IGOR KUDUZ

Born in Zagreb, 1967. Completed the School of Applied Arts in Zagreb in 1987. Graduated at the Department of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, in 1995.

Mostly uses photography in his work. During the 1990s he used oversized extracts from magazines in photo objects and installations. Lately he’s been using instant photography, and creates series of fetish photography. Exhibited on shows and video festivals in Zagreb, Split, Ljubljana, Clermont-Ferrand, Bonn, Budapest, Berlin, Aachen, Dessau, Tirana, Kairo, Trieste, New York...

Winner of Rector’s award in 1993, and the Small Award by Dante Gallery, at the exhibition New Croatian Art, Modern Gallery.

In 1995 he established a successful studio for visual communications specialized for book and corporate design. He collaborates with a large number of cultural institutions, galleries and museums in exhibitions, and designing publications and visual identities. He cooperates on publishing projects with distinguished international cultural institutions: Museum of Modern Art New York (MoMA); modern photography magazine, Camera Austria, Vienna; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Ludwigsmuseum, Budapest, Goethe-Institut...

In 2007 he set up a curator concept entitled “Do we like to look at other people”, an exhibition of contemporary Croatian photography at the Art Pavilion in  Zagreb, and a retrospective of the painter-graphical artist Ante Kuduz, at Glipoteka, Zagreb, entitled '50'60'70'80'90'00.

In 2008 he enrolled in graduate study of visual communications and typography at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

He’s a member of the Professional Committee at the Croatian Photographers Association.
Lives and works in Zagreb.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

• 2010. Dobrodošli doviđenja, Galerija AŽ, Atelieri Žitnjak, Zagreb
• 2009. Dobrodošli doviđenja, privatni stan Pume 34, Zagreb
  Plakati 2001.- 2009., Izložba o izložbama, Galerija Prozori, Zagreb
• 2008. Fetiš krajolici, Galerija Waldinger, Osijek
  Dobrodošli doviđenja, Galerija Otok, ARL, Dubrovnik
• 2007. Portreti, Galerija Galženica, Velika Gorica
  Europski mjesec fotografije, Bratislava, Slovačka
• 2006. Polupuno, Galerija Klovićevi dvori – kula Lotršćak, Zagreb
• 2003. To Protect and to Serve, Galerija Križić Roban, Zagreb
• 2002. Od želje do nesreće, Galerija Proširenih medija, Zagreb
  Anarho akcija: Who Dares Wins, transparent na zgradi Doma HDLU
• 2001. Galerija Sv. Toma, Rovinj
• 2000. Kuća/House, privatni stan Irene Stanković i Igora Kuduza, Zagreb
• 1999. Institut za suvremenu umjetnost, Dunaújváros
  Foto-objekti, Galerija Proširenih medija, Zagreb
• 1996. Error, Galerija Proširenih medija, Zagreb (sa K. Babić, I. Kočica)
  MM Centar SC, Zagreb (sa D. Mezak, S. B. Narath, I. Kočica)
• 1994. Almost Drama, Galerija Nova, Zagreb

 

Group exhibitions (selection)

• 2010. Muzej u muzeju, izložba plakata MSU-a, Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb
• 2009. Baranjska umjetnička kolonija, Tikveš – izložba u Galeriji Kraljević, Zagreb
  43. Zagrebački salon, javna garaža Kvaternikov trg, Zagreb
  Museum im Museum, Museum Bochum (u suradnji s MSU Zagreb), Bochum
• 2008. Priroda i društvo, Galerija SC, Zagreb
  Genius Loci, Galerija SC, Zagreb
  ZGRAF 10, Dom HDLU, Zagreb
  Otočka karta, konoba Aldura, Zlarin; Galerija Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb
  Donumenta, Regensburg
  21. slavonski biennale, Osijek
  Baranjska umjetnička kolonija, Tikveš – izložba u Galeriji Waldinger, Osijek
• 2007. 42. Zagrebački salon, Dom HDLU, Zagrebački Velesajam, Zagreb
  Povratak izgubljene generacije, Galerija ŠPUD, Zagreb
  Festival vizualnih i audio medija Visura Aperta - Momiano 07, Momjan
• 2007. Zagreb, Umjetnički paviljon, Volite li gledati druge ljude?
• 2006. Fotomorgana, Galerija Studentskog centra, Zagreb
  (Barbara Matijević, Ana Opalić, Jasenko Rasol)
  Sigmundove priče, Galerija SC, Zagreb
• 2005. Insert, MSU Zagreb (Zagrebački velesajam), Zagreb
• 2004. Sexy, 44 Porečki annale, Istarska sabornica, Poreč
• 2003. Queer festival, Predvorje Studentskog centra i gradski izlog knjižare, Zagreb
• 2002. Focus: Domaćica, Gliptoteka HAZU, Zagreb
  Shock & Show, Konzulat Republike Hrvatske, Trst, Italija
  Hot Destination / Marginal Destiny, Art radionica Lazareti, Dubrovnik
  Od A do B, stara kotlovnica na željezničkom kolodvoru, Varaždin
• 2001. 8th International Biennale, Kairo, Egipat
  Granice 2001_Suspense, Galerija Vladimir Becić, Slavonski Brod
  Ispričati priču, MSU Zagreb (izložba u Gliptoteci HAZU) Zagreb
  20 godina Galerije Proširenih medija, HDLU, Zagreb
• 2000. Što, kako & za koga, Dom HDLU, Zagreb
  Granice 2000, Art-radionica Barutana, Slavonski Brod
• 1999. 25. Salon mladih, Dom HDLU, Zagreb
  Galerie Am Tunell, B.C.E.E., Luksemburg
  34. Zagrebački salon, Dom HDLU, Zagreb
  Onufri 99, Tirana, Albanija
• 1998. Fiction, Raum für Kunst, Graz, Austrija
  33. Zagrebački salon, Klovićevi Dvori, Zagreb
  Tvornica igračaka, ATTACK (tvornica “Biserka”), Zagreb, Split, Dubrovnik
  Avant-garde films and videos from Central Europe, London, Velika Britanija
  Black & Blue, Emil Filla Galerie, Ústí nad Labem, Češka
• 1997. Real Life, IFA Gallery, Bonn, Njemačka
  Fiction, Kibla Gallery, Graz, Austrija
  Hrvatska fotografija ’97, Umjetnički paviljon, Zagreb
• 1996. 7. Alpe Adria Cinema Festival, Trst, Italija
  Videoformes 96, Clermont-Ferrand, Francuska
  T.EST, Dan planete Zemlje, Cvjetni trg, Zagreb
• 1995. Mediascape 3, Dom HDLU, Zagreb
  Bienale mladih, Moderna galerija Rijeka

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