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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 | Artist|website=ArtFacts}}</ref> |
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⚫ | '''Goran Tomcic''' (b. 1964)<ref name=hangar/> is an artist based in [[Berlin, Germany |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Tomcic grew up on [[Hvar Island]] |
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 Pollock-Krasner Grant (2007),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pkf-imagecollection.org/artist/Goran_Tomcic/works/|title=Goran Tomcic | Works | 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 |
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 | Works | 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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==Work== |
==Work== |
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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: |
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: |
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* [[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> |
* [[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> |
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* 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 | Independent Collectors}}</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 | 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> |
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* [[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> |
* [[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> |
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* [[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 |
* [[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> |
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* Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka (Croatia)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mmsu.hr/dogadaji/goran-tomcic-vjecni-zagrljaj/|title=Goran Tomčić |
* 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> |
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* 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 |
* 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> |
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* 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> |
* 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> |
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* [[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 Artwork: A Journey into the Unimaginable | Royal Caribbean Press Center|website=www.royalcaribbeanpresscenter.com}}</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 Artwork: A Journey into the Unimaginable | Royal Caribbean Press Center|website=www.royalcaribbeanpresscenter.com}}</ref> |
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Since 2015 his artistic practice has been focused on |
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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== References == |
== References == |
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[[Category:1964 births]] |
[[Category:1964 births]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:20th-century Croatian artists]] |
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[[Category:Installation artists]] |
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[[Category:University of Zagreb alumni]] |
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[[Category:Bard College alumni]] |
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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:
- Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (Germany)[8]
- KRC Collection (the Netherlands)[9]
- CitizenM Hotels[10]
- Haifa Museum of Art (Israel)[11]
- Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka (Croatia)[12]
- Valamar Riviera Collection (Croatia)[13]
- Lapidarium Museum Novigrad (Croatia)[14]
- Royal Caribbean International (USA)[15]
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
- ^ a b c "HANGAR – Centro de Investigação Artística – Goran Tomcic". January 14, 2020.
- ^ Stillman, Nick. "Goran Tomcic at Participant Inc". www.artforum.com.
- ^ a b "Goran Tomcic | Artist". ArtFacts.
- ^ 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.
- ^ https://www.tmuny.org
- ^ "Goran Tomcic | Works | Pollock Krasner Image Collection". www.pkf-imagecollection.org.
- ^ "Goran Tomcic – Artist". MacDowell.
- ^ "Blow Up! The growth of things – works explained".
- ^ "KRC Collection – Going Its Own Way | Independent Collectors". Archived from the original on 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ^ "CitizenM Unveils Boutique Hotel in London". July 3, 2012.
- ^ "Queer Performance: From Gilbert & George to the Present Day". Haifa Museums – Six Museums in One Frame.
- ^ "Goran Tomčić – Vječni zagrljaj".
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Galerija Rigo". rigo.muzej-lapidarium.hr.
- ^ "Symphony of the Seas Artwork: A Journey into the Unimaginable | Royal Caribbean Press Center". www.royalcaribbeanpresscenter.com.
- ^ "#intervju Goran Tomčić, participativni umetnik: Nasprotovanje elitizmu v umetnosti". Dnevnik.
- ^ "Pompom Nets – Goran Tomcic". www.gorantomcic.com.