LUIZA MARGAN

Born in Rijeka Croatia. Lives and works in Vienna, Austria and Rijeka, Croatia.
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E D U C A T I O N
2009-2013 - Academy of Fine Arts,Vienna, Performative Arts and Sculpture
2001-2006- Academy of Fine Arts, Ljubljana, Painting
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S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S 
2014 Funny Business, Mali Salon, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka, Croatia 
2014 Restaging Monument, Studio Golo Brdo, Rovinj, Croatia
2013 Within the Giant’s Belly, Gallery VN, Zagreb 
2012 Compositions in Walking, Alkatraz Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2011 Outside the Role, SC Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2010 Melting Ground, Kunstverein Das Weisse Haus, Vienna, Austria
2009 Interstice, Habres and Partner gallery, Vienna, Austria
2009 Interspaces, Tobacco Museum, curated by Petja Grafenauer, Ljubljana
2009 Ground Work, Vaska Emanouilova Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2008 Tube, with Miha Presker, Open Studios, ISCP Art Studios Program, New York
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W O R K I N P U B L I C S P A C E
2015 Osluskivanje, performative sculpture, Ban Jelacic Square, Zagreb, curated by WHW
2014 Eye to Eye with Freedom, work in public space, production Soft Control und Copula-Spajalica, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia 
2012 Concert for a Sewing Machine and a Tree, work in public space, production Urban Festival, curated by BLOK, Zagreb, Croatia
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S E L E C T E D G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S
2015
Horse´s Glory, curated by Elisabeth von Samsonow, Pinakoteka, Vienna
Heroes We Love, curated by Misko Suvakovic and Simona Vidmar, Art Gallery Maribor, Slovenia
Mujeras Alcanzando La Luz, curated by M.Ursula Probst, Casa Museo del Banco Nacional, Panama
The Enigma of the New and the Modern, screening curated by Christian Kravagna, Mumok Kino, Vienna, Austria
2014 
Interface, Festival and Exhibition of New Media, Zagreb & Rijeka, CRO
Loss of Control, curated by Maria Ursula Probst, Kunstraum Super, Vienna, AT 
Recaptured Surroundings, HMK {Hotel MariaKapel}, Hoorn, Netherlands 
Buchstaben fest, ZOLLAMT, Bad Radkersburg, AT 
5 Minuten Wegzeit, curated by Elisabeth Spörr and Franz Thalmair, Vienna, AT
2013 
Was ist Kunst? Resuming Fragmented Histories, Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst & Medien, Km-, Steirische Herbst, AT
Sculpture Today: Performative Bodies and Spaces, Centar for Contemporary Art, Celje, SLO
Resilience, U3 - 7th Triennial of Contemporary Art in Slovenia, Museum of Contemporary Art Ljubljana, curated by Natasa Petresin Bachelez 
Impossibility vs. Self-censorship, curated by Szalai Bori & Anca Mihulet in Matadero, Madrid
Online Bienalle, concept Jan Hoet, curated by Natasa Petersin Bachelez
Curators Network Exhibition, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
2012 
In Between Worlds at Galerija Bacva, curated by BLOK, Zagreb, Croatia
Andere Blicke, Andere Räume, Künstlerhaus/Passagegalerie, curator Ursula Probst, Vienna
Art Annale: Recalling the Past , Istarska Sabornica, curated by Rada Iva Jankovic, Porec, Croatia
On the Road, Changdong National Art Studios Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
T-HT MSU Art Award, Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, Croatia
2011 
Iron Applause, National Gallery in Bratislava
Extreme, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna
End and Beyond, Plovdiv Bath Gallery, curated by Vyara Mlechevska, Bulgaria
2009 / 2010
Biennale Quadrilateralle, curated by Christiane Paul and Peter Tomaz Dobrila, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka, Croatia 
2008
L’art contamporain en Europe Pommery Experience 5, curated by Fabrice Bousteau and Beaux Arts Magazine , Reims, France
Magazin / Kontekst gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2007
Das Weisse Haus, opening exhibition, Vienna, Austria
Umweg über Wien, Habres & Partner gallery, Vienna, Austria
Finalists OHO award, Gallery P74, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Finalists for the Sammlung Essl Art Award, Slovenian National Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2006
Young Art from Austria, MAK – Museum for Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
Woman and tradition, curated by Areti Leopoulou, Contemporary Art Center, Thessaloniki, Greece
Frau, ženska, women, Pavelhaus, Laafeld, Austria
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A W A R D S / G R A N T S
Mentoring Program by Austrian Ministry for Culture and Education, tandem photography with Silvia Eiblmayr - 2015 
Project & Research Scholarship by bmwfw, the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research -2014/2015
Würdigungspreis, Award of the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna - 2014 
TH-T & Museum of Contemporary Art Award, Zagreb, Croatia - 2012
shortlisted for Ruf Award, Sofia, BG - 2010
OHO Award for best young visual artist, Ljubljana, Slovenia- 2007
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R E S I D E N C I S
4 months residency in Mexico City, Mexico, by Austrian Arts Council, 2015
Short term Default 13: ‘On Art, Cities, and Regeneration’ with Ramdom (IT) in collaboration with Gasworks (UK) and Arthub Asia (China) in Lecce, Italy, 2013 
3 months residency at Changdong National Art Studio, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea, 2012 
1 month at La Générale en Manufacture, Sèvres, Paris, France in 2010 
2 months residency at ISCP- International Studio and Curatorial Program, supported by OHO Award Slovenia and Trust for Mutual Understanding, New York, USA in 2008
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A R T I S T T A L K 
Public Stories, Gallery Nova, Zagreb, July 2015
Art that Changes the World, symposium in Art Gallery Maribor, in the framework of the exhibition " Heroes We Love", with Misko Suvakovic, Stefanos Tsivopoulos, Jasmina Cibic, curatorial team BLOK etc. - April, 2015
Reenactment of the Performance by the Artist Group Tok, Künstlerhaus - Halle für Kunst und Medien, Graz -2013
Feminism in Croatian Art, Changdong National Art Studio, Seoul - 2012
Artist talk, Apex Art, New York, USA - 2008
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P U B L I C C O L L E C T I O N S 
Arthotek des österreichischen Bundesministeriums, 21Haus, Austria
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
Tobacco Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia
KD Group, art collection Ljubljana, Slovenia

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