DAVOR SANVINCENTI

web: www.messmatik.net

Davor Sanvincenti / b.1979 / is a multimedia artist from Croatia. He is specifically interested in a field of audiovisual phenomenology and anthropology of visual culture, particularly focused on the conditions and forms of human senses and perceptions. His artistic practice takes shape in the variety of media – film and video, photography, physical light and sound installations and live media performances. His work plays with the concept of illusion, exploring the possible boundaries of perception and the construction of experience. In 2010, he was recipient of the Radoslav Putar Award for the best Croatian artist under 35.

His work has been exhibited and presented internationally, including festivals Rencontres Internationales, Paris/Berlin/Madrid; 28th Music Bienale, Zagreb; LOOP, Barcelona; 25FPS, Zagreb; World Film Festival, Bangkok; VideoEX, Zurich; CineMed, Montpellier and venues including Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; ZKM, Karlsruhe; Lincoln Center, New York; UniversalMuseum Joanneum, Graz; FRAC Pays de la Loire, Nates; Museo de Arte Contemporanea, Oaxaca; Camera Austria, Graz; MoCA, Zagreb; NIU, Barcelona; La Triennale, Milano; Filmoteca Española, Madrid; Art Pavilion, Zagreb; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin.

 

Education:

2013 | Masterclass - Steina & Woody Vasulka, Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ, Amsterdam, NL

2005 | Master Program - Multimedia Programming and Sound engineering,

             Agon - electroacoustic center, Milan, IT

2004 | Academy of Fine Arts Brera, Multimedia alternative, Milan, IT

2003 | BA Visual Arts, European Institute of Design, Milan, IT

1997 - 2000 | Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Psychology, Rijeka, HR

 

Residences:

2016 | MultiMadeira residency - Madeira, Funchal, PT
2012
| ArtsLink residency - Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, US

2012 | XXVIemes ateliers internationaux - FRAC Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, FR

2012 | LKS – Lithuanian Composers Union, Druskininkai, LT

2011 | ISCP - International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, US

2009 | 5 Senses project, Vilnius - Capital of Culture 2009, Vilnius, LT

Awards / grants (selection):

2016 | Production grant - Croatian audiovisual center, Zagreb, HR
2013
| Special Prize, Vizura Aperta - Festival of Visual&Audio Media, Momjan, HR
2013 | Winner, public intervention for Memorial park Dotrščina, Zagreb, HR

2012 | Residency grant, National Endowment for Arts, New York, US

2012 | Second Prize, public intervention for Water Tower Gredelj, Zagreb, HR

2011 | First Prize, Vizura Aperta - Festival of Visual and Audio Media, Momjan, HR

2011 | Residency grant, Foundation for Civil Society, New York, US

2010 | Winner, Radoslav Putar Award (best Croatian artist under 35), Zagreb, HR

2010 | Finalist, Photodays, Rovinj, HR

2009 | Second Prize, 41st Review of Croatian Independent Film, Split, HR

2009 | Finalist – best live media, Celeste Prize 09, Berlin, DE

2008 | Third Prize, T-HT Award – Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, HR

2008 | Winner, Granangular short documentary prize, Barcelona, ES

2005 | Third Prize, permanent public intervention for Trg Slobode, Poreč, HR

2005 | Finalist, Diesel Wall - Temporary Art Award, Milan, IT

Solo exhibition (selection):

2016 | Sea Above, Sky Below / MultiMadeira residency, Funchal, PT
2015
| Traversing the wilderness of Time / Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, HR
2015 | Con una cierta calma / Bel Galley, Novi Sad, RS
2015 | Undefined Wildness / Zuccato Galley, Poreč, HR
2015 | Con una cierta calma / Skale do Sunca Galley, Stara Novalja, HR
2015 | Ø / 28th Music Biennale Zagreb, Zagreb, HR
2014 | Before the first Light / Žitnjak Atelier Gallery, Zagreb, HR
2014 | Undefined Wildness / Waldinger Gallery, Osijek, HR
2014 | A Ray of Darkness / SC Gallery, Zagreb, HR
2013 | Leafs without roots / Window Gallery, Zagreb, HR
2013 | The traveling Now (with Katarzyna Krakowiak) / Pogon Gallery, Zagreb, HR
2013 | Score for the Found Orchestra / P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
2013 | Solfeggio for Color Harmonies / Museum of Stari Grad, Stari Grad, HR

2013 | Invisible landscapes: Earth / MKC Gallery, Split, HR

2013 | El Tiempo, en reposo entre la Tierra y el Cielo / Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Oaxaca, MX

2012 | Le lever du jour / Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, US

2012 | 1 0 0 1 revisited / Grey Area Gallery, Korčula, HR

2012 | Before the first Light / Rigo Gallery, Novigrad, HR

2012 | Invisible landscapes: Earth / Glassbox Gallery, Paris, FR

2011 | Invisible landscapes: Space / Barrel Gallery, Zagreb, HR

2011 | Invisible landscapes: Earth / Miroslav Kraljević Gallery, Zagreb, HR

2011 | Silences between the Waves (with Michele Sambin) / Makina Gallery, Pula

2011 | Salon / ISCP, New York, US

2010 | Silences between the Waves / 3rd Program of Croatian National Radio

2010 | I listened to myself closing my eyes and open them back again / VN Gallery, Zagreb, HR

2010 | Studies of Light before the Live / HB Galerie, Rotterdam, NL

2008 | 1 0 0 1 / Small Gallery, POU Poreč, Poreč, HR

2008 | Neige / Loop, Video Art Festival - Red03 Gallery, Barcelona, ES

2008 | Smuggler’s self-portrait / Pocket Gallery, Como, IT

2008 | Shortspective / Art Mirall Gallery, Barcelona, ES

Group exhibition (selection):
2016 | Le Cinéma de la Nouvelle Lune, GlassBox Gallery, Paris, FR
2015 | Walking without footprints, Tranzit.sk Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2015 | New Art for New Society, Wroclaw Contemporary Museum, Wroclaw, PL
2015 | Looking at Nothing (Desire in the Future), National Gallery, Skopje, MK
2015 | This is(not) my World, Klovićevi Dvori Gallery, Zagreb, HR
2015 | Nano – Artmetamedia Festival, Kreuzberg Pavilion Gallery, Berlin, DE
2015 | Žitnjak, Museum of Contemporary Art of Istria, Pula, HR
2015 | Škver Art Project, Mali Lošinj, HR
2015 | Every tree stands in silent thought, Galženica Gallery, Velika Gorica, HR
2015 | Coexistence, Fondazione Museo Pino Pascali, Polignano al Mare, IT

2014 | Matiere Cinema, Second Nature Gallery, Aix en Provence, FR
2014 | Coexistence / Magazzini del Sale, Venezia, IT
2014 | Multimeridijan Biennale / MMC Luka Gallery, Pula, HR
2014 | Art in Port / Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, HR
2014 | Touch Me Festival / Klovićevi Dvori Gallery, Zagreb, HR
2014 | Danube dialogues / Academy of Science and Art, Novi Sad, RS
2014 | Island’s map / Museum of Local community , Zlarin, HR
2014 | Art in Port / National Gallery, Cetinje, MN
2014 | Is-land / MMC Gallery, Pula, HR
2014 | Scenes of Light, for Julije / Kazamat Gallery, Osijek, HR
2014 | Art in Port / Pyramid – International Center for Culture, Tirana, AL
2014 | Digital Narratives / Museum of Contemporary Art, Pula, HR
2014 | Škver Art Project/  Mali Lošinj, HR
2014 | Apathy / Klovićevi Dvori, Zagreb, HR
2013 | Svi u Muu / Muzej Ulične Umjetnosti, Zagreb, HR
2013 | Croatian Video Art / Collegium Hungaricum, Berlin, DE
2013 | Is-land / Academy of Science and Arts, Zagreb, HR
2013 | Apathy / Museum of Contemporary Art of Istra, Pula, HR
2013 | Festival prvih, Echo Pavilion, Zagreb, HR

2013 | 48th Zagreb Salon / HDLU Gallery, Zagreb, HR

2013 | Zero Point of Meaning/ Camera Austria, Graz, AT

2013 | 46th Winter Salon / Herceg Novi, MN

2013 | Nostalgia / Cuarto Contemporaneo, Oaxaca, MX

2012 | Trans Adriatic / Alviani Art Space, Pescara, IT

2012 | Star Dust / FRAC Pays de la Loire, Nantes, FR
2012 | TuSmo III/ Museum of Contemporary Art of Istra, Pula, HR

2012 | Lampo - net & contemporary art festival / Aurum, Pescara, IT
2012 | Nulta točka značenja/ Umjetnički pavilion, Zagreb, HR

2012 | Turn the light on, it’s dark / Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art, Rijeka, HR

2011 | Plexus / Galženica Gallery, Velika Gorica, HR

2011 | Time After / MKC Gallery, Split, HR
2011 | Vizura Aperta Momiano, Momjan, HR

2011 | 51. Poreč Annale / Istrian Chamber Gallery, Poreč, HR

2011 | Picture from Sound / Art radionica Lazareti, Dubrovnik, HR

2011 | Zero Point of Meaning / Art Pavilion, Zagreb, HR

2011 | Time After / Kortil Gallery, Rijeka, HR        

2011 | Pretty Vacant / Cultural Center Karlo Rojc, Pula, HR

2011 | T-HTaward@Msu.hr / Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, HR

2010 | Picture from Sound / MKC Gallery, Split, HR

2010 | SintArt, Richter Collection / Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, HR

2010 | Strictly personal / Vladimir Bužančić Gallery, Zagreb, HR

2010 | Schittering / Brilliance, Cucosa Gallery, Rotterdam, NL

2010 | 10. Urban Festival, Zagreb, HR

2010 | 30.Youth Salon / Meštrović Pavilion, Zagreb, HR

2010 | 700IS Festival / Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, IS

2009 | International Photo Biennale - Photodistorzija, Poreč, HR

2009 | Celeste Prize 09 / Alte AEG Fabrik, Berlin, DE

2009 | 5 Senses of Vilnius / Piliesk Street, Vilnius, LT

2008 | T-HTaward@Msu.hr / Mestrovic Pavilion, Zagreb, HR

2008 | FoPa - Festival of Performing Arts / Monumenti, Pula, HR

2008 | Biennale of Young Artist from Europe and Meditteranean, Bari, IT

2008 | 4696_project / Kissa Hanare Lab, Kyoto, JP

Audiovisual concerts and live media (selection):

2013 | Nature needs to be constructed / Jakuševac, Zagreb, HR
2012 | Karmela’s case / Church of Assumption of Carmel, Novigrad, HR

2011 | Luminokinetika / Photodistorzija - Biennal of Photography, Poreč, HR
2011 | Two lines in a loop / Sine Linea festival, Zagreb, HR

2011 | Two lines in a loop / ZKM, Karlsruhe, DE

2011 | In C - St.Francis case / Franciscan monastery, Pazin, HR

2011 | 6666 Weeks Later / UGM, Maribor Art Gallery, Maribor, SI

2010 | Pattern II / Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, RS

2010 | Inside the structure / Museum of Contemprary Art, Zagreb, HR

2010 | Luminokinetika / Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, HR

2009 | Pixel Wind / UniversalMuseum Joanneum, Graz, AT

2008 | V-AV Cyclo / Pou de la Figuera, Barcelona, ES

2007 | Not a moment / NIU - Espai Artistic Contemporany, Barcelona, ES

2007 | Gurtjo Ningmor / LePlacard - headphone festival - NIU, Barcelona, ES

2005 | A.M. / La Triennale, Milan, IT

Video screenings (selection):

2014 | Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
2014 | Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Hawick – Scottish border, UK
2013 | Bristol Poetry Film Festival, Bristol, UK
2013 | Experiments in Cinema v8.53, Albuquerque, US

2013 | The Vault, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, US

2012 | Loop, repetition, identity / ARTE broadcast television, FR

2011 | Simultan Festival for Electronic Arts & Music, Timisoara, RO
2011 | Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, DE

2011 | Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Filmoteca Espanola, Madrid, ES

2011 | K3, International Kurtzimage Festival / Udine,Villach, IT/AT

2010 | Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Centre Pompidou, Paris

2010 | 8. World Film Festival of Bangkok, Bangkok, TH

2010 | 32.Cinemed, Festival international du cinema mediterraneen, Montpellier, FR

2010 | 25FPS Internacionalni Festival Eksperimentalnog Filma i Videa, Zagreb, HR

2010 | VideoEx, Festival of Experimental Film and Video, Zurich, CH

2010 | Kulturni Centar B92 - Cinema Rex, Beograd, RS

2010 | NewMedia Festival 10, Koeln, DE

2009 | Videomedeja Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, Novi Sad, RS

2009 | 41. Review od Croatian Independent Film, Split, HR

2009 | 5. Film Festival 600, Ljubljana, SI

2009 | 18th Croatian Film Days, Zagreb, HR
2007 | C-Prayer audiovisual festival, Milan, IT

2007 | Architecture and Ingeneering University, Istanbul, TU

2007 | IDN - dance and moving image festival, Barcelona, ES

2006 | Lincoln Center, New York, US
2006 | Magmart Video Festival, Museo Arte Contemporanea, Casoria, IT
2006 | 14. One minute Film Festival, Požega, HR

2005 | Dance Screen Festival, Brighton, UK

2005 | Videodance Festival 2005, Athens, GR

Lectures / artist talks / workshops (selection):

2016 | Overlap of sound and light studies, MultiMadeira residency, Funchal, PT
2015
| New Art for New Society, Wroclaw Contemporary Museum, Wroclaw, PL
2015 | About Light, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, HR
2014
| Visualize the structure of the invisible, Klvoićevi Dvori, Zagreb, HR
2014 | I can see the future, French Pavilion, Zagreb, HR
2014 | Alchemy Film & Moving image festival, Hawick, Scotland
2014 | Author's Night, Pula Film Factory, Pula, HR
2013 | Score for the Found Orchestra, P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
2013 | Laboratory of smell, taste and sound, Academy of Applied Arts, Rijeka,HR

2013 | Zero point of Meaning, Camera Austria, Graz, AT

2012 | The river, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, US

2012 | Blue arpeggios, Ciurlonius Museum, Druskininkai, LT

2011 | Invisible landscapes, Miroslav Kraljević Gallery, Zagreb, HR
2011 | Salon, ISCP - International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, US

2011 | CroArtScia2011, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, HR

2010 | Rencontres Internationales, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, FR
2008 | Video in real time, Media Mediterranea Festival, Pula, HR


Works in public collections:

     | Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, HR
     | FRAC Pays de la Loire, Nantes, FR
     | Vjenceslav Richter Collection, Zagreb, HR
     | Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb, HR
     | Found footage Collection, Cologne, DE

 

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