doc. art. Ivan Prerad

He was born in 1988 in Zagreb. He graduated from the School of Applied Arts and Design in Zagreb (2007). He enrolled (2008) at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, majoring in painting, and obtained the academic title of Bachelor of Painting (Baccalaureus) in painting (2012). He completed his graduate university studies in painting in the class of Prof. Zoltan Novak (2014). He has been a member of the Croatian Association of Fine Arts since 2013 and the Croatian Association of Freelance Artists since 2018. He has exhibited at several solo exhibitions: SC Gallery, Zagreb (2013), Zlati Ajngel Gallery, Varaždin (2014), Galženica Gallery, Velika Gorica (2015), Šira Gallery, Zagreb (2016), Kranjčar Gallery, Zagreb (2020), Osmos station, Stamford, New York (2023); and numerous group exhibitions: 31. Youth Salon: Corrections, Zagreb (2012), (re)thinking Space&Place; Flottmann-Hallen, Herne, Germany (2016), Erste Fragments 15, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb (2019), Natura vita, Kranjčar Gallery, Zagreb (2020), 57th Zagreb Salon of Visual Arts, HDLU, Zagreb (2020), Expo Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago IL (2024), The Armory show, Javits center, New York (2024). He has been an external associate at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb since acad. year. 2020./2021. Awards and recognitions: Commendation of the 57th Zagreb Salon of Visual Photography (2022), HDLU Annual Award for Young Artist (2020), HPB Award for Young Artist at the 3. Biennial of Painting in Zagreb (2015), Erste Grand Prix (2013).

Field of interest: the exploration of the painting medium through a systematic approach based on the process itself.

Imaging 1/RC and /RS (MA) - Winter semester: tonal and coloristic exercises, and still life painting in the technique of watercolor, acrylic and tempera on paper - summer semester: painting still lifes in the technique of acrylic on paper, and painting landscapes in nature Imaging 3/R (MA) -winter semester: painting a large-sized nude with oil paints -summer semester: painting still lifes with egg tempera on the board

- "The Armory Show", Javits Center, New York - "Expo Chicago", Navy Pier, Chicago IL - "R.G.B. Paintings", Osmos station, Stamford, New York – 57th Zagreb Salon of Visual Arts, Croatian Association of Artists, Zagreb – DRAW – WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY DRAWING AND WHAT CAN IT BE?, Museum of Fine Arts, Split – "Imaginary Museum", Kranjčar Gallery, Zagreb – "Erste Fragments 15", Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb – "Portolanske studie", Šira Gallery, Zagreb – "(Re)thinking Space & Place", Flottmann-Hallen, Herne (Germany) – 31. Youth Salon: "Corrections", Prsten Gallery, Croatian Association of Artists; Zagreb