Ivana Ivković

Ivana Ivković (*1979, based in Belgrade) gained recognition with her frank and intensely private, self-reflexive approach. Her nomadic style of life – travels, frequent geographical dislocations and exposures to different cultural surroundings, had a major influence over her work, which involves personal history and real and invented memories. The notion of identity and gendered experience are the main elements in her works. In the most unexpected way, Ivković shifts the infamous classical roles between women and men in art, using the naked or semi-naked male body as a performative instrument within orchestrated scenes, tableau vivant. Recently, Ivana Ivković has shown her work at: Humboldt Forum Berlin, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade, Biennale Internazionale Donna in Trieste, MuseumsQuartier Vienna, History museum of Bosnia in Sarajevo, Mala voadora Porto, TAF Athens, Kibla portal in Maribor, Slovenia, National Museum of Montenegro, Hošek Contemporary in Berlin, among other places.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS

2023	California Dream (OMNIBUS: ISOLATION), Cultural Center of Belgrade, Art Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia MONUMENT: The School of Athens, part of the exhibition project – EVROVIZION: CROSSING STORIES AND SPACES by ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) in cooperation with Goethe-Institut Athen and EMΣT, the National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens, Greece
2022	MONUMENT: NO ONE IS LOST, Hošek Contemporary Berlin in cooperation with mala voadora, Porto, Portugal MONUMENT: NO ONE IS LOST – AFTERPIECE, Humboldt Forum, Berlin, Germany DISOBEDIENCE (THE PALACE), with Selma Selman and Marina Marković, Edjšeg Palata, Novi Sad, Serbia
2021	MONUMENT: NO ONE IS LOST, Muzej Savremene Umetnosti Vojvodine, Novi Sad, Serbia POSLE VAS / AFTER YOU, Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade EVROVIZION crossing stories and spaces / IFA exhibition project, Historijski muzej BiH, Sarajevo UMETNOST ANTI RATA, curated by Ana Simona Zelenović, Historijski muzej BiH, Sarajevo ARTikulacije / ARTiculations: Female Prison – Hotel Freedom, National Museum, Pančevo BID21 – Biennale Internazionale Donna,’Silent Transformations’, curated by Gabriela von Habsburg, Trieste
2020	In Him We Trust, BITEF Theatre, Belgrade, Serbia
2019	Mother Tongue, Eugster \|\| Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia I Did It For You, EIKON Schaufenster, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna I ONLY WANT TO LOVE ME, Hosek Contemporary Gallery, Berlin, Germany Burning Body, group exhibition curated by Marko Stamenkovic, Basement halls of Diocletian’s palace, HULU SPLIT, Split, Croatia Hidden Heritage, Golubac fortress, Serbia
2018	A Mirror to Reflect Myself Upon, TAF Theartfoundation, Athens, Greece Articulations I, Evangelical church, Pancevo, Serbia (curatorial project) Say Sorry, Navigator Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia When we were sad (From diaspora to diversities), National Museum of Montenegro, Cetinje, Montenegro AMUSE ME, Contemporary Art Gallery Subotica, Serbia Art Geneve 2018 (with Eugster \|\| Belgrade) Geneva, Switzerland Lipstick on the glass, Gallery OPK Gaude Mater, Czestochowa, Poland
2017	Babylon the Great, Eugster \|\| Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Shelters of Babylon, KIBLA Portal, Maribor, Slovenia From Diaspora to Diversities, Chifte Amam, National Art Gallery, Skopje, Macedonia
2016	The Pleasure of Love, October salon (Belgrade biennial) curated by David Elliott, Belgrade, Serbia From Diaspora to Diversities, REMONT Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia Serbian Young Art Residency, Swiss Embassy, Belgrade, Serbia
2015	Like There Is No Tomorrow, BAR phase II, BAR Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon Time regained, FO KIA NOU Gallery, Athens, Greece FIRE Project, Amari, Crete, Greece Eccentric exercise II, Cultural Center of Belgrade Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia Sensing Realities, Galerie B312, Montreal, Canada
2014	GOING BACK HOME, Prototip Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia In the middle of the garden, TEJAS Gallery, Calcutta, India
2013	Neighboring landscapes II, SC Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia The Center, Les Gens Heureux, Copenhagen, Denmark Neighboring landscapes, Gallery of Belgrade Cultural Center, Belgrade, Serbia, Kora Leone, FLU Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia Every breath I take is one of Yours, Gallery Casa dell Arte, Bodrum, Turkey
2012	61 days in Harlem, Gallery FLU, Belgrade, Serbia Drawings, Gallery space RU, Residency Unlimited, NYC, USA Since I met you I have no peace, SULUJ Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia The most beautiful building, MIKSER Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
2011	Palmsprings, Sound and Visions festival, Majdanpek, Serbia Presente 6, Gallery of Belgrade Cultural Center, Belgrade, Serbia Spring Serbian Salad Fresh, Colorful and Delicious, Lukas Feichtner Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2009	Boudoir, Gallery Eurocentar, Belgrade Serbia Collector as curator, Arte Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2008	I am ready for you, MATT Concept Gallery, La Coruna, Spain European Cinema KulturKontakt, ArtPoint Gallery, Vienna, Austria  I am ready for you, ArteGallery, Belgrade, Serbia House of Fat Gioconda, Dom omladine Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2006	European Solitude, Kunstpunkt, Dusseldorf, Germany

PUBLICATIONS

2023	FACING Morocco Ivana Ivković Publisher: dsbooks Basel (in cooperation with The Cultural Centre of Belgrade) Editor/ Series editor: Dragana Radivojević