BIOGRAPHY
1947 Born in Belgrade, Serbia.
2016 Died in Pula, Croatia.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 ADAA: The Art Show, New York. Just as money is paper, so is a gallery a room
(29 October – 2 November)
Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna. Mladen Stilinović: The Language of Politics
(24 October – 30 November)
Apoteka – Space for Contemoprary Art, Vodnjan, Croatia. Mladen Stilinović – Pain
(7 September – 12 October)
2022 Galerija Prozori, Zagreb. Because I Could
(12 October – 30 October)
Galerija Nova, Zagreb. Red – Pink: Reflections on Colour
(5–31 May)
2021 Július Koller Society, Bratislava, Slovakia. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man:
Films, Photographs, and Collages, 1973–1978 (1 October 2021 – 13 February 2022)
P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Red / Pink: Reflections on Colour
(12 April – 7 May)
2020 Hunt Kastner, Prague. If They Have No Bread Let Them Eat Cake
(12 December 2020 – 6 February 2021)
2019 galerie frank elbaz, Paris. Mladen Stilinović – Primer 1, 2, 3
(1 June – 27 July)
Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna. Smiles
(18 January – 2 March)
Multimedia Center, Zagreb. Mladen Stilinović, Films, Part II
Multimedia Center, Zagreb. Mladen Stilinović, Films, Part I
2018 SP-Arte, São Paulo. Mladen Stilinović – São Paulo’s International Art Festival
(11–15 April)
2017 Academia Moderna, Zagreb. On Work
(3–17 November)
2015 Galería Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona. White – Skin
(1 October – 24 December)
Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City. 1 + 2 ≡
(5 September 2015 – 3 January 2016). Catalogue.
2014 galerie frank elbaz, Paris. Pain
(29 November 2014 – 17 January 2015)
Park View, Los Angeles. The Praise of Laziness
(16 November – 21 December)
Espaivisor, Valencia, Spain. May Day
(30 May – 5 September)
Galerie Martin Janda, Berlin. White Absence
(30 April – 31 May)
e-flux, New York. Nothing Gained with Dice
(28 March – 31 May)
Hrvatsko društvo likovnih umjetnika Istre, Pula, Croatia. Insulting Anarchy
2013 Studio Golo brdo, Rovinjsko selo, Croatia. Applaud to yourselves, swans
(August)
2012 Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. Mladen Stilinović – Zero for Conduct
(30 November 2012 – 3 February 2013). Catalogue.
galerie frank elbaz, Frieze Masters, London. Mladen Stilinović
(11–14 October)
gb agency, Paris. Mladen Stilinović
(13 September – 20 October)
Galerija Zuccato, Poreč, Croatia. White Works
(27 June – 22 July). Catalogue.
Atelijeri Žitnjak, Zagreb. Submit to Public Debate 2
(20 April – 3 May)
Galerija Greta, Zagreb. Slijepo oružje – Bol
(23–29 January)
2011 Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna. Insulting Anarchy
(9 November 2011 – 7 January 2012)
Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest. Mladen Stilinović: Sing! A Retrospective
(22 April – 3 July). Catalogue.
2010 Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej, Warsaw. I Have No Time
(18 November 2010 – 16 January 2011)
Vox Contemporary Image, Montreal. Mladen Stilinović
(5 August – 6 December)
e-flux, New York. Mladen Stilinović: Artist’s Books
(14 May – 31 July)
Galerija Nova, Zagreb. Red Thread
(17 February – 14 April)
Lj. Posavskog 9, Zagreb. Early Drawings and Collages
2009 Index Gallery, Stockholm. Mladen Stilinović
(14 April – 6 June)
Galerija Močvara, Zagreb. Blind Weapon
Galerija P74, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Insulting Anarchy – Sold with Old Films
Lj. Posavskog 9, Zagreb. Works on Food
2008 Trafó Gallery, Budapest. White Absence
(10 December 2008 – 25 January 2009)
Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria. Mladen Stilinović
(17 September – 2 November)
Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow. On Money, Zeros, etc
(8 June – 19 July)
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Mladen Stilinović
(26 January – 4 May)
Galerija Nova, Zagreb. Mladen Stilinović – Hoću kući – knjige umjetnika 1972–2006
Catalogue.
Lj. Posavskog 9, Zagreb. White Absence
Museum of Contemporary Art of Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Insulting Anarchy
2007 KIBLA, Maribor, Slovenia. Insulting Anarchy
(5–23 October)
Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul. Subtracting of Zeroes
(6 September – 3 November)
Lj. Posavskog 9, Zagreb. Artist’s Books
Lj. Posavskog 9, Zagreb. Exploitation of the Dead – drawings
Lj. Posavskog 9, Zagreb. Insulting Anarchy
Rakouské kulturni fórum, Prague. I am Selling M. Duchamp
2006 Grazer Kunstverein, Austria. About Money and Zeroes
(11 May – 24 June)
Galerija Nova, Zagreb. Woof – Woof
(21 April – 19 May). Catalogue
2005 Galerija ŠKUC, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Artist at Work
Lj. Posavskog 9, Zagreb. Money
Lj. Posavskog 9, Zagreb. Photographs
2004 Galerija Ghetto, Split, Croatia. Three Days Till the End of Art
Lj. Posavskog 9, Zagreb. Newspapers
Lj. Posavskog 9, Zagreb. Words – Slogans
2003 Lj. Posavskog 9, Zagreb. Red – Pink Room
Multimedia Club “Atelier I”, Poreč, Croatia. Seduce Me
2002 Gradska loža, Zadar, Croatia. White Absence
2001 Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. Cynicism of the Poor
(13 December 2001 – 20 January 2002). Catalogue.
Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand. White Absence
(14 July – 24 August)
Glass Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia. White Absence
Scots Church Association, Sydney. Kangaroo Court
1998 Galerija Gal, Rijeka, Croatia. Money
1997 Galerija Anonimus, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Studio Josip Račić, Zagreb. White Absence
1996 CBD Gallery, Sydney.
Galerija sv. Toma, Rovinj, Croatia. Wall, Skin – Black and White – Nothing
Marino Cettina, Umag, Croatia. Absence – Beginning
North Adelaide School of Art, Australia.
1995 Galerija Kovačka 3, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Muzej Brodskog Posavlja, Slavonski Brod, Croatia. White Absence
1994 Galerija Hajdarović, Požega, Serbia. White Paintings
Mala Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Mladen Stilinović
(16 September – 16 October). Catalogue.
Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Geometry of Cakes
Exhibition travelled: Galerija Meduza, Koper, Slovenia
Visconti Fine Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Retro-avantgarde: Works about Money and Zeroes
1993 Galerija CKAO, Zagreb. Geometry of Time: Collages 1993–1977
1992 Marino Cettina, Umag, Croatia. Language Games
1991 firstdraft, Sydney. Exhibition on Money, Death, Zeroes, and Cakes
1990 Leopold Hösch Museum, Düren, Germany. Exploitation of the Dead
1989 Galerie Indrid Dacic, Tübingen, Germany.
1988 Expanded Media Gallery, Zagreb. Exploitation of the Dead 1984–1988
1986 Galerie Ingrid Dacic, Tübingen, Germany. Exploitation of the Dead
1985 Slub Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1984 Galerija ŠKUC, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Installations
Studio Galerije suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. Installations
1982 Expanded Media Gallery, Zagreb. Mladen Stilinović
1981 Galerija Dogadanja, Zagreb. Production Worker and Artist – on Safety at Work
Studentski Kulturni Centar, Belgrade. Submit to Public Debate
1980 Fabrika Petar Velebit, Belgrade. From the Premier
Galerija SC, Zagreb. Bookworks
Exhibition travelled: Galerija srećna nova umetnost, Belgrade
Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. Sing!
Catalogue.
1979 Podroom, Zagreb. Red – Pink
1978 Islog Student Center, Zagreb. Work Cannot not Exist
Podroom, Zagreb. A4
Studentski Kulturni Centar, Belgrade. Film Projection
Voćarsko naselje 128, Zagreb. Register of Work (1970–1978)
1977 Center for Multimedia Research, Zagreb. Yugoslav Experimental Cinema – Mladen Stilinović
1976 Galerija Nova, Zagreb. Mladen Stilinović
Izlog u umjetnost, Voćarska 5, Zagreb. Red Shop – Window
Studentski Kulturni Centar, Belgrade. Removed from the Crowd
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej, Warsaw. The Cynics Republic Parade Square Warsaw
(opening 10 May)
Kunsthaus Graz, Austria. Freeing the Voices,
curated by Zdenka Badovinac (28 February – 24 August)
2024 Muzeul Național de Artă Contemporană, Bucharest, Romania.
Parallel Lines: High Modernism in Croatia 1949–1998 (12 December 2024 – 13 April 2025)
Palais de Tokyo, Paris. The Cynics Republic
(13 November – 1 December)
Peter Freeman, Inc., Paris. En travaux
(16–26 October)
Moezeum, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. By The Way
(28 September – 20 December)
Kolumba, Cologne. Artist at Work
(15 September 2024 – 14 August 2025)
Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna. viennacontemporary 2024
(12–15 September)
Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, the Netherlands. Sleep!
(24 August 2024 – 5 January 2025)
Star Summer Palace, Museum of Czech Literature, Prague.
Poezie & Performance: The Eastern Perspective (18 June – 31 October)
Galerie Martin Janda, Basel. Art Basel 2024
(13–16 June)
Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern, Palma de Mallorca.
In Conversation: The Museum and the Collection (31 January – 26 May)
Galerija SC, MM centar, Zagreb. SC – ZONE OF EXPERIMENT
(23–26 January)
2023 Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. Realize! Resist! React!
Performance and Politics in the 1990s in the Post-Yugoslav Context
(14 December 2023 – 17 March 2024)
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark. The Irreplaceable Human:
Conditions of Creativity in the Age of AI (23 November 2023 – 1 April 2024)
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. His Supporting Hand – Curating the Curator:
Davor Matičević (9 November 2023 – 11 February 2024)
Maxim Gorky Theater, Berlin. LOST – You Go Slavia
(28 September – 10 December)
Kontakt Collection, Centrul Național al Dansului București, Romania.
Collective Exhibition for a Single Body – The Private Score (13 September – 1 October)
Muzej moderne i suvremene umjetnosti, Rijeka, Croatia. The Motovun Encounters
(12 September – 15 October). Exhibition travelled: Musej Grada Pazina, Croatia
(30 November 2023 – 30 April 2024); Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb (2025)
P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Art Addicts
(31 August – 19 September)
Galerija Loža, Koper, Slovenia. Marino Cettina Collection of Contemporary Art
(23 June – 22 September)
Muzej sodobne umetnosti Metelkova, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Things Break Down
(17 June 2023 – 20 January 2024)
Kunsthaus Graz, Austria. Body and Territory – Cross-Border Dialogues.
A Cooperation with MSU Zagreb (25 May – 27 August)
Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, Germany. Blank. Raw. Illegible…
Artists’ Books as Statements (1960 – 2022) (14 May – 3 September)
galerie frank elbaz, Paris. Collages: Tomislav Gotovac, Julije Knifer, Mangelos,
Mladen Stilinović, curated by Branka Stipančić (29 April – 17 June)
Muzej likovnih umjetnosti, Osijek, Croatia.
Exploitation-Appropriation. The Case of M.S. (13 April – 16 June)
Institut za suvremenu umjetnost, Zagreb. L’Ollave, the Thread of Friendship
(14 January – 11 February)
2022 Providurova Palača, Zadar, Croatia. One World
(22 December 2022 – 31 December 2024)
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. Touch MSU
(15 December 2022 – 15 March 2023)
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. I’m Laughing…LMHO
(7 December 2022 – 5 February 2023)
P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Antique Shop Ljubljana
(2–20 December)
Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna. Le Dernier des 8 solitaires
(11 November – 22 December)
Galerija Forum, Zagreb. Tabula Rasa no 2
(11 November – 3 December)
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. An Act of Seeing that Unfolds
(10 November 2022 – 2 October 2023)
Plečnik House, Ljubljana, Slovenia. I Am Only The Housekeeper, But I Don’t Know…
(8 November 2022 – 1 January 2023)
ERSTE Foundation, Vienna. General Alert: Wars that Have Never Ended
(22 October – 27 November)
Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland. Citizens of the Cosmos
(7 October 2022 – 12 March 2023)
Muzej sodobne umetnosti Metelkova, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Art at Work: At the Crossroads Between Utopianism and (In)Dependence
(22 September 2022 – 29 January 2023)
Studio Christian Jankowski, Berlin. What should I call it?
(15–18 September)
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. Comradeship
(7 July 2022 – 31 December 2024)
P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Our Ships
(27–31 May)
Arter, Istanbul. Rounded by Sleep
(19 May 2022 – 29 January 2023)
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. Sad Songs of War
(5 April 2022 – 31 December 2024)
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. A Lasting Truth is Change
(2 April – 24 July)
Peter Freeman, Inc., New York. From Scratch
(3 March – 16 April)
City Art Gallery of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Artist – Collector – Public: The Hilger Collection
(1 March – 29 May)
NEST, Den Haag, the Netherlands. How Rest the Brave
(14 January – 13 March)
Hrvatski Povijesni Muzej, Zagreb. Sedamdeset prva
(11 January – 13 March)
2021 BY ART MATTERS, OōEli, Hangzhou, China. A Show About Nothing
(25 December 2021 – 8 May 2022)
Dnipro Center for Contemporary Culture, Ukraine. Poetry and Performance:
The Eastern European Perspective (25 November 2021 – 12 February 2022)
1MIRA, Madrid. Mangelos & Mladen Stilinović: Word Images
(20 November 2021 – 29 January 2022)
Nacionalni muzej moderne umjetnosti, Zagreb. Exploitation of Death
(9 November 2021 – 16 January 2022)
Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, North Macedonia. See Me Moving Placeless
(29 September – 21 November)
Galerias Municipais, Lisbon. Collective Exhibition for a Single Body – The Private Score
(16 September – 24 October)
Galerija Ilica, Zagreb. Društveni procesi
(9–30 September)
Centre de Création Contemporaine Olivier Debré, Tours, France.
Exposition collective Variables d’épanouissement (23 July 2021 – 27 February 2022)
Gallery Nova, Zagreb. In Mourning and Rage
(8 July – 16 September)
Kassak Museum, Budapest. Poetry and Performance: The Eastern Perspective
(25 June – 17 October)
Muzej sodobne umetnosti Metelkova, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Realize! Resist! React!
Performance and Politics in the 1990s in the Post-Yugoslav Contact (24 June – 10 October)
Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria.
Enjoy: The MUMOK Collection in Change (19 June 2021 – 12 June 2022)
Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania. Baltic Triennial 14: The Endless Frontier
(4 June – 5 September)
MAXXI, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo, Rome.
Bigger Than Myself: Heroic Voices from Ex-Yugoslavia (5 May – 12 September)
Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, Germany. Time Out: On Breaks and Moments of Awakening
(17 April – 11 July)
Nacionalni muzej moderne umjetnosti, Zagreb.
Predsuvremena akcija – postmoderna Reakcija (9 April – 11 July)
2020 Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerp, Belgium.
MONOCULTURE: A Recent History (25 September 2020 – 25 April 2021)
1MIRA, Madrid. A Discourse of Uncertainties
(10 September – 14 November)
Muzej moderne i suvremene umjetnosti, Rijeka, Croatia. Art / War / Transition
(27 July – 15 October)
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti Istre, Croatia.
Collection of Contemporary Art of Marino Cettina (16 June – 23 August)
P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Rock, paper, scissors
(14 May – 18 June)
Wrocław Contemporary Museum, Poland.
Poetry and Performance: The Eastern European Perspective (27 March – 13 July)
Kunsthalle Wien, Austria. …of bread, wine, cars, security and peace
(8 March – 4 October)
Museum Tinguely, Zürich. Amuse-Bouche: The Taste of Art
(19 February – 26 July)
Es Baluard Museu d'Art Modern i Contemporani, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Collection: From the Post-war Period to the Contemporary Era (8 January – 1 November)
2019 Moderna Galerija, Zagreb. City Visions – City Iconography II (1950–2000+)
(17 December 2019 – 23 February 2020)
Galerie Martin Janda at Hochhaus Herrengasse, Vienna.
(7 December 2019 – 11 January 2020)
Galeria Plan B, Berlin. Werethings
(22 November 2019 – 22 February 2020)
Atelijeri Eitnjak, Zagreb. Glad – Rad
(9–23 November)
Kunsthalle Wien, Austria. Time is Thirsty
(30 October 2019 – 26 January 2020)
gb agency, Paris. Collective Exhibition for a Single Body – The Private Score
(12 October – 5 November)
Vienna Contemporary, Austria. Focus: NSK State in Time
(26–29 September)
Gallery Nova, Zagreb. Refreshing Memory
(16 September – 16 October)
Wittgenstein House, Vienna. Collective Exhibition for a Single Body – The Private Score
(19–28 June)
2018 Art Kino, Rijeka, Croatia. An Escape: Risk Change
(16 November 2018 – 25 January 2019)
Tobačna 001, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Fokus Grupa: Invisible Matter
(7 November – 7 December)
Hrvatsko društvo likovnih umjetnika, Zagreb. Despite the Environment
(26 October – 2 December)
de Appel Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Works and Words: Revisiting film and/as art from
1970s East Central Europe and concert: Performance by Wojciech Bąkowski (9 October)
Galerie Michaela Stock, Vienna.
(In)Constancy of Space: Spaces of Narration and Imagination (6 September – 10 November)
Mali Salon, Rijeka, Croatia. The Body in Action
(13 July – 26 August)
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. Time Robbers – Reloaded
(11 July – 18 September)
Galerija Prsten, Zagreb. (In)Constancy of Space
(5–22 July)
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. CUT/REZ: Examples of collage in
artistic practices in Central and Eastern Europe from the Avant-garde until today
(5 June – 15 August). Catalogue.
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin.
Hello World: Revising a Collection (28 April – 26 August)
Kunstsaele, Berlin. The Quest-for-Meaning Bureau: The Culture of a Good Life
(28 April – 22 July)
MG+MSUM, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Sites of Sustainability: Pavilions, Manifestos and Crypts (28 April – 26 August)
HAB Gallery, Nantes, France. Avant-poste
(17 February – 6 May)
neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, Berlin. Left Performance Histories
(3 February – 25 March)
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. I Am The Mouth
(19 January – 18 March)
Art Museum at the University of Toronto, Canada. Figures of Sleep
(17 January – 3 March)
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. Formula of the Sense
Moderna Galerija, Zagreb. Kallay Collection: There is No Genius
2017 Nova Synagoga, Žilina, Slovakia. Poetry & Performance:
The Eastern European Perspective (23 December 2017 – 10 March 2018)
Gallery of Contemporary Art Bunkier Sztuki, Poland. The Trouble with Value
(15 December 2017 – 18 March 2018)
Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia. YOU’VE GOT 1234 UNREAD MESSAGES:
The Last Generation Before the Internet – Their Lives (9 December 2017 – 4 February 2018)
Galerija Miroslav Kraljević, Zagreb. Shakespeare Among Us
(14 November – 9 December)
Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest. Economize! On the Relationship of Art and Economy
(13 October 2017 – 14 January 2018)
KIBLA PORTAL, Maribor, Slovenia. Migratory Interdisciplinary Grid 21
(7 October – 30 November)
Galerija Forum, Zagreb. Art of Appropriation
(30 September – 18 November)
The Showroom, London. Everything we see could also be otherwise
(My sweet little lamb) (19 September – 11 November)
Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest. Westkunst – Ostkunst. A Selection from the Collection
(1 August 2017 – 31 December 2018)
Kunsthaus, Zürich. Action!
(23 June – 30 July)
Stiftung Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany.
Chinafrika. under construction (2 June – 8 October)
Guangdong Museum of Art, China. Symptoms of Society
(27 May – 15 July)
57th La Biennale di Venezia, Italy. VIVA ARTE VIVA
(13 May – 26 November)
MG+MSUM, Ljubljana, Slovenia. The Heritage of 1989. Case Study:
The Second Yugoslav Documents Exhibition (26 April – 17 September)
Hrvatsko društvo likovnih umjetnika, Zagreb.
My Sweet Little Lamb (Everything we see could be otherwise) (11 April – 6 May)
Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest. Non-Aligned Art – Marinko Sudac Collection
(23 March – 25 June)
Fondazione Modena Arti Visive, Italy. 10 years old
(12 March – 30 April)
Kunsthalle Wien, Austria. More Than Just Words [On the Poetic]
(8 March – 7 May)
The James Gallery, New York. NSK State Art: New York, the Impossible Return
(8 February – 25 March)
Le CAP, Centre d’arts Plastiques de Saint-Fons, France. Babylone
(4 February – 25 March)
2016 Pera Museum, Istanbul. Cold Front from the Balkans
(10 November 2016 – 7 May 2017)
FM Centro per l’arte contemporanea, Milan. Non-Aligned Modernity
(27 October – 23 December)
Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm. Insomnia
(24 September 2016 – 22 January 2017)
Institute for New Connotative Action, Seattle. On Loan
(21 August – 3 September)
Galerija umjetnina Split, Croatia. Time Robbers
(14 July – 28 August)
West Space, Melbourne, Australia. The Trouble with Remuneration
(16 June – 8 July)
Muzeul Național de Artă Contemporană, Bucharest, Romania.
Shape of Time – Future of Nostalgia (20 April – 9 October)
Haus der Kunst, Munich. A History: Contemporary Art from Centre Pompidou
(25 March – 4 September)
Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid. The Unfaithful Replica
(18 March – 25 September)
SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin. What the Tortoise Murmurs to Achilles:
On Laziness, Economy of Time, and Productivity (18 March – 8 May)
Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna. Der “Geist” ist die Memorie
(9 March – 16 April)
Galerija Nova, Zagreb. Day by Day
(5 March – 30 April)
Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, UK. Nothing Happens, Twice:
Artists Explore the Absurdity of Life (6 February – 4 June)
Kunstverein in Hamburg, Germany. FLUIDITY
(30 January – 10 April)
Lunds Konsthall, Sweden. Our Work
(23 January – 8 May)
Nottingham Contemporary, UK. Monuments Should Not Be Trusted
(16 January – 4 March)
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. Painting as an Allegory of Theory
2015 Pogon Jedinstvo, Zagreb. Long Live Labor!
(20 November – 5 December)
Atelieri Žitnjak, Zagreb. Dan škole
(17–25 October)
Centre d’Art Contemporain, Parc Saint Léger, France. Les ruses de l’intelligence
(11 October – 13 December)
Nykytaiteen museo Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland. Eri Mieltä: Nykytaiteen Toisinajattelijoita
[Demonstrating Minds: Disagreements In Contemporary Art] (9 October 2015 – 20 March 2016)
Wroclaw Contemporary Art Museum, Poland. New Art for New Society
(25 September – 30 November)
Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin. Julije Knifer – Mladen Stilinović
(19 September – 28 November)
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Performance Art in Eastern Europe
(5 September 2015 – 28 November 2016)
Hollybush Gardens, London. Insecure Scaffolds
(4 September – 3 October)
Mestna galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Homage to Malevich: Black Square Continued
(2 July – 6 September)
Palais des Beaux-Arts Paris, France. Transmission: recreation and repetition
(18 June – 14 July)
National Gallery of Kosovo, Pristina. Thirty One
(17 June – 21 July)
Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria. Naming, Giving Names
(24 April – 7 September)
Hrvatsko društvo likovnih umjetnika, Zagreb. 80’s – Sweet Decadence of Postmodern
(10 April – 10 May)
Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago. Conversations at the Edge
(12–14 March)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Scenes for a New Heritage:
Contemporary Art from The Collection (8 March 2015 – 11 April 2016)
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow. Grammar of Freedom / Five Lessons:
Works from the Arteast 2000+ Collection (6 February – 19 April)
Tranzit Slovakia, Bratislava. Art Has No Alternative
(9 January – 1 February)
Landesgalerie, Linz, Germany. Art:Work
2014 Muzej moderne i suvremene umjetnosti, Rijeka, Croatia. Estetika elektriciteta
(4–23 December)
Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest. LUDWIG 25. The Contemporary Collection
(14 November 2014 – 31 December 2015)
Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Factory Showroom: Idleness
(25 November 2014 – 17 January 2015)
Trade Gallery, Nottingham, UK. Praise of Laziness
(1 November – 13 December)
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. Un saber realmente útil
(29 October 2014 – 9 February 2015)
Carré d’Art – Musée d’Art contemporain, Nîmes, France. Personal Cuts:
Art Scene in Zagreb from 1950s to Now (17 October 2014 – 11 January 2015). Catalogue.
Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna. The Century of the Bed: Points of View
(3 October – 11 November)
Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo. Permanent Playfulness
(31 August – 14 October)
Galerija Nova, Zagreb. Draga Umjetnost
(25 August – 15 November)
Centre Pompidou, Paris. Une histoire – (art archi design/ des années 80 à nos jours)
(2 July 2014 – 11 January 2016)
Casa Franca-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro. Artevidea
(27 June – 21 September)
FRAC Lorraine, Metz, France. The Translator’s Voice
(17 June 2014 – 1 January 2015). Exhibition travelled:
Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Spain (29 May – 30 August 2015);
Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Forde, Norway (31 October 2015 – 31 January 2016)
Museum of Contemporary Art Krakow, Poland. Crime in Art
(16 May – 28 September)
Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, the Netherlands. I would prefer not to
(18 April – 8 June)
Lenbachhaus, Munich. Playtime
(15 March – 29 June)
Hrvatsko društvo likovnih umjetnika, Zagreb. BORROWORROB: In Search of Symmetry
(5–27 March)
Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo. In These Great Times
(21 February – 27 April)
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti Istre, Pula, Croatia. Tabula Rasa
(31 February – 2 March)
Muzeum Sztuki w Łódzi, Lodz, Poland. Atlas of Modernity
(24 January 2014 – 20 June 2021)
2013 Galerija Prozori, Zagreb. Riječnik svakodnevnih interakcija
(18 December 2013 – 16 January 2014)
Hrvatsko dizajnersko društvo, Zagreb. Transfer 1995 – 2010 – Arhiv 1
(12 December 2013 – 31 January 2014)
Galerija Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb. Extravagant Age
(4 October – 3 November)
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. 2013 Carnegie International
(3 October 2013 – 16 March 2014)
Calvert 22 Foundation, London. Dear Art
(29 September – 8 December)
Beirut, Cairo. Writing with the other hand is imagining
(19 September – 27 October)
Gallery 400, Chicago. The Program
(6 September – 19 October)
Rovinj Heritage Museum, Croatia. Rovinj Art Colony
(2–31 August)
Guangdong Times Museum, China. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
(28 June – 10 August)
Gliptoteka HAZU, Zagreb. Tabula Rasa
(18 June – 12 July)
Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
The Present and Presence / Repetition: Four Micro-Political Situations (28 May – 16 June)
Marabouparken, Sundbyberg, Sweden. ABCDEFGHI
(20 April – 28 July)
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. Former West
(18–24 March)
Galerija Galženica, Zagreb. ABook (Artist’s Book)
(15 March – 12 April)
Camera Austria, Vienna. Zero Point of Meaning
(9 March – 26 May)
Parasite, Hong Kong. It May Be That Beauty Has Strengthened Our Resolve
(9 March – 28 April)
Argos Centre for Art and Media, Belgium. Bon Travail
(3 March – 7 April)
Bureau public, Copenhagen. Nothing is Normal
2012 MG+MSUM, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Dear Art
(29 November 2012 – 24 February 2013). Catalogue.
Henie Onstand Kunstsenter, Oslo. Doing what you Want
(18 October 2012 – 13 January 2013)
Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin. The Desire for Freedom: Art in Europe since 1945
(17 October 2012 – 10 February 2013). Exhibition travelled: Palazzo Reale, Milan
(15 March – 2 June 2013); Eesti Kunstimuuseum – Kumu Kunstimuuseum, Tallinn, Estonia
(28 June – 3 November 2013); Muzeum Sztuki Wspólczesnej, Kraków, Poland
(18 October 2013 – 26 January 2014)
MG+MSUM, Ljubljana, Slovenia. The Present and Presence: Repetition 2
(9 October – 11 November)
BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, the Netherlands. How Much Fascism?
(29 September – 23 December)
Galerija Academia Moderna, Zagreb. Artists’ Books CRO
(17–29 September)
Open Space, Vienna. You are kindly invited to attend
(3 September – 1 October)
Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo. Parque Industrial
(1 September – 3 November)
Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund, Germany. Sounds Like Silence
(25 August 2012 – 6 January 2013)
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. Ideas of Posters
(2–23 August)
Matadero Madrid, Spain. Our Work is Never Over
(8 June – 26 August). Catalogue.
MG+MSUM, Ljubljana, Slovenia. The Present and Presence: Repetition 1
(17 April – 28 October)
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. No Archive
(17 April – 13 May)
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice. Double Game
(5 April – 24 June)
Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Ciudad de Mexico.
Moving forward, counting backwards (25 February – 27 May)
Argos Centrum voor Kunst en Media, Brussels. Brouillon
(23–24 February)
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria. Enduring Value? Cooperation >springerin<
(4 February – 9 April)
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Sprits of Internationalism
(21 January – 29 April)
Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland. For You
(13 January – 22 April)
La Galerie des Locataires, Paris and Zagreb. Simplon Express
CEAC, Strasbourg, France. Simulation
2011 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Scenes from Zagreb:
Artists’ Publications of the New Art Practice (12 December 2011 – 17 February 2012)
MD72, Berlin. Homo Economicus
(11 December 2011 – 18 February 2012)
Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb. Socialism and Modernity
(1 December 2011 – 4 February 2012)
MG+MSUM, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Museum of Affects:
In the Framework of L’Internationale (26 November 2011 – 29 January 2012)
P74 Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia. The Other Museum
(15 November – 4 December)
City Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria. Kontakt Sofia: works from the Kontakt Collection
(22 October – 27 November)
Atelieri Žitnjak, Zagreb. Umjetnost i hrana
(15–30 October)
galerie frank elbaz, Paris. Boris Cvjetanovic, Mladen Stilinovic: Dialogue
(6 October – 12 November)
Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany. Art Worlds after 1989
(17 September 2011 – 19 February 2012)
Kalmar Konstmuseum, Sweden. A Complicated Relation: Part II
(17 September – 20 November)
Edition Block, Berlin. To Multiply is Human
(10 September – 26 November)
Galerie 5020, Salzburg. Living on the Edge of a Silver Future I
(26 July – 20 August)
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York. Ostalgia
(6 July – 2 October)
Umjetnički paviljon, Zagreb. Zero Point of Meaning
(16 June – 17 July)
Signum Foundation, Venice. Particolare: Paths of Democracy
(4 June – 26 November)
brod Galeb, Rijeka, Croatia. Zone of Stagnation
(3–18 June)
Atelieri Žitnjak, Zagreb. Short Images
(29 May – 13 June)
Museu d ́Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain. The International
(14 May – 2 October)
International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York.
Pertaining to a Profession Proverbially Energetic and Nervous (30 March – 16 April)
Extra City, Antwerp. Museum of Speech
(25 March – 1 May)
Shedhalle, Zürich. Dump Time – For a Practice of Horizontality
(5 March – 15 May)
Cultural Art Center, Kyiv. Trodova vistavka
2010 MG+MSUM, Ljubljana, Slovenia. This is All Film! Experimental Film in Former Yugoslavia
(22 December 2010 – 28 February 2011)
Aanant & Zoo, Berlin. You Are Kindly Invited to Attend
(13 November 2010 – 29 January 2011)
International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York. Factory Makers
(5 November 2010 – 4 February 2011)
Atelier Žitnjak, Zagreb. Guests at Žitnjak
(16–23 October)
Spike Island, Bristol, UK. Wealth of Nations
(9 October – 28 November)
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti Istre, Pula, Croatia. Here We Are 2
(14–19 September)
National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
1st Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art 2010 (9 September – 10 October)
Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice. Volume Collection
(24 July – 8 August)
Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland. Workers Leaving the Workplace
(6 July – 5 September)
Kunsthalle Budapest, Hungary. Over the Counter
(18 June – 19 September)
Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest. Unmistakable Sentences: The Collection Revisited
(26 May 2010 – 14 August 2011)
Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan. In Full Bloom
(12 May – 30 July)
Nottingham Contemporary, UK. Uneven Geographies: Art and Globalization
(8 May – 4 July)
Zagreb, Croatia. Art Always Has Its Consequences
(8 May – 2 June). Catalogue.
The Roberts Institute of Art, London. Curator’s Series #3. History of Art, the
(7 May – 10 July)
Open Space, Vienna. The Renaming Machine
(23 April – 22 May)
Motorenhalle, Dresden, Germany. Künstler in der Kunst Gesellschaft
(22 April – 12 June)
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. A Pair of Left Shoes: Reality Check in Eastern Europe
(16 April – 30 May)
Centre Pompidou, Paris. The Promises of the Past
(12 April – 19 July)
Printed Matter, New York. Hungry Man, Reach for the Book. It is a Weapon
(10 April – 22 May)
Maison Populaire, Montreuil, France. Les compétences invisibles
(20 January – 20 March)
2009 Galerija ŠKUC, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Removed from the Crowd
(22 December 2009 – 14 January 2010)
Ex Ospedale Sant’ Agostino, Modena, Italy. History, Memory, Identity:
Contemporary Photography from Eastern Europe (13 December 2009 – 14 March 2010)
Muzej istorije Jugoslavije, Belgrade. Political Practices in (post) Yugoslav Art
(29 November – 31 December)
International Project Space, Birmingham, UK. Revolution, I Love You
(7 November – 19 December)
Platán Gallery, Budapest. Typopass: Critical Design and Conceptual Typography
(22 October – 27 November)
Serpentine Gallery, London. Poetry Marathon
(17–18 October)
Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland. The Artist in the (Art) Society
(4 September – 18 October)
Extra City, Antwerp. Manifest Destiny
(1–31 August)
SCHIRN Kunsthalle, Frankfurt. The Making of Art
(29 May – 30 August)
Galerija Miroslav Kraljević, Zagreb. The Renaming Machine
(20 May – 3 July)
Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Two in One
(16–20 May)
Nosbaum Reding, Luxembourg. The Pain Game
(15 May – 4 July)
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti Istre, Pula, Croatia. Crisis
(5–20 May)
de Appel Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Take the Money and Run
(3–12 May)
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. The Quick and the Dead
(24 April – 27 September)
Salzburger Kunstverein, Austria. Performing the East
(23 April – 5 July)
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. A Pair of Left Shoes
(16 April – 30 May)
Galician Center for Contemporary Art, Spain. The Human Stain
(12 March – 31 May)
Galerija Marino Cettina, Umag, Croatia. The State of Affairs
2008 Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia. ARTEAST 2000+
(19 December 2008 – 22 February 2009)
Galerija Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb. Alters of Avant-garde
(17 November 2008 – 11 January 2009)
Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany. Why here is always somewhere else
(3 October – 30 November)
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin. Cult of the Artist: “I can’t just slice off an ear every day”
(3 October 2008 – 22 February 2009)
Tanas, Berlin. Quartet
(6 September – 9 November)
Jakopic Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia. The Renaming Machine
(12–19 June)
Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros, Hungary.
Kontakt…works from the Art Collection of Erste Bank Group (6 May – 13 June)
Contemporary Art Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece. Revolution I Love You
(4 May – 13 June)
Galerija Atrijum Biblioteke grada Beograda, Belgrade. Book and Magazine as Artwork
(30 April – 14 May)
Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej, Warsaw. As Soon as I Open My Eyes I See a Film
(25 April – 22 June)
Sheffield Contemporary Art Forum, UK. Art Sheffield 08: Yes, No & Other Options
(16 February – 12 April)
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia. Formal – Engaged
(15 February – 15 June)
Center for Opinions in Music and Art, Berlin. Männerfantasien
Galerija Nova, Zagreb. Invisible History of Exhibitions
Galerija PM, Zagreb; Umetnosna Galeria, Maribor, Slovenia. Conceptual Art
Galerija Ružić, Slavonski Brod, Croatia. Tvrđava@rt
Galerija ŠKUC, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Article 23
Tanzquartier, Vienna. Once / Again
2007 Galleria Artra, Milan. October: Exit, Wish and Memory
(22 October 2007 – 30 January 2008)
The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon, Israel. History Started Playing with My Life
(5 June – 18 August)
Hrvatsko društvo likovnih umjetnika, Zagreb. 42nd Zagreb Salon – Visual Arts
(10 May – 3 June)
Galerija ŠKUC, Ljubljana, Slovenia. On Unknown Works
(16 April – 13 May)
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin. Pain
(5 April – 5 August)
Klovićevi Dvori Gallery, Zagreb. Avant-Garde Tendencies in Croatian Art
(15 March – 6 May)
Muzej moderne i suvremene umjetnosti, Rijeka, Croatia.
Marginal Specificities: Regional Avant-Garde Art (9 March – 15 April)
Muzej savremene umetnosti, Belgrade. Kontakt Belgrade
(20 January – 1 March)
Galerija Marin, Umag, Croatia. Contemporary Art Collection Marino Cettina
2006 Galerija Nova, Zagreb. DATAESTHETICS
(1 December 2006 – 6 January 2007)
Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast. Work
(17 November – 22 December)
2 B Galéria, Budapest. We Are What We Are
(7 October – 2 November)
Kulturni centar Beograda, Serbia. 47th October Art Salon
(29 September – 5 November)
Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Arteast Collection 2000+23
(22 September – 22 October)
Brick 5, Vienna. Remapping Mozart, Konfiguration IV: Es ist kein Traum!
(7 September – 15 October)
Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Essence of Life – Essence of Art
(5–15 September)
Galerija Nova, Zagreb. Normalization: Dedicated to Nikola Tesla
(4–25 July)
Grazer Kunstverein, Austria. Mladen Stilinović: On Money and Zeros
(11 May – 24 June). Catalogue.
Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin. Sexy Mythos
(8 April – 21 May)
House of the Arts, Brno, Czech Republic. Gray Zones
(28 March – 7 May)
Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria, and Studena 12, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Kontakt – ... aus der Sammlung der Erste Bank-Gruppe (17 March – 21 May)
Moderna galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Interrupted Histories
(8 March – 30 April)
Galerija Nova, Zagreb. On unknown works
(17 February – 4 March)
Glucksman Gallery, University College of Cork, Ireland. Work
2005 Galerija Nova, Zagreb. Final Exhibition – Economies among us
(22 December 2005 – 14 March 2006)
Kölnischer Kunstverein, Germany. Projekt Migration
(1 October 2005 – 15 January 2006)
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. Insert
(20 September – 16 October)
Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria. Fluxus/happening/konzeptkunst
(17 September 2005 – 15 October 2006)
Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest. Essence of Life – Essence of Art
(8 September – 2 October)
Centre d’art Passerelle, Brest, France. In Absentia
(22 June – 15 October)
Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria. Work
(4 June – 14 August)
Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany. Collective Creativity
(1 May – 17 July)
Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmo, Sweden.
Whatever happened to social democracy? (29 January – 10 April)
Galerija starih i novih majstora Varaždin, Croatia.
Marginal Distinctiveness: Avant-garde Art in the Region from 1918 to 1989
Hrvatsko društvo likovnih umjetnika Istre, Pula, Croatia. Edges and Boundaries
Kunsthaus, Dresden. Artist’s House / Breathe in, Breathe out
Moderna Galerija, Zagreb. Croatian Art 1800–2000
Museum het Valkhof, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Hidden Rhythms
Operation: City, Zagreb. Submit to Public Debate
Schloss Seggau, Austria. Hey Europe!
2004 École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. De Ma Fenêtre
(17 December 2004 – 13 March 2005)
Minoriten Galerien, Graz, Austria. We Are What We Are
(20 November – 5 December). Exhibition travelled: Galeria Jána Koniarka, Trnava, Slovakia
Kunstverein, Munich. Atelier Europa: Small Post-ford Drama
(3 April – 13 June)
EVA International, Limerick, Ireland. Imagine Limerick
(13 March – 23 May)
Hrvatsko društvo likovnih umjetnika, Zagreb. In the First Person
(4–21 March). Exhibition travelled: Umjetnička galerija, Dubrovnik, Croatia
(20 August – 2 October 2005)
Arte Fiera, Bologna. The Balkans: A Crossroad to the Future
(22–26 January)
The Renaissance Society, Chicago. New Video, New Europe:
A Survey of Eastern European Video (11 January – 22 February)
Film Museum, Vienna. Film and Video from (Post) Socialist Europe
Galerija Nova, Zagreb. I Need a Radical Change
Insa Art Space, Seoul. A New Past
Multimedia Club “Atelier I”, Poreč, Croatia. Shop-window
Stills Gallery, Edinburgh. New Europe and the Balkans
2003 Austrian Cultural Forum, New York. Parallel Actions: Conceptual Tendencies in
Central Europe from 1965 to 1980 (17 December 2003 – 20 March 2004)
Galerie Schüppenhauer, Cologne and apexart, New York. Cynical Culture
(7 November – 20 December)
Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany. In the Gorges of the Balkans: A Report
(30 August – 23 November). Catalogue.
Essl Museum, Kunst der Genenwart, Vienna. Blood & Honey: The Future’s in the Balkans
(16 May – 28 September)
Studio Račić, Zagreb. By the Way
(25 February – 20 March)
Cornerhouse Gallery, Oxford. Imaginary Balkans
Kosova galerija, Pristina.
Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich. Be Creative!
2002 Neue Galerie Graz, Austria. In Search of Balkania
(5 October – 1 December). Catalogue.
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. Here Tomorrow
(4 October – 3 November)
Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe, Germany. ARTEAST 2000+
(28 April – 26 May)
Art Moscow, Russia. The Misfits
(18–28 April). Exhibition travelled: Muzej na Sovremena Umetnost, Skopje, North Macedonia
(May – June); Kunstamt Kreutzberg Bethanien, Berlin (October). Catalogue.
Tehnički Muzej, Zagreb. Project: Broadcasting
(26 January – 3 March)
Mednarodni Grafični Likovni Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Out of Print
Kunstihoone Fond, Tallinn, Estonia. An Artist Who Cannot Speak English is No Artist
2001 Secession, Vienna. Ausgeträumt…
(29 November 2001 – 3 February 2002)
Umjetnička Galerija, Dubrovnik at HDLU, Zagreb. PM20: 20 Years from 1981–2001
(24 November – 15 December)
Orangerie Congress, Innsbruck, Austria. 2000+ Arteast Collection:
The Art of Eastern Europe, A Selection of Works for the International and
National Collections of Moderna galerija Ljubljana (14–21 November). Catalogue.
Museum of Contemporary Art in Gliptoteka, Zagreb. To Tell a Story
(1–28 October)
Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna. What, How & For Whom
(20 June – 27 July)
Knoll Gallery, Budapest. An Artist Who Does Not Speak English is Not an Artist
(15 June – 28 July)
Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia. The Group of Six Artists
2000 Apex Art Curatorial Program, New York. Chinese Whispers
(11 October – 11 November)
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin. After the Wall
(1 October 2000 – 4 February 2001)
Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia. 2000+ Arteast Collection: The Art of
Eastern Europe in Dialogue with the West (24 June – 24 September 2000). Catalogue.
Hrvatsko društvo likovnih umjetnika, Zagreb. What, How & for Whom, on the occasion
of the 152nd anniversary of the Communist Manifesto (16 June – 10 July)
Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia. 2000+ ArtEast Collection
(June)
Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, UK. The Road to Meikle Seggie
(March – April). Exhibition travelled: Edinburgh City Art Center, Scotland (July – September)
Galerija Račić, Zagreb. From the Franciscan Monastery Collection
Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Worthless (Invaluable)
(4 February – 5 March)
Kunstverein, Aschersleben, Germany. Communication
Galerija Kortil, Rijeka, Croatia. Having Coffee with Artists
1999 Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria.
Art in Central Europe 1949–1999 (18 December 1999 – 27 February 2000). Exhibition travelled: Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
(24 March – 28 May 2000); Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (14 July – 1 November 2000);
Hansard Gallery / City Gallery, Southampton, UK (November – December 2000);
Národní galerie Praha, Czech Republic (February 2001 – April 2001). Catalogue.
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. Fluxus
(November – December)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm. After the Wall: Art and Culture in Post-Communist Europe
(16 October 1999 – 16 January 2000). Exhibition travelled: Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest
(15 June – 27 August 2000)
Art Pavilion, Zagreb. Panorama
(11–31 October)
Galerija umjetnina Narodnog muzeja, Zadar, Croatia.
Strategy of Art Quotationst in the 1980s and 90s (26–29 August)
SCCA in Kortile, Rijeka, Croatia. Group of Six Artists
1998 Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. Eat!
(10 April – 28 June)
Hrvatsko društvo likovnih umjetnika, Zagreb. Group of Six Artists
Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. New Croatian Art
1997 Museo de Art Contemporaneo, Santiago, Chile. New Croatian Art
(6–31 May). Exhibition travelled: Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Valdivia, Chile (7–29 June)
Hrvatsko društvo likovnih umjetnika, Zagreb. Strategy: Provocation
1996 Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney. Art Gallery of NSW Collection
Hrvatsko društvo likovnih umjetnika, Zagreb. Absence – 36th International
1995 Galerija Anonimus, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
1994 Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. Words and Images
(1 December 1994 – 5 January 1995). Catalogue.
Ernst Muzeum, Budapest. Naturally – Nature and Art in Central Europe
Galerija proširenih medija, Zagreb. Exhibition on Food and Drinks 2nd
Hrvatsko društvo likovnih umjetnika, Zagreb. Keep that Frequency Clear
Hrvatsko društvo likovnih umjetnika, Zagreb. 125 Masterpieces of Croatian Art
Kronborg Castle, Copenhagen. Europe Rediscovered
Krönungssaal, Aachen, Germany. Art and War
1993 Moderna Galerija, Zagreb. New Croatian Art
(December)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. The Horse Who Sings: Radical Art from Croatia
(13 March – 28 May). Catalogue.
Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh. New Identities: The New Europe
Galerija Dante Marino Cettina, Umag, Croatia.
Kronborg Castle, Copenhagen. Zagreb and Copenhagen
Exhibition travelled: Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. Croatian Photography from 1950 onwards
Opus Operandi, Ghent. NSK Embassy
1992 Neue Galerie Graz, Austria. Identity: Difference – Trigon 1940–1990
(3 October – 8 November)
Lenin Prospect 12, Moscow. NSK Embassy
1991 Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Slovenian Athens
(22 October – 24 November)
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York. The Interrupted Life
(13 September – 29 December)
Galerie Ingrid Dacić, Tübingen, Germany. Artists for Freedom
1990 Museum des 20 Jahrhunderts, Vienna. Signs in Flux
(20 July – 9 September). Exhibition travelled: Galerie hl. Mesta Prahy, Prague;
Pécsi Galériák, Hungary; Muzej suvremene umjetnosti in Muzej revolucije naroda Hrvatske,
Zagreb. Catalogue.
Brighton, UK. Corn Exchange: Crossing Over
Galerie Ingrid Dacić, Tübingen, Germany. 50th Exhibition of the Gallery
Konjščinska 40, Zagreb. Exhibition in Martek’s Courtyard
Monastery Široki Brijeg, Lištica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Fra Yu Kult
Exhibition travelled: The 369 Gallery, Edinburgh. Catalogue.
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. Moscow Portraits
1989 Galerie Karas, Zagreb. PM 1981–1989: Recent Works
Exhibition travelled: Lazareti, Dubrovnik, Croatia;
Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovinia
Galerie Linssen, Cologne. Correlations
Galerija ULUS, Belgrade. Scenes of Language
Umjetnička galerija, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovinia. Art for and Against
1986 Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovinia. Art – Criticism in the Mid-1980s
Mestna galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Selection by Art Critic from Zagreb
Muzejski prostor, Zagreb. Towards a Museum of Contemporary Art
Umjetnička galerija, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovinia. Loners
1985 Galerija Karas, Zagreb.
Counter-cultural Movement in Croatian Art –Situation: Group of Six Artists (1975–1978)
1984 Galerija PM, Zagreb. Toward Russian avant-garde
1983 Galerija Koprivnica, Croatia. 3 Situations: Paining / Photographs / Urbanism – Architecture
1982 Galerie Dales, Bucharest, Romania. New Tendencies in Yugoslav Art
Exhibition travelled: Kulturcentrum Philips, Eindhoven, the Netherlands;
Galeria Zacheta, Warsaw; Galeria Avangarda, Wrocław, Poland
Galerija Karas, Zagreb. From Monochrome to a New Expressiveness
Galerija PM, Zagreb. Group of Six Artists
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. Innovation in 1970s Croatian Art
Exhibition travelled: Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovinia;
Muzej savremene umetnosti, Belgrade. Catalogue.
1981 Cvjetni trg, Zagreb. Fair
Galerija SKC, Belgrade. 10 years of SKC
Galerija ŠKUC, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Exhibition of RZU Podroom
Galerija ŠKUC, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Instant Polaroid
Hrvatsko filozofsko društvo i Galerija SC, Zagreb. Beyond Aesthetics
Kunstverein, Frankfurt. Artists’ books
Neue Galerie, Graz. Trigon 81
passage Siget, Novi Zagreb. Exhibition – Action, RZU Podroom
Exhibition travelled: Galerija SKUC, Zagreb
1980 Filozofski fakultet, Zagreb. Exhibition – Action, Group of Six Artists and RZU Podroom
Galerija SKC, Belgrade. Poster
Galerija Srećna nova umetnost, Belgrade. Exhibition of Postcards, Invitation Cards, Ideas…
Galerija Srećna nova umetnost, Belgrade. Polaroid
Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. Photography as Art – Art as Photography
Podroom, Zagreb. Exhibition on Food and Drinks
Salon Muzeja savremene umetnosti, Belgrade. New Photography 3
1979 Stichting de Appel, Amsterdam. Works and Words
(20–30 September)
Atelier Čada, Frankfurt. Group of Artists from Zagreb
Ekonomski fakultet, Zagreb. Exhibition – Action, Group of Six Artists
Exhibition travelled: RZU Podroom Student Center, Zagreb; Galerija Koprivnica, Croatia
Galerija SKC, Belgrade. Sequences
Exhibition travelled: Centar MM, Zagreb
Izložbeni salon Doma kulture, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovinia. 9th Autumn Salon
Muzej savremene umetnosti, Belgrade. Theme and Functions of Photography
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. Art Acquisitions
Podroom, Zagreb. Values
Stedelijk Musuem, Amsterdam. Experimental Films
1978 Galeria Krinzinger, Innsbruck, Austria. Video (Brdo)
Galerija Nova, Zagreb. Exhibition – Action: Group of Six Artists – Oral Transmission
Exhibition travelled: Piazza dell’Accademia and Piazza San Marco, Venice;
Galeria SKC, Belgrade; Voćarska 5, Zagreb; Republic Square, Zagreb
Galerija SKC, Belgrade. Opinions on the Work – within the Group
Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. New Art Practice 1966–1978
Catalogue.
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, California. Artwords and Bookworks
Exhibition travelled: Artist’s Space, New York; Herron School of Art, Indianapolis;
New Orleans Contemporary Art Center, Louisiana
Podroom, Zagreb. For Art in the Mind
Podroom, Zagreb.
Works in Podroom – Introduction into the Documentation of Group of Six Artists
Podroom, Zagreb. 2nd New Exhibition at Podrum
Salon Muzeja savremene umetnosti, Belgrade. Posters – artists’ works
Exhibition travelled: Salon Tribine mladih, Novi Sad, Serbia
1977 Filozofski fakultet, Zagreb. Exhibition – Action: Group of Six Artists
Exhibition travelled: Filozofski fakultet, Belgrade; Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb;
Galerija SKC, Belgrade; Student Center, Zagreb; passage Neboder, Zagreb
Galerija Karas, Zagreb. Innovations
Galerija SKC, Belgrade. Art, Irony, etc.
Galerija SKC, Belgrade. Video Galerie Krinzinger
Galleria civica d’arte moderna, Modena, Italy. Avant-garde and Experimentation in Yugoslavia
1976 CEFFT, Zagreb. Confrontations
CEFFT, Zagreb. Young Filmmakers
Galerija doma omladine, Belgrade. Works on Paper
Galerija Nova, Zagreb. Photography
Galerija SKC, Belgrade. Prints
Exhibition travelled: Galerija Nova, Zagreb
Galerija Srećna nova umetnost, Belgrade. Posters
Galeria Wspólcszesna, Warsaw. New Art in Yugoslavia
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb. New Photography 2nd – Photography as Art
Exhibition travelled: Muzeja savremene umetnosti, Belgrade; Razstavni salon Rotovž, Maribor, Slovenia
1975 Galerija SKC, Belgrade. 4th April Meetings
MAFAF, Pula, Croatia. Terror of Images
Sopot, Zagreb. Exhibition – Action: Group of Six Artists
Exhibition travelled: Jesuit Square, Zagreb; Republic Square, Zagreb
1974 Galerija SKC, Belgrade. 3rd April Meetings
Gradska knjižnica, Zagreb. Photographs, Zagreb Film Days
1973 Galerija SKC, Belgrade. 2nd April Meetings
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2024 Rounthwaite, Adair. This Is Not My World: Art and Public Space in Socialist Zagreb
(Minneapolis: University of Missouri Press, 2024).
Stipančić, Branka, ed. Mladen Stilinović and Sven Stilinović:
Exhibitions – actions of the Group of Six Artists: 1975–1979 (Zagreb: PETIKAT, 2024).
2021 Ilić, Marko. A Slow Burning Fire: The Rise of the New Art Practice in Yugoslavia
(Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2021).
2018 Janevski, Ana, Roxana Marcoci, and Ksenia Nouril, eds. Art and Theory of Post-1989 Central
and Eastern Europe: A Critical Anthology (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2018).
2015 Labastida, Alejandra, ed. 1 + 2 ≡ (Mexico City: Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, 2015).
Stipančić, Branka, ed. Mladen Stilinović: Rani Kolaži / Early Collages
(Zagreb: Mladen Stilinović, 2015).
2014 Maković, Zvonko. Tabula rasa: Primarno i analiticko u hrvatskoj umjetnosti / Primary and
analytic in Croatian art (Zagreb: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti Gliptoteka, 2014).
Stipančić, Branka, ed. Personal Cuts: Art à Zagreb de 1950 à nos jours / Art Scene in Zagreb
from 1950s to Now (Nîmes: Carré d'Art-Musée d'art contemporain, 2014). Exhibition catalogue.
2013 Stilinović, Mladen. Mladen Stilinović: Artist's Books 1972–2013 (Zagreb: Mladen Stilinović, 2013).
Stipančić, Branka, ed. Mladen Stilinović: nula iz vladanja / Zero for Conduct
(Zagreb: Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, 2013). Exhibition catalogue.
2012 Reich, Gilad, ed. Nuestro trabajo nunca se acaba / Our Work is Never Over
(Barcelona: Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, 2012). Exhibition catalogue.
Stipančić, Branka, ed. Mladen Stilinović: Bijeli Radovi / White Works
(Poreč: Open Public University of Poreč, 2012). Exhibition catalogue.
What, How and for Whom, eds. Draga umetnost / Dear Art (Ljubljana: Moderna galerija,
2012). Exhibition catalogue.
Widenheim, Cecilia, Jonatan Habib Engqvist, Annika Enqvist, Michele Masucci, and
Lisa Rosendahl, eds. Work Work Work – A Reader on Art and Labor
(Stockholm: Sternberg Press, 2012).
2011 Hegyi, Dóra, Zsuzsa László, Emese Süvecz, and Ágnes Szanyi, eds.
Art Always Has Its Consequences: Artists’ Texts from Croatia, Hungary, Poland,
Serbia, 1947–2009 (Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2011).
Smith, Terry. Contemporary Art World Currents (London: Laurence King Publishing, 2011).
Stilinović, Mladen. Mladen Stilinović: Tekstovi / Texts (Zagreb: Mladen Stilinović, 2011).
Stipančić, Branka, ed. Mišljenje je forma energije: eseji i intervjui iz suvremene hrvatske
umjetnosti (Zagreb: Arkzin & Hrvatska sekcija AICA, 2011).
Stipančić, Branka, ed. Mladen Stilinović: SING! (Budapest: Ludwig Múzeum, 2011).
Exhibition catalogue.
2010 Curlin, Ivet, Dóra Hegyi, Zsuzsa László, Magdalena Ziółkowska, and Katarzyna Słoboda, eds.
Art Always Has its Consequences (Zagreb: What, How & for Whom, 2010). Exhibition catalogue.
Gregorič, Alenka, and Branka Stipančić, eds. Mladen Stilinović: Artist at Work /
Umjetnik Radi 1973–1983 (Zagreb: Mladen Stilinović, 2010).
Milevska, Susana, ed. The Renaming Machine / The Book
(Ljubljana: Zavod P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E., 2010).
2009 Stilinović, Mladen. Mladen – My sweet little lamb!
(Stockholm: Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, 2009).
2008 Grammel, Søren, and Mari Laanemets, eds. Mladen Stilinović: On Money and Zeros
(Graz: Grazer Kunstverein, 2008). Exhibition catalogue.
Stipančić, Branka, ed. Mladen Stilinović – Hoću kući – knjige umjetnika 1972–2006
(Zagreb: Gallery Nova / WHW / Arkzin, Zagreb, 2008). Exhibition catalogue.
2007 Dressler, Iris, and Hans D. Christ, eds. On Difference #3. Politics of Space:
On the Expropriation and Re-appropriation of Social, Political, and Cultural Spaces of Action
(Stuttgart: Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, 2007).
Stipančić, Branka, ed. Mladen Stilinović: Artist’s Books 1972–2006
(Istanbul: Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, 2007). Exhibition catalogue.
Stipančić, Branka, et al. Mladen Stilinović: Exploitation of the Dead
(Zagreb: Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, 2007).
2006 Dević, Ana, ed. Mladen Stilinović – Vau – Vau / Wuff – Wuff
(Zagreb: WHW, Gallery Nova, 2006).
IRWIN, ed. East Art Map – Contemporary Art in Eastern Europe (London: Afterall Book, 2006).
Stilinović, Mladen. Mladen Stilinović: Oduzimanje Nula (Ljubljana: Zavod P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E., 2006).
2005 Piotrowski, Piotr. In the Shadow of Yalta: The Avant-garde in Eastern Europe, 1945–1989
(Poznań: REBIS Publishing House Ltd, 2005).
Stipančić, Branka, and Alenka Gregorič, eds. Mladen Stilinović – Umetnik na delu 1973–1983 /
Artist at Work 1973–1983 (Ljubljana: Galerija Škuc, 2005).
Šuvaković, Miško. Pojmovnik suvremene umjetnosti (Zagreb: Horetzky, 2005).
2003 Block, René, et al. In den Schluchten des Balkan: Eine Reportage (Kassel: Documenta
und Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs-GmbH, 2003). Exhibition catalogue.
Erjavec, Aleš, ed. Postmodernism and the Postsocialist Condition:
Politicized Art under Late Socialism (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003).
Milovac, Tihomir, and Branka Stipančić, eds. Mladen Stilinović: Pain
(Zagreb: Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, 2003). Exhibition catalogue.
Šuvaković, Miško, and Dubravka Djurić, eds. Impossible Histories: Historic Avant-Gardes,
Neo-Avant-Gardes, and Post-Avant-Gardes in Yugoslavia, 1918–1991
(Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2003).
2002 Bjelić, Dušan I., and Obrad Savić, eds. Balkan as Metaphor:
Between Globalization and Fragmentation (Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2002).
Conover, Roger, Eda Čufer, and Peter Weibel, eds. In Search of Balkania: A User's Manual
(Graz: Neue Galerie Graz Am Landesmuseum Joanneum, 2002). Exhibition catalogue.
Marcoci, Roxana. Here Tomorrow (Zagreb: Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, 2002).
Milovac, Tihomir, ed. Neprilagođeni / The Misfits (Zagreb: Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, 2002).
Exhibition catalogue.
2001 Badonivac, Zdenka, and Peter Weibel, eds. 2000+ Arteast Collection: The Art of Eastern Europe,
A Selection of Works for the International and National Collections of Moderna galerija Ljubljana
(Vienna: Folio Verlag, 2001). Exhibition catalogue.
Milovac, Tihomir, ed. Mladen Stilinović: Cinizam Siromašnih
(Zagreb: Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, 2001). Exhibition catalogue.
2000 Badonivac, Zdenka, ed. 2000+ Arteast Collection: The Art of Eastern Europe in Dialogue
with the West (Ljubljana: Moderna galerija Ljubljana, 2000). Exhibition catalogue.
Gržinić, Marina. Fiction reconstructed: Eastern Europe, Post-socialism & the Retro-avant-garde
(Vienna: Edition Selene, 2000).
1999 Hegyi, Lóránd, ed. Aspekte/Positionen – 50 Jahre Kunst aus Mitteleuropa /
Aspects/Positions – 50 Years of Art in Central Europe 1949–1999
(Vienna: Museum moderner Kunst SLW, 1999). Exhibition catalogue.
1998 Vinterhalter, Jadranka, ed. Spomenka Nikitović: Mladen Stilinović
(Zagreb: Soros Centar za Suvremenu Umjetnost, 1998).
Vukmir, Janka, ed. Grupa šestorice autora / Group of Six Artists
(Zagreb: Soros Centar za Suvremenu Umjetnost, 1998). Exhibition catalogue.
1995 Stipančić, Branka, ed. Riječi i slike / Words and Images
(Zagreb: Soros Centar za Suvremenu Umjetnost, 1995). Exhibition catalogue.
1994 Zabel, Igor. Mladen Stilinović (Ljubljana: Moderna galerija Ljubljana, 1994).
Exhibition catalogue.
1993 Cramer, Sue, and Branka Stipančić, eds. The Horse who Sings – Radical Art from Croatia
(Sydney: The Museum of Contemporary Art, 1993). Exhibition catalogue.
1990 Adamović, Jadran, ed. Fra Yu Kult: Fraction of Yugoslavian Culture
(Široki Brijeg: Široki Brijeg Museum, 1990). Exhibition catalogue.
Drechsler, Wolfgang, ed. Zeichen im Fluss (Vienna: Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, 1990).
Exhibition catalogue.
1982 Susovski, Marijan, ed. Inovacije u hrvatskoj umjetnosti sedamdesetih godina
(Zagreb: Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, 1982). Exhibition catalogue.
1980 Matičević, Davor, ed. Pjevaj! / Sing! (Zagreb: Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, 1980).
Exhibition catalogue.
1978 Susovski, Marijan, ed. Nova umjetnička praksa u Jugoslaviji 1966–1978 /
The New Art Practice in Yugoslavia 1966–1978 (Zagreb: Galerije grada zagreba, 1978).
1977 Bašičević, Dimitrije, ed. Izložbe – akcije (Zagreb: Galerije grada zagreba, 1977).
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Carnegie Museum of Art Collection, Pennsylvania
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
Kassák Museum, Budapest
Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, Germany
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum Tinguely, Zürich
Muzej sodobne umetnosti Metelkova, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands