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Davor Vrankic distinguished Croatian painter living and working in Paris and New York

Posted on January 17, 2013September 12, 2026 by Nenad N. Bach and Darko Žubrinić

Exhibitions in Zagreb, Paris, New York, Amsterdam, Bordeaux

Davor Vrankiae, Croatian painter living in Paris and New York

[Artist – documentary series] Davor Vrankic, 2011 from Vladimir Koncar on Vimeo.

 
Education
1995 – 1999. Fine Art University, University of Paris VIII, Paris
    1988 – 1991 Academy of Fine Art, Zagreb, Croatia
    1986 – 1988.  Academy of Fine Art, Sarajevo, BiH
One-Person Exhibitions
2011 La tendresse de Cyclope, Galerie ALFA, Paris
    2010 Love at first sight, Vasváry-Ház, Pécs, European capital of culture 2010, Hungary
    Let me make you real, Gallery of Fine Arts, Osijek, Croatia
    Let me make you real, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia
    2009 Let Me Make You Real, Gallery Kranjear, Zagreb, Croatia
    2008 Go to sleep, you’re too big for a lullabay”, Gallery Deborah Zafman, Paris
    2006 Arrivée du Magicien, La Lune en Parachute, Epinal, France
    Asphyxia and Scenes from the Interior, The Proposition, New York
    2001 Kabinet Overholland, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
    2000 Galerie des Aéroports de Paris, Orly
    Gallery Le Lys, Paris
    Gallery P.P.O.W., New York
    Le Dernier Printemps du Siecle, Bordeaux
    1999 Gallery of the City, Osijek, Croatia

    Les Usines Bertheau, Ivry–sur–Seine, France
    1997 La Halle St. Pierre, Paris
    1995 Ateliers Thorigny, Paris

    Château de Plaisir, Paris
    Cultural Center Mousseaux, Elancourt, France
    1994 Château de Plaisir, Paris
Group Exhibitions
2012 Armory Show, New York
    Art Paris 2012
    Connivences Secrete, Topographie de l’art, Paris
    2011 20 ans de Lune en parachute, La plomberie, Epinal, France
    Armory Show New York, Galerie ALFA, New York
    Drawing Now Paris, Galerie ALFA, Paris
    Inconscients ! Artistes et psychanalyse: Eros & Thanatos, part I, Galerie ALFA, Paris
    MELT, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
    2010 Art Bruxelles, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Bruxelles, Belgium
    “Riders”, Galerie Polad-Hardouin, Paris
    2009 3eme Salon du Dessin Contemporain, Galerie Deborah Zafman, Paris
    “All that drawing” Museum of Contemporary and Modern Art, Rijeka, Croatia
    2008 4.Hrvatski Trijenale Crteza, Kabinet Grafike, HAZU, Zagreb, Croatia
    Art Elysees, Moderne & Contemporain, Champs-Elysees, Paris
    “La main qui dessinait toute seule” Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris
    “L’oeil du cyclon” Galerie Deborah Zafman, Paris
    “Sur le Dessin, Dessin Contemporains” Galerie Alfa, Paris
    2007 Le 1er Salon du Dessin Contemporain, Galerie Deborah Zafman, Paris
    “Raw Goo,” Galerie Deborah Zafman, Paris
    2006 “Block Party,” Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
    SCOPE, Art Show, The Proposition Gallery, London
    “Twice Drawn (Part 2),” Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
    2005 “Dessins pointus “Halle Saint Pierre, Paris
    “The sun rises in the evening”, Feature Inc., New York
    2004 “Disparities & Deformations: Our Grotesque,” SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico; curated by Robert Storr
    2003 “Mighty Graphitey”, Feature Inc., New York
    2001 Acquisition de l’ “Arrivée du Magicien” par le Museum of Modern Art, New York
    Drawing Biennale, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia

    “New to the Modern: Recent Acquisitions from the Department of Drawings,” Museum of Modern Art, New York
    2000 Biennale of Slavonia, Croatia
    Espace Belleville, Paris
    Galerie Béatrice Soulier, Paris
    1999 Biennale of Slavonia, Croatia
    Salon de Juillet, Galerie La Bacheca, Cagliari, Italie
    1998 Galerie Béatrice Soulier, Paris
    “L’Art contemporain Croate”, City Hall of the 6th Arrondissement, Paris
    Musée de l’Erotisme, Paris
    1996 Galerie Procréart, Paris
    Galerie Varnier, Paris

    1994 Biennale of Slavonia, Osijek, Croatia
    1993 Salon des Indépendants, Paris
    1990 Biennale of Slavonia, Osijek, Croatia
Collections
Jedermann, New York
    Modern Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
    MOMA, New York
    Museum Cognacq-Jay, Paris
    Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
    Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia
    Museum of Slavonija, Osijek, Croatia
    Museum OVERHOLLAND, Amsterdam
    Ronald S.Lauder, New York
    Rosenthal, Cincinnati
Bibliography
Danchin, Laurent, HEY, Magazine for Pop Art and Modern Culture, Paris
    Babić Vanja, 15 Days, Davor Vrankiae, Ilustrated Magazine for Art and Culture, br 1-2, 2010., Zagreb
    Catalogue Davor Vrankiae
    Kusik, Vlastimir: Personal Realism of Davor Vrankić’s pictorial world
    Danchin, Laurent. “Le Dessin a l’ere des nouveaux medias” Le retour du dessin pur dans l’enfer graphique de Davor Vrankic le livre d’art, collection
mycelium, 209-219, Paris, 2009
    Baitinger, Frederic- Charles.”Davor Vrankic ou la violence tenue en respect”, Artension n*44, Novembre/Decembre
    Grgiae, Dario: Povratak sposobnosti normalnog uoeavanja
    Rijeei, easopis za književnost, kulturu i znanost, 1–3, 2008.
    The Appetition of The Sensible, Catalogue Davor Vrankic
    Zafman, Deborah: Rolling the Fabric of Fetal Form
    Grgiae, Dario: Umjetnost je koncentrirana energija, Zarez, VIII/171, 12. 01.
    Jonhson, Ken.”Asphyxie and Scenes from the Interior”, New York Times, 28 April
    Johnson, Ken. “Richard Bloes / ‘The Sun Rises in the Evening,’” New York Times, 10 June, E44
    Rose, Sean James. Traits de caracteres, Liberation, 21.09
    Kimmelman, Michael. “The Convention of Beastly Beauty,” New York Times, 6 August, E29 (reproduction)
    Storr, Robert: Disparities & Deformations Our Grotesque, Catalogue, Santa Fe Biennial, 2004., E128
    Smith, Roberta. Review, New York Times, 8 August, E31
    Danchin, Laurent: L’enfer graphique de Davor Vrankic, Graphis 336, November / December 2001.
Source www.davorvrankic.net

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