1976 Belgrade, Serbia
Lives and works in London, UK

Education

2005-2006 Delfina Studio Programme, London, UK

2002-2003 RABK / Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Amsterdam, NL
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, NL

1996-2001 Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade, YUa

Individual Exhibitions

2007 Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire, FR
Non-Institutional, Belgrade Cultural Center, Belgrade. Curated by Svetlana Petrovic, YU

2006 NoguerasBlanchard, Barcelona

2005 Stroom, Den Haag, NL
Visitor, Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, SCG.

2004 Study of My Father, a Relation to the Origin, Ron Mandos Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
Visitor, Lawrence O’Hana Gallery, London, UK
Cages, Expodium, Utrecht, NL

2001 Level, Dvoriste Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pancevo, YU
1999 Zlatno Oko, Novi Sad, YU  

Group Exhibitions

2008 Signals in the Dark: Art in the Shadow of War, Blackwood Gallery University of Toronto at Mississauga,Toronto, CA

2007 10th International Istanbul Biennial. Curated by Hou Hanru
1 st Thessaloniki Biennale "HETEROTOPIAS". Curated by Maria Tsantsanoglou, Catherine David and Jan Erik Lundstrom
Every wind that blows, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, NL
Ground Lost, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
Speakers, Aeroplastics Gallery, Amsterdam, NL

2006 Histoire(s), Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire, FR
Common Destinations, Selections Fall, Drawing Center, New York
Delfina Studios, Londres
Around the world in Eigty Days, ICA, Londres
Vila Jelmini, Kunsthalle Bern, CH. Comisariado por Philippe Pirotte.

2005 Sweet Taboos, Tirana Bienale, Tirana, AL. Comisariado por Hou Hanru
Information/Transformation, Extra City, Antwerp, BE. Comisariado por by Wim Peteers
Off-Key, Kunsthalle Bern, CH. Comisariado por Philippe Pirotte
20/21, Press to Exit project Space, Skopje, MK
20/21, Zvono Gallery, Belgrade, SCG
Manif d’Art, 3rd Biennial of Quebec, Quebec, CA
Values, Espace Culturel Francois Mitterand, Perigueux, FR
Gala of the Year, Ron Mandos Gallery, Rotterdam, NL

2004 The World is Fine, We Ourselves Unfortunately Somewhat Less, De Appel, Amsterdam, NL. Comisariado por Ritsaert Ten Cate.
Coded Cultures, Freiraum, Museumsquartier, Vienna, AT
Untitled as Yet, The Yugoslav Biennial of Young Artists, Vrsac, SCG
Values, 11th Biennial of Visual Arts, Pancevo, SCG
Share Like a Receipt, Center in Galerija P74, Ljubljana, SI
Video Studio, Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen, NL
ART Rotterdam, NL, Smart Project Space stand

2003 Martha Colburn, Ivan Grubanov, Bas Louter, Serge Onen-Fuse, Museum De Beyerd, Breda, NL
Open Ateliers, RABK, Amsterdam, NL
Regional-Universal, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pancevo, SCG

2002 Open Ateliers, RABK, Amsterdam, NL
Violence-Silence, US Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, SA
Rendezvous in Xiamen, Chinese-European Art Center, Xiamen, CN
Violence – Memory, Goethe Institute, Tel Aviv, IL
Violence, N.S.A. Gallery, Durban, SA
Silence, Nieubethesda, Great Karoo, SA
Fake or Real, Outline & Kunstruimte NP40, Amsterdam, NL
Glass, KCB Gallery, Belgrade, YU, International Workshop
35 Winter Salon, Josip Bepo Benkovic Gallery, Herceg Novi, YU
Publikum’s Calendar of New Art and Contemporary Life, Belgrade, YU

2001 International Triennial of Drawings, The Modern Gallery, Rijeka, HR
Resistances and Confrontations, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pancevo, YU
31. Salon of Pancevo, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pancevo, YU
Resistances and Confrontations, Museum of Voevodina, Novi Sad, YU
Open Sensuality, Cinema Apolo, Pancevo, YU
11th BELEF, Barutana, Belgrade, YU
Glass, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pancevo, YU
Under Construction, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowsky, Warsaw, PL

2000 Short Electronic Form Fair, Rex, Belgrade, YU
Inside-Outside, Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw, PL
Open Sensuality, Apolo Cinema, Pancevo, YU
30. October Salon, Dvoriste Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pancevo,YU
10th BELEF, Belgrade, YU, Installation at public space
International Biennial of Sculpture, Cinema Apolo, Pancevo, YU
Not a Day Without a Line, Graphic Colective Gallery, Belgrade, YU

1999 The End of The Episode, SULUJ Gallery, Belgrade, YU
BREAK 21, International Festival of Young Independent Artists, Ljubljana, SI
29. October Salon, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pancevo, YU
250 European Artworks, Palazzo Piazzoni, Vittorio Veneto, IT
Collection of GCA Gallery Pancevo, Marko Gregovic Gallery, Petrovac, YU
Project AAAAAAAAAAA, KUD France Presern, Ljubljana, SI
Between Two Air-Raids, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pancevo, YU
28. Drawings and Small Scale Sculpture Exhibition, Youth House Gallery, Belgrade

1998 28 October Salon, Cinema Apolo, Pancevo, YU
3. Yugoslav Biennial of Young Artists, Konkordija, Vrsac, YU

1997 De Valigia-International Travelling Exhibition, Belgrade, YU
BREAK 21, International Festival of Young Independent Artists, Ljubljana, SI
9th Biennial of Drawings, Student City Gallery, Belgrade, YU

Awards and Grants

2005 Delfina Studio Trust Award, London, UK

2004 Deutche Bank Collection, London, UK
Collection of Contemporary Art Gallery, Pancevo, SCG

2001 Pancevo, YU, 'Award of 31st Salon of Pancevo' for video

2000 Pancevo, YU, 'Award of 30th October Salon for video artwork'

1999 World's Health Organization, Belgrade, YU, 'Award for poster'
Patagonija Magazine, Vrsac, YU, 'Award for best drawing'

Film/video screenings

2004 Muffathalle, Munich, DE, ‘NEURO’
VPRO Television, NL, Smart Project Space selection

2001 FLUX 01, Belgrade, YU
Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Sarajevo, BH, ARTme
SKC, Belgrade, YU, 'Mikrokino Fest'

2000 Culture House Gorizia, Gorizia, IT, 'VideoGong Festival'
Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana, SI, 'hEXPO'

Performances

2006 Speech in front of the National Parliament Building, Belgrade (14 April)
2003 W139, Amsterdam, NL, with Paulina Olowska
2000 Soldier's Tale (Performance in Stravinsky’s opera), Beton-Hala Theatre, Belgrade, YU

Lectures

2005 Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK
Guest Teacher, Konlijnke akademie, Den Haag, NL
Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, SCG
Banff Center, Banff, CA, 'Bodies in Motion'
Rex Cultural Center, Belgrade, SCG, Arist Talk

2003 Visiting Artist, Akademie voor Kunst en Vormgeving, Den Bosch, NL
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL, Artist Talk
Universiteit van Tilburg, Tilburg NL 'Reconciliation'

2001 Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Sarajevo, BH, ARTme

2000 Muffathalle, Munich, DE, 'Future Communities'

Symposiums and workshops

2004 ISEA, International Symposium on Electronic Arts, Helsinki, FI, Talin, EE

2001 Rex, Belgrade, YU, 'Video-Art/Theory/Realization/Presentation workshop (with Thierry Destriez -Heure Exquise, FR)'

2000 KC Metelkova, Kapelica, KUD FP, Ljubljana, MKC, Koper, Kibla, Maribor, SI, 'hEXPO -Festival of Self-Organized Cultural Forms'
Rex, Belgrade, YU, 'Linker workshop (with Lisa Haskel -Mongrel, GB)

1999 Subotica, YU, 'Festival of Cheapo Film' 1999-2000

1998 Rex, Belgrade, YU, 'XER'

1997 Ljubljana, SI, 'BREAK 21-International Festival of Young Independent Artists'

Articles and Reviews (selection)

Noèlia Hernández, Ídolos caídos, Culturas, La Vanguardia, October 25, 2006
Arnau Puig, Un arte desde los Añicos, ABC, Nº768, October 21-27, 2006
Neus Miró, Ivan Grubanov, Exit Express, Nº22, October, 2006
Philippe Pirotte, Afterall magazine, Nº14, October, 2006
Rebeca Gordon Nesbitt, Afterall magazine, Nº14, October, 2006
Zoe Gray, 'Father Land, Mother Tongue', Wasafiri magazine, Nº48, London, February 2006
Zoe Gray, 'Ivan Grubanov', Contemporary Magazine special issue, February 2006
Anne Dekerk, 'Ivan Grubanov – Mapping Myself Into Complex Social Situations', Etcetera Magazine, Nº101, Brussels, 2006
Rutger Pontzen, 'Krachtige zoektocht naar Milosevic', Volkskrant, 04 01 2006
Edo Dijksterhuis, 'Exorcisme in een rafelig schetsblok', Het Financiele Dagblad, 14 01 2006
Jan Goossensen, 'Onverteerde restjes', UIT, January 2006
Paul Alexander 'Stiekem Milosevic tekenen', NRC Handelsblad, 24 09 2005
Arjan Reinders 'Ivan Grubanov – Stroom', Kunstbeeld, 2005
Nicole Lucas, 'Tekenar Ivan Grubanov' Trouw, 16 12 2005
Luk Lambrecht, 'Information/Transformation', Metropolis, No 6, 2005
Ana Peraica 'Media on Trial', Springerin 04, 2004
Wim van der Beek, 'Ivan Grubanov – Galerie Ron Mandos', Kunstbeeld 09, 2004
Machteld Leij 'Drama van Servie', NRC Handelsblad, 08.10.2004
Emily Pethick 'Ivan Grubanov', Critics’ Picks, London, www.artforum.com, May-June 2004

Bibliography (selection)

Ana Peraica ‘Grubanov for president!’, ‘Off-Key’ catalogue, Kunsthalle Bern, 2005
Gerardo Mosquera ‘Self-Portrait With Milosevic’, ‘Visitor’, the book, Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade/Kunsthalle Bern, 2005
Plilippe Pirotte ‘Refusal of Alegory’, ‘Visitor’, the book, Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade/Kunsthalle Bern, 2005
Marina Martic ‘Traces on Paper’, ‘Visitor’, the book, Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade/Kunsthalle Bern, 2005
Arno van Roosmalen, ‘Ivan Grubanov at Stroom Den Haag’, Stroom Den Haag, 2005
Gregor Guy Smith, ‘May I See the Original?’, Ivan Grubanov at Stroom Den Haag’, Stroom Den Haag, 2005
Kai van Hasselt, ‘On the Work Visitor’, Ivan Grubanov at Stroom Den Haag’, Stroom Den Haag, 2005
Goran Petrovic ‘20/21’ catalogue, Belgrade 2005
Annelote Verhagen ‘Ivan Grubanov’, Video Studio catalogue, Museum Beelden an Zee, Scheveningen 2004
James Becket ‘Ivan Grubanov, Born Belgrade, 1976’, ‘Untitled as Yet’ catalogue, Vrsac, 2004
Elly Stegeman ‘Ivan Grubanov –Waarheidsvinding’, ‘Fuse’ catalogue, Museum De Beyerd, Breda 2003
Virginia Mackenny ‘Disjunctive Dialogues – Conversations across Boundaries’, ‘Violence-Silence’ catalogue, Durban, 2002