Tatjana Krizmanic

Tatjana Krizmanic is known for her brilliant pastel drawings and oil paintings, which depict ordinary life with a distinctly European sensibility. Krizmanic’s work is marked by a warm cheerfulness, where bright colors and swirling perspectives make everyday settings come alive, such as a trip to the farmers’ market or morning coffee. Surreal and inventive, her work recalls Chagall, Matisse, Klimt, Picasso – influences she grew up with.

Born in Zagreb, Tatjana started painting at age fourteen. After studying at the University of Zagreb, she moved to Washington, D.C. where she completed her studies at Georgetown University. Over the next ten years she created paintings for friends and patrons, while working as an art director.

Since her first exhibit in Boulder, Colorado, she has built a strong following, and her paintings reside in numerous private collections and museums. Her work is shown in galleries in United States, Canada, Europe and Japan. Krizmanic divides her time between her home on the Adriatic coast of Croatia and New York City.

1967-1976 Studies closely with Croatian painter Nicola Reiser
1977 - 1980 University of Zagreb Language and Comparative Literature Zagreb, Croatia
1980 - 1982 Georgetown University, Creative Writing and Comparative Literature Washington, D.C.
1982 North Texas State University Fine Art/Painting Denton, TX
1983 Southern Methodist University Fine Art/Graphic Design Dallas, TX
1990 Naropa University Abstract Expressionist Painting with Joan Anderson Boulder, Colorado
2014 Sensory Motor Psychotherapy Institute, Boulder Colorado Level I

Select List of Exhibits
1989 individual exhibit Naropa University Boulder, Colorado
1990 group exhibit (invitational) Visual Eyes Boulder, Colorado
1991 individual exhibit Dunbar Morss Gallery Boulder, Colorado
1992 - 2003 annual individual exhbit MacLaren Markowitz Boulder, Colorado
1993 individual exhibit Phil Secord Gallery Halifax, Nova Scotia
1993 - 2019 annual individual exhbit B. Deemer Gallery Louisville, Kentucky
1994 individual exhibit Sally Harvey Gallery Aspen, Colorado
1995 permanent exhibit Whitney Hadley Museum Louisville, Kentucky
1995 permanent exhibbit Mimara Museum Zagreb, Croatia
1996 permanent exhibit Croatian Embassy Washington, D.C.
1996 collaborative exhibit of porcelain sculptures and applied ceramics with potter Mindy Moore Phil Secord Gallery Halifax, Nova Scotia
1996 permanent exhibit Croatian Embassy Tokyo, Japan
1997 group exhibit Museum of the City of Vukovar Croatia
1998 group exhibit Ice House Denver, Colorado
1998 group exhibit Young and Rubicam New York, New York
1998 group exhibit Clarion Gallery Greenwich, Connecticut
1999 individual exhibit Galleria Zucatto Parenzo, Croatia
2000 group exhibit Kunst Museum Aahlen Aahlen, Germany
2001 retrospective exhibit City Gallery of Funtana Funtan...