Monika Cvitanovic
Born 1987, Zagreb, Croatia
Lives and works, Gadigal - Sydney, Australia
Education and Training
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2022 - PhD Art, Design and Media, UNSW Art, Design & Architecture
2016 - 2021 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours class 1), UNSW Art, Design & Architecture
2011- 2012 Diploma of Women’s Studies, Centre for Women’s Studies, Zagreb
2010 - 2012 Master of History and Education, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
2006 - 2009 Bachelor of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Awards and Prizes
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2022 Kudos Emerging Awards, Kudos Offsite. Finalist
2022 Emerging Artist Award 2022, fortyfivedownstairs. Finalist
2022 Art Edit Self-Represented Artist Prize. Finalist
2022 Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship (RTP), UNSW Art, Design & Architecture
2020 The Annual, UNSW Galleries. Shortlisted for TWT Excellence Prize
2020 The Tim Olsen Drawing Prize, UNSW Art, Design & Architecture. Winner
2020 Jenny Birt Award for Painting, UNSW Art, Design & Architecture. Highly Commended
2019 Jenny Birt Award for Painting, UNSW Art, Design & Architecture. Finalist
2019 Lethbridge 20000 Art Award. Finalist
2019 Reimagine Art Prize. Finalist
2018 Royal Art Society Young Artist Prize, Royal Art Society NSW. Finalist
Solo Exhibitions
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2024 punk stitch, Airspace Projects, Sydney
2023 Remediations, The Art Centre of Sydney
2014 Women of Feelings, Queen Victoria Women’s Centre, Melbourne
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Group Exhibitions
2025 Boobs are Dancing, Articulate Project Space, Sydney​​
2024 IN PARALLEL, DRAW Space, Sydney
2024 Concluding Rites, Schmick Contemporary, Sydney
2024 HDR ARTLAB, AD Space, UNSW Art, Design & Architecture
2024 Threads That Bind Us, AD Space, UNSW Art, Design & Architecture
2024 Patching Time, HDLU Zagreb
2023 Close Encounters, Schmick Contemporary, Sydney
2023 Recompose/ DRAWING WITH THREADS, DRAW Space, Sydney
2023 Break It You Buy It, Tributary Projects, Canberra
2023 HDR ARTLAB, AD Space, UNSW Art, Design & Architecture
2023 Articulate, 107 Green Square, Sydney
2023 Goya, Goodspace Gallery, Sydney
2022 Plexus Part 1, Abstract Thoughts Gallery, Sydney
2022 Caring Textiles, Gallery 76, Embroiderers' Guild, Sydney
2022 !DO SOMETHING, UNSW Library
2022 Building Glass Houses, Project Artspace, Wollongong
2022 A&D HDR Textile candidates Work-in-Progress, AD Space, UNSW Art, Design & Architecture
2022 Daily Rhythms, Saywell Gallery, Sydney
2022 Rest/Rise, AD Space, UNSW Art, Design & Architecture
2021 Complex Identities - artist between escapism and activism, online, HDLU Zagreb
2021 In the Fibre of Her Being, Fairfield City Museum & Gallery, Sydney
2021 About closed doors: isolation and art, UNSW Library
2021 Intimations, AD Space, UNSW Art, Design & Architecture
2021 Emergent 2021, Artsite Contemporary, Sydney
2015 Emerging Art Australia Group Exhibition, Hogan Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Linden Postcard Show, Linden New Art, Melbourne
Media
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2023, Recompose / DRAWING WITH THREADS https://drawspace.org/past-exhibitions-and-events/recompose
My women’s legacy - Monika Cvitanović Zaper (utkanopodkozu.wixsite.com)