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'''Goran Tomcic''' (b. 1964)<ref name=hangar/> is an artist based in [[Berlin]], Germany. His diverse artistic styles and subjects include site-specific installations, temporary structures, text-art, and performative and participatory practices.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artforum.com/picks/goran-tomcic-8439|title=Goran Tomcic at Participant Inc.|first=Nick|last=Stillman|website=www.artforum.com}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://artfacts.net/artist/goran-tomcic/82325|title=Goran Tomcic &#124; Artist|website=ArtFacts}}</ref>


==Biography==
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Tomcic grew up on [[Hvar Island]] and in the city of [[Split, Croatia|Split]], [[Croatia]].<ref name=miami/> He studied Art History and Comparative Literature at the [[University of Zagreb]]. He was based in New York City and Miami in the US from 1991 to 2009 before relocating to Germany. In 1996 he graduated with an MA in Curatorial Studies from the [[Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College]].<ref name=hangar/> From 1997 to 1999, he was the director of Wolfson Galleries at [[Miami Dade College]].<ref name=miami>{{cite news|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/goran-tomcic-returns-to-south-florida-with-heart-strings-at-dimensions-variable-6487297|title=Goran Tomcic Returns to South Florida With “Heart Strings” at Dimensions Variable|work=[[Miami New Times]]|date=July 8, 2014|last=Folgar|first=Abel|access-date=1 October 2023}}</ref>
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Tomcic has been the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including the Trust for Mutual Understanding (1994),<ref>https://www.tmuny.org</ref> the Pollock-Krasner Grant (2007),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pkf-imagecollection.org/artist/Goran_Tomcic/works/|title=Goran Tomcic &#124; Works &#124; Pollock Krasner Image Collection|website=www.pkf-imagecollection.org}}</ref> the MacDowell Residency Fellowship (1992, 1996),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macdowell.org/artists/goran-tomcic|title=Goran Tomcic – Artist|website=MacDowell}}</ref> the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe (2020),<ref name=hangar>{{Cite web|url=https://hangar.com.pt/en/goran-tomcic/|title=HANGAR – Centro de Investigação Artística – Goran Tomcic|date=January 14, 2020}}</ref> and he has been artist-in-residence at many artists residencies.
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'''Goran Tomcic''' (Goran Tomčić) is an artist based in Berlin, Germany. His diverse artistic styles and subjects include site-specific installations, temporary structures, text-art, and performative and participatory practices.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artforum.com/picks/goran-tomcic-8439|title=Goran Tomcic at Participant Inc.|first=Nick|last=Stillman|website=www.artforum.com}}</ref> <ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://artfacts.net/artist/goran-tomcic/82325|title=Goran Tomcic &#124; Artist|website=ArtFacts}}</ref>


==Work==
Tomcic was born in 1964. He grew up in Croatia, and since 1991 has been based in the USA until he relocated to Germany in 2009. He studied Art History and Comparative Literature at the University of Zagreb <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unizg.hr/homepage/|title=Homepage|website=www.unizg.hr}}</ref>, and holds M.A. in Curatorial Studies at Bard College <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ccs.bard.edu/people/roles/11-alumni|title=Alumni|website=CCS Bard}}</ref>, where he graduated with an exhibition of the work of Marjetica Potrč <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nordenhake.com/artists/marjetica-potrc|title=Marjetica Potrč|website=nordenhake.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.de/books/about/Theatrum_Mundi.html?id=cBT4xAEACAAJ&redir_esc=y|title=Theatrum Mundi: Marjetica Potrc|first=Goran|last=Tomčić|date=May 8, 1996|publisher=Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College|via=Google Books}}</ref>. He is recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including the Pollock- Krasner Grant<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pkf-imagecollection.org/artist/Goran_Tomcic/works/|title=Goran Tomcic &#124; Works &#124; Pollock Krasner Image Collection|website=www.pkf-imagecollection.org}}</ref> (2007), the MacDowell Residency Fellowship <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macdowell.org/artists/goran-tomcic|title=Goran Tomcic - Artist|website=MacDowell}}</ref> (1992, 1996), the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hangar.com.pt/en/goran-tomcic/|title=HANGAR - Centro de Investigação Artística - Goran Tomcic|date=January 14, 2020}}</ref>, and he has been artist-in-residence at many artists residencies. His large-scale installations and projects have been exhibited in museum, galleries and alternative spaces worldwide.<ref name="auto"/> His art can be seen in many collections, including the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (Germany)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kunstmuseum.de/en/blow-up-the-growth-of-things-works-explained/|title=Blow Up! The growth of things – works explained}}</ref>, KRC Collection (the Netherlands)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://independent-collectors.com/collections/krc-collection-going-its-own-way/|title=KRC Collection – Going Its Own Way &#124; Independent Collectors}}</ref>, CitizenM Hotels (New York, London)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BwBjNKnl7-U/|title=citizenM Hotels az Instagramon: "Every piece of art in our living rooms has a story. 'Say Something' is by Croatian-American artist Goran Tomcic who creates holographic collages that pair casual phrases and dazzling backdrops. What do you say to that? ⁣ 📸@concreteamsterdam"|website=Instagram}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twistedsifter.com/2012/07/citizenm-boutique-luxury-hotel-london-bankside/|title=CitizenM Unveils Boutique Hotel in London|date=July 3, 2012}}</ref>, Haifa Museum of Art (Israel) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hma.org.il/eng/Exhibitions/5364/Queer_Performance%3A_From_Gilbert_%7Cfamp%7C_George_to_the_Present_Day|title=Queer Performance: From Gilbert & George to the Present Day|website=Haifa Museums - Six Museums in One Frame}}</ref>, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka (Croatia) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mmsu.hr/search/goran+tomcic/|title=You searched for goran tomcic}}</ref>, Valamar Hotels Collection (Croatia)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://porestina.info/otvorena-izlozba-umjetnickih-djela-sudionika-37-i-38-slikarske-kolonije-valamar-riviere/|title=Otvorena izložba umjetničkih djela sudionika 37. i 38. Slikarske kolonije Valamar Riviere|first=Porestina|last=info|date=March 30, 2023|website=Poreština.info - novosti iz Poreča i okolice, Vrsara, Funtane, Višnjana, Lovreča, Kaštelira, Tara}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.valamar.com/de/|title=Valamar Holiday Hotels & Resorts in Kroatien - Istrien, Dubrovnik, Krk und Rab, Makarska, Hvar|website=Valamar Holiday Hotels & Resorts in Kroatien - Istrien, Dubrovnik, Krk und Rab, Makarska, Hvar}}</ref>, Lapidarium Museum Novigrad (Croatia)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rigo.muzej-lapidarium.hr/?w=izlozbe&g=16&id=147&sl=343|title=Galerija Rigo|website=rigo.muzej-lapidarium.hr}}</ref>, Royal Caribeann International (USA) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalcaribbeanpresscenter.com/press-kit/104/symphony-of-the-seas-artwork-a-journey-into-the-unimaginable/|title=Symphony of the Seas&nbsp;Artwork: A Journey into the Unimaginable &#124; Royal Caribbean Press Center|website=www.royalcaribbeanpresscenter.com}}</ref>.
Tomcic's large-scale installations and projects have been exhibited in museums, galleries and alternative spaces worldwide.<ref name="auto"/> His work appears in many collections, including:
* [[Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg]] (Germany)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kunstmuseum.de/en/blow-up-the-growth-of-things-works-explained/|title=Blow Up! The growth of things – works explained}}</ref>
* KRC Collection (the Netherlands)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://independent-collectors.com/collections/krc-collection-going-its-own-way/|title=KRC Collection – Going Its Own Way &#124; Independent Collectors|access-date=2023-05-08|archive-date=2023-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508113753/https://independent-collectors.com/collections/krc-collection-going-its-own-way/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[CitizenM]] Hotels<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twistedsifter.com/2012/07/citizenm-boutique-luxury-hotel-london-bankside/|title=CitizenM Unveils Boutique Hotel in London|date=July 3, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Haifa Museum of Art]] (Israel)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hma.org.il/eng/Exhibitions/5364/Queer_Performance%3A_From_Gilbert_%7Cfamp%7C_George_to_the_Present_Day|title=Queer Performance: From Gilbert & George to the Present Day|website=Haifa Museums – Six Museums in One Frame}}</ref>
* Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka (Croatia)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mmsu.hr/dogadaji/goran-tomcic-vjecni-zagrljaj/|title=Goran Tomčić – Vječni zagrljaj}}</ref>
* Valamar Riviera Collection (Croatia)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://porestina.info/38-slikarska-kolonija-riviera-izlozba-slika-u-galeriji-zuccato-od-29-3-do-11-4-2023/|title=38. SLIKARSKA KOLONIJA RIVIERA / izložba slika u galeriji Zuccato od 29.3. do 11.4.2023.|first=Porestina|last=info|date=March 23, 2023|website=Poreština.info – novosti iz Poreča i okolice, Vrsara, Funtane, Višnjana, Lovreča, Kaštelira, Tara}}</ref>
* Lapidarium Museum Novigrad (Croatia)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rigo.muzej-lapidarium.hr/?w=izlozbe&g=16&id=147&sl=343|title=Galerija Rigo|website=rigo.muzej-lapidarium.hr}}</ref>
* [[Royal Caribbean International]] (USA)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalcaribbeanpresscenter.com/press-kit/104/symphony-of-the-seas-artwork-a-journey-into-the-unimaginable/|title=Symphony of the Seas&nbsp;Artwork: A Journey into the Unimaginable &#124; Royal Caribbean Press Center|website=www.royalcaribbeanpresscenter.com}}</ref>


Since 2015 his artistic practice has been focused on participatory art <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/p/participatory-art|title=Participatory art|website=Tate}}</ref>, particularly on the “Pompom Nets” project <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnevnik.si/1043006164|title=#intervju Goran Tomčić, participativni umetnik: Nasprotovanje elitizmu v umetnosti|website=Dnevnik}}</ref>; an ongoing, interdisciplinary, process-based art project and a social experiment. The project creates temporary situations and a new ways of being associated. As the main part of this project, the artist has been collaborating with the public, involving diverse communities and various artistic mediums in exhibiting spatial, site-specific installations all over the world: Split, Novigrad, Hvar (Croatia), Venice (Italy), Berlin, Potsdam (Germany), Lisbon, Cais Palafitico da Carrasqueira (Portugal), Cape Coast, Elmina (Ghana), New York City (USA), and Ljubljana, Skofja Loka (Slovenia) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gorantomcic.com/pompom-nets|title=Pompom Nets - Goran Tomcic|website=www.gorantomcic.com}}</ref>.
Since 2015 his artistic practice has been focused on participatory art practices. The ''Pompom Nets'' project<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnevnik.si/1043006164|title=#intervju Goran Tomčić, participativni umetnik: Nasprotovanje elitizmu v umetnosti|website=Dnevnik}}</ref> is an ongoing, interdisciplinary, process-based art project and a social experiment. The project creates temporary situations and new ways of being associated. As the main part of this project, the artist has been collaborating with the public, involving diverse communities and various artistic mediums in exhibiting spatial, site-specific installations all over the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gorantomcic.com/pompom-nets|title=Pompom Nets – Goran Tomcic|website=www.gorantomcic.com}}</ref>


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Goran Tomcic (b. 1964)[1] is an artist based in Berlin, Germany. His diverse artistic styles and subjects include site-specific installations, temporary structures, text-art, and performative and participatory practices.[2][3]

Biography

Tomcic grew up on Hvar Island and in the city of Split, Croatia.[4] He studied Art History and Comparative Literature at the University of Zagreb. He was based in New York City and Miami in the US from 1991 to 2009 before relocating to Germany. In 1996 he graduated with an MA in Curatorial Studies from the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College.[1] From 1997 to 1999, he was the director of Wolfson Galleries at Miami Dade College.[4]

Tomcic has been the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including the Trust for Mutual Understanding (1994),[5] the Pollock-Krasner Grant (2007),[6] the MacDowell Residency Fellowship (1992, 1996),[7] the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe (2020),[1] and he has been artist-in-residence at many artists residencies.

Work

Tomcic's large-scale installations and projects have been exhibited in museums, galleries and alternative spaces worldwide.[3] His work appears in many collections, including:

Since 2015 his artistic practice has been focused on participatory art practices. The Pompom Nets project[16] is an ongoing, interdisciplinary, process-based art project and a social experiment. The project creates temporary situations and new ways of being associated. As the main part of this project, the artist has been collaborating with the public, involving diverse communities and various artistic mediums in exhibiting spatial, site-specific installations all over the world.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b c "HANGAR – Centro de Investigação Artística – Goran Tomcic". January 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Stillman, Nick. "Goran Tomcic at Participant Inc". www.artforum.com.
  3. ^ a b "Goran Tomcic | Artist". ArtFacts.
  4. ^ a b Folgar, Abel (July 8, 2014). "Goran Tomcic Returns to South Florida With "Heart Strings" at Dimensions Variable". Miami New Times. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  5. ^ https://www.tmuny.org
  6. ^ "Goran Tomcic | Works | Pollock Krasner Image Collection". www.pkf-imagecollection.org.
  7. ^ "Goran Tomcic – Artist". MacDowell.
  8. ^ "Blow Up! The growth of things – works explained".
  9. ^ "KRC Collection – Going Its Own Way | Independent Collectors". Archived from the original on 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  10. ^ "CitizenM Unveils Boutique Hotel in London". July 3, 2012.
  11. ^ "Queer Performance: From Gilbert & George to the Present Day". Haifa Museums – Six Museums in One Frame.
  12. ^ "Goran Tomčić – Vječni zagrljaj".
  13. ^ info, Porestina (March 23, 2023). "38. SLIKARSKA KOLONIJA RIVIERA / izložba slika u galeriji Zuccato od 29.3. do 11.4.2023". Poreština.info – novosti iz Poreča i okolice, Vrsara, Funtane, Višnjana, Lovreča, Kaštelira, Tara.
  14. ^ "Galerija Rigo". rigo.muzej-lapidarium.hr.
  15. ^ "Symphony of the Seas Artwork: A Journey into the Unimaginable | Royal Caribbean Press Center". www.royalcaribbeanpresscenter.com.
  16. ^ "#intervju Goran Tomčić, participativni umetnik: Nasprotovanje elitizmu v umetnosti". Dnevnik.
  17. ^ "Pompom Nets – Goran Tomcic". www.gorantomcic.com.
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