Luiza Margan

www.luizamargan.net
Lives and works in Rijeka and Vienna, Austria.

Studied on the Academy of Fine Arts Ljubljana and Vienna and University for Applied Arts Vienna. Diploma /MA in 2006 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Selected solo exhibitions
2012
Upcoming: production of a new sound work for the 3rd Croatian Radio, Picture of Sound - Art Program, curated by Evelina Turkovic
Upcoming: Gallery Alkatraz, curated by Jadranka Ljubicic, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Whistle While you Work, video installation, club Rhiz, Vienna

2011
Outside the Role, SC Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia

2010
Melting Ground, Kunstverein Das Weisse Haus, Vienna, Austria

2009
Ground Work, Vaska Emanouilova Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Interstice, Habres and Partner gallery, Vienna, Austria
Interspaces, Tobacco Museum, curated by Petja Grafenauer, Ljubljana

Selected group exhibitions
2012
Urban Festival, work in public space, Zagreb, Croatia
In Between Worlds, exhibition in Galerija Bacva, HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia
Andere Blicke, Andere Räume, Künstlerhaus / Passage Galerie, curated by Ursula M.Probst
Recalling the Past, Art Annale in Istarska Sabornica, Porec, Croatia, curated by R.I. Jankovic

2011
Iron Applause , National Gallery in Bratislava
Verbale 2, group exhibition and screening, Vienna, Austria
Transgressions, Gallery Credo Bonum, curated by V.Mlechevska, Sofia, Bulgaria
Extreme, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna

2010
Shortlist Ruf Award, Galery Rayko Alexsiev, Sofia, Bulgaria
T-HT MSU ART AWARD , exhibition selection, Zagreb
The Big Vawe, Bienale of Contemporary Art, Varna, Bulgaria, curator Maria Vassileva
Lost in Wien, Ragnahof, Vienna, Austria

2009
Biennale Quadrilateralle, curated by Christiane Paul and Peter Tomaz Dobrila, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka, Croatia
L'art contamporain en Europe Pommery Experience 5, curated by Fabrice Bousteau and Beaux Arts Magazine , Reims, France

2007
Umweg über Wien, Habres & Partner gallery, Vienna, Austria

Selected awards, grants
2012 - purchase prize TH-T MSU Art Award , Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
2011 - BMUKK, Projektstipendium, Wien, AT
2010 - shortlisted for Ruf Award, Sofia, Bulgaria
2007 - OHO award for best young visual artist (YVAA- Young Visual Artist Awards Network), Ljubljana, Slovenia

Residency
2012- Changdong National Art Studios, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2010- La Générale en Manufacture, Pont de Sèvres, Paris, France
2008 - ISCP Residency, New York, USA
2005 - G.A.R.B.A- Giovani Artisti in Residenza Basilicata, Montescaglioso, Italy

Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
KD-Group Collection, Ljubljana, Slovenia
BMUKK, Wien, Austria