Ivan Fijolic, INRI Off Show, 2007 (courtesy of Filip TradeCollection)
Ivan Fijolic (1976, Zagreb, Croatia) has graduated from the Sculpture Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Art Education Department. His works have been presented at all the mayor selections of contemporary Croatian art or sculpture and his public sculptures are erected in Fundacija Batta, Zlin, Czech Republic, Sculpture Park, Vrsar, Croatia and Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia.

Ines Krasic, Super Hero Cycle: Super Andrew, 2007; Mammoth, 2007
Ines Krasic (1969, Mostar, BIH) has graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Art Education Department in 1993. In 1995 Krasic has commenced her teaching position at the Academy of Fine Arts and since 2006 she holds a position of lecturer. In 2001 Krasic enrolled in the Post Graduate Studies at the Sculpture and New Media Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her works have been presented at all the mayor selections of contemporary Croatian art in home or abroad. In 2000 Krasic won Grand Prix of the Triennial of Croatian Sculpture and in 2006 she has been awarded at 36th Zagreb Salon. She lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia.

Sinisa Labrovic, Performances from the Phrases Series: Artist Grazing Grass, 2007, Toe Licking, 2007
Sini1a Labrovic (1965, Sinj, Croatia) has graduated Croatian Language and literature from the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb in 1997. Labrovic works as a part time professor, publishes poetry and essays and has established himself as a provocative performer throughout regional contemporary art scene. He lives and works in Sinj, Croatia.

Kristina Leko, Proves That Every Person Is an Artist / Proof no 4, 2006/7
Kristina Leko (1966, Zagreb, Croatia) has graduated in 1990 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. From 1990 to 1995 she has studied philosophy and Indology at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Zagreb and subsequently has finished a course in visual arts at the Joseph Kosuth Ratti Foundation in Como, Italy. During 1999 – 2001 period she has been a guest lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb and in 2004 she has enrolled in the postgraduate studies of the University of Berlin. Kristina Leko has exhibited in mayor exhibitions in Croatia and abroad and in 2004 has been awarded with Future of Europe Award in Leipzig and Josip Racic Award. She lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia.

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Sabina Salamon (1971 Rijeka, Croatia) studied philosophy and art history at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana. In 1995 she became a member of the Club of the Young Artists of Rijeka which represented a visual art scene in Rijeka. During 1997/98 she was working in Dante Marino Cettina Gallery in Umag (Croatia). Till 2000 she has broadcasted reviews on contemporary art on Radio ©tudent. In 2000 Sabina Salamon worked as a coordinator of HEXPO, a festival for self-organizing forms and digital platform in Slovenia. In 2001 she collaborated with Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka at the occasion of 15th International Exhibition of Drawing and worked as a secretary in Croatian Association of Visual Artists Rijeka. Since 2002 she's been a director of Mediterranean Sculpture Symposium (Dubrova-Labin) and of Labin City Gallery. She is a permanent guest art critic for Kontura art magazine.

 

Elisabetta Benassi, The Dark Horse of the Festival Year, 2006 (courtesy of Magazzino d'Arte Moderna)
Elisabetta Benassi (1966, Rome, Italy) has exhibited her video works at numerous solo and group exhibitions curated by some of the most famous international curators such as Ami Barak, Dan Cameron, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Hou Hanrou, Cornelia Lauf, Gianfranco Maraniello, Achille Bonito Oliva, Heinz Peter Schwerfel, and others. She lives and works in Rome.

Fabio Mauri, Machine to Pierce Watercolours, 1990 (2007 revision)
Fabio Mauri is one of the prominent figures of the Italian avant-garde eversince 1954. For twenty years Mauri has lectured Aesthetics at the Academy of Fine Arts of L’Aquila. He was invited to participate on Venice Biennial in 1954, 1974, 1978, 1993 and 2003.. His experimental art is continuously presented at the international exhibitions. Mauri’s three grand retrospectives were held in the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome (1994), Klagenfurt Kunsthalle (1997) and Le Fresnoy, Lille (2003). He has exhibited at the numerous solo exhibitions throughout the world since 1954 and has presented 700 meters long installation “Inverosimile” at the grande mostra di emergenze in Milano. He lives and works in Rome.

Antonio Riello, Walk of Fame, 2007
Antonio Riello (1958, San Marino) graduated chemistry and pharmaceutical technology in Padua. In 1997 he realised the first European art work in a form of a video game entitled “Italiani brava gente”. Riello exhibits at the numerous solo and group shows throughout Europe and USA since 1997. He lives and works in
Marostica and Milano.

Paolo Ravalico Scerri, Bubbles Man, 2007
Paolo Ravalico Scerri (1965, Trieste, Italy) graduated Arts from the University of Bologna, Graduate School for the Humanities - D.A.M.S. His video works and video installations have been exhibited internationally at the numerous solo and group exhibitions since 1994. He lives and works in Trieste.

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Vittorio Urbani (1954, Ferrara, Italy) in 1993 has founded “Nuova Icona, Associazione Culturale per le Arti”, a non-profit art organization of Venice, Italy, dedicated to the new art production, which he since directs. As a director/curator of “Nuova Icona” or by the invitation of the international galleries and institutions Urbani has personally curated or co-curated 180 exhibitions of contemporary visual art, edited or co-edited 80 catalogues, organised and participated in the numerous symposia and round table discussions on contemporary art discourse and acted as manager for the Venice Biennial national pavilions (Ireland 1995 – 2005; Turkey 2001, 2005; Scotland 2003; Wales 2003, 2005; India 2005; Finland 2005) and consultant for the Turkey and USA in 2003. He has been invited as a visiting curator to Vancouver (Canada) in 1999; to Istanbul (Turkey) in 2000; to Baku (Azerbaijan), Cardiff (UK) and Rotterdam (Netherlands) in 2004. Urbani has been nominated Selector (judge) for the art prize "Perspectives", Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast in 2004 and invited asco-Selector in the Committee of the Kyoto Prize Commission in 2006. He lives and works in Venice, Italy.

 

Gábor Bakos & Weber Imre, Desire, 1999 - 2003 (partly courtesy of Collection of Zsolt Somlói andKatalin Spengler)
Gábor Bakos (1969, Budapest) has graduated graphics, painting and intermedia studies from  the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest in 1994. He is awarded with ELIA Award (1991), József Eötvös Scholarship Award (1993), Derkovits Scholarship Award (1999-2001). Bakos is a part-time lecturer at Intermedia Department at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts and was a founding member of  @Z© in 2000. He exhibits in Hungary and abroad since 1991, and lives and works in Budapest.
Weber Imre (1959, Hungary) has graduated painting (1986) and completed postgraduate studies (1987) at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest. He has been awarded with Budapest Municipal Council Scholarship (1989, Vienna), Derkovits Scholarship Award (1990-93), Scholarship Award of the Hungarian Academy in Rome (1993), Budapest Municipal Council Scholarship (1998, Munich). Weber has been exhibiting internationally, at solo and group exhibitions since 1989. He lives and works in Budapest and Villány.

Emese Benczúr, Be touched, 2003
Emese Benczúr (1966, Budapest, Hungary) graduated from the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in 1996. Benczúr has presented her sculptures and installations at numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout Europe since 1996. She was awarded with Artslink/APEX art studio program (1999), Klára Herczeg Award (2002), Derkovits Scholarship Award (2003), Smohay Award (2004), Prix Evelyne Encelot (2005), Munkácsy Award (2006). She lives and works in Budapest.

Double-tailed Dog Party, The situation is hopeless, but stable, 2006 -2007
The Hungarian Double-tailed Dog Party (MKKP) was founded at he occasion of  2006 parliament elections in Szeged, Hungary. The actual name  refers to the aim of consciously hacking the electioneering process. The Party gained immediate public attention due to their massive campaign. MKKP is an obvious intellectual product, and does not function as a real political party. It is organized on the level of the civil community. Nevertheless MKKP actively participated in the electioneering and became very popular with its stickers, stencils, posters and slogans, which were parodying the empty promises of the real political parties. www.mkkp.hu

Hajnal Németh / István Majoros, MC Monument, 2003 (courtesy of Antal-Lusztig Collection. From the deposited material of MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Art)
Hajnal Németh (1972, Szony, Hungary) has studied at Institution of Photography no. 320, Szekesfehervar (1991-93) and the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Intermedia Department, Budapest, 1995-2000. She has been granted with Duende Studiohouse, Rotterdam (2001) and Künstlerhaus Bethanien, International Studio Programme, Berlin (2002) scholarships. Since 1997 her works have been presented at numerous solo and group exhibitions in Hungary, and  at institutions such as IFA Gallery (Berlin), Ludwig Museum (Budapest), Moderna Museet (Stockholm), 1. Vienna Biennial, Martin-Gropius-Bau (Berlin), Society Renaissance, (Chicago), Tate Modern (London), TENT (Rotterdam), Kunst-Werke (Berlin), Mucsarnok (Budapest), Zamek Ujazdowski (Warsaw) and others. She lives and works in Berlin.

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Rita Kálmán (1975, Budapest, Hungary) has graduated art history from the University of Vienna in 2001; completed art and culture project management and financing training in 2000 – 2001 and earned postgraduate degree (MAS) at Institut für Kulturmanagement und Kulturwissenschaft, Vienna. Between 2003 - 2006 she acted as the executive manager of the Studio of Young Artists´ Association (SYAA). Between 2005 - 2007 she has been coordinator and curator of the MapXXL international artist-in-residence program for Hungary. 2006 she initiated and runs Impex - Contemporary Art Provider. Kálmán is involved with curatorial and organizational aspects of the various contemporary art projects since 2003.

 

Alenka Pirman, Untitled, 2007
Alenka Pirman (1964, Ljubljana, Slovenia) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. During the 1990s her work was related to the three imaginary institutions – SK8 Museum (1991-1993), RIGUSRS - Research Institute for Geo Art Statistics of the Republic of Slovenia (1997, with Vuk Cosic and Irena Woelle), and Domestic Research Institute (1994-1998). Later on she collaborated with various artistic collectives / platforms (e.g. Luther Blissett, 01.org, and The Bughouse). She is a founding member of the Domestic Research Society, established in Ljubljana in 2004. She lives and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Tomaz Tomazin, Slovene Artists in Space, 2007
Tomaz Tomazin  (1971, Ljubljana, Slovenia) is a sculptor and multimedia artist. In 2000 he graduated from the Sculpture department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana and in 2004 completed the Academy’s postgraduate studies in sculpture and new media. Tomazin has exhibited at numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout Europe and USA since 1997, and participated in International Style at Pulman Court in London, UK (2005) and International AIR: Gastatelier, Hamburg, Germany (2007) residency. In 1999 Tomazin received Student National Award France Pre1ern for sculpture. Lives and works in Skofja Loka, Slovenia.

Mark Pozlep, The Final Battle, 2007
Mark Pozlep (1981, Celje, Slovenia) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana in 2006. Since 2003 Pozlep has exhibited installations, video, paintings and graffiti throughout Europe and has participated in Flaxart Studios residency in Belfast (2005) and Cité Internationale Universitaire in Paris (2006). He was awarded with 2nd Essl Award (2005) and Award for Exeptional Artistic Achievements of the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana (2006). He lives and works in Ljubljana and Celje, Slovenia.

Zupancic::Zivadinov / Tursic, Planit::Syntapiens, 2007
Dragan Zivadinov and Dunja Zupancic are authors and founding members of the globally famous multidisciplinary and multimedia project Mehatroon Noordung 1995 – 2045 that aims to establish a new theatre, cultural and existential paradigm. In 1995 Zivadinov dedicated himself to telecosmism, telelogy, and the 50-year projectile, Noordung, named after the Slovene space scientist Herman Potocnik Noordung (1892 - 1929) who wrote the book The Problems of Space Travel. The first show One Versus One opened on 20 April 1995, with restaging taking place every 10 years, the first one being on 20 April 2005. The show will play until 20 April 2045. The place of those actors who die in the meantime will be taken by a mechanical symbol, their spoken text represented by sounds (melody for women, rhythm for men.) In 2045 these symbols will be shot into zero gravity space in a capsule. This action is intended to finally abolish the mimetic theatre and establish the rule of non-corporeal art.

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Nevenka Sivavec (1963, Celje, Slovenia) studied comparative literature and history of art at the University in Ljubljana, Slovenia and in 1998 received ArtsLink grant for The School of Contemporary Art Chicago (curatorial studies). Since 1995 she has been working as a visual arts curator at the Centre for Contemporary art in Celje, where she developed an artist - in - residence programme in 2004. She is a co–editor of art Magazine Likovne besede/Artwords since 2004. Currently she works as a menthor of the curatorial course World of Art at SCCA –Center for Contemporary Art Ljubljana. She curated and co-curated numerous solo and group shows (e.g.Fifth Gospel (with Irena Cercnik), Galerija sodobne umetnosti Celje, 2005, Belfast, City as process, Likovni salon Celje 2004, The Town of Celje, Phantasms of the eighties Likovni salon Celje 2002, Male, 2001 (with Irena Cercnik) Galerija sodobne umetnosti Celje, Unusual Pairs, series of exhibitions, Likovni salon Celje 2000 –2003,The Town of Celje – the alternative of seventies. Likovni salon Celje 1999 ( with Irena Cercnik), Art from the Rucksack, Celje – Limerick – Belfast,  1999, For your eyes only, Centre for Contemporary Art  Ujazdowski, Warsow, 1996. She published numerous texts on contemporary arts in exhibition catalogues and art magazines.