name: martina gulan | country: croatia |
contact: gulan.art@gmail.com
I was born in Dalmatia region and grew up surrounded by sea, pebble beaches, pine trees and mountains.
In 2007 I enrolled painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb and got masters degree in 2012.
In 2013 begun to teach myself digital drawing.
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The true imagination is something completely different from escaping into the unreal. None of spirt's ability dives and digs deeper than imagination; imagination is a great diver.
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Area of my great interest is brain neuroplasticity (on which i did my master thesis). Other important areas that balance my creative process is figurative imagination: rainforests / in2 the wild, (neo)urbanism, sea and vespa.
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I choose process of transcendence to go beyond 'wor(l)ds' to convey what I need to convey visually; using our visual 'reality' as a clean slate that is gradually transformed into transcended worlds, where objects are often placed in juxtaposition, either using humor or chill or irony.
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Each work is open to various interpretations and its title merely serves as a 'trial code' that helps to initiate interpretations. I pay attention that my works are also visually enjoyable/provocative, without burdening the mind.
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I lived in Vienna, Austria and Granada, Spain.
Currently I am located in Zagreb, Croatia working as freelance artist (traditional and digital).
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My former education also includes BA & MBA degrees from Webster University, Vienna, Austria (1996 - 2001).
I worked in telecommunication and in graphic printing industry. I speak English, German and Spanish.
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Member of Croatian Association of Artists, Zagreb (HDLU).
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