Ivana Gille

As a child, drawing came more naturally to me than words, evolving into an essential means of communication and self-understanding. At the age of 14, I made the pivotal decision to leave my family home to pursue a formal artistic path in another city—a commitment to my practice that has remained unwavering ever since. Today, I live and work in Paris, France.
As an interdisciplinary visual artist, I do not confine myself to a single medium. Instead, I let each project dictate its own visual language, driven by a natural curiosity to explore new techniques, materials, and forms.
At the core of my creative practice lies honesty and the exploration of inner landscapes. I work from a place of vulnerability and introspection, striving to translate inner experiences into visual language with clarity, trust, and emotional courage. I measure the success of a work by how transparent that process is and whether its emotional core genuinely resonates.
My work investigates human relationships—familial, romantic, and social—and the ways in which they shape personal identity. I am particularly drawn to the tension between self-perception and how we are perceived by others, as well as the process of image-making itself and its reception by the vie...

Alanus College Bonn, Germany
Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb, Croatia
School of Fine Arts Split, Croatia

SOLO
2026 Mare Tranquillitatis
2025 A Night With Geese And Other Stories, Croatia
2024 Graphite Drawings, Croatia
2020 Portrait Of An Artist, Germany
2014 Notwendigkeit, Germany
2014 Physis, Germany
2013 Werke, Germany
2012 Exi(s)t, Croatia
2011 Voyeur and Housewife, Germany
2010 Augenblicke, Germany
2009 Angels, Croatia
2008 Girls Don't Cry, Croatia
1998 Four Elements, Croatia

GROUP
2025 Miniatures Exhibition, Croatia
2024 Stories, Croatia
2024 Gospar Ivo, Croatia
2024 Written Words, Croatia
2017 Sommersalon, Germany
2016 Sommersalon, Germany
2009 Gruppe 3, Germany
2007 Konrad-Lutz, Germany