IVAN CIVIC

Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

EDUCATION

Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig, 1999 - 2006
Film & performance by Mara Mattuschka
Performance by Marina Abramovic
Film & video by Birgit Hein
Master in performance by Marina Abramovic, 2005 - 2006


GRANTS & PRIZES

Akademie Schloss Solitude – visual arts - one year fellowship and residence – selected by Dan Graham at Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany, 2009 – 2011

resiDEnce, GERMAN-CZECH FUTURE FOND and residence at FUTURA, Prague, Czech Republic, 2006

PREMIO INTERNAZIONALE DELLA PERFORMANCE, semifinali locali, first prize to Ivan Civic, Trento, Italy, 2006

Trebesice castle art residency, Prague, Czech Republic, 2005

DAAD, german grant for the best international student of the year at the Arts academy Braunschweig, 2003



SELECTED SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECT

Über Lebenskunst, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany, 2011. Curated by Janek Müller and Pamela Schlewinski

Robert Wilson, “The life and death of Marina Abramovic”, Manchester International Festival, Great Britain, 2011.

Extension series5 , Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany, 2010. Curated by Andres Galeano

Performance tour – Deutschland studie – Marta Herford, Germany, 2010.

Territories of the in-human, Baden Würtembergisches Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany, 2010. Curated by Hans Christ and Iris Dressler.

Boxing the artist anti-hero, klettpassagen, Stuttgart, Germany, 2010, Curated by Sarah Aloisi

Threatening threads, Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany, 2010,. Curated by Jean Baptiste Joly

MIF – Manchester International Festival, Marina Abramovic presents, Manchester, Great Britain, 2009. Curated by Marina Abramovic and Hans Ulrich Obrist

Spacetacular, Tashkeel art center, Dubai, UAE, 2008. Curated by Emanuela Nobile Mino and Sam Bardaouil

M4 Tachometer, Galerie Nord, Berlin, Germany, 2008. Curated by Richard Rabensaat

Art for rent, Dubai, UAE, 2007. Curated by Sam Bardaouil
Hruby domaci produkt II, M'ARS Gallery, Moscow, Russia, 2007. Curated by Alena Boika

La nuit blanche, FLORIDA 240, Le Generateur, Paris, France, 2007.
Nobile, - Ivan Civic, Artists Space, New York, USA, 2007. Curated by Marina Abramovic

BODY & EROS, Venice Biennale, Italy, 2007. Curated by Marina Abramovic

BANKROT, Karlin Studios, Prague, Czech Republic, 2007. Curated by Alberto Di Stefano

Want it, get it, fake it!, Galleria L'Union, Roma, Italy, 2006. Curated by Emanuela Nobile Mino

IPG Uncensored with Illy at Moroso, Milano, Italy, 2006.

Premio internazionale della performance, Trento, Italy, 2006.

Breeding brass pearls, galleria Estro, Padova, Italy, 2006.

Galleria Illy, New York, NY, U.S.A., 2005.

72 hours festival Transpedeguine, Paris, France, 2005.

Glücksgott Berlin-Sarajevo, Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, Germany, 2005.

Budva festival, Montenegro, 2005.

Futura, Prague, The Czech republic, 2005.

Performance event at the Paul Klee Museum, Bern, Switzerland, 2005.

La galleria dell' amore, IPG love inn, Galleria civica di Trento, Trento, Italy, 2005.

The shelf, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2005.

Glücksgott2 Berlin - Sarajevo, Goetheinstitut Sarajevo, 2004.

Raumkonzepte, Marta Herford, Herford, 2004.

Love it, or leave it, Cetinje Biennial V, Montenegro, 2004. Curated by René Block

Faxe Kondi, Futura, Prague, 2004. Curated by Emanuela Nobile Mino

Performance loop, PS1, New York, 2004. Curated by Jimena Blázquez

Volume!, Rome, 2004.

Kaskadenkondensator, Basel, Switzerland, 2004

International performance festival Odense, Denmark, 2003. Curated by Else Jespersen

In den Schluchten des Balkan, Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany, 2003. Curated by René Block

Performance at the Kunsthalle, Kassel, Germany, 2003.

50th Venice Biennale, Vivere Venezia 2, Venice, Italy, 2003. Curated by Angela Vettese

As soon as possible, PAC, Milano, Italy, 2003

Body power, power play, Würtembergische Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany, 2002

13th Impakt filmfestival, voormalige Rechtbank, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2002

Pret-â-Perform, Viafarini, Milano, Italy, 2002

Transart 02, Fortezza, Italy, 2002

Cleaning the house, Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, 2002

A little bit of history repeated, Kunst Werke, Berlin, Germany, 2001. Curated by Jens Hoffman

Marking the territory, Irish Museum of modern art, Dublin, 2001.

12th Impakt filmfestival, Central Museum, Utrecht, 2001