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Za mene je umjetnost čin slobode kojim izražavam osobno, kao i kolektivno, iskustvo, sjećanje i vizije služeći se pri tome likovnim jezikom: skulpturom, slikarstvom, instalacijama i performansom.
U mojim umjetničkim projektima, razgovorima i radionicama česta tema su migracije, komunikacija i pitanja osobnog i kulturnog identiteta. Autentična umjetnost ostavlja snažan trag u osobnom i društvenom životu. Umjetnost je jedinstveni doživljaj koji dovodi do promjene percepcije. Moj je cilj tu promjenu učiniti vidljivom.
Kroz umjetnost izražavam svoje autentično biće – svoje emocije, imaginaciju i razmišljanja, kao i vizije društva u kojem želim živjeti. Moja je vizija da svojom kreativnom energijom pridonesem kulturnoj raznolikosti i potaknem druge ljude da i oni izraze svoj kreativni potencijal. Na taj način svatko može sudjelovati u stvaranju tolerantnijeg, otvorenijeg i humanijeg društva kreativnih i odgovornih pojedinaca..
Biografija
Anita Kontrec (rođena 1954. u Zagrebu) preselila se u Köln 1989., neposredno uoči izbijanja rata u Hrvatskoj. Budući da je i sama „umjetnički nomad“, tema migracija, kulturnog identiteta i komunikacije često su prisutne u njezinu umjetničkom radu. Svoju drugu samostalnu izložbu u Kölnu 1992., koju je ostvarila u suradnji s Ludwig Museumom, posvetila je temi izbjeglištva i razaranja kulturne baštine kao dijela ratne strategije. Budući da je stekla akademsko kao i umjetničko obrazovanje, Anita Kontrec često isprepliće umjetnički i znanstveni diskurs. U izražavanju svoje umjetničke vizije ona svoje izložbe i projekte koncipira interdisciplinarno koristeći se pritom različitim medijima i žanrovima likovnog jezika – konceptualnim radovima s tekstom, skulpturom, slikarstvom, instalacijama i performansom. Njezina su vizija i cilj služiti se umjetnošću kao sredstvom komunikacije koje nadilazi ideologije i koje kulturnu raznolikost smatra obogaćenjem ljudskog iskustva, a ne izvorom sukobljavanja
Odabrane samostalne izložbe
2019 – Script and Architecture (with Ivan Meštrović), John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago
2018 – Healing Houses, Laval Nugent Gallery, Zagreb
2017 – Project HOUSES AND DREAMS (Personal and Group Exhibitions):Personal Structures, Palazzo Mora Venice / 57. Biennale Venezia, Italy
Forum Tomizza, Palazzo Gravisi, Kopar, Slovenia
Dulwich College, London, UK
2016 – Kružni tok/ Kreisverkehr/ Roundabout – Retrospective, Gallery “Prsten” Zagreb, Croatia
2014 – Angels, Art Meneghello, Palmižana, Croatia
Stripes & Dots, Gallery Arthur, Dubrovnik, Croatia
2012 – ArcheFarb, Kunst in Technologie Park, B. Gladbach, Germany
Art Project Be Happy Gallery, Haidakhan, India
2010 – Nevidljiva Ruža / Invisible Rose, Atelijer Meštrović, Zagreb, Croatia
Vremenska linija
2019 – first solo exhibition in USA /”Script and Architecture”, John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago
2017 – returned to Zagreb
2016 – Retrospective exhibition Kružni tok /Kreisverkehr/Roundabout in Gallery “Prsten” / Meštrović Pavilion, Zagreb
From 2000 till today – working with numerous Croatian and European art institutions, museums and galleries
1989 – moved to Cologne and continued her art career in Germany working with some leading museums and art institutions such as Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Ludwig Forum fuer internationale Kunst, Aachen; Frauenmuseum, Bonn
1986 – first solo exhibition “Shapes of Memory” in DDT Gallery, Zagreb
1982 – 1989 – worked on her fire clay sculpture in the brick factory “Zagorka” near Zagreb
1972-1979 – studied literature, sociology and cultural anthropology at the Faculty of Philosophy and attended sculpture classes at Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb
1954 – born in Zagreb, Croatia
Umjetničke rezidencije
2019 – John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago
2018 – John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago
Cité internationale des arts, Paris
2017 – Dulwich College, London
2013 – Spinnerei, Leipzig
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