Ivan Grubanov Serbian, b. 1976

Education

 

2016 University of Leuven/LUCA School of Arts, PhD in Arts, Leuven, BE

2008 Casa de Velazquez, Madrid, Spain

2005 – 2006 Delfina Studio Programme, London, UK

2002 – 2003 RABK / Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Rijksakademie van Beeldenden Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1996 – 2001Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrad, Serbia-Montenegro

 

Solo shows (selection)

 

2024 Titled Gallery Copenhagen

2023  Belgrade City Museum, Belgrade

2022 SKIN NATION CLASS, galleria IPERCUBO, Milan, IT

2022 For My God and My Country, Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam, NL

2019 THE EVIL PAINTER, City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zrenjanin, RS

2019 THE RETURN OF THE NATIONAL, Loock galerie, Berlin, DE

2018 SCARS, November Gallery, Belgrade, RS

2018 COUNTERPICTURING, Art Brussels (with Ron Mandos gallery), Brussels, BE

2017 PAINTING THE NATION, Belgrade Cultural Center, Belgrade, RS

2017 THE SUMMER OF NATIONALISM, Exhibition Hall of the University Library Leuven, Leuven, BE

2016 COLLECTIVE FRACTURES, Funnel Contemporary, Bucharest, RO

2016 SMOKE NATION SCREEN, Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam, NL

2015 BEHIND THE SMOKESCREEN, Loock Galerie, Berlin

2015 UNITED DEAD NATIONS, Serbian Pavilion at the 56th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia

2013 CURRENT PASTS (with Vangelis Vlahos, curated by Daphne Vitali), National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece

2012 SMOKESCREENS, Loock Galerie, Berlin

2010 HAUNTING MEMORY (associated project of the Architecture Trienale), MARZ Galeria, Lissabon, Portugal

SEVEN STUDIES FOR A MEMORIAL, Loock Galerie, Berlin, Germany

2009 Solo Projects, ARCO, Madrid, Spain

2008 EVIL PAINTER, Loock Galerie, Berlin, Germany

LABORATORIO 987, MUSAC, Leon, Spain

2007 Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire, France

KCB Gallery, Belgrad, Serbia-Montenegro

2006 Nogueras Blanchard Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

2005 Stroom Contemporary Art Center, Den Haag, Netherlands

VISITOR, Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrad, Serbia-Montenegro

2004 STUDY OF MY FATHER, A RELATION TO THE ORIGIN, Ron Mandos Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands

VISITOR, Lawrence O´Hana Gallery, London, UK

CAGES, Expodium, Utrecht, Netherlands

2001 Dvoriste Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pancevo, Serbia-Montenegro

1999 Zlatno Oko, Novi Sad, Serbia-Montenegro

 

Group shows (selection)

 

2019

WHEN THE PRESENT IS HISTORY, Depo Istanbul, Istanbul, TR

OPEN CEREMONY, Aa29 Project Room, Reggio Emilia, IT

STAYING HERE WITH YOU – MOVING, Cinema Balkan Center for Contemporary Art, Belgrade, RS

THE AUTUMN SALON, Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzoric, Belgrade, RS

SCEPANOVIC, ZDRAVKOVIC, GRUBANOV, PERIC,  Gallery Belgrade, Belgrade, RS

 

2018

MARVELOUS CACOPHONY, Belgrade Biennial, Belgrade City Museum, RS

BETWEEN US, Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, RS

POST-TRUTH, National Museum, Cetinje, MN

MATERIALITY OF THE PAINTERLY EVENT, Athens City Arts Center, Athens. GR

THE WORLD ON PAPER, Museum Palais Populaire, Berlin, DE

FORM, Belgrade City Museum, Application, Art, , Belgrade, RS

COLOR LUCIDA, Serbian Cultural Center Paris, Paris, FR

 

2017

NEW AQUISITIONS, Pancevo Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pancevo, RS

VOYAGE – A JOURNEY THROUGH SERBIAN CONTEMPORARY ART, China Art Museum, Sanghai, CH

FOUR DIRECTIOS, Aa 29 Project Room, Caserta, IT

STAYING HERE WITH YOU, a performance with Katia Schenker,Residency of the Swiss Ambasador, Belgrade, RS

LIMITI – CONFINI, Museo del Duomo, Milan, IT

I TRAVELLED THE WORLD ON SEVEN SEAS, Royal Atheneum Antwerp, Anwerp, BE

 

2016

ACH, DIE SIND JA HEUTE SO UNPOLITISCH, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin, DE

17th Pancevo Biennial, SEE Art Gates, Pancevo, RS

Art Brussels, with Ron Mandos gallery

Art Rotterdam, with Ron Mandos gallery

 

2015

CONSTELLATION, Serbian Cultural Center Paris, Paris, FR

STUDY FOR A MEMORIAL, Outside Gallery Apolo, Pancevo, RS

BONTON: Dobro odrzavanje i lepo ponasanje, Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrade, RS

NEW HORIZONS, Naval Heritage Collection, Porto Montenegro, Tivat, ME

 

2014

16th Pancevo Biennial, Pancevo, RS

DIEZ AÑOS DESPUÉS, MUSAC (Museo de arte contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon), Leon, ES

IN BOCCA AL LUPO, CREPI CREPI, Cultural Center of Cyprus in Athens, Athens, GR

ROAD TO EUROPE / I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE WAR, Clovic Castle Gallery, Zagreb, HR

ENACTING PROTEST?, STUK Kunstencentrum, Leuven, BE

THE GOOD CAUSE, Stroom Center for Contemporary Art, The Hague, NL

SQUARES, Francois Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

CELEBRITIES, Loock Galerie, Berlin, DE

 

2013

WIR ÜBERSCHREITEN DEN RUBIKON, Ostrale ´013, Dresden

GENESIS, 9. Inspiracje Festival, Szczecin, PL

WE ARE EVERYTHING FOR EACH OTHER (curated by Maja Ciric), Lanchester Gallery Projects, Coventry, UK

PRESLISAVANJE 10 (curated by Sasa Janjic, Miroslav Karic, Slobodan Jovanovic), Remont Gallery, Belgrade, RS

 

2012

REALITY BITES (curated by Eija Aarnio, Leevi Haapala, Saara Hacklin, Patrik Nyberg, Jonna Strandberg), Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finnland

A GATHERING (curated by Maria Thalia and Olga Hatzidaki), Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Griechenland

REFERENCING HISTORY, Green Art Gallery, Dubai, VAE

THAT PASSES BETWEEN US (curated by Lala Rascic), Good Children Gallery, New Orleans

PRIVATE VIEW, Loock Galerie, Berlin

 

2011

Apexart, THE WALLS THAT DIVIDE US (curated by Miguel Amado), New York, USA

Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, DONUMENTA 2011- SERBIEN: VIEWS/ VISIONS, Regensburg, Germany

Extra City, DRAWING DOCUMENTS, Antwerpen, Belgium

The 3rd International Festival of Contemporary Art of Algiers (FIAC), Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Algiers, DZ, (curated by Nadira Laggoune)

MOCAK, HISTORY IN ART (curated by Maria Anna Potocka), Museum of Contemporary Art Krakow, PL

MARZ Galeria, THIN AIR, Lisbon, PT

SELEKTIONSEFFEKTE, Blainsouthern Berlin, DE

2010

DRAWING DOCUMENTS (curated by Anselm Franke), Extra City-Kunsthal, Antwerpen, Belgium

POLITICS OF ART (curated by Anna Kafetsi), National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athen, Greece

MORALITY, ACT 3, AND THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS (kuratiert von Zoe Gray), Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands

MORALITY, ACT 3, AND THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS (kuratiert von Zoe Gray), Apex Art, New York, USA

ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR: THE SOCIAL AT THE BERARDO COLLECTION (curated by Miguel Amado), Museu Colecção Berardo, Lissabon, Portugal

 

2009

MONUMENT TO TRANSFORMATION, City Gallery Prague, Prag, Tschechische Republik

COURTISANE FESTIVAL, Film, Video & Media Art, Arts Center Vooruit, Gent, Belgium

PUERTAS ABIERTAS, Casa de Velazquez, Madrid, Spain

CIRCUMSTANCE, Belgrade Cultural Centre, The 50th October Salon, Belgrad, Serbia-Montenegro

The Matrix: An Unstable Reality, 28th Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slowenien

WHERE EVERITHING IS YET TO HAPPEN, Spaport Biennial, Banja Luka BH, (curated by Antonia Majaca, Ivana Bago, Anselm Franke)

 

2008

BETWEEN THE IMAGES, Iaspis, Stockholm, Sweden

3rd Bucharest Biennial of Young Artists (curated by Ami Barak), Bukarest, Romania

Spa Port, Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina

NO LEFTOVERS, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland

WASTELAND, Hattyúház Galéria, Pécs, Hungary

SIGNALS IN THE DARK: ART IN THE SHADOW OF WAR, Blackwood Gallery University of Toronto at Mississauga, Toronto, Canada

HEADLINES & FOOTNOTES, Henie Onstad Art Center, Oslo, Norway

ITALY ITALIEN, WLOCHY, ARCOS Contemporary Art Museum Sannio, Benevento, Italy

SELECTIVE KNOWLEDGE, Institute for Contemporary Art and Thought, Athen, Greece

 

2007

10th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey

DRAWING TYPOLOGIES (curated by Roel Arkesteijn), Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam, Netherlands

HETEROTOPIAS (curated by Jan Erik Lundstorm), 1st Thessaloniki Biennale, Greece

ALABAMA, Office Baroque, Antwerpen, Belgium EVERY WIND THAT BLOWS, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands

GROUND LOST, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Switzerland

SPEAKERS, Aeroplastics Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands

 

2006

HISTOIRE(S) (curated by Sophie Legrandjacques), Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire, France

REMBRANDT: DEATH, DISSECTION & DOCTORS, Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam, Netherlands

COMMON DESTINATIONS (curated by Katherine Carl), Drawing Center, Selections Fall, New York, USA

Pancevo Biennial, Pancevo, Serbia-Montenegro

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (curated by Margot Heller, Jens Hoffman, Kit Kammonds and Claire Fitzsimmons), South London Gallery, London, UK

SWEET TABOOS (curated by Edi Muka), Apex Art, New York, USA

PSW AR, PIXELS OF REALITY, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Everyday Every Other Day, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, Canada

MRKS & SPNCR, Delfina Studios, London, UK

AMBIVALENT TRUTHS, Serious Interests Agency, London, UK

AFFINITY BY CHOICE, KCB Belgrade, Belgrad, Serbia-Montenegro

INTERRUPTED HISTORIES, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia

VILLA JELMINI, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland

 

2005

SWEET TABOOS, Tirana Bienale, Tirana, Albania

INFORMATION/TRANSFORMATION, Extra City, Antwerpen, Belgium

OFF-KEY, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland

20/21, Press to Exit Project Space, Skopje, Macedonia

20/21, Zvono Gallery, Belgrad, Serbia-Montenegro

Manif d’Art, 3rd Biennial of Quebec, Quebec, Canada

VALUES, Espace Culturel Francois Mitterand, Perigueux, France

GALA OF THE YEAR, Ron Mandos Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands

 

2004

THE WORLD IS FINE, WE OURSELVES UNFORTUNATELY SOMEWHAT LESS, De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands

CODED CULTURES, Freiraum, Museumsquartier, Wien, Austria

UNTITLED AS YET, The Yugoslav Biennial of Young Artists, Vrsac, Serbia-Montenegro

VALUES, 11th Biennial of Visual Arts, Pancevo, Serbia-Montenegro

SHARE LIKE A RECEIPT, Center in Galerija P74, Ljubljana, Slovenia

VIDEO STUDIO, Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen, Den Haag, Netherlands

ART Rotterdam, Smart Project Space Stand, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Smart Project Space, ART Rotterdam, Netherlands

 

2003

MARTHA COLBURN, IVAN GRUBANOV, BAS LOUTER, SERGE ONEN-FUSE, Museum De Beyerd, Breda, Netherlands

RABK, Open Ateliers, Amsterdam, Netherlands

REGIONAL-UNIVERSAL, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pancevo, Serbia-Montenegro

 

2002

RABK, Open Ateliers, Amsterdam, Netherlands

VIOLENCE-SILENCE, US Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa

RENDEZVOUS IN XIAMEN, Chinese-European Art Center, Xiamen, China

VIOLENCE – MEMORY, Goethe Institut, Tel Aviv, Israel

VIOLENCE, N.S.A. Gallery, Durban, South Africa

SILENCE, Nieubethesda, Great Karoo, South Africa

FAKE OR REAL, Outline & Kunstruimte NP40, Amsterdam, Netherlands

GLASS, KCB Gallery, Belgrad, Serbia-Montenegro

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP 35 WINTER SALON, Josip Bepo Benkovic Gallery, Herceg Novi, Serbia-Montenegro

PUBLIKUM’S CALENDAR OF NEW ART AND CONTEMPORARY LIFE, Belgrad, Serbia-Montenegro

 

2001

INTERNATIONAL TRIENNAL OF DRAWINGS, The Modern Gallery, Rijeka, Croatia

RESISTANCES AND CONFRONTATIONS, Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia-Montenegro

31. SALON OF PANCEVO, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pancevo, Serbia-Montenegro

OPEN SENSUALITY, Cinema Apolo, Pancevo, Serbia-Montenegro

11th BELEF, Barutana, Belgrad, Serbia-Montenegro

GLASS, Gallery for Contemporary Art, Pancevo, Serbia-Montenegro

UNDER CONSTRUCTION, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowsky, Warschau, Poland

 

2000

SHORT ELECTRONIC FORM FAIR, Rex, Belgrad, Serbia-Montenegro

INSIDE-OUTSIDE, Zacheta Gallery, Warschau, Poland

OPEN SENSUALITY, Cinema Apolo, Pancevo, Serbia-Montenegro

30. OCTOBER SALON, Dvoriste Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pancevo, Serbia-Montenegro

10th BELEF, Belgrad, Serbia-Montenegro

INSTALLATION AT PUBLIC SPACE INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF SCULPTURE, Cinema Apolo, Pancevo, Serbia-Montenegro

NOT A DAY WITHOUT A LINE, Graphic Collective Gallery, Belgrad, Serbia-Montenegro

 

1999

THE END OF THE EPISODE, SULUJ Gallery, Belgrad, Serbia-Montenegro

International Festival of Young Independent Artists, BREAK 21, Ljubljana, Slovenia

29. OCTOBER SALON, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pancevo, Serbia-Montenegro

250 EUROPEAN ARTWORKS, Palazzo Piazzoni, Vittorio Veneto, Italy

COLLECTION OF GCA GALLERY PANCEVO, Marko Gregovic Gallery, Petrovac, Serbia-Montenegro

PROJECT AAAAAAAAAAA, KUD France Presern, Ljubljana, Slovenia

BETWEEN TWO AIR-RAIDS, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pancevo, Serbia-Montenegro

28. DRAWINGS AND SMALL SCALES SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Youth House Gallery, Belgrad

, Serbia-Montenegro

28. OCTOBER SALON, Cinema Apolo, Pancevo, Serbia-Montenegro

Konkordija, 3. Yugoslav Biennial of Young Artists, Vrsac, Serbia-Montenegro

De Valigia-International Travelling Exhibition, Belgrad, Serbia-Montenegro

BREAK 21, International Festival of Young Independent Artists, Ljubljana, Slowenien

9th BIENNIAL OF DRAWINGS, Student City Gallery, Belgrad, Serbia-Montenegro

 

 

Scholars / fellowship

 

2012-2013 Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture of Lower Saxony for Artistic Research, Hannover, DE

2008 Scholarship Casa de Velazquez, French Institute in Madrid, ES

2005 Delfina Studio Trust Award, London, UK

2002 – 2003 RABK / Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2001‘Award of 31st Salon of Pancevo’ for video, Pancevo, Serbia-Montenegro

2000‘Award of 30th October Salon for video artwork’ Pancevo, Serbia-Montenegro

1999‘Award for poster’

World’s Health Organization, Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro

1997‘Award for best drawing’, Patagonija Magazine, Vrsac, Serbia-Montenegro

 

Performances

 

2006 Affinity by choice, Speech in front of the National Parliament Building, Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro

2003 W139, Amsterdam, with Paulina Olowska

2004 NEURO, Muffathalle, München, Germany VPRO Television, NL, Smart Project Space selection

2001 FLUX 01, Belgrad, Serbia-Montenegro ARTme, Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina Mikrokino Fest, SKC, Belgrad, Serbia-Montenegro

2000 VideoGong Festival, Culture House Gorizia, Gorizia hEXPO, Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia Soldier’s Tale (Performance in Stravinsky’s opera), Beton-Hala Theatre, Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro

 

Monographs

 

Unnation, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg-Berlin, as author, 2016

 United Dead Nations, Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade, texts by Lidija Merenik, Ana Bogdanovic, Peter Vermeersch, 2015

The Evil Painter, Verlag Fuer Moderne Kunst Nuernberg, texts by Charles Esche, Philippe Pirotte, Ivan Grubanov, 2008

Documents Grubanov, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, editor Martijntje Hallman, text by Ivan Grubanov, 2006

Visitor, Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade/Kunsthalle Bern, texts by Gerardo Mosquera, Marina Martic, Philippe Pirotte, Ivan Grubanov, 2005