Lina Rica

Born 17/03/1980 in Makarska, Croatia.                                 

Lives in Ljubljana and Makarska.
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EDUCATION

2003 – 2008 Academy of Fine Arts, printmaking departure, Zagreb, Croatia
2008 Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2002 – 2003 Academy of Fine Arts, Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Hercegovina
2000 Art and Design, Cavendish Collage, London, United Kingdom

SOLO SHOWS AND PROJECTS

2014 City Gallery Antun Gojak, ‘After the End’, Makarska, Croatia
2014 Gallery LiberSPACE, ‘Tekstom(l)at’, with Boštjan Čadež, Zagreb
2013 Gallery Nano, ‘After the End’, Zagreb
2012 Opening of the artist run space ‘Galerica’, Makarska
2012 MGLC, Printmaking series ‘Not all is Black and White’, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2010 Cabinet of Printmaking, HAZU, ‘You have already seen this on films’, Zagreb
2009 Gallery Vladimir Nazor, ‘Black and Green’, Zagreb
2008 ‘Operacija:Grad’, ‘Greetings from the Future’, Zagreb
2008 Punta Arta, ‘Kampolis’, with Tonka Maleković, Zlarin
2007 Gallery Križić Roban, ‘Streets, rooms’, Zagreb
2006 Licht.Blick.Hafen, Frankfurt Luminal 06, ‘Light Kitchen’, with Tonka Maleković, Mainz                                                                                                         2006 Public sculpture ‘Lonja Flows’, Ivanić Grad, Croatia
2006 Public sculpture ‘BIH Id’, Distrikt Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina

GROUP SHOWS

2015 Zig Zag, Mesto žensk, Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana
2015 Metamedia, Pav Kreuzberg, Berlin
2015 18th International  Print Biennial, Varna, Bulgaria
2015 Strictly Analog, Svetlobna gverila, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015 Drava Art Biennial, Koprivnica, Croatia
2015 Femicomix, Komikaze, Crack, Rome, Italy
2015 Slovenian prints from MGLC collection, Check Point Paint Art Gallery, Trst, Italy
2015 Radart, Radio Študent, Cirkulacija2, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015 The Noise is Us, Cirkulacija 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2015 Metamedia, Nano, Galley SC, Zagreb, Croatia
2014 Crossings, MGLC, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2014 Škver, Mali Lošinj, Croatia
2014 Novo doba, Beograd, Serbia
2014 Criticall Mass portfolio, Fundación CIEC, Betanzos, Spain
2014 Proyecto ACE, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2014 The Noise is Us, Cirkulacija 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2013 Škver, Mali Lošinj, Croatia
2013 Novo doba, Beograd, Srbia
2013 Criticall Mass portfolio, SGCI Conference PRINT:MKE, Milwaukee, USA
2013 in.print.out Triennial, University of Applied Arts, Wiena, Austria
2013 Little Gallery, Department of Art, University of Calgary, Canada
2013 ArtLab contemporary print, UCLan, Lancashire, United Kingdom
2013 Production 2010 – 2012’, MGLC, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2012 Paralelni Svetovi, Metelkova, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2012 Elevate, Graz, Austria
2012 Vidim Tresk, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2011 Paralelni svetovi, Metelkova, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2011 Split Graphic, Split, Croatia
2011 Criticall Mass Portfoilo, Southern Graphics Council, ST Louis, USA
2011Print Symposium Wrexham, Wales, Unites Kingdom
2010 Paralelni svetovi, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2009 ESSL AWARD, Gliptoteka HAZU, Zagreb, Croatia
2009 5th Croatian Triennial of Printmaking, Dom HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia
2009 Dopust, Split, Croatia
2008 4th Croatian Triennial of Drawing, Gliptoteka HAZU, Zagreb, Croatia
2008 BJCEM, 13th Biennial of Young Artist, Bari, Italia
2008 Croatian selection from 13th BJCEM, MMSU, Rijeka, Croatia
2008 Umjetnička Galerija, Maribor, Slovenia
2007 5th International Triennial of Graphic Art, Town Hall, Prague, Czechoslovakia
2007 Split Graphic, Town Hall, Split, Croatia
2007 100 Years of Gojak, City Gallery Antun Gojak, Makarska
2006 4th Croatian Triennial of Printmaking, Gliptoteka HAZU, Zagreb, Croatia
2006 Test!7, SC Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia

AWARDS AND GRANTS 

2008 Award for the best graduation thesis at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb
2007 Art for Social Transformation, Cittadellarte, Love Difference, Fundacione Michelangelo Pistoletto, Biella, Italy
2006 Honorary mention, 4th Croatian Triennial of Printmaking
2008 CEEPUS, UNI, AUO, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2007 Grant of City Makarska
2006/2005/2004 Grant of Zagreb University
2003/2002 Grant of City Makarska

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Richard Noyce: “Critical Mass: Printmaking beyond the Edge”, 2010
Ružica Pepelko: Catalogue text for the exhibition ‘You have already seen this on films’, Kabinet grafike, 2010
Interview  for the exhibition “Black and Green”, Galley VN, 2009
Operacija:Grad, Priručnik za život u neoliberalnoj stvarnosti, 2008
Ružica Pepelko, Magazine Grafika 12 – 15, 2008
Lovorka Magaš, Magazine Grafika 16 – 17, 2008
Marina Baričević: “Mediterranean fascination”, 2007