hrvatski
Bio
Born 1965 in Zagreb, Croatia. Lives in France since 1989.
Graduated at the Painting Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb,1987
Graduated at the Art Department (DNSAP) of the École des Beaux Arts in Lyon, 1992
Along with her artwork exploring light and spatial perception, she practices literary translation, writing, and poetry publishing (L'Ollave editions)
Exhibitions
2016
Galerie Denise René (Paris, FR) - Transparences
2015
Un lieu une oeuvre (Menerbes, FR) - Penrose Stars
Museum of Contemporary Art (Zagreb, HR) - Croatian contemporary art - T-com annual exhibition
2014
Kubus Galerie (Hannover, DE) - French Connection (with Antje Smollich)
Galerija Klovićevi Dvori (Zagreb, HR) - Structures of the invisible
Fondation Vasarely (Aix-en-Provence, FR) - Structures of the invisible
2013
Ackenbush (Paris/Malakoff) - Accrocher lumière
Gradska galerija (Osijek, HR) - Diffractions 2
2012
Maison de Brian (Simiane la Rotonde, FR) - Microevents
Atelieri Žitnjak (Zagreb, HR) - Diffractions
2011
Atelier visuel (Apt, FR) - States of Listening
Un lieu une oeuvre (Menerbes, FR) - Permeable Limits
Artmandat (Barjols, FR) - From one State Another
2010
Galerija Kranjčar (Zagreb, HR) - Matter of Sight
2009
Artboretum (Argenton sur Creuse, FR) - Dots and Debris
2008
CEA - Comissariat à l'énergie atomique (Cadarache, FR) -Transition
2007
Université des lettres (Nice, FR) - Before the Word
2004
L'Atrappe-couleurs (Lyon, FR) - Glimpse
Galerie Ucher (Cologne, DE) - Durch das Echo
2003
Galerie Annie Lagier (L'Isle sur la Sorgue, FR) - Reflexions
Galeria Miejska (Wrocław, PL) and Galeria Krzysztofory (Kraków, PL) - Spread
2002
Galerie Pignon Nord (Strasbourg, FR) - Crossing
Galerija Otok (Dubrovnik, HR) - Spyglasses
Galerie Ucher (Cologne, DE) - Shapes of Junction
2001
Galerija Klovićevi dvori (Zagreb, HR) - Between
Galerie Koma (Mons, BE) - Dazzled Eye
2000
Galerija Klub Ghetto (Split, HR) - Ramifications
1999
Galerija PM (Zagreb, HR) - Inaudible Steps
1997
Tate Gallery St Yves (St Yves, UK) - A Quality of Light
Galerie Ollave (Lyon, FR) - Diverted Walls
1995
Galerie Lydie Rekow (Crest, FR) - Limits
Venice Biennale, Croatian pavillion (Venice, IT)
1994
Galerie Koma (Mons, BE) - Red Light
Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art (Warsaw, PL) - Painting Installation
Galerija Karas (Zagreb, HR) - Inside / Outside
1993
Galerie l'Ollave (Lyon, FR) - Curved Space
1991
École Nationale des Beaux Arts (Lyon, FR) - Four Installations
Galerie l'Ollave (Lyon, FR) - Standing Paintings
1989
Galerija SC (Zagreb, HR) - Paintings
Curated exhibitions and interdisciplinary projects
2014
Structures of the Invisible – artworks based on light, space, movement, related to scientific forms or concepts. International project gathering nine artists and five scientists (physics / mathematics).
Exhibitions in Klovićevi dvori gallery, Zagreb, Croatia, and the Vasarely Foundation, Aix-en-Provence, France. Conférences, collaborations, debates.
Catalogue tracing dialogues between artists and scientists, with artworks from the exhibition.
2011
States of Listening / Getting Far From the Noise to Hear – creations on dark matter : poetry, performance, painting, installation. Discussion with a physicist specialised in research of dark matter in Laboratoire de Bas Bruit Rustrel. Short essays.
Exhibition in Atelier Art visuel FB, Apt, France.
Publication with all works (pubished by la Ville d'Apt) .
2010
Matter of Sight – crossing views on Martina Kramer's artworks, including poets, physicists, a sociologist, a dancer, a writer, a biologist, and other artists.
Exhibition, conferences and debates – in Gallery Kranjčar, Zagreb, Croatia
Publication with essays and artworks. (published by Gallery Kranjčar)
2004
Un morceau d'air – three conversations about the invisible (with artists and a physicist)
artists residency, meetings, exhibition in Atelier expérimental residency Clans, Nice, France and a book (published in 2005, L'Ollave editions)
Residencies and stays
2011 - Montréal, CA - three months
2008 - Zagreb, HR - three months
2007 - Barcelone, ES - two months
2006 - Paris, FR - one month
2005 - Koppelo, FI - Inari Artist Residency, one month
2004 - Clans, FR - L'Atelier Experimental, one month
2004 - Buenos Aires, AR - two months
2002 - London, UK - Gaswork Artists Studios, two months
1999 - Ligurie, IT - Atelier privé, six months
1998 - Dublin, IE - Fire Station Artists Studios, five months
1993 - Sablons, FR - Moly Sabata résidence d'artistes, two months
Permanent installations - public commissions
2002
Ramifications - Installation à London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, GB
Special projects
2008
Transitions, quand la peinture fait signe à la physique
Comissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Centre de Cadarache, FR, Bibliothèque scientifique
Avant le mot
Exposition à l'Université de Nice, FR
2006
Points sensibles
Installation à O Espaço do Tempo, Montemor-o-Novo, PT
2004
Portraits
Installation à la vitrine du Plaqu'Art, Apt, FR
© Martina Kramer, 2014
martinakramer@orange.fr
photographs: Jean de Breyne, Jacques Huissoud, Martina Kramer, Fedor Vučemilović (pour Galerija Karas), Boris Cvjetanović (pour Galerija Klovićevi dvori); site realisation: Darko Kramer