biography
Zlatko Kopljar (1962) is a visual artist. He has exhibited at Sao Paulo Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka, The Kitchen - New York, Gallery Manes- Praha, etc. His work are in collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka, Museum of Modern Art Zagreb, Filip Trade collection, etc. He graduated painting in 1991 with professor Carmelo Zotti from Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, Italy and currently lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia.
One man shows
- 2013 Artist cinema, from K series (K14-K17), Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2012 Galeria Suzy Shammah, Milano, Italy
- Galerie Isabella Czarnowsky, Berlin, Germany
- 2011 Galerija Vinko Percic, Subotica, Srbija
- 2010 Oratorio di san Lodovico, Venice, Italy
- MSUV, Novi Sad, Srbija
- MSU Zagreb, Croatia
- 2009 Light Tower, Minoritengalerie, Steirische Herbst, Graz, Austria
- MMC Luka, Pula, Croatia
- 2008 Galeria Marilia Razuk, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- 2007 Gliptoteka HAZU, Zagreb, Croatia
- Galerija Waldinger, Osijek, Croatia
- 2006 Galerija Gheto, Split, Croatia
- Gliptoteka HAZU, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2005 MMSU, Rijeka, Croatia
- MSU, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2004 Galerija Otok, Dubrovnik, Croatia
- Gliptoteka HAZU, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2003 The Kitchen, New York, USA
- 2002 Galerija Miroslav Kraljević, Zagreb, Croatia
- Galerija umjetnina, Slavonski Brod, Croatia
- 2001 Galerija Lazareti Dubrovnik, Croatia
- Open space, Svetvincent, Croatia
- MM centar, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2000 MM centar, Rijeka, Croatia
- 1999 Muzej Umjetnina, Slavonski Brod, Croatia
- Tehnički muzej, Zagreb, Croatia
- 1998 Galerija Miroslav Kraljević, Zagreb, Croatia
- Gallery Manes, Praha, Czech Republic
- Galerija Kapelica, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 1997 Galerija Kapelica, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Galerija Po Bota, Split, Croatia
- Galerija Račić, Zagreb, Croatia
- Gallery 761, Ostrava, Czech Republic
- 1996 Galerija Metelkova, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Open space, Zagreb, Croatia
- Galerija Karas, Zagreb, Croatia
- 1995 Galerija Miroslav Kraljević, Zagreb, Croatia
- Galerija PM, Zagreb, Croatia
- Galerija Karas, Zagreb, Croatia
- 1994 Galerija PM, Zagreb, Croatia
- Galerija Otok, Dubrovnik, Croatia
- 1993 Gliptoteka HAZU, Zagreb, Croatia
- 1992 Galerija CEKAO, Zagreb, Croatia
- 1991 Galerija SC, Beograd, Yugoslavia
- Galerija Becić, Slavonski Brod, Croatia
- 2011 Galerija Vinko Percic, Subotica, Srbija
Group shows
- 2012 Apstrakcija - Modernizam i Suvremenost, Klovicevi dvori, Zagreb
- Mitleid Compassion, Minoritengalerie, Steirische Herbst, Graz, Austria
- 2011 T-HT nagrada, MSU Zagreb, Croatia
- Galerija sodobne umetnosti, Celje, Slovenia, PUBLIKA JE POMEMBNA! - PUBLIC MATTERS!
- 2010 Luc Tuymans, A Vision of Central Europe - The Reality of The Lowest Rank, Bruges, Belgium
- A pair Of Left Shoes, MSU, Zageb, Croatia
- 2009 Hram-Temple, HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia
- Political Speech is Suprematism: The Meštrović Pavilion, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, USA
- Umjetnost i terorizam-bosanskohercegovacka umjetnost nakon 11/9, gradska galerija Bihac, Bosnia&Hercegovina
- A Pair of Left Shoes, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany
- International festival of live art, Scotland, Glasgow, UK
- Zotti&Allievi, Magazzini del Sale, Venezia, Italy, curated by Branko Franceschi
- 2008 Komunikacije, galerija Ružić, Slavonski Brod, Croatia
- Razmerja moči?, What about Power Relations?, Galerija Škuc, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Zotti i njegova klasa, MMSU Rijeka, Croatia
- Bad Joke, Riga Art Space, Riga, Latvia
- Konceptualna umjetnost, dom HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia
- Obscurium per obscurius, Art Hall Tallin, Estonia
- Paso Doble, Multimedijalni kulturni centar, Split, Croatia
- BUK, galeria Miroslav Kraljević, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2007 Bad Joke, Center for Contemporary Art, Tallinn, Estonia
- B5 studio, Targul Mures, Romania
- Gestures of Infinity, Graz, Austria
- Priroda i društvo - Parallel Lines, Muzeju Rupe, Dubrovnik, Croatia
- Croatian contemporary art, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi, India
- Suffest, Križevci, Croatia
- MAP LIVE, Carlisle, UK
- 42. Zagrebački salon, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2006 Slavonski bijenale, Osijek, Croatia
- Balkan TV, Shiftung BINZ39, Zurich, Switzerland
- 41. Zagrebački salon arhitekture, Zagreb, Croatia
- Gallery MC, New York, USA
- Insert, MMSU, Rijeka, Croatia
- 2005 Iza sedam mora, iza sedam gora, Umjetnički paviljon, Zagreb, Croatia
- Pejzaž u suvremenoj hrvatskoj umjetnosti, Split, Croatia
- Insert, MSU, Zagreb, Croatia
- Peti dani performansa, Varaždin, Croatia
- 2004 26th Biennial di Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Gallery Tactile Bosh, Cardiff, UK
- 2002 Here Tomorrow, MSU, Zagreb, Croatia
- Coed Hills Rural Artspace, Cardiff, UK
- Prima, Split, Croatia
- Minuta šutnje, Galerija Miroslav Karaljević, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2001 Eternal Quest for Home, Poznan, Poland
- 2000 Flick Project LA-Croatia, Los Angeles, USA
- Borders, Slavonski Brod, Croatia
- Ambience 90. Rijeka, Croatia
- Ambience 90. Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
- 1999 Zadar snova, Zadar, Croatia
- 1998 Knjiga i društvo-Book and society, Zagreb, Croatia
- 1997 Javno tijelo-Public body, Zagreb, Croatia
- Malamut, performance festival, Ostrava, Czech Republic
- 1996 Otok-Island, Dubrovnik, Croatia
- 1995 Hrvatska fotografija-Croatian photography, Zagreb, Croatia
- Zagrebački salon, Zagreb, Croatia
- Biennale of young artists, Rijeka, Croatia
- 1994 34. Porečko Annale, Croatia
- 1993 Zagreb-Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 11th International Biennial of Small Sculpture, Murska Sobota, Slovenia
- 1st International Biennial of Graphic, Mastricht, Netherlands
- Nova hrvatska umjetnost-New Croatian Art, Zagreb, Croatia
- 1992 Zagrebački salon, Zagreb, Croatia
- Hrvatska umjetnost danas-Croatian Art Now, Zagreb, Croatia
Awards & Grants
- 2011 Award for 2011, Ecumenical Foundation "Stiftung Bibel und Kultur", Stuttgart, Germany
- 2002 Franklin Furnace Grant for performance art 2002-2003, New York, USA
Lectures
- 2006 Interaktiv, MM centar, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2005 Centro culturale Italiano, Porec, Croatia
- 2003 White Box gallery, New York, USA / Parsons School, New York, USA