Education

1981 B.A. in Textile and Clothing Design from VŠTO, Zagreb, Croatia

1984 M.A. in Fine Arts from University in Rijeka, Croatia (specialization in Printmaking)

2019    Coaching for Transformation, IFC Certification Course, New York, New York

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2013 Town Library, Labin, Croatia, Friends of Mandala Circle, community project 

2011 Town Gallery, Labin, Croatia, Presence, interactive installation

2009    Gallery MC, New York, NY, USA, Dharana, clay wall work

2006    Croatian Chronicle,  Astoria, NY, USA, Ceramics

            Clay Art Center - Henri’s Project,  Port Chester, NY, USA, Tea Bowl Diary

2004    Raccoon Space, Long Island City, NY, USA, Mi(nd)les & More

2003    Gallery Albona, Labin, Croatia, Tears of Gratitude, installation

2002  NY Rudar Club, Astoria, NY, USA, Istria’s Inspirations

2001 Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY, USA, Ars Ceramica (with M. Richeda and R. Berelson) 

            Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY, USA, Bottomless Bowl

1999    Town Museum, Labin, Croatia, Ceramics

            Nikola Tesla – Simenson Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia, Ceramics

1998    Gallery Passage, Labin, Croatia, Earthen Sketches  

            Croatian G. Consulate, Trieste, Italy, Ceramics              

1996    Gallery Miroslav Kraljević, Zagreb, Croatia, Ceramics (with Marina Orlic) 

            Town Museum Labin, Croatia, Ceramics (with Marina Orlic)

            Town Museum Rovinj, Croatia, Ceramics (with Marina Orlic) 

1995    Gallery Lipa, Groznjan, Croatia, Ceramics and Graphic

1990    Gallery Gea, Labin, Croatia, Ceramics and Graphic

1989    Town Library, Labin, Croatia,  Ceramics and Graphic

Selection of Group Exhibitions

2025 Arts Westchester, White Plains, NY, USA, Art Exchange

Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY, USA, Come Together

HDLU-Istre, Pula, Croatia, When Waste Becomes Art

2022  Flushing Town Hall, New York, NY, USA, Members Exhibition

2021  Town Gallery, Labin, Croatia, Labinski Likovni Susret - 100x100 Sretno 

2020  Umag, Croatia, Courage

2013  Tandoori,  Port Chester, NY, USA, Clay and Curry

2012  Atrium, 2 Umaski Salon, Umag, Croatia, Traces of Presence 

            Celadon Clay Gallery, Water Mill, NY, USA, Raku 

2011  Arts Westchester, White Plains, NY, USA, eARTh

2010  Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY, USA, Delicate Raku

2008  Secrets, Hastings on Hudson, NY, USA, Reflective Firing 

            Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY, USA, Transformations 6x6 

            Fine Art Gallery, SUNY WCC, Valhalla, NY, USA, Terra Forma

2007  Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY, USA, East-West Fusion 

2006  Gallery MC, New York, NY, USA, Recent Croatian Ceramics

            International Ceramic Tile Trienele, Dominican Republic, Elite-Tile ‘06

2005  Varaždin, Croatia, The International Festival of Postmodern Ceramics  

Cecil County Art Council, Elkton, MD, Emanations - Works from the Clay Art Center 

            NCECA 2005, Kansas City, MO, NCECAInternational Artist slide presentation

2004  Belskie Museum, Closter, NJ, USA, Clay Works

        Raccoon, Long Island City, NY, USA, Art and Migration

2003  Town Gallery, Labin, Croatia, Clay Art Center -NY  

            Phillipse Manor Hall, Yonkers, NY, USA, Ceramic Visions

2002  Clay Art Center, Port Chestar, NY, USA, Faculty Exhibition

2001  Arts Westchester, White Plains, NY, USA, A Legacy in Clay 

            Varaždin, Croatia, International Exhibition of Vesels

1999  Zagreb, Croatia, Annual Exhibition of HDLU Members 

1998  Cairo, Egypt, The 4th Cairo International Biennial for Ceramics 

1997  Gallery Vincent od Kastva, Pula, Croatia, Exhibition of HDLU Members 

            Varaždin, Croatia, Hommage Baroku - International Ceramics Exhibition 

            Rijeka, Croatia, 6 Artists of Istra - Rijeka Circle  

            Dom HDLU-a,  Zagreb, Croatia, Worldly Triennials of Small Ceramic

1996  Labin, Croatia, In Signo Terae, art residency  

            Klovićevi Dvori, Zagreb, Croatia, 31. Zagreb Salon of Design

1995  Gallery Gradec, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Contemporary Ceramic in Croatia  

            Museo Nacional do Azulejo, Lisbon, Portugal, Contemporary Ceramic in Croatia

1994  Gallery Grades, Zagreb, Croatia, Contemporary Ceramic in Croatia

1993  Meštrović Paviljon, Zagreb, Croatia, IV Worldly Triennials of Small Ceramic 

            Sospirolo, Italy, Labin Art Circle 

            Gallery SKUC, Ljubljana, Slovenia, The L.A.E.

1992    Gallery of Modern Art, Zagreb, Croatia, Project K.U.C. Lamparna-Labin 

Memberships

CAC – Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY,USA

NCECA -The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, USA

LILA, art & culture nonprofit organization, Croatia

HDLU - Istre, Croatia

Awards

2007 The Elaiene Hoffman Rattet Grant, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY, USA

2014 Hand in Hand Honoree - Clay Art Center, City of Port Chester & NY State Assembly

Collections

Museum of Art and Craft, Zagreb, Croatia

Croatian Chamber of Economy and Commerce, Zagreb, Croatia

Private Collections in the USA and Europe

Press / Bibliography

Contemporary Ceramics in Croatia, Marina Baričević, Art studio Azinović, 1994

History of Modern Ceramics in Croatia, Marina Baričević, Školska Knjiga Zagreb, 1996

Yoga and Clay: When Earth Meets with the Spirit , Light on Light - “Yoga, Healing, and Peace”, IDY Committee at the UN, 2020

Healing Art of Clay , Clay art Center, Port Chester, NY

Hand in Hand / Met The Honorees, Clay art Center, Port Chester, NY