izv. prof. art. Igor Ruf
Assoc. Prof. Prof. Art.
Biography
He was born in 1984 in Virovitica. He graduated in sculpture in 2010 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. Since 2010, he has been active on the art scene, exhibiting at numerous solo and group exhibitions. For his work so far, he has received several recognitions and awards, including the Grand Prize of the Triennial of Croatian Sculpture (2012), the Award of the 31st Youth Salon (2012), the Radoslav Putar Award (2014), one of the three equivalent awards of the XV Triennial of Croatian Sculpture (2025) and the "Vlastimir Kusik" Award at the 29th Slavonian Biennale "Spaces of the Invisible". He has been on art residencies in New York, Leipzig, Düsseldorf and Paris.
Research interests
In his work, Igor Ruf deals with objects, sculptures and installations whose themes range from the depiction of absurd situations, phenomena and narratives taken from the general imaginary or personal memory, to the physical and metaphysical aspects of everyday life, while in his recent works he questions the conditions and meaning of artistic production from a self-referential perspective.
Teaching field
The focus of this group of courses is on individual art projects and the exploration of contemporary sculptural practices through interdisciplinary dialogue with other forms. By expanding the field of sculpture, students develop authentic projects, with the primary emphasis on understanding and articulating the language of the medium itself.
Works, exhibitions and publications
2025 - "Snakes and Hams", Atelier Kožarić, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
2023 – "Soft Matter", Studio 21, Split
2022 – "Tikolo mikuze", MKC Amphitheater of the Youth Center, Split
2022 – "Acoustic turbo sonic momentum", Gallery 90-60-90, Pogon Jedinstvo, Zagreb
2022. – 57. Zagreb Salon: "We Have Emerged as a Strategy of Eternity", HDLU, Meštrović Pavilion, Zagreb
2022. – 29. Slavonian Biennale, Cultural Centre, Osijek
???? – "This Reality They Chased", Lectoure Center for Art and Photography, Lectoure (France)
2018 – "It's Nice for Me to Be Here", Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
2018 – "Condor, que pasa?", Greta Gallery, Zagreb
2016 – "Hairdressing Salon for the Hill", Institute for Contemporary Art, Zagreb
2015 – "Sextant", Nurture Art Gallery, New York
Nastava
| Predmet | Studij | Godina / semestar | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiparstvo 3 |
Kiparstvo, usmjerenje: Kiparstvo
· prijediplomski
|
3. god. · 5. sem.
|
28 |
| Kiparstvo 4 |
Kiparstvo, usmjerenje: Kiparstvo
· prijediplomski
|
4. god. · 7. sem.
|
30 |
| Kiparstvo_DK |
Kiparstvo, usmjerenje: Kiparstvo
· diplomski
|
1. god. · 1. sem.
|
45 |