Petar Dabac

Born in Zagreb, 1942. Graduated at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in Zagreb. Started working in photography in 1960. Worked at studio Atelier Toše Dabca, which he took over after Tošo's death in 1970. Started working as an independent artist from 1966, and has been a member of ULUPUH since 1970.

In the period between 1980 and 1987, he organized approx. 40 photography exhibitions of local and international artists, in the gallery founded as part of Atelier Toše Dabca. Was one of the founders of the photography magazine SPOT in 1972.

Has been teaching photography at the Academy of Visual Arts in Ljubljana since 1990. During the 1960s he created a series of black and white portraits of artists, friends, art scene representatives, which he continued during the next few decades.

During the 1970s he was part of the generation which brought a conceptual approach to photography, created spatial installations, experimented with photocopies and photograms. In 1982, he published a series of photographs The Feeling of Nature Towards the End of the 20th Century (17 photographs), with foreword by Annie Le Brun. During the second half on the 1980s he created a cycle of portraits in color. In 1990, he started a photography journal which has remained a type of work in progress until today.

Solo exhibitions (selection):

• 2009. Pisma Maji (Buffet MK, Pisma Maji, Dvojno vpojno)  - Kula Lotršćak, Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb
• 2008. Nova hrvatska fotografija (s Mare Milin) – Janos Pannonius Museum, Pečuh
• 2007. Neue Fotografie aus Kroatien – Fotohof, Salzburg
• 2006. Džaba si krečio - Kula Lotršćak, Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb
• 2006. Otkrivanja (Nepoznati radovi 1970. – 1972.) - Galelrija Badrov, Zagreb
• 2004. Lieber Pero II – Foto Galerija Lang, Samobor
• 2003. Brojanje do deset - Galerija Bernarda Bernardija, Zagreb
• 1998. Fotografski dnevnici (N.Araki, P.Dabac, S.Furuya, N.Goldin) – Umjetnički paviljon, Zagreb
• 1997. On the road – Galerija prozori, Zagreb
• 1995. Art is over the game goes on – Galerija Spot, Zagreb
• 1994. Segmenti iz projekta Lieber Pero – Fotogalerija ATD, Zagreb
• 1991. Portreti u boji – Galerija Spot, Zagreb
• 1990. Galerija Sebastian, Varaždin
• 1989. Fotoforum Bremen
• 1987. 30 portreta 1959. – 1985. – Fotogalerija Novo Mesto
• 1986. Ganggalerie Retzhof, Leibniz
• 1983. Galerija Ars, Ljubljana
• 1982. Srećna galerija SKC, Beograd
• 1982. Fotogalerija ATD, Zagreb
• 1982. Galerija Pri slonu v gosteh, Novo Mesto
• 1981. Fotogalerie im Forum Stadtpark, Graz
• 1980. Galerija SC, Zagreb

Group exhibitions (selection):

• 2007. Akt u hrvatskoj fotografiji od 1865. do danas – Foto Galerija Lang, Samobor
• 2007. Volimo li gledati druge ljude – Umjetnički paviljon, Zagreb
• 2007. Avangardne tendencije u hrvatskoj umjetnosti – Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb
• 2007. Akt u hrvatskoj fotografiji – Muzej savremene umetnosti Banja Luka, RS
• 2006. Akt u hrvatskoj fotografiji – Mjesec fotografije, Bratislava
• 2005. Preko 7 mora i 7 gora – Umjetnički paviljon, Zagreb
• 2003. Much too much – Umjetnički paviljon, Zagreb
• 2003. Freundschaftsspiel – Camera Austria, Graz
• 2002. Internationale Fotografiebiennale – Amsterdam, Haarlem
• 1998. Domovino, ti si... – Izložbeni salon Izidor Kršnjavi, Zagreb
• 1997. Izložba Lanova – Forum Stadtpark, Graz
• 1996. Međunarodna izložba fotografija – Umjetnički paviljon, Zagreb
• 1996. Hrvatska fotografija – Kulturni centar Ataturk, Ankara
• 1995. Hrvatska fotografija '95. – Umjetnički paviljon, Zagreb
• 1995. City visions – Siemanowice, Poljska
• 1995. Izložba članova Odjela za oblikovanje – Galerija Tivoli, Ljubljana
• 1994. Izložba članova Foruma Stadtpark, Graz
• 1994. City visions – Wroclaw, Krakow, Dubrovnik, Maribor
• 1993. Hrvatska fotografija od 1950-te do danas – MSU, Zagreb
• 1993. Austrijska fotografija – Etnografski muzej, Harkov
• 1992. Zagrebački salon, Zagreb
• 1990. Zagreb '90 – Galerija Spot, Zagreb
• 1989. Zagrebački salon, Zagreb
• 1988. Broadway gallery of Passaic County Community, Paterson, New Jersey