Ivana Gagić Kičinbači
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→ Art Investment & Collectors' Guide 2025: Most Investable and Prominent Artists by Contemporary Art Collectors (2025)
→ ArtistJourney magazine, Issue 2 – Dec/Feb 2025, Studioarte22, Palermo, Italy (2025)
→ Master artists to collect, VOL II, 2025, art magazine by The Effeto Arte Foundation (2025)
→ The Luxury Collection of Contemporary Artistry. Contemporary Art Collectors Magazine, Issue Nº1, Spring (2024)
→ International Prize The New Great Masters In New York, art catalog by The Effeto Arte Foundation (2025)
→ Beatrice Cordaro, Internal Geographies—Ivana Gagić Kičinbači, https://www.artistjourneymag.com/internal-geographies-ivana-gagic-kicinbaci/, Mar 11, 2025
→ ArtistJourney magazine (Featured artist), Issue 1, Art magazine that explores contemporary art at 360 degrees, Sept/Nov 2024, Studioarte22, Palermo, Italy (2024)
→ Angela Li, ATTONAU, Ivana Gagić Kičinbači: Art as a Path to Inner Freedom, October 26, 2024 https://aatonau.com/ivana-gagic-kicinbaci-art-as-a-path-to-inner-freedom/
→ Daniella Abrams, Transcending Boundaries: The Metaphysical and Existential Art of Ivana Gagić Kičinbači, review on Contemporary Arts (2024) https://www.contemporary-art-collectors.com/art-insights/ivana-gagic-kicinbaci-review
→ Beatrice Cordaro, Ivana Gagić Kičinbači—Conceptual diary, https://www.artistjourneymag.com/internal-geographies-ivana-gagic-kicinbaci/, Nov 23, 2024
→ Contemporary Art Curator Magazine Issue 2 / 2025, Visionaries: Artists Shaping the Future. Creative Catalysts for Change: Artistic Activism (2024)
→ 36th edition of Spotlight, Contemporary Art Magazine, an exclusive curation of 100 fine artists from around the globe (2024) Artecomunica, Bimestrale d’Arte moderna e contemporanea internazionale, n. 2 – anno 3, March-April, La Notizia publishing house, Piacenza, Italy (2024)
→ Alessia Perone, Flowing through art, memory, and imagination, ARTEOMASTERPIECES Art Catalog Vol. 1, May 24, Arteom Gallery (2024)
→ Baetrice Cordaro, Review, ArtistJourney magazine, Issue 1, Sept/Nov 2024, Studioarte22, Palermo, Italy (2024)
→ Beatrice Cordaro, Review, Contemporary Art Explore—4 Master Artists Edition, a book on contemporary art, Palermo: Studioarte22, 2024, ISBN 978-88-947534-3-1
→ Beatrice Cordaro, Review, Contemporary Art Explore—3 Master Artists Edition, a book on contemporary art Palermo: Studioarte22, 2024, ISBN 978-88-947534-2-4
→ Beatrice Cordaro, Review, Contemporary Art Explore—2 Master Artists Edition, a book on contemporary art Palermo: Studioarte22, 2024
→ Biography Contemporary Art Vol 2. International Book, ISBN 978-88-947862-3-1, La Notizia, Piacenza, Italy, 2024
→ Artecomunica, Bimestrale d’Arte moderna e contemporanea internazionale, n. 6 – anno 2, Novembre-Dicembre, La Notizia publishing house, Piacenza, Italy (2023); n. 5 – anno 2, Settembre-Ottobre, La Notizia publishing house, Piacenza, Italy (2023)
→ Artecomunica, Bimestrale d’Arte moderna e contemporanea internazionale, n. 4 – anno 2 Luglio - Agosto, La Notizia publishing house, Piacenza, Italy (2023)
→ Contemporary celebrity masters, vol. 5, Fondazione Effeto Arte: Palermo (2023)
→ Calogero Cordaro, Beauty and Wonder, in: Biography-Contemporary art, an online volume of international contemporary art, ISBN 978-88-947862-0-0, La Notizia, Piacenza, Italy, 2023
→ Kurt Ries (ed.), “Magic of La Bohème: An Homage to Paris and Puccini”, English, German, Re Di Roma-Verlag: Germany, 2023. HARMONY FOR HUMANITY The Global Consciousness Art Prize Catalogue by Contemporary Art Collectors, Barcelona, Spain, 2023
→ NOON-CHI - K-Art International, Studioarte22 - Art texts and reviews: Beatrice Cordaro (art historian and art curator), Italy, 2023. 2023 - CAREER ART Award 2023 - EFFETTO ARTE Foundation - Palermo, Italy
→ Gabriele Walter (ed.), Animal Worlds of Art, ISBN978-3-98527-666-0, English, German, Re Di Roma-Verlag: Germany, 2022
→ Gabriele Walter (ed.), Artbook project "Excellent Art 2022 - Exzellente Kunst 2022," English, German, Re Di Roma-Verlag: Germany, 2022
→ Kurt Ries (ed.), “Odyssey of Life: Homage to Homer,” English, German, Re Di Roma-Verlag: Germany, 2022
→ Gabriele Walter (ed.), “Fairytale Art for Mozart,” English, German, Re Di Roma-Verlag: Germany, 2022
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2025
→ Art World Paris, group exhibition from 23rd to 31st May | Espace Vision' Art Gallery, Paris, France
→ Arteom Masterpieces 2, art catalogue curated and edited by Arteom Gallery | TIMES SQUARE, New York: artworks showcased on May 27th | Arteom Gallery
→ Artexpo New York, group video exhibition from April 3rd to 6th, The Effeto Arte Foundation, New York, USA
→ Unveiling, an international collective exhibition, February 21st-March 10th, | Galleria Tilde, Palermo, Italy
→ The 44th Mini Print International of Cadaqués | L’Étangd’Art, Bages, France
2024
→ Spazi Fluidi, an international collective exhibition, November 15th – December 1st, 2024 | Galleria Tilde, Palermo, Italy
→ Seven - The 7 Deadly Sins, group video exhibition from 22nd to 26th October | Espace Vision' Art Gallery, Paris, France
→ The International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak 2024, jury: Nobuko Hosokawa (Japan), Chris Long (UK), and Peter Boyadjieff (Bulgaria) | Kazanlak, Bulgaria
→ Wonder, an international collective exhibition, curator Beatrice Cordaro, July 5th to July 21st | Palazzo Rospigliosi, Rome
→ Venice Prize 2024: Art Meetings in Venice, Colors, and Light, curated by the Paveri Fontana Gallery | Palazzo da Mula, Venice, Italy
→ Points of View, an international collective exhibition | The Tilde Gallery in Palermo, Italy
→ Diamond artists, International Exhibition | Diocesan Museum Francesco Gonzaga, Mantua, Italy
→ Artworks showcased in collaboration with Arteom Gallery on 24.5.2024 | TIMES SQUARE in New York
2023
→ AAVV Noon-chi, a collective exhibition of contemporary art curated by Beatrice Cordaro | Palazzo Velli, Rome, Italy
→ Beyond Utopia: Visions of a Perfect World | an invited online exhibition, Contemporary Art Collectors
→ The 43rd Mini Print International of Cadaqués | Taller Galeria Fort, Girona, Spain
→ 5th Annual International Miniature Printmaking Exhibition, Authentic Marks & Glows | Dubai Design District, Dubai, UAE
→ 22nd Lessedra World Art Print Annual — Mini Print 2023, Lessedra Gallery & Contemporary Art Projects, Sofia, Bulgaria
→ World Art Day, Curators: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ezgi TOKDİL / Assoc. Prof. Hatice KETEN, and Assist. Prof. Dr. Ekin Su LAMB, International Invited Online Exhibition, Artmeezgallery Contemporary Art Platform, Turkey
2022
→ Authentic Marks - 4th Annual International Miniature Printmaking Exhibition | Dubai Design District, Dubai, UAE
→ The International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak 2022, jury: Hui Ju Chang (Taiwan), Agata Dworzak-Subocz (Poland), and Peter Boyadjieff (Bulgaria) | Kazanlak, Bulgaria
→ 21st Lessedra World Art Print Annual — Mini Print 2022 | Lessedra Gallery & Contemporary Art Projects, Sofia, Bulgaria
→ 42nd Mini Print International of Cadaqués, Wingfield Barns, Wingfield, United Kingdom | Taller Galeria Fort, Girona, Spain | L'Etangd'Art Gallery, Bages, France
2021
→ 13th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition | Greenwich Arts Council, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT, USA
→ The Awagami International Mini-Print Exhibition ‘A.I.M.P.E’ | Inbe Art Space, Yoshinogawa City, Tokushima, Japan
→ 13th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition; Juror: Christina Weyl, an independent art historian who writes about midcentury American printmaking and women artists | Center for Contemporary Printmaking Norwalk, Grace Ross Shanley Gallery, Connecticut, USA
→ The International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak, jury: Eric Mummery (Canada), Christiaan Diedericks (South Africa), and Peter Boyadjieff (Bulgaria) | Kazanlak, Bulgaria
→ 20th Lessedra World Art Print Annual — Mini Print 2021 | LESSEDRA Gallery & Contemporary Art Projects, Sofia, Bulgaria
→ 41st Mini Print International of Cadaqués, Wingfield Barns, Wingfield, United Kingdom | Taller Galeria Fort, Girona, Spain | L'Etangd'Art Gallery, Bages, France
2020
→ 9th International Exhibition of Contemporary Graphics "Dialogues and interpretations: Appearances" | Pinacoteca Palacio de Bellas Artes, University of Caldas, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
→ The International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak, jury: Barbara Graham (New Zealand), Gordon Sherman (USA), and Peter Boyadjieff (Bulgaria) | Kazanlak, Bulgaria
→ 19th Lessedra World Art Print Annual — Mini Print 2020 | LESSEDRA Gallery & Contemporary Art Projects, Sofia, Bulgaria
→ Shape, Gesture and Trace / with Hana Lukas Midžić | Vasko Lipovac University Art Gallery, University of Split, Croatia
→ Authentic Marks: 3rd Annual International Miniature Printmaking Exhibition, International Exhibition of Fine Art Printmaking in the organization of Shaghaf Group Arteom Gallery Dubai Design District Building, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2019
→ 8th Croatian Prints Triennial / organized by The Department of Prints and Drawings of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts | The Glyptotheque, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, Croatia
→ The exhibition of artwork and theory produced by the art education professors at the Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb (1919–2019) | Mimara Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
→ See Through: Between Structure and Calligraphy / with sculptor Hana Lukas Midžić | Idealni grad Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
→ The International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak, Bulgaria, the jury: Mikio Watanabe (France), Yoshiaki Murakami (Japan) & Peter Boyadjieff (Bulgaria) | Kazanlak, Bulgaria
→ 39th Mini Print International of Cadaqués | Fundació Tharrats d'Art Gràfic, Pineda de Mar, Barcelona, Spain
→ Personal Matter(s)_Graphics and Sculptures / with sculptor Hana Lukas Midžić | Izidor Kršnjavi Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2018
→ 6th Biennial FOOTPRINT International Competition; Juror: Susan Tallman, Editor-in-Chief at Art in Print and Adjunct Associate Professor of Art History, Theory and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Norwalk, Grace Ross Shanley Gallery, Connecticut, USA
→ Amuse Yeux | Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado, USA
→ Insights, solo exhibition | Gallery AZ, Zagreb, Croatia
→ Arte. Edition: Chillida | Forum Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
→ 38th Mini Print International of Cadaqués | Taller Galeria Fort, Girona, Spain | Wingfield Barns, Wingfield, United Kingdom | Fundació Tharrats d'Art Gràfic, Pineda de Mar, Barcelona, Spain | L'Etangd'Art Gallery, Bages, France
→ International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak | Kazanlak, Bulgaria
→ 4th 'Enter into Art' International Installations 2018 | Weißenthurm, Town Hall Foyer; Kulturzentrum Kulturbunker Köln- Mülheim, Köln; Kobern-Gondorf, Town Hall Foyer; Germany
→ 27th Passion Heritage Jubilee Celebrations, The Woman on the Way of the Cross | Mimara Museum Studio, Zagreb, Croatia
2017
→ 3rd New York International Miniature Print Exhibition; Juror: Jennifer Farrell, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Prints and Illustrated Books, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, USA
→ 1st Salon of Contemporary Sacral Art, The Institute for Scientific and Artistic Work | Milesi Palace, Split, Croatia
→ The Awagami International Mini-Print Exhibition ‘A.I.M.P.E’ | Inbe Art Space, Yoshinogawa City, Tokushima, Japan
→ 36th Mini Print International of Cadaqués | Taller Galeria Fort, Girona, Spain | L'Etangd'Art Gallery, Bages, France
→ Homage to Guillaume Apollinaire | Art Retreat Studio Gallery, Bonn-Königswinter, Germany
→ Enter into art 2016 | Kulturzentrum Kulturbunker Köln-Mülheim, Köln, Germany
2016
→ 35th Mini Print International of Cadaqués | L'Etangd'Art Gallery, Bages, France
→ Fascination of world art and color | Diez, Cultural Center “Haus Eberhard”; Günter Leifheit Cultural Center, Nassau, Germany
→ The 19th Miniatures International Exhibition, Novi Dvori Castle, Zaprešić, Croatia
→ The 19th Miniatures International Exhibition, Gallery Plevnik-Kronkowska, Celje, Slovenia
2015
→ 35th Mini Print International of Cadaqués | Taller Galeria Fort, Girona, Spain | Wingfield Barns, Wingfield, United Kingdom
→ The 7th Splitgraphic Biennial Exhibition | Old City Hall, Split, Croatia
2014
→ 33rd Mini Print International of Cadaqués | L'Etangd'Art Gallery, Bages, France
→ International Miniature Print Exhibition | Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich Arts Council (GAC), Connecticut, USA
→ Print Exchange 2014 | 7 Dunham Gallery, New York, USA
→ Dialogues, an exhibition with sculptor Hana Lukas Midžić | Basement Halls of Diocletian Palace, Split, Croatia
2013
→ Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition ‘A.I.M.P.E’ | Inbe Art Space, Yoshinogawa City, Tokushima, Japan
→ Printmaking stories, solo exhibition | Gallery Scheier, Čakovec, Croatia
→ Fundació Tharrats d'Art Gràfic | Pineda de Mar, Barcelona, Spain
→ 9th Biennial International Miniature Print Competition and Exhibition | Center for
→ Contemporary Printmaking, Grace Ross Shanley Gallery, Norwalk, USA
2012
→ GraficaRi, printmaking competition, exhibition | Mali salon Gallery, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia
→ The 6th Croatian Prints Triennial, Topic: Illusion in Art | The Department of Prints and Drawings of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, Croatia
2011
→ The 5th Splitgraphic Biennial Exhibition | The Old City Hall, Split, Croatia
2007
→ Drawing as a possibility, solo exhibition | Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2003
→ The 3rd Croatian triennial of drawing | The Klovićevi dvori Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
→ 8th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture | The Glyptotheque, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, Croatia
→ All my fountains are in You, solo exhibition | SC Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
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→ 2025 1st Prize book design award, project "Landscapes for William Turner," editor: Kurt Ries, Germany
→ 2025 International Prize The New Great Masters in New York by The Effeto Arte Foundation
→ 2024 Global Art Virtuoso: Elite Artistic Career Achievement Award by Contemporary Art Collectors
→ 2024 Honorable Mention, book design award, artbook project and contest “Inspiration Venice,” Language: English, German; editor:
Kurt Ries, publisher: Re Di Roma-Verlag, Germany→ 2023 Harmony for Humanity: The Global Consciousness Art Prize Awarded by Contemporary Art Collectors
→ 2023 International Prize Leonardo da Vinci, Curated by Dr. Salvatore Russo and Dr. Francesco Saverio Russo, National Museum of Science and Technology "Leonardo da Vinci," Milan, Italy
→ 2023 Career Art Award, the Artistic Career Prize awarded by the EFFETTO Arte Foundation, Sanremo, Italy
→ 2023 Artist Excellence Award, Circle Quarterly Art Review Magazine Contest, Circle Art Foundation
→ 2023 2nd Prize design award, "Magic of La Bohème: An Homage to Paris and Puccini," editor: Kurt Riese, Germany 2023, TOP ARTISTS—The Protagonists of Contemporary Art, Capitulary Hall of the Palace of St. Theodore, Venice, Italy
→ 2022 2nd Prize Excellent Art 2022 - Exzellente Kunst 2022, book design award, project and contest “Enter into Art,” Germany
→ 2022 2nd Prize International Jury Award at International Art Competition "LOUNGE 2022" in Germany
→ 2022 Honorable Mention book design award, the art book project "Odyssey of Life: Homage to Homer," editor: Kurt Ries, Germany
→ 2021, Amber Award—Print, "6th Enter into Art 2020/2021" international competition for small-format prints in Germany
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Ivana Gagić Kičinbači is a contemporary artist whose unique approach to drawing has earned her recognition in the international art world. Her extensive academic background and professional endeavors have profoundly shaped her work. With a PhD in art from the University of Mostar, she teaches at the University of Zagreb’s Faculty of Teacher Education while actively pursuing her creative passions.
Gagić Kičinbači’s doctoral thesis, “Drawing in Contemporary Art as a Medium for Expressing the Transcendent,” showcases her profound philosophical approach to art, which seeks to bridge the spiritual and the material. Her educational journey has spanned multiple prestigious institutions, from completing her master’s degree in graphic arts at the University of Zagreb to her postgraduate studies of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana.
Her accolades are numerous, demonstrating the global appeal of her work. In 2024, Contemporary Art Collectors honored her with the Global Art Virtuoso: Elite Artistic Career Achievement Award, recognizing her artistic achievements. Before this, she had received several prestigious awards, including the International Leonardo da Vinci Prize and the Contemporary Art Collectors Harmony for Humanity Prize in 2023. Her works were shown at solo and group exhibitions in Europe (including Great Britain, Spain, Slovenia, Germany, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, and France), the United States, the United Arab Emirates (Dubai), and Japan.
An intuitive search for knowledge and an intuitive experience of reality are at the heart of my work. I explore the interference and coherence of soul and body, spiritual and material, space and time, and the struggle for inner freedom in the contemporary realm. I believe that art can lead to the sublime and open the mind, eyes, and heart to that which is beyond. When we encounter a profound work of art, we adopt the mentality of listening to our inner self; we enter silence. This possibility of uncovering and revealing the transcendent via matter through artistic inquiry is at the core of my artistic quest.
