Iva GašParić

I was born in 1976 in Pula, where I completed secondary education at the School of Economics in 1994. In 1995, I enrolled at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka, studying Fine arts and Art Education. In 2001, graduated in painting under Professor Marijan Pongrac and earned the title of Art Education Teacher.

In 1997, was awarded as part of the comic collective Varieté Radicale in the category “Innovation in Comics,” and in 1999, received the third prize in the category “Short Comic” at the Comic Salon in Vinkovci. From 2002 to 2008, gained teaching experience as a vocational subjects teacher at the School of Applied Arts and Design, Pula, and at the Vocational School Pula, while also teaching art education in several elementary schools in Pula and its surroundings during the same period.

In 2003, passed the State Professional Exam for Art Education Teachers in Zagreb. That same year, became a member of HDLU Istra (Croatian Artists Society of Istria), exhibiting paintings and comics, drawing a regular comic strip for "Glas Istre" newspapers, and publishing comics in international comic magazines and fanzines.

Since 2009, I've been a professional associate, and from December 2015, a museum educator at the Museu...

2001 - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka (Fine arts and Art Education - majoring in painting)

2003 - State Professional Exam for Art Education Teachers in Zagreb

2015 - State Professional Exam for Museum educator - curator at the Museum Documentation Center in Zagreb