Iva Lulic

Creatures from folk imaginary brought to life through the lens of Iva Lulic's camera.
Iva is a very well-known Croatian fine-art photographer who creates amazing images, thus restoring old folk beliefs. She already made several serials of photos representing the legendary creatures from folklore.
Iva Lulić, with his directed photos, captures myths and old national beliefs characteristic of her country. They are photographed at authentic locations throughout Croatia. She does not use computer manipulation in her work, but each photo is carefully directed and designed using only natural and artificial light combined with long exposures attempted to portray supernatural creatures from Croatian mythology.
The imaginary world becomes real in her projects without any use of modern computer effects. The world in which real life and fairy tales encounter is achieved by the elaborate conceptualization, the deliberate use of light and color in photography, and the perceptible play of the eye - from above, from below. Autumn projects successfully combine quality photographic and scenographic work with elements of social, humanitarian, and educational activity.

Iva Lulic was born in 1979. She received a degree in Art History and Ethnology from the Faculty of Philosophy, the University of Zagreb in 2005. She has acquired education in photography during the study by attending elective courses at the Faculty of Architecture's Department of Design. Iva has been working as a professional photographer since 2006.
She is a member of the Croatian Association of Artists of Applied Arts (ULUPUH) and Croatian Association of Independent Artists (HZSU).
She received the Best Young Artist Award in 2012 from Croatian Association of Artists of Applied Arts.

Independent exhibitions:

2018.
• Fairy Island, Prica Gallery, Samobor
2017.
• Magical World of Unnatural Creatures From
Traditional Beliefs in Podravina, Gallery Koprivnica
City Gallery, Koprivnica
• Podravina Between Myths and Legends, Đurđevac
City Museum, Đurđevac
• World of Artuses, « Naša Goranska Gallery», Zagreb
2016.
• Fairies and Elves Artuses, Cultural Centre of Šabac,
Srbija
• Fairies, photography exhibition in nature, Roški
waterfall (Legendfest)
2015.
• Magical Fellowship, Museum of Ethnography, Zagreb
• World of Artuses, Jelkovec library (KGZ), Zagreb
• Once Upon a Time in Vrbovec, Jelkovec library (KGZ), Zagreb
• Štrige i štriguni, illustration (Zdenko Bašić) and photography (Iva Lulić) exhibition from the book Moon Shadows (Legendfest, Pićan) 
• Witches from “Moon Shadows”, (Lukavec castle,
Legendfest)
• Once Upon a Time in Vrbovec, Voltino library (KGZ),
Zagreb
• Once Upon a Time in Vrbovec, Sv. Kamilo de Lellis,
Caritas house for elderly, Vrbovec
2014.
• Fairy Divyca in the City of Fairy Alkime, Montenegro
Nautical Museum, Kotor, Montenegro
• Krk-Fairy Island, Trsat Croatian bookclub, Rijeka
• Krk-Fa...