Tomislav Brajnović
Born in Zagreb, 1965.
Lives and works in Rovinjsko Selo and Rijeka.
Education
2003 finished the MA Fine Art Course, St Martins College of Art and Design, London
1999 graduated on the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb
1993 completed the first year of studies at the KABK Den Haag
Professorship
2013 assistant professor / Art Academy, Rijeka, Croatia
Residencies
2013
Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee, Belgium
2010
Ego Trip, Times Square, Brooklyn, New York
2009
The Arctic Circle Project, Svalbard, Norway
2008
Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, Ireland
2007
BUK, Baranja, Croatia
2005
Sense in Place, Cardiff, Wales
2001
Shadow Casters-Public Art workshop, Bologna.
Solo exhibitions
2016
Suddenly Everything Disappears, Institute for Contemporary Art, Zagreb (together with Igor Eškinja).
2015
Suddenly Everything Disappears, Trieste Contemporanea, Triste (together with Igor Eškinja).
2014
Galerie Wuensch Aircube, Linz, Austria.
Gallery Događanja, Zagreb.
Orlando, Gallery Flight 777, Dubrovnik.
2013
Pop-up Osijek, Gallery ZSenne, (together with Remi Tamburini), Bruxelles.
Art Directe, Gallery Zitnjak, Zagreb.
2012
Gallery PM, Zagreb.
2011
Law of Love and Book of Life, Gallery Prozori, Zagreb.
Flags (together with Robert Sosic), Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje.
2010
Gallery SIZ, Rijeka.
CK Charlama, Seknderija, Sarajevo (together with Robert Sosic).
City Gallery of Slavonski Brod, (together with Tanja Dabo & Alen Floricic).
Kjosk, Bassano del Grappa.
Ekspedition_ego, Gallery Alkatraz, Ljubljana.
2009
Adum Gallery, Zlarin.
2007
City Museum, Rovinj.
City Museum, Labin.
2005
Mali salon, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rijeka.
Gallery Rigo, Novigrad.
2004
Greenhouse, Gallery Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb.
City Museum, Rovinj.
Juraj Sporer, Opatija.
2001
Holly Structures, SC Gallery, Zagreb.
Alfa & Omega” (Marcelo, Tomislav & Petar Brajnovic) O.K. Gallery, Rijeka.
2000
City Museum, Rovinj.
1999
Nova, Zagreb.
Revolution is not foreseen by Law, Gallery Gradska, Zagreb.
Vladimir Nazor, Zagreb.
Klović, Rijeka.
Downtown, Labin.
1998
Vincent od Kastva, Pula.
1995
Aura, Zagreb.
1993
City Museum Rovinj.
1990
Piazza, Rovinj.
Seleceted group exhibitions
2016
La fine del nuovo, Villa Sovirgnan, Ariis di Rivignano.
Challenging Humanism, Home of Croatian Artists, Zagreb.
2015
Transactions, Vrbnik, Krk.
Ember (Žeravica), Đurđevac.
Arteria, Novigrad.
Žitnjak, MSUI, Pula.
SIZ in KIC, KIC, Belgrade.
2014
Istria – Belgrade, Belgrade.
Portizmir, Triennial, Izmir, Turkey.
No-ordung, Multimeridian, HDLU of Istria, Pula.
Smuggling Anthologies, Trieste Contemporanea, Triste.
Croatian Landscape, Institut za suvremenu umjetnost, Zagreb.
The Dictionary of Everyday Interactions, Gallery Windows, Zagreb.
2013
T-HT award, selection of contemporary Croatian artists, Zagrebački Salon, Lijepa naša domovino, izložba Hrvatskog fotosaveza, Umjetnički paviljon.
Antologije krijumčarenja, MMSU Rijeka.
Apatija, MSUI, Pula.
Splitski Salon, Split.
2012
Un bel posto per dimenticare, Buttrio.
Italianitudine, Buttrio.
Inner Ear, MMSU, Rijeka.
Pier Shear, Rijeka.
XI Triennial of Croatian sculpture, Zagreb.
Simplon Express – The Return, Zagreb – Paris.
Arterija, Novigrad.
Tu smo 3, MSUI, Pula.
Pad, Novi Sad, Vojvodina.
2011
Volume Collection, MMSU, Rijeka.
Volume Collection, MKC, Split.
Dopust, Molekula, Rijeka.
Annale Poreč, Poreč.
Visura Aperta, Momjan.
Pohvala prosječnosti, MMC Luka, Pula.
Pad, Galerija 73, Beograd.
Art in the Name of…, Gallery PM, Zagreb.
2010
X godina Šikuti Machine, Pula.
Volume Collection, Palazzetto Tito, Fondazione Bevilaqua La Masa, Venezia.
Strogo osobno, Galerija Vladimir Buzančić, Zagreb.
Multimeridijan, MMC Luka, Pula.
Izložba malog formata, Galerija Nova, Zagreb
Erased Walls, Berlin.
New Istrian Video, Remont, Belgrade.
2009
Crime and Punishment“, Kortil, Rijeka.
Crisis, Luka, Pula.
Clubture Forum, Zagreb.
Mediascape, Novigrad.
Dogma, Dom HDLU, Zagreb.
X Triennial of Croatian sculpture, Zagreb.
On paper, MMC Luka, Pula.
2008
Formalno-angažirano, MMSU (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art), Rijeka.
Grand opening, Artist in residence, Manorhamilton, Ireland.
Jadran Polis, Pula.
Un bel posto per dimenticare, Buttrio.
Multimeridijan, Pula.
2007
City mapping, Pula.
Media Scape, Novigrad.
T-HT award, selection of contemporary Croatian artists.
5+, selection of former students of the Fine Art Academy in Zagreb.
Exhibit, Museum of the Moving Image, New York.
MSUI (Museum of Contemporary Art of Istria), Pula.
Selected public works and performances
2001
Urban Picnic, performance on different urban locations, Zagreb.
2002
Trg gradana” (Citizens Square), Trg Marsala Tita 10, Zagreb.
2003
An artist who doesn’t pretend to be an Englishman is not an artist”, walk through London in a 19th century moring suit.
2005
Flat Holm Project”, Sense in Place, Flat Holm, Cardiff, Wales.
2009
Franz Joseph Picnic“, Island of Zlarin.
Ego Trip“, Zlarin, Venezia, Novigrad, New York, Arctic.
Awards
2011
Visura Aperta Prize, Momjan.
2006
2nd Prize, Artist Colony Rovinj exhibition.
2004
1st Prize, Grisia, Rovinj.
2003
1st Prize on the Artists Colony Rovinj exhibition (with the “Druid’s Prayer Valse” sound piece).
2001
1st Prize, Grisia, Rovinj.
2000
Award, Piran.
1999
Rector of the University of Zagreb Award.
Award of the Fine Arts Academy Council, Zagreb.
The Museum of Rovinj Prize.
1998
1st Prize, Grisia, Rovinj.
1st Prize “Salon of Young Artists”, Zagreb.
1997
Grand Prix, Piran, Slovenija.
Grants
2009
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant.
2002
Frankopan Foundation Scholarship.
Croatian Ministry of Science & Technology Scholarship.
2001
Gunk Foundation Grant.
2000
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant.
Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences Grant.
1998
Soros Grant.
1993
Karel-Klinkenberg fonds, Den Haag.
Other projects
2007-2015 Studio Golo brdo, gallery for contemporary Croatian and international art.
2011 Gallery Vzigalica, presentation of the Studio Golo Brdo project, Ljubljana.