Ivana Filip

Hello! I am glad to meet you!

My name is Ivana Filip. I am a Croatia born and based artist, activist and researcher. I work and live in Split and Zagreb, Croatia.

My practice grows from visual art and stretches through multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary work, across performance, live work, video, photography and mixed media. It has developed from body-based to movement and interspecies collaborations including performances with dogs and their human companions, dog hair tapestry and interspecies collaboration research with free-roaming cats.

In the last few years, my quest has been human-nonhuman relationships and more-than-human creativity. To achieve these I use tools from anthrozoology, ethology, anthropology, animal studies, sociology, spirituality, activism, indigenous methodologies, ecofeminism and personal experiences.

I earned my Master of Economics at the Faculty of Economics in Zagreb, Master of Arts at the Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts in Tilburg and Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. My work has been shown locally, nationally and internationally, in non-profit spaces, libraries, symposiums, galleries and museums.

In addition to my artistic practice, I vo...

2019 – 2020, Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts, Tilburg, NL; Master of Arts, Cum Laude, Performing Public Space
2011 – 2016, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL; Bachelor of Fine Arts, Audio-Visual Department (VAV)-Moving Image
1997 – 2002, Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb, HR; Master of Economics, Department of Trade
1989 – 1994, Elementary Music School, Nova Gradiska, HR; Piano

Extracurricular education
2019 – Psychology of Art and Creativity, Canvas Network 2019– Therapeutic Art Life Coach Certification, Udemy
2018 – “Resist”, 2-day workshop on the body in the urban area by Catherine Bay, Art Academy, Split, HR
2018 – Healing with the Arts, University of Florida via Coursera
2018 – Basic Animal Communication Home Course with Val Heart
2017/2016 – Live Works, Teacher’s year with prof. Pien Vrijhof, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
2015 – 2012 , Live Works, extracurricular project by Pien Vrijhof, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
2014 – “MayDay”, 6-day Intensive Workshop on the Praxis of Performance Art by Vest&Page – Verena Stenke & Andrea Pagnes, Düsseldorf, DE
2011 – “Developing Your Film Festival“, The Independent Cinema Office, Motovun Film Festival, Motovun, HR
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Solo exhibitions
2020
“Free roaming“, self organised exposition in abandoned space, works from MA artistic research from Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts, Split, HR
2019
“What do you mean-you love animals?“, PM Gallery, Croatian Association of Visual Artists - HDLU, Zagreb, HR
2018
”Pet Shop”, Museum of City Trogir, Trogir, HR
“Pet shop“, Public Open University Matija Antun Relkovic, Nova Gradiska,HR
”Economy of Animal”, Main city library Marko Marulić, Split, HR
2007
“A Story about Velebit”, Club of Istria, Zagreb, HR
“Condicio sine qua non…”, Go and See - Good Photo Gallery, Zagreb, HR

Group exhibitions
2021
TBA, “Kaapstad“, Tilburg, NL
2020
”The Annual Exhibition by Members”, Croatian Association of Visual Artists - HDLU, Zagreb, HR
“Travelling Exhibition“, Typhlological Museum, SKC Rijeka, HR
2019
"Where are we going?", Almissa Open Art Festival, Omis, HR
2018
”Performance Night”, “Perforacije“, Split, HR
“SMALL PROBLEM, PROBLEM IS NEVER SMALL“, Sociëteit SEXYLAND, Amsterdam, NL
“1918…2018…2118”, Croatian Association of Visual Artists - HULU, Split, HR
“The Awakening Exhibit“, online exhibition
2017
“Let’s Just do It!”, duo with Wei Ling, own organization, Amsterda...