Vanja Zanze

Vanja Zanze (Croatia, 1966) is a self-taught contemporary artist with incredible story. She started painting in 2019. After shoulder surgery that went wrong and she thought she was close to death, her art journey began. Only two months after that horrible experience she felt a strong need to paint. She was attracted to fluid acrylic technique and her paints began to flow on the canvas.She also love mixedmedia technique. Vanja Zanze quickly began to win the hearts of art lovers around the world and her artworks are in private collections in the USA, Canada, Croatia , Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She exhibited her artworks in galeries in Madrid, Budapest, Vienna,Zagreb. All her life she was in love with words, so she wrote poetry and stories. She has published four books.
She lives in Croatia, she is mother of daughter and grandmother of 3 beautiful boys. Her family is most important to her. Family support her a lot in her art journey. She is animal lover, she have a dog.

Artist Statement

I am fascinated by the fluid art technique and mixedmedia .I try to transfer my experience of the world to canvas. The desire to paint is so strong and sometimes I wonder how come I didn’t start earlier. When I saw fluid art technique first t...

Vanja studied at the Pedagogical Academy and graduated as a professor of preschool education.

2024,Ehxibtion in City Gallery Vienna,Austria.Physical group exhibition
2023/2024- Bozicni tinel, Azimut club gallery, Sibenik, Croatia. Physical group exhibition.
2023- No limits, Golden Duck Gallery, Budapest, Hungary. Physical group exhibition.
2022- Vrijeme rizika,Galerija Dogadjana,Centar Knap, Zagreb,Croatia. Physical group exhibition.
2022- Art Forest Festival Exhibition, Nedelisce, Croatia. Physical group exhibition.
2021 – International Art Exhibition “Flanerie” Galeria Azur Madrid, Physical and digital exhibition
2021 – Contemporary International Art Exhibition “Coming Out”, M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Milan, Italy. Digital exhibition.
2020 – The best artist of the year 2020, Vijuga Association, web page.
2020 – 24h Gallery Winner Teelent Official, Italy. Presentation on Instagram.
2020 – Individual exhibition online, Centre of culture and information’s Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia.
2019 – First presentation of artworks in Café Jelacic, Osijek, Croatia.