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Artist Statement
www.vlatkahorvat.com

In my recent work, I have been interested in the problematics of occupying space, and in the human body’s contentious relationship with everyday objects, landscape, and the built environment.

Using simple gestures such as cutting and folding, dismantling and repairing, the work frequently focuses on re-drawing borders and frames, and on re-arranging or reconfiguring physical objects, the space itself, and the spatial and social relations at play in it.

My most recent projects – room-based installations ‘Or Some Other Time’ at the Kitchen, ‘For Example’ at Istanbul Biennial, and ‘To Go On’ in Greater New York 2010 – have comprised several constellations of images, modified objects, and diagrammatic or model-like propositions on paper and in space. At the center of these installations are diverse-but-related sculptures made of found and commonplace materials, presented in a dialogue with works on paper, which appear to borrow aspects of their visual language from technical and “How To” manuals, pictorial guides, charts and plans. Additionally, these installations have enacted discrete interventions upon elements of the built environment by attempting to mirror, echo, or repeat particular features of the exhibition room using inadequate, cheap materials such as cardboard, sponge, scrap wood, and rubber bands.

Often manifested as ‘versions of the same,’ the body and physical objects in my work tend to be treated as vulnerable propositions, caught in the dynamic processes of their own multiplication and fragmentation. I frequently employ two distinct types of gestures: cutting up and severing on the one side, and merging and repairing on the other. Multiple iterations of these gestures approach the body, objects and space they occupy as sites of testing and rehearsal, sites of potential collapse and dysfunction, but also as sites of reinvention, possibility, and play.
CV
Born 1974 in Cakovec, Croatia. Lives and works in New York.

CURRENT & FORTHCOMING

Greater New York. MoMA PS1, NY. Curated by Klaus Biesenbach, Connie Butler, and Neville Wakefield. (cat.)
Natural Renditions. Marlborough Gallery, NY. Curated by Diana Campbell and Eric Gleason.
Unhinged. A 6-hour performance. Kunstenfestivaldesarts Brussels, Alkantara festival Lisbon, Tanz im August Berlin, Biennale Bern, Internationale Keuze Rotterdam, Zuercher Festspiele Zurich.
AbbaraKadabra. Mardin Biennial, Turkey. Curated by Döne Otyam.
Clue(less): Geometry of Misunderstanding. Manifattura Tabacchi, Torino. Curated by Branka Bencic and Lorena Tadorni.
This Here and That There. An 8-hour performance. Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
Over the Table. A collaborative project (with Tim Etchells) for Aichi Triennale, Nagoya. Curated by Emmanuelle de Montgazon.
FAQ Serbia. Austrian Cultural Forum, NY. Curated by Branko Dimitrijevic and Andreas Stadler. (cat.)


EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS – SOLO, 2-PERSON, 3-PERSON

2010

Take Space For Example: Vlatka Horvat, Sebastian Stumpf, Steve van den Bosch. annex14, Bern.
Metamorphoses: Error: Ofri Cnaani, Tamar Helpern, Vlatka Horvat. Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv. 
Remodeling Systems: Vlatka Horvat, Pablo Helguera, Alon Levin. Hessel Museum @Bard CCS, NY. Curated by Yulia Tikhonova.

2009

For Example. A project for the 11th Istanbul Biennial. Curated by WHW. (cat.)
Vlatka Horvat and Ana Prvacki. Artopia Gallery, Milan. Curated by Jovana Stokic.
This Here and That There. An 8-hour performance. Jetlag 02 @ PACT Zollverein, Essen.
Vlatka Horvat: Or Some Other Time. The Kitchen, NY. Curated by Matthew Lyons.
Once Over. A performance. The Kitchen, NY.

2008

Jennifer Cohen and Vlatka Horvat. Rachel Uffner Gallery, NY.
Vlatka Horvat. Battersea Arts Centre, London.
Vlatka Horvat and Eva Weinmayr. The Front Room @ the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, MI. Curated by Anthony Huberman.
To Bring Down a House. A project for Home Works IV (with Tim Etchells). Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut. Curated by Christine Tohme. (cat.)
Vlatka Horvat, Marlo Pascual, and Lise Soskolne. White Columns, NY. Curated by Amie Scally.

2007

This Here and That There. An 8-hour performance. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. Curated by André Lepecki.

2006

Here To Stay. A project for The Peekskill Project. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, NY.
Vlatka Horvat and Magda Thothova. 127 Henry, NY.

2005
       
Vlatka Horvat: Wrong Way. Galerija Nova, Zagreb. Curated by WHW.
Ten People Smiling. A performance for Performa 05 (with Tim Etchells). Artists Space, NY. (cat.)
Money For Nice. A commissioned project for home (with Tim Etchells). Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Curated by Laura Godfrey-Isaacs.

2003

Vlatka Horvat: Videos. STUK Kunstencentrum, Leuven.
Tim Etchells & Vlatka Horvat: Insults & Praises. Kulturhuset Stockholm.


EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS – GROUP (SELECTION)

2010

T-HT Award exhibition. Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb.
Kiosk. Golden Parachutes Gallery, Berlin. Curated by David Horvitz.
Flying Circus Project. Phnom Penh / Siem Reap, Cambodia and Singapore. Organized by Ong Keng Sen.

2009

Assises. Galerie Xippas, Paris.
Red Thread. Project Space Tanas, Berlin. Curated by WHW. (cat.)
We would like to thank (again) the curators who wish to remain anonymous. Galerie Anne Barrault, Paris.
In a Room Anything Can Happen. Hessel Museum of Art @Bard CCS, NY.
If You Don’t Know What the South Is, It’s Simply Because You Are From the North. Galerija Nova, Zagreb. Curated by WHW.
Artists and the Natural World. McKee Gallery, NY.
Vlatka Horvat & Tim Etchells: Insults & Praises. Fusebox festival, Austin.
This Is The Future Before It Happens. The Glendale College Art Gallery. Curated by Julie Deamer.
Without Walls. Museum 52, NY.

2008

Speaking Out Loud. Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam. Curated by Susanne Jaschko.
8 1/2 x 11 / A4. James Fuentes Gallery, NY.
God is in the Details. New Orleans Biennial extension. Curated by Glynnis McDaris and Julie Trotta.
In a Different Film: Contemporary Art from the Filip Trade Collection. 10th Motovun Film Festival.
Duets/Duels. MMC Split. Curated by Brano Franceschi and Ana Janevska. (cat).
My Little/Membrane. NURTUREart, Brooklyn. Curated by Zeljka Himbele-Kozul and William Heath.
Exquisite Corpus: Interacting with the Fragmented Body. Johnson Museum of Art @ Cornell University.
Natural Obsessions. Neuhoff Gallery, NY.
Yes No & Other Options. A commission by the Henry Moore Foundation for Art Sheffiled 08 (with Tim Etchells). Millenium Galleries, Sheffield. Curated by Jan Verwoert. (cat.)
Cutaway. Anna Kustera Gallery, NY.
Skipping the Page. The Center for Book Arts, NY. Curated by Graham Parker. (cat.)

2007

Black and White. IBID Projects, London.
Monitor. Part of Exhibitionism: An Exhibition of Exhibitions of Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection. Hessel Museum of Art @Bard CCS, NY. Curated by Matthew Higgs.
Ground Lost. Galerija Nova, Zagreb. Curated by WHW. (cat.)
e-flux Video Rental. Carpenter Center, Boston / Centre culturel suisse de Paris / Lyon Biennale.

2006

Ground Lost. Forum Stadtpark, Graz. Curated by WHW. (cat.)
Interplay: Four Emerging New York Artists. Exit Art, NY.
Protections. Kunsthaus Graz. Curated by Adam Budak and Christine Peters. (cat.)
Here and Now Real, Not Yet Concrete. Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana. Curated by WHW. (cat.)
Thin Walls. Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn. Curated by Sara Greenberger Rafferty.
Monument to Nikola Tesla. Galerija Nova, Zagreb. Curated by WHW. (cat.)
Wild Girls. Exit Art, NY.
e-flux Video Rental. PiST, Istanbul / I Bienal de Canarias / Mucsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest / Extra City, Brussels.
The Beat. Haswellediger & Co. Gallery, NY.
Slow Revolution. Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn. Curated by Patrick Grenier.

2005
       
Situated Self: Confused, Compassionate and Conflictual. Museum of Contemporary Art. Belgrade / Helsinki City Museum. Curated by Mika Hannula and Branko Dimitrijevic. (cat.)
AIM 25. The Bronx Museum of the Arts. Curated by Lydia Yee. (cat.)
Codependent. The Living Room, Miami Beach. Curated by Isolde Brielmaier.
Insert. Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb. Curated by Tihomir Milovac, Silva Kalčić, Antonia Majača and Branko Franceschi. (cat.)
e-flux Video Rental. e-flux, NY / Kunst Werke, Berlin / Portikus, Frankfurt / Manifesta Foundation, Amsterdam / The Moore Space, Miami.

2004
       
An Exhibition About Nature and Society. EXIT Contemporary Art Institute. Pejë, Kosova. Curated by Erzen Shkololli.
Pilot 1. Limehouse Townhall, London.
Based on a True Story. Artists’ Space, NY. Curated by Christian Rattemeyer. (cat.)
Side Effects. Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade / Galerija Nova, Zagreb. Curated by WHW. (cat.)
Between the Wars. Siemens Art Program, Stuttgart. Curated by Joachim Gerstmeier.


CURATORIAL PROJECTS (with Tim Etchells)

Nothing Good House. Project for a modular house in Protections. Kunsthaus Graz. 2006.
Around Narrative. One Take Film Festival – Kino Tuskanac, Zagreb. 2004.
Homemade. 6-hour video program. Kunstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt. 2003.


AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

Residency at Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. 2008/09.
Performance Bursary. Roehampton University, London. 2007 - 2008.
Live Art Bursary. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham. 2005 - 2007.
AIM 25. The Bronx Museum for the Arts, NY. 2005.
Filip Trade Art Award Finalist, Zagreb. 2005.
Residency at IASPIS, Stockholm. 2003.
Residency at STUK Kunstencentrum, Leuven. 2003.


EDUCATION

2009 PhD. Roehampton University, London.
1997 MA (Performance Studies). Northwestern University, Evanston.
1996 BA (Theater). Columbia College, Chicago.
‘For Example,’ 2009.
Installation for the 11th Istanbul Biennial. Installation view: Modified wooden table, works on paper, inkjet photo prints, cardboard, wooden shelves, sponge, wood, rubber bands, modified builder’s rulers.
‘For Example,’ 2009.
Installation for the 11th Istanbul Biennial. Detail view: Collage on paper, cardboard, wooden shelves, rubber bands.
‘For Example,’ 2009.
Installation for the 11th Istanbul Biennial. Detail view: Collage on paper, cardboard, wooden shelves, rubber bands.
‘For Example,’ 2009.
Installation for the 11th Istanbul Biennial. Detail view: Inkjet photo prints, cardboard, modified wooden frames, modified builder’s rulers, rubber bands, wooden door, glass, masking tape, metal clips.
‘For Example,’ 2009.
Installation for the 11th Istanbul Biennial. Detail view: Modified wooden table, sponge, wood, rubber bands.
‘Or Some Other Time,’ 2009.
Installation for the Kitchen. Installation view: Modified wood-and-steel chair, modified welded steel ladder, 56” stainless steel fan, custom-built wall, electronic cycle timer.
‘Wall Fan,’ 2009.
56” stainless steel fan, custom-built wall, electronic cycle timer. Part of installation ‘Or Some Other Time.’ Installation dimensions vary.
‘Or Some Other Time,’ 2009.
Installation for the Kitchen. Installation view: Modified wood-and-steel table, inkjet print on paper mounted on masonite box, modified wood-and-steel chairs, mirror, modified wooden table top, looped animation projections, inkjet prints on cardboard, Plexiglass, moss.
‘Birds Shelf,’ 2009.
Modified wooden table top, 13 photo-sensitive birds. 30x7x5 inches. Part of installation ‘Or Some Other Time’.
‘Horizon,’ 2009.
Inkjet print on paper. 323x7.5 inches. Part of installation ‘Or Some Other Time.’ Installation dimensions vary.
‘Mirror Chair,’ 2009.
Modified wood-and-steel chair, mirror, modified wooden table top. 30x15x30 inches. Part of installation ‘Or Some Other Time.’
‘Body Chair Charts,’ 2009.
Collage on paper. A set of 2. 19x24 inches each.
‘Body Chair Charts,’ 2009.
Detail view. Collage on paper. A set of 2. 19x24 inches each.
‘Pages (Spread),’ 2009.
Installation view. Modifield sheets of A4 paper. Installation dimensions vary.
‘Pages (Spread),’ 2009.
Detail view. Modifield sheets of A4 paper. Installation dimensions vary.
‘To Go On,’ 2010.
Installation for Greater New York 2010. Installation view: Assorted materials and objects. Dimensions vary.
‘To Go On,’ 2010.
Installation for Greater New York 2010. Detail view: Assorted materials and objects. Dimensions vary.
‘To Go On,’ 2010.
Installation for Greater New York 2010. Detail view: Assorted materials and objects. Dimensions vary.
‘To Go On (Around) (25),' 2010.
30 collages mounted on book binding board. 8x10 inches each (8.75x10.75 inches framed). Part of installation ‘To Go On’ for Greater New York 2010.
‘To Go On (Around) (12),’ 2010.
30 collages mounted on book binding board. 8x10 inches each (8.75x10.75 inches framed). Part of installation ‘To Go On’ for Greater New York 2010.