IRIS LOBAŠ KUKAVIČIĆ
- Born on June 19, 1976 in Dubrovnik, Croatia
- Employed as assistant professor at the University of Dubrovnik, Art and Restoration Department
EDUCATION HISTORY
- 2016 successfully defended PhD dissertation entitled Sacral painting of Ivo Dulčić at the Academy of Fine Arts of the University of Mostar, under the mentorship of academic painter and full professor Anto Kajinić
- 2008 received a master’s degree at the Academy of Fine Arts of the University of Mostar, post-graduate study Ars sacra, under the tutelage of full professor and academic painter Anto Kajinić
- 2001 graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of the University of Zagreb, undergraduate studies of Art Education, under the tutelage of full professor and academic painter Miro Vuco
PUBLIC SCULPTURES
- 2017 GAME AND GAMES, international terminal C, Dubrovnik Airport
- 2014 THE SITTING FIGURE, the Hartmann administrative building, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2002 A GROUP OF SCULPTURES, Hartmann-Bilokalnik factory surroundings, Koprivnica
- 2001 THE DANCER, Jarun lake (club Aquarius), Zagreb
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2022 WHERE DO WE COME FROM? WHAT ARE WE? WHERE ARE WE GOING?, Šibenik City museum, Šibenik
- 2022 WHERE DO WE COME FROM? WHAT ARE WE? WHERE ARE WE GOING?, Knin Museum, Knin
- 2022 WHERE DO WE COME FROM? WHAT ARE WE? WHERE ARE WE GOING?, Art pavilion in Zagreb, Zagreb
- 2021 WHERE DO WE COME FROM?, WHAT ARE WE?, WHERE ARE WE GOING?, Museum of Modern Art, City of Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik Tourist Board, Pile gate Dubrovnik
- 2017 TEN ENCOUNTERS, DMP gallery, Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik
- 2017 A CONVINCING EXPRESSION AND TESTIMONY, “Slavko Kopač“ gallery, Vinkovci Municipal Museum, Vinkovci
- 2016 A STROLL AROUND DUBROVNIK, GKS gallery, Metković
- 2016 A PhD dissertation show, FAA gallery Široki Brijeg, Široki Brijeg
- 2010 ARS SACRA, Gallery of the Monastery of Our Lady of Health, Split
- 2010 A STROLL AROUND DUBROVNIK, Gallery Sebastian, Dubrovnik
- 2010 BIG BLUE, Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo
- 2010 BIG BLUE, The Franciscan gallery, Široki Brijeg
- 2008 ARS SACRA, The Franciscan gallery (master degree show), Široki Brijeg
- 2008 BIG BLUE, Palace Sponza, Dubrovnik
- 2007 BIG BLUE, Koprivnica city gallery, Koprivnica
- 2006 ACI marina Korčula gallery, Korčula
- 2006 The gallery of Orebić maritime museum, Orebić
- 2005 Gallery LERO, Dubrovnik
- 2004 GAME, Gallery VN, Zagreb
- 2004 GAME AND GAMES, Croatian Heritage Foundation gallery, Metković
- 2004 THE DUBROVNIK PUZZLE, Art Gallery Klarisa, Dubrovnik
- 2003 IRIS LOBAŠ: MUSICAL, Art Gallery Klarisa, Dubrovnik
- 2002 GAME AND GAMES, Gallery Ranjina, Dubrovnik
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2022 PERFORMANCES OF IDENTITY IN DIGITAL CULTURE, international interdisciplinary symposium, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
- 2022 THE 1st INTERNATIONAL TRIENNIAL OF PORTRAIT IN KNIN, Knin Museum, Knin
- 2022 ART PARK KOMARDA, House of Marin Držić Dubrovnik, Ston
- 2022 MEETING, Sponza palace, Dubrovnik
- 2022 IN THE FRAME OF FREEDOM, Dubrovnik Libraries, Dubrovnik
- 2021 INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE EXHIBITION, Dubrovnik Libraries, Dubrovnik
- 2021 ART PARK KOMARDA, House of Marin Držić Dubrovnik, Ston
- 2017 CHRISTMAS JOY, Franciscan gallery, Široki Brijeg
- 2017 DUBROVNIK ARTISTIC MOMENT 3, Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik
- 2016 The Christmas light, Old Town Hall, Split
- 2016 St. Dominic in contemporary art, Dominican monastery, Dubrovnik
- 2016 12 artists and Saint Blaise, Marin Držić Theatre , Dubrovnik
- 2015 We to you as you to us, visual artists about Marin Držić, House of Marin Držić, Dubrovnik
- 2014 St. Blaise in contemporary art, Sebastian Gallery, Dubrovnik
- 2012 St. Blaise in the past and the present, Rector’s palace, Dubrovnik
- 2011 Pope John Paul II – in the eye of Dubrovnik artists, Dubrovnik
- 2011 Dubrovnik Artists Fundraising Exhibition, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, USA
- 2010 Biennale “THE MEDITERRANEAN 2010“, Milesi palace, Split
- 2010 SUB DOCUMENTA, Skenderija, Sarajevo
- 2008 DUBROVNIK ARTISTIC MOMENT 2, Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik
- 2008 Ars Sacra, Gallery of Vinkovci Academy of Fine Arts, Vinkovci
- 2008 Marin Držić in the works of academic painters, Convent of St. Claire, Dubrovnik
- 2007 The private and the public ( award winning work “Ants”), Široki Brijeg
- 2007 EASTER, Sponza palace, Dubrovnik
- 2006 Dubrovnik and the sea 2006, University of Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik
- 2005 NECKTIES, Dubrovnik house, Dubrovnik
- 2005 NECKTIES, Mala gallery, Zagreb
- 2005 NECKTIES, Vinkovci Municipal Museum, Vinkovci
- 2006 NECKTIES, City lodge, Zadar
- 2005 HOMMAGE TO SALVADOR DALI, FER gallery, Zagreb
- 2004 DUBROVNIK ARTISTIC MOMENT, Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik
- 2004 PROJECT 01, 02, 03, Močvara gallery, Zagreb
- 2003 ALILOVCI 2003, City Museum Požega, Požega
- 2002 SYRUP OF LIFE , Močvara gallery, Zagreb
- 2002 HARTMANN- BILOKALNIK, Podravska bank, Koprivnica
- 2002 NEW FRAGMENTS, SC gallery, Zagreb
- 2001 ZDERZENIA, The International Festival of Theatre and Visual Arts, Tczew, Poland
- 2001 SELF-PORTRAIT, AquariusNet caffe, Zagreb
- 2001 Urban festival, Zagreb
- 2001 CROSSROAD, Art pavilion, Zagreb
- 2001 PASSIONIC HERITAGE, Mimara Museum, Zagreb
- 1999 BECAUSE I AM SAND, TIME AND OPEN HAND PALM DROP, passionic heritage, Gallery Zvonimir, Zagreb
- 1999 3rd festival of the University of Zagreb, exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts (AFA) students, SC gallery, Zagreb
- 1998 SAMOBOR AFA VUKOVAR, Vukovar Municipal Museum, Vukovar
- 1998 I AM JOYFUL WHILE I SUFFER FOR YOU... passionic heritage, Klovićevi Dvori gallery, Zagreb
- 1997 Exhibition of AFA students, art colony Samobor barracks, Gallery Samobor, Samobor