by Claire Shallcross, CGP, London
Beyond the Truth, curated by Galit Eilat and Alenka Gregoric, City Art Gallery , Ljubljana
It's Time We Got To Know Each Other, 52nd October Salon, curated by Galit Eilat and Alenka Gregoric, Belgrade
When the Day‘s Loud Voices Do Not Keep Quiet, video screening, curated by Nadia Schneider, Schaulager, Basel
Frieze Film, curated by Sarah McCrory, commissioned by Frieze Foundation, Frieze Art Fair, London
Iron Applause, curated by Lucia Gavulova, Tijana Stepanovic, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava
On not to, Galeria Fernando Santos, Porto
Rearview Mirror, curated by Christopher Eamon, The Power Plant, Toronto
is that true? possibilities of (non-)knowledge, curated by Petra Reichensperger, Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden
Poetic Things That Are Political, screening programme, curated by Miguel Amado, Chiado Museum, Lisbon
255 804 km², Young art from the former Yugoslavia, curated by Alenka Gregoric and Mateja Podlesnik, Hilger Brot Kunsthalle Vienna, Vienna
Seeing the Capital, Perla-Mode, curated by Jeanne Gillard, Nicolas Rivet and Laurence Schmidlin, Zurich
Prix de Rome, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam
The Curious Case of Ifs and Whens, 10 years of Dimitrije Basicevis Award, curated by Radmila Joksimovic, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
How to Work, screening programme, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
11th Go-East Filmfestival; Spoken Words and Misheard Lyrics, video screening curated by Katrin Mundt, Wiesbaden
2010
Memoria, CRAC, Centre Régional d’art Contemporain, Sète, France
Il Ventre di Napoli, curated by Patricia Pulles, Fondazione Morra / Palazzo delle Sperimentazioni, Naples
There Has Been No Future, There Will Be No Past, curated by Sandrine Canac and Marco Antonini, ISCP, New York
Fremd, curated by Corinna Bimboese and Heike Sütter, ATELIERFRANKFURT, Frankfurt am Main
FAQ Serbia, curated by Branislav Dimitrijevic& Andreas Stadler, ACF-Austrian Cultural Forum, New York
For the Birds, curated by Hilde de Bruijn, Site Gallery, Sheffield
VoTh, curated by Alisa Prudnikova, Kseniya Fedorova, Marjan Teeuwen, NCCA, National Centre for Contemporary Art, Ekaterinburg, Russia
>50% image, video screening, Netherlands Media Art Institute Montevideo, Amsterdam
Indefinite Destinations, curated by Vessela Nozharova and Oyku Ozsoy, The Red House, Sofia, Bulgaria
Remote viewing. The best of LOOP, curated by Paul Young, Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona
For the Birds, at SMART Project Space, curated by Hilde de Bruijn, Amsterdam
Art Sheffield 2010: Life-A User’s Manual, curated by Frederique Bergoltz and Annie Fletcher, Sheffield
Vital Signs, Courtisane Festival, screening curated by Stoffel Debuysere and María Palacios Cruz, Gent
Second Scénario, la Box, curated by Céline Poulin and Gregory Castera, Bourges, France
Searching Songs, curated by Keiko Okamura, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
Try different keywords, curated by Glòria Pou, Galeria Estrany-de la Mota, Barcelona
Let’s Talk about Nationalism! Between Ideology and Identity, curated by Rael Artel, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn
39th International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Esemplasticism: The Truth is a Compromise, TAG, The Hague & CTM (Club Transmediale), Berlin
Almost there, curated by Minna Rainio, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Regis Center of Art, Minneapolis
Lecture Performance, curated by Jelena Vesic, Kathrin Jentjens, Radmila Joksimovic, Anja Nathan-Dorn, CZKD, Belgrade
Indefinite Destinations, curated by Vessela Nozharova and Öykü Özsoy, DEPO, Istanbul
2009
Morality. Act II: From Love to Legal, curated by Juan Gaitan and Nicolaus Schafhausen, Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
Сучаснае галандскае мастацтва, video screening curated by Magdalena Ziolkowska at YGallery, Minsk
Never Dance Alone, curated by Pascale Pronnier, Le Fresnoy
Posao, Obitelj, Skola, curated by WHW, Galerija Nova, Zagreb
move,., Werkleitz Gesellschaft e.v., Halle
The 50th October Salon Circumstance, curated by Branislava Andjelkovic, Belgrade
After All, Everything Is Different In The End, curated by Jens Maier-Rothe, HISK, Gent (Cat.)
29th Graphic biennial, curated by Alenka Gregori, Skuc Gallery, Ljubljana (Cat.)
To be Heard is to be Seen, curated by Tone Hansen, Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden
Voice weekend, initiated by Myriam Van Imschoot, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
The Uncertainty Principle / How fast does an idea travel?, curated by Chus Martinez and WHW, MACBA, Barcelona
Resonant Voices Bodies Memories, video screening curated by Anke Bangma, Lina Issa, Deirdre Donoghue, Katarina Zdjelar, Etablissement d’en Face, Brussels & Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam
Keep it to yourself, curated by Ann Demeester, video screening as a part of book launch of F.R David, De Appel, Amsterdam
Soft Manipulation or Who is afraid of the new now?, curated by Zoran Eric, Enrico Lunghi, Maria Lind, Foundation 3,14, Bergen
VIDEOS EUROPA, curated by Pascale Pronnier, Studio national des arts contemporains, Le Fresnoy, Lille
Expanded Box, curated by Carolina Grau, ARCO 09, Madrid
Happy together. Critical reflections on collective identities, curated by Minna L.Henriksson and Mika Hannula, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn
2008
Soft Manipulation or Who is afraid of the new now?, curated by Zoran Eric, Enrico Lunghi, Maria Lind, Casino Luxembourg
Between a Rock and a Hard Place, video screening curated by WHW, Rawabet Theater, Kairo
The Right To Stay For All, Human Rights Film Festival, Vienna
LOOP at Art Forum, curated by Sabrina Van der Ley, Art Forum, Berlin
Subjective Events, Sometimes Recorded, curated by Elena Sorokina, Art Laboratory Berlin
The Right To Stay For All, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Dobre, hrabre, slavne, video screening organized by Sanja Ivekovic, Privremena zenska Mjesna Zajednica ELEKTRA, Zagreb
49th October Salon, Artist-Citizen. Contextual Art Practices, curated by Bojana Pejic, Belgrade
TINA B., The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, FORMS OF ENGAGEMENT, curated by Blanca de la Torre, Prague
It is raining outside but I don’t believe that it is, curated by Ana Nikitovic, Banja Luka, SPAPORT Annual International Exhibition, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Le musee des recontres, curated by Alexandra Fau, Galerie Cortex Athletico, Bordeaux
Young Visual Artists Award Exhibition, Magacin, Belgrade
Towards a Future Present, curated by Taru Elfving and Rickard Borgstrom, LIAF 08, Lofoten
The Promised Land, curated by Blanca de la Torre, CAM, The Chelsea Art Museum, New York
Visibility Works, curated by Eszter Lazar, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest
2007
If I can’t dance I don’t want to be part of your revolution, curated by Annie Fletcher and Frederique Bergholtz, Antwerp, MuHKA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerpen
The nature of evil, curated by Aura Seikkula, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
PARALLAX- A View from a Different Angle, New Visual Tendencies Festival, curated by Maja Ciric, Belgrade
Boeren meisjes, curated by Maaike Gouwenberg, Centum Beldende Kunst, Amsterdam
Open Studio, ISCP, New York
Wolkom in it Heitelan, curated by Wouter Osterholt en Elke Uitentuis, Fries Museum, Buro Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden
Mangelos Award exhibition, Kontekst Gallery, Belgrade
Audio Lab, curated by Tobias C. van Veen, SAT Gallery, Oklahoma City, CA
52nd International Venice Biennale, video program curated by Edi Muka, Venice
Centrifugal, curated by Minna L. Hendrikson, SC, Zagreb
Everything we want to know but didn’t dare to ask, TICA, Tirana Institute for Contemporary Art, Tirana
Tijdelijk Museum, curated by Hilde de Bruin, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam
Paranoia curated by Predrag Pajdic, Freud Museum, London
2006
Beauty Unrealized, curated by Angela Serino, PSWAR, Amsterdam
Upgrade!, AudioLab, Montreal, curated by Tobias van Veen, IAO Gallery, CA
Wherein certain persons…, TENT., Center for Visual Art, Rotterdam
The Peekskill Project, Peekiskill, curated by Blanca de la Torre García, HVCCA, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, New York
Paranoia, curated by Predrag Pajdic, Focal Point Gallery, Southend and Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds
2005
Radiodays, curated by CTP 05, De Appel, Centre for Contemporary Art, Amsterdam
Belgrade in the Past and Present Belgrade, curated by Marko Stamenkovic, Prodajna galerija Belgrade
How to send a message, Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam
Relocated identities I. Overexposure, curated by Eva Fotiagi and Tamuna Chabasvili, PSWAR, Amsterdam
Think performance, by TKH, Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade
Round trip, Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Rotterdam
RESIDENCIES
2010/11
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten/Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Amsterdam
2008
VIVID, Birmingham
2007
ISCP, International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York
Platform Garanti Centre for Contemporary Art, Istanbul
TICA, Tirana Institute for Contemporary Art, Tirana, Albania
GRANTS / AWARDS / NOMINATIONS
2011
C.O.C.A commission, Rotterdam (winner)
2010
Prix de Rome , Amsterdam (nominée)
Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife: Best Sound and the Pernambuco Filmmakers Association Award, BR (winner)
2009
The 50th October Salon Award, Belgrade (winner)
FONDS BKVB, Project grant
FONDS BKVB, Startstipendium
DKC, Research Grant, Rotterdam
2007
De Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs 2007, nominated by Annie Fletcher, Amsterdam
B.M.W. Award 2007, nominated by Maaike Gouwenberg, CBK Zuid Oost, Amsterdam
Dimitrije Banisevic Mangelos Award, Belgrade, Serbia
2006
Promotieprijs Award for the advancement of practice, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2005
Nuffic, The Netherlands State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science, The Netherlands
Fond for Young Talents, Serbian Ministry of Education, Serbia
Felix Meritis Foundation, Mitra scholarship, the Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture & Science, The Netherlands
2004
Aleksandar Tomasevic Award, University of Arts Belgrade
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
MACBA, Barcelona
Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz
Museum Of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
LECTURES / PRESENTATIONS / SYMPOSIUMS / SEMINARS
2012 Rietveld Academy, tutor photography department, Amsterdam
2011 Art Rotterdam 2012, C.o.C.A Commission, TENT, Rotterdam
2011 Rietveld Academy, tutor photography department, Amsterdam
2011 MA Artistic Research, guest lecturer, Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague
2010 Waiting for the political moment, seminar, BAK Utrecht, Wolphaert project spaces Rotterdam
2010 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
2010 Mentor at the kiss – Kultur in Schule und Studium Die Siemens Stiftung, Hamburg
2009 Public presentation and talk-Mladen Dolar and Katarina Zdjelar, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana
2009 Lecture as a part of APENT FORUM, Art Academy Oslo
2009 Voice day, Jan van Eyck Academie, initiated by Myriam Van Imschoot, Maastricht
2008 Public lecture at PAN Museum, as a part of Il Ventre di Napoli project, curated by Patricia Pulles, Naples
2008 Public lecture as a part of MONTE VERITA 1 program, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
2008 Hungarian University of Fine Arts, workshop, Budapest
2007 ISCP, International Studio and Curatorial Program, presentation, New York
2007 If I can’t dance I don’t want to be your revolution, symposium, De Balie, Amsterdam
2007 You can’t judge a book by its cover, symposium, CASCO, Utrecht
2007 Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
2007 Kontekst Gallery,Belgrade
2007 HGKZ, Zurich Art School, Zurich
2007 Platform Garanti Centre for Contemporary Art, Istanbul
PLATFORMS AND CURATED SCREENING PROGRAMS
2010 Waiting for the political moment, curated the artists program, Rotterdam
2010 Parapoetics, screening program, TENT., Rotterdam
2009 Resonant Voices Bodies Memories, screening program co-curated with Anke Bangma, Deirdre M. Donoghue and Lina Issa, Piet Zwart Institute Rotterdam, NL and Etablissement d’en Face, Brussels
2007 Guide of the reading group On voice in cinema and visual art, W139, Amsterdam
2006 TENT., Center for Visual Art, Being here two, film/video program curated by Katarina Zdjelar, Rotterdam
2005-6 Pink Duck, co-initiator of a reading group at WDW, Centre for Contemporary Art and TENT., Centre for Visual Arts, Rotterdam, with Renee Ridgway, Thomas Michelon, Siebe Tetero, Bart van der Heide and Simon Ferdinando;
2005-7 Workin’ Progress.Open Call for a Closed Meeting, series of discussions initiated by Katarina Zdjelar at Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam; Platform Garanti Centre for Contemporary Art, Istanbul; Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2010 Deserters Heartland, with Jan Verwoert, CZKD Belgrade
2007 India Song, CASCO, Office for Art, Theory and Design & Huis en Festival a/d Werf, India Song, Utrecht
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012
20+ Years Witte de With, edited by Zoë Gray,
Nicolaus Schafhausen, Monika Szewczyk, Witte de With Publishers, Rotterdam
Simultan, edited by Bettina Klein, CEAAC, Strasbourg
2011
Rearview Mirror, editor Christopher Eamon, The Power Plant, Art Gallery of Alberta
Your center is my periphery: Lost in translation, edited by Rael Artel, PP Publications
Katarina Zdjelar-Stepping In-Out, Celje, edited by Maja Hodiscek, Centre for Contemporary Art, Celje
52nd October Salon, edited by Galit Eliat and Alenka Gregoric, KCB Belgrade
Michael Höpfner & Katarina Zdjelar, edited by Luigi Fassi, ar/ge kunst Galerie Museum, Mousse Publishing
2010
Katarina Zdjelar: Parapoetics, Reader edited by Katarina Zdjelar and Mariette Dölle, published by TENT., Rotterdam
NCCA, National Centre for Contemporary Art, VoTh, Ekaterinburg
CRAC, Centre Régional d’art Contemporain, Memoria, Sete
Searching Songs, edited by Keiko Okamura, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
2009
Annual Catalogue of the Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade, edited by Dejan Sretenovic, MSUB Belgrade
But if you take my voice, what will be left to me?, Serban Pavilion at the 53rd Venice Bienial, edited by Katarina Zdjelar and Anke Bangma, published by Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
50th October Salon Circumstance, edited by Branislava Andjelkovic, KCB Belgrade
After All, Everything Is Different In The End, edited by Jens Maier-Rothe, HISK, Gent
29th Graphic biennial, Ljubljana
To be Heard is to be Seen, edited by Tone Hansen, Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden, NO
Soft Manipulation or Who is afraid of the new now?, edited by Zoran Eric, Enrico Lunghi, Maria Lind, Foundation 3,14, Bergen and Casino Luxemburg
2008
49th October Salon, Artist-Citizen. Contextual Art Practices, edited by Bojana Pejic, KCB Belgrade
TINA B., The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, FORMS OF ENGAGEMENT, edited by Blanca de la Torre, Prague
It is raining outside but I don’t believe that it is, edited by Ana Nikitovic, Banja Luka, SPAPORT Annual International Exhibition, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Visibility Works, edited by Eszter Lazar, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest
PRESS / REVIEWS
2012
VUE Weekly, Rearview mirror, by Calolyn Jervis, Issue #853
2011
ARTMargins, Rearview mirror: New Art from Central And Eastrn Europe by Milena Tomc, 24 August
The Star, The Power Plant: Art from the ruins of the Soviet Bloc, by Murray Whyte, July 14
Metropolis M, Serbia: Frequently Asked Questions, review by Melissa Potter, N° 1-2011
2010
Tubelight, Katarina Zdjelar, text by Alexander Mayhew, November 26, 2010
MAP magazine, Emerging: Katarina Zdjelar, text by Aoife Rosenmeyer, issue #23, Autumn 2010
Artforum, review by Dominikus Müller, October 2010
SuccoAcido.net, Interview by Costanza Meli, 31/07/2010, http://www.succoacido.net/showarticle.asp?id=813
Frieze, review by Esperanza Rosales, April 2010
Frieze, Art Sheffield 2010, by Colin Perry, April 2010
Metropolis M, Lichaam en Taal: Katarina Zdjelar, review by Thomas van Lier, January 2010
2009
Kunstbeeld, Katarina Zdjelar, by Anna van Leeuwen, December 2009/January 2010
Artpulse magazine, WdW Rotterdam: Morality 1&II, text by Caridad Botella, November 29, 2009
NRC, Zdjelar vangt de doodgewone menselijkheid, by Hans den Hartog Jager, December 29, 2009
Tubelight, Katarina Zdjelar, text by Alexander Mayhew, 06.11.2009
Accented expression, The kitchen Van Abbemuseum, by Clare Butcher, October 12, 2009
Artscape Japan, 15.06.2009
NY Times, Small World Crammed on Biennale's Grand Stage, by Michael Kimmelman, June 10, 2009
Metropolis M, Serbian pavilion: Katarina Zdjelar, Christel Vesters, June/July 2009
2008
Remont Art Files, katarina Zdjelar/Mangelos Award, by Maja Ciric, issue #1
2007
De Volkskrant, Say Gh, Say Ch by Rutger Pontzen, De Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs 2007. November 22, 2007
2006
Metropolis M, Scouting: Katarina Zdjelar, by Patricia Pulles, August/September 2006