IVAN POSAVEC

Born in Dužica by Sisak in 1951.
In 1969 he came to Zagreb to study veterine, which he quit in 1974 in his senior year in order to focus on photography. He graduated Cinematography in 1980, in the class of prof. Nikola Tanhofer at the Academy for Theater, Film and Television in Zagreb, and received a master’s in photography in 1984, in the class of prof. Dragoljub Kažić at the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade.

His work has been bought by the Modern Art Museum and the Arts and Crafts Museum in Zagreb, and Modern and Contemporaty Art Museum in Rijeka. In 1992 he won the “Tošo Dabac” award, and in 2003, he won the City of Zagreb Award, as well as fifty other awards. In 1979 he founded the MO group with his colleague Mijo Vesović. He is the member of ULUPUH, and has been working in journalist photography for over thirty years.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

• 2009. IVAN POSAVEC fotografije, Galerija Waldinger, Osijek
• 2008. Portreti, Galerija Krsto Hegedušić, Petrinja
• 2007. Panorame, Galerija Lang, Samobor
• 2006. Radnici, Galerija Prica, Samobor
• 2006. Pozdrav iz Dužice, Galerija Meandar medija, Zagreb
• 2005. Ivan Posavec, Galerija Klovićevi dvori – Kula Lotršćak, Zagreb
• 2004. Polaroidi, Galerija Miroslav Kraljević, Zagreb
• 2003. POSAVEC fotografije, Galerija umjetnina, Split
• 2002. POSAVEC fotografije ’71-’02, Galerija Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb
• 1994. Izložba ratne fotografije, Sveučilište, Klagenfurt, Austrija
• 1992. Tragovi rata - za slobodu, Galerija Nova, Zagreb
  (izložba je tijekom iste godine postavljana u Varaždinu, Poreču, Pazinu, Labinu, Rovinju, Allesandriji i Ridlingenu)
• 1991. Ivan Posavec, Galerija Spot, Zagreb
• 1988. Ivan Posavec, Galerija PM, Zagreb
• 1987. Ivan Posavec, Galerija Re, Labin
• 1986. Ivan Posavec, Dom kulture, Novo Mesto, Slovenija
• 1985. POSAVEC, CEFFT Galerije grada Zagreba, Zagreb
• 1984. POSAVEC, Floating Gallery, Winnipeg, Kanada
• 1980. Ivan Posavec, Muzej za umjetnost i obrt, Zagreb
• 1976. Ivan Posavec, Tehnički muzej, Zagreb / Galerija Foto saveza Jugoslavije, Beograd

Group exhibitions (selection)

• 2007. Volimo li gledati druge ljude, Umjetnički paviljon, Zagreb
• 2006. Retorika praznine na fotografijama iz zbirke MMSU, MMSU, Rijeka
• 2006. Skriveno blago Muzeja za umjetnost i obrt, MUO, Zagreb
• 2005. Preko 7 mora i 7 gora, Hrvatska fotografija’05, Umjetnički paviljon, Zagreb
• 2005. Pejsaž u suvremenoj likovnoj umjetnosti i kulturi između fetiša i ideologije, 34. Splitski salon, Split
• 2004. The Balkans - a crossroad to the future, Arte Fiera Bologna
• 2003. Krv i med budućnost je na Balkanu, Klosterneuburg, Sammlung Essl, Beč, Austrija
• 1993. Hrvatska fotografija od tisuću devetsto pedesete do danas, MSU, Zagreb
• 1992. DANAS desetljeće naslovne stranice, ULUPUH, Zagreb
• 1989. Contemporary Yugoslav photography, Cornell University, Ithaca, SAD
• 1988. 5. trienale jugoslovenske fotografije, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• 1985. Some aspects of  Yugoslav contemporary photography, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
• 1983. Aspekte der zeitgenoessischen  jugoslawischen Fotografie, Fotogalerie im forum stadtpark, Graz, Austrija

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