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contact name: Branko Gulin
phone: 612 331-1520
email: gulin92@msn.com

location address:
77 13TH AVENUE N.E. # 111
Minneapolis MN 55413

open to public: yes
hours: 6-8 PM

mailing address:
77 13TH AVENUE N.E. #111
Minneapolis MN 55413

EDUCATION

1990 Curator, Museum Documentary Center of Zagreb, Croatia (HR)
1979 Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, University of Zagreb

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1995 –2002 Curator of the Graphics Collection, National and University Library, Pula, HR
1987 -1995 Director of The Heritage Museum, Rovinj, HR
1982 -1987 Curator in The Museum of History in Pula, HR

STATEMENT AND OVERVIEW

Generally, my work is not limited by formal, technical, or thematic boundaries. My focus is to articulate through visual and performance art, using these disciplines to express my interests regarding cultural, social, and existential and scientific questions. Exact sciences (mathematics, physics, etc.), politics, philosophy, history, psychology, archeology, etc., all inform and are essential to my work. In gaining as much knowledge as I can, I attempt to translate this learning through the use of my artistic imagination, relating what I know and what I think it means to be a human of conscience on earth – sometimes a beautiful experience; often not.

My work is mostly related to the perpetual human tragedy, and to the pressing, essential questions of social being, human relations, human impact on the planet, and the general problems of our contemporary world. My goal is to artistically discuss these problems, thereby eliciting thought and stimulating some process of consideration in the viewer regarding such subjects that are determining, in varying degrees, all our lives. I am particularly interested in creating real and relative space in which a kind of dialogue can take place with those who may not otherwise have the opportunity to clearly envision, or relate, life’s information, its wisdom and its questions.

Because my work is diverse in content, I tend to use various techniques and materials. My preference, however, is three-dimensional work and sculpting. Actualization of my projects tends to be a long-term process since a single project is typically comprised of several stages.

For example:

-My project The American President, which I have already begun, will be composed out of forty-three bronze sculptures

- In 2000 I completed my project titled: The Phenomenology of Transitoriness, consisting of 365 works, 12 video tapes, 12 sculptures and installations, etc.

Given that the subject is so central to my work, it is quite difficult to define its style, although there are stylistic qualities that are becoming increasingly recognizable, especially if the entire oeuvre is viewed within the context of the times during which it was created.

GRANTS

2002 Artist-in-residence, The Anderson Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, Red Wing, MN
2001 Artist-in-residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

AWARDS

1999 Award for Art performance, Rovinj, HR
1986 Award for Photography, Pula, HR
1985 Award for Sculpture, Pula, HR

PUBLIC WORKS

1999 ABACUS Monument, City of Pazin, HR

EXHIBITIONS ( * SOLO SHOWS) AND ART PERFORMANCES


2006 FLUXUS II” , MULTIMEDIA PROJECT AND EXHIBITION, GALLERY 13, N.E.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN, USA

2OO4 “ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION”, INSTALLATION, ANDERSON CENTER, RED WING,
MN, USA
“RELIGIOUS ART SHOW”, JURIED EXHIBITION, SAINT PAUL, MN, USA
“THE ART OF WAR”, JURIED EXHIBITION, ALTERED ESTHETICS, MINNEAPOLIS, MN, USA
“ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION”, CROATIAN ASSOCIATION OF FINE ARTISTS, PULA,
CROATIA
2OO3 “ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION”, INSTALLATION, ANDERSON CENTER, RED WING, MN,
USA,
“ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION”, CROATIAN ASSOCIATION OF FINE ARTISTS, PULA,
CROATIA
2OO2 “ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION”, INSTALLATION, ANDERSON CENTER, RED WING, MN,
USA,
* “BRANKO GULIN”, DOWN TOWN GALLERY, PULA, CROATIA

* “SISYPHUS”, ART PERFORMANCE, PULA, CROATIA
2OO1 * “ODYSSEY 2001”, INATALLATION AND ART PERFORMANCE , BAREDINE CAVE,
POREC, CROATIA,
* “CIRCLE”, INSTALLATION AND ART PERFORMANCE, BOSTON, MA, USA
* “BRANKO GULIN”, EXHIBITION, INSTALLATION AND ART PERFORMANCE, HERITAGE MUSEUM OF POREC, CROATIA
* “BRANKO GULIN”, EXHIBITION, INSTALLATION AND ART PERFORMANCE, THE PEOPLE’S MUSEUM OF LABIN, CROATIA,

2OOO * “BRANKO GULIN”, EXHIBITION, INSTALLATION AND ART PERFORMANCE,
GALLERY VINCENT IZ KASTVA, PULA, CROATIA
* “THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF TRANSIENCE”-THE YEAR 2000 - 12 IN-PROCESS EXHIBITIONS, INSTALATIONS AND ART PERFORMANCES PROJECT, GALLERY CARDUS AND STREETS OF PULA, CROATIA
1999 * “SNAKE RITUAL”, ART PERFORMANCE, NOVIGRAD, CROATIA
*INSTALLATION OF THE PUBLIC SCULPTURE, PAZIN, CROATIA
“BEGGAR’S BANQUET”, ART PERFORMANCE, WATWE GALLERY, PULA, CROATIA
“GRISIA 99”, ROVINJ, CROATIA
“SMALL FORMAT”, JURIED EXHIBITION , GALLERY OF MODERN ART, SPLIT CROATIA
“ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION”, CROATIAN ASSOCIATION OF FINE ARTISTS, PULA,
CROATIA
“IT IS POSSIBLE, HISTORY SAID SO”, ART PERFORMANCE, PULA, CROATIA
* “ELECTIONS”,EXHIBITION , INSTALLATION AND ART PERFORMANCE, CVAJNER GALLEY, PULA, CROATIA
* “BRANKO GULIN”, EXHIBITION AND ART PERFORMANCE, GALLERY FONTICUS, GROZNJAN, CROATIA
* “BRANKO GULIN”, SNAKE RITUAL, INSTALATION AND ART PERFORMANCE, HERITAGE MUSEUM OF ROVINJ, ROVINJ, CROATIA
1998 * “BRANKO GULIN”, EXHIBITION, INSTALLATION AND PERFORMANCE, GALLERY,
CLOCHARD, PULA, CROATIA
“XIII BIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE DANTESCA”, BRONZE SCULPTURES, JURIED
EXHIBITION, RAVENNA, ITALY
“ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION”, CROATIAN ASSOCIATION OF FINE ARTISTS, PULA,
CROATIA
“GRISIA 98”, ROVINJ, CROATIA
1996 “XII BIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE DANTESCA”, BRONZE SCULPTURES, JURIED
EXHIBITION, RAVENNA, ITALY
1994 * “BRANKO GULIN”, EXHIBITION, SITY GALLERY, VARAZDIN, CROATIA
“XI BIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE DANTESCA’, BRONZE SCULPTURE, JURIED
EXHIBITION, RAVENNA, ITALY
“ANNUAL JURIED EXIBITION”, HERITAGE MUSEUM, ROVINJ, CROATIA,
1993 *“BRANKO GULIN”, SCULPTURES EXHIBITION, SITY GALLERY DIANA, PULA,
“XV INCONTRO ARTISTICO ALLE COLONETE”, JURIED EXHIBITION, VENICE,
ITALY
“I RASSEGNA COLLECIVA D’ARTE DI PITTURA-SCULTURA-GRAFICA”,JURIED
EXHIBITION, MESTRE, ITALY
1992 “X BIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE DANTESCA, BRONZE SCULPTURE, JURIED
EXHIBITION, RAVENNA, ITALY
1987 * “BRANKO GULIN”, GALLERY DOLEZAL, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
1986 “STONE 86”, JURIED EXHIBITION, SALLON GALLERY, PULA, CROATIA
1985 * “BRANKO GULIN”, RATHAUS GALLERY, BAD RAGAZ, SWITZERLAND
“MEN AND METAL”, JURIED EXHIBITION, SALLON GALLERY, PULA, CROATIA
“ART ENCOUNTER”, JURIED EXHIBITION IN YUGOSLAV CULTULAR CENTER, PARIS,
FRANCE
“PULA 85”, JURIED EXHIBITION, SALLON GALLERY, PULA, CROATIA
“4 BAJ “, WATER CILLOR BIENNALE OF YUGOSLAVIA, JURIED EXHIBITION IN SITY
SITY GALLERY, KARLOVAC, CROATIA
“GRISIA 85 “, EXHIBITION OF ART, ROVINJ, CROATIA
1984 “128 YEARS OF ULJANIK “, JURIED EXHIBITION, SALON GALLERY, PULA CROATIA
“PULA 84”, JURIED EXHIBITION, SALON GALERY, PULA, CROATIA
1983 “III EXHIBITION OF YUGOSLAV PHOTOGRAPHY”, SITY GALLERY, VINKOVCI,
CROATIA
1982 “STONE 82 “, JURIED EXHIBITION, SALON GALLERY, PULA, CROATIA
“XV CLUB EXHIBITION OF ART PHOTOGRAPHY”, SITY GALLERY, SPLIT

Country of Citizenship:
United States

Birth Place:
Kotor

Gender:
Male

Active Place:
Minneapolis

Minnesota County:
Ramsey

Sculptor

 

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