GORAN ŠKOFIĆ

BIOGRAPHY

Goran Škofić was born in Pula 1979. He has graduated at Art Academy in Split, at the Department for Visual Communications and Design in the class of prof. Dan Oki, after completing The School of Applied Arts and Design (graphic design) in the class of prof. Ivan Obrovac. He exhibits since 2002. So far he already has been several times awarded for his works.
Nowadays he works almost exclusively in the medium of video and photography.. His work is about researching and interpreting the world we live in. He is focused to "abstractions" such as society, individual, interaction and coexistence. Škofić says that he experiences the world through co called "contemporary media". It is really hard to believe to anything that hasn't been filtered through on of the media. The body, landscape, sound, event, all is potential subject of manipulation and deformation. In order to get closer to reality and in order to interpret it, he is using electronically manipulated images and videos, which are irreplaceable frame for understanding of contemporaneity.
His works were exhibited on many exhibitions and festivals in Croatia and international countries. He won several awards. He lives and works in Croatia. He is member of Croatian freelancer artist's association.

BIO

• 2010. artist in residence, AirAntwerp, Belgium
• 2010. artist in residence, international studio and curatorial program - ISCP, Brooklyn, NY
• 2010. has became a member of HZSU - Croatian freelancer artist's association
• 2007. has became a member of HDLUI - Croatian Association of Artists of Istria
• 2005. graduated film and video on visual communication department, in class of prof. Dan Oki at Art Academy in Split, Croatia
• 1998. graduated graphic design in class of prof. Ivana Obrovca, Medium High School for application art and design in Pula, Croatia
• 1994. finished elementary school "Bratstvo i jedinstvo" in Poreč, Croatia
• 1979. born in Pula, Croatia

SOLO EXHIBITION

• 2010. Waldinger Gallery, Osijek, Croatia, (Cur. Marina Viculin)
• 2009. Rigo Gallery, Novigrad, Croatia, (Cur. Branka Benčić)
• 2009. Karas Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia, (Cur. Leila Topić)
• 2009. MMC Luka, Aneks Gallery, Pula, Croatia, (Cur. Leila Topić)
• 2008. Small Gallery, Poreč, Croatia, (Cur. Leila Topić)
• 2003. Šikuti Machine, Croatia
• 2002. Art Gallery, Split, Croatia

GROUP EXHIBITION

• 2010. Group exhibition, 255.804 km2, Mestna Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Cur. Alenka Gregorič, Mateja Podlesnik)
• 2010. Transformation / mapping of the city 3, Pecs, Hungary (Cur. Branka Benčić)
• 2010. 30th Salon of young artists, Market, Prsten gallery, Zagreb, Croatia (Cur. Branko Franceschi)
• 2010. Mardin Biennale, Mardin, Turkey (Cur. Done Otyam)
• 2010. Artexchange 03, MSUI, St.Toma gallery, Rovinj, Croatia (Cur. Mladen Lučić)
• 2010. 45th Zagreb salon, Market, PM gallery, Zagreb, Croatia (Cur. Branko Franceschi)
• 2010. Croatia for Beginners / Europaeischer Kultursommer, Galeri der Stadt Felbach, Germany (Cur. Janka Vukmir
• 2010. Fasafiso, Cer Modern, Ankara, Turkey (Cur. Yaygara)
• 2010. Salon at ISCP, Goran Skofic and Samuil Stoyanov, Brooklyn, NY, US
• 2010. New aquisitions, Museum Lapidarivum, Novigrad, Croatia (Cur. Ketrin Miošek Miličević)
• 2009. Anual exhibition of members of HDLU Istria, Anex II gallery, MMC Luka, Pula, Croatia
• 2009. Photographic Biennale Photodistorzija, Poreč, Croatia (Cord. Petra Počanić)
• 2009. I Received Your InvitationThank You, Mardin, Turkey (Cur. Done Otyam)
• 2009. Croatian selection for BJECM, Mali salon, Rijeka, Croatia (Cur. Ksenija Orelj)
• 2009. XIV Biennal of Young Artist from Europa and the Mediterranean, Skopie, Macedonia
• 2009. Group exhibition, 7 dais of creativity, Pazin, Croatia
• 2009  Finale Radoslav Putar Awards, Galženica Gallery, Velika Gorica, Croatia
• 2009. Turistic city, Stara Tiskara, Pula, Croatia (Cur. Branka Benčić)
• 2009. Kriza, MMC Luka, Pula, Croatia (Cur. Mladen Lučić)
• 2008. Mapping of the city, Karas Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia (Cur. Branka Benčić)
• 2007. Exhibition of new members of HDLU-a Istra, Croatia
• 2007. Photodistorzy, Istrian Parliament Room, Poreč, Croatia (Cur. Ketrin Miošek Miličević)
• 2007. 35th Split salon, Bačvice Gallery, Split, Croatia (Cur. Toni Horvatić)
• 2007. Mapiranje grada u mmc Luka, Pula, RH (Cur. Branka Benčić)
• 2007. Media-Scape, Novigrad, Croatia (Cur. Jerica Ziherl)
• 2006. Insert, Rijeka, Croatia (Cur. Tihomir Milovac)
• 2005. Insert, Zagreb, Croatia (Cur. Tihomir Milovac)
• 2004. Yugoslav Youth biennial, Vršac, SiCG
• 2004. Base Camp, Merano, Italia (Cur. Valerio Deho')
• 2004. 10th International informatics arts festival, Maribor, Slovenia
• 2004. Border-Disorder, Helsinki, Finland
• 2003. Galežnica Gallery, V. Gorica, Croatia (Cur. Klaudio Šterančić)
• 2002. Here Tomorow MSU, Zagreb, Croatia (Cur. Roxana Marcoci - MoMA)
• 2002. Start, Zagreb, Croatia (Cur. WHW)
• 2002. Start City Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Cur. WHW)
• 2001. ArsAttack, Vinent iz Kavstva Gallery, Pula (Cur. Gorka Cvajner)

SCREENING ON FILM & VIDEO ART FESTIVALS

• 2010. Projection, Awarded Split films, Kinoteka "Zlatna vrata", Split, Croatia
• 2009. Presentation on 11th International Istanbul Biennal, Turkey (Cord. Jerica Ziherl)
• 2009. The second Mediterranean Film Festival, Split, Croatia
• 2009. FF600, Stara mestna elektrana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• 2008. Film street, Pula film Festival, Croatia
• 2007. Gallery MC, New York, US
• 2007. Signals shorts / Signals Media, Colchester, UK
• 2007. Festival of mediteran filma, Široki brijeg, BIH
• 2007. International short film festival Alter-native, Targu-Mures, Rumenia
• 2007. Platforma video film festival, Atena, Greece
• 2007. International film festival Ofensiva, Wroclaw, Poland
• 2007. Ogólnopolski Festiwal Autorskich Filmów Animowanych (OFAFA), Kraków, Poland
• 2005. Festival Videodialoghi, Torino, Italia
• 2005. Alternative film/video festival, Belgrade, SiCG
• 2005. 25FPS International Festival of the experimental film and video, Croatia
• 2004. Recent Croatian video and experimental film, Millennium Film, New York, US
• 2004. Projection, Klub Rex, Belgrade, SiCG
• 2004. 6th Motovun film festival, Croatia
• 2004. 9th Split film festival, Croatia
• 2003. 9th Sarajevo film festival, Bosna & Herzegovina
• 2003. La Chambre Blance, Quebec, France
• 2003. Momiano 03 festival, Croatia
• 2003. 12th Days of Croatian film, Croatia
• 2003. 50th Pula film festival, Croatia
• 2003. 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, US
• 2003. CineFeel, London, United Kingdom
• 2003. Oakland Opera Theatre, Oakland, CA, US
• 2003. Project 101, Paris, France
• 2003. Out North, Anchorage, AK, US
• 2003. New Space, Portland, OR, US
• 2003. Miami Beach Cinematheque, Miami Beach, FL, US
• 2003. The Garage,Winston-Salem, NC, US
• 2003. Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT, US
• 2003. Axiom Theatre, Houston, TX, US
• 2003. Underground Film Revolution, Boston, MA, US
• 2002. Anual Croatian film and video review, Croatia
• 2002. UNICA, Luxemburg
• 2002. 7th Split film festival, Croatia
• 2002. 11th Days of Croatian film, Croatia

AWARDS

• 2009. Res Artis Awards (Belgium), BJCEM, Skopje, Makedonia
• 2009. Res Artis Awards (Brasil), BJCEM, Skopje, Makedonia
• 2009. Radoslav Putar Awards for Croatian artist under thirty-five-year-old
• 2005. 1th Golden bra award, Magdalena, for the video spot (work with Branimir Kolarek)
• 2004. Special recognition of the City of Poreč for the promotion of the city name in the film industry
• 2002. Special award of the Cinema Club Split at the Review of the Croatian film and video-creativity
• 2002. 2th award at the Review of the Croatian film and video-creativity
• 2002. Jelena Rajković Award for the best young director at 11th Days of the Croatian film
• 2002. Octavian award for the experimental film at 11th Days of the Croatian film
• 2001. 2th award The Poster Sings of time at the European Home Competition