CURRICULUM VITAE
Ivana Gagić Kičinbači (1980) is a contemporary Croatian artist with a focus on drawing and printmaking.
An intuitive search for knowledge and an intuitive experience of reality are at the heart of Kičinbači’s work. She explores the interference and coherence of soul and body, spiritual and material, space and time, and the struggle for inner freedom in the contemporary realm.
Kičinbači holds a PhD in Art. Her dissertation, Drawing in Contemporary Art as a Medium for Expressing the Transcendent, explores how drawing is used to convey spiritual and metaphysical ideas within contemporary visual culture. She earned her doctorate from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Mostar. Previously, she completed an MA in Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, followed by postgraduate studies in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana. She currently serves as an assistant professor at the University of Zagreb.
She participated in numerous juried printmaking competitions and biennales, encompassing both traditional and contemporary printmaking disciplines. Her works were exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Europe (including Great Britain, Spain, Germany, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, and Italy), as well as in Argentina, Colombia, Turkey, the United States of America, the United Arab Emirates (Dubai), and Japan.
She is a member of the Croatian Association of Visual Artists (HDLU), Circle Foundation for the Arts (France), Spazio SV – Centro Espositivo San Vidal (Italy), and the Association of Print Scholars (APS).
CURRICULUM VITAE
Ivana Gagić Kičinbači (1980) is a contemporary Croatian artist with a focus on drawing and printmaking.
An intuitive search for knowledge and an intuitive experience of reality are at the heart of Kičinbači’s work. She explores the interference and coherence of soul and body, spiritual and material, space and time, and the struggle for inner freedom in the contemporary realm.
Kičinbači holds a PhD in Art, with a dissertation titled Drawing in Contemporary Art as a Medium for Expressing the Transcendent, which investigates the use of drawing as a means of conveying spiritual and metaphysical ideas within contemporary visual culture. The degree was conferred by the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Mostar. She previously earned an MA in graphic arts from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Zagreb, followed by postgraduate studies in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. She currently serves as an assistant professor at the University of Zagreb.
She participated in numerous juried printmaking competitions and biennales. Her works were exhibited at solo and group exhibitions in Europe (including Great Britain, Spain, Germany, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, and Italy), as well as in Argentina, Colombia, Turkey, the United States of America, the United Arab Emirates (Dubai), and Japan.
She is a member of the Croatian Association of Visual Artists (HDLU), Circle Foundation for the Arts (France), Spazio SV – Centro Espositivo San Vidal (Italy), and the Association of Print Scholars (APS).
CURRICULUM VITAE
Ivana Gagić Kičinbači (1980) is a contemporary artist from Croatia with a focus on drawing and printmaking.
An intuitive search for knowledge and an intuitive experience of reality are at the heart of Kičinbači’s work. She explores the interference and coherence of soul and body, spiritual and material, space and time, and the struggle for inner freedom in the contemporary realm.
Kičinbači holds a PhD in Art, with a dissertation titled Drawing in Contemporary Art as a Medium for Expressing the Transcendent, which investigates the use of drawing as a means of conveying spiritual and metaphysical ideas within contemporary visual culture. The degree was conferred by the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Mostar. She previously earned an MA in graphic arts from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Zagreb, followed by postgraduate studies in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. She currently serves as an assistant professor at the University of Zagreb.
She participated in numerous printmaking competitions and biennales. Her works were exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Europe (including Great Britain, Spain, Germany, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, and Italy), as well as in Argentina, Colombia, Turkey, the United States of America, the United Arab Emirates (Dubai), and Japan.
She is a member of the Croatian Association of Visual Artists (HDLU), Circle Foundation for the Arts (France), Spazio SV – Centro Espositivo San Vidal (Italy), and the Association of Print Scholars (APS).
ABOUT
“Her works captivate with their subtlety of diffuse light, attentiveness of performance, layered meaning, rendering the entire network of existence and evanescence, degradation, and genesis, while everything is reflected in hyper-aestheticized motifs of minimalist formal visual and artistic elements. They simply become and remain permanent symbols of the zeitgeist. The works, in the absence of figures and "saturated" content, reflect mystical, spiritual, and extremely personal experiences of the world, life, man, and nature, illustrated on a symbolic level.”
Asst. Prof. Enes Quien, PhD /Academy of Fine Arts of the University of Zagreb
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Articles by Kičinbači on her artistic practice:
Attempts to Communicate the Transcendent in Contemporary Art: An Artist’s Point of View Religions 2023, 14(10), 1279; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14101279 - 10 Oct 2023
The Quest for Inner Freedom: An Artist’s Perspective. Religions 2025, 16, 169. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16020169
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ABOUT
“Her works captivate with their subtlety of diffuse light, attentiveness of performance, layered meaning, rendering the entire network of existence and evanescence, degradation, and genesis, while everything is reflected in hyper-aestheticized motifs of minimalist formal visual and artistic elements. They simply become and remain permanent symbols of the zeitgeist. The works, in the absence of figures and "saturated" content, reflect mystical, spiritual, and extremely personal experiences of the world, life, man, and nature, illustrated on a symbolic level.”
Asst. Prof. Enes Quien, PhD /Academy of Fine Arts of the University of Zagreb
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Articles by Kičinbači on her artistic practice:
Attempts to Communicate the Transcendent in Contemporary Art: An Artist’s Point of View Religions 2023, 14(10), 1279; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14101279 - 10 Oct 2023
The Quest for Inner Freedom: An Artist’s Perspective. Religions 2025, 16, 169. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16020169
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ABOUT
“Her works captivate with their subtlety of diffuse light, attentiveness of performance, layered meaning, rendering the entire network of existence and evanescence, degradation, and genesis, while everything is reflected in hyper-aestheticized motifs of minimalist formal visual and artistic elements. They simply become and remain permanent symbols of the zeitgeist. The works, in the absence of figures and "saturated" content, reflect mystical, spiritual, and extremely personal experiences of the world, life, man, and nature, illustrated on a symbolic level.”
Asst. Prof. Enes Quien, PhD /Academy of Fine Arts of the University of Zagreb
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Articles by Kičinbači on her artistic practice:
Attempts to Communicate the Transcendent in Contemporary Art: An Artist’s Point of View Religions 2023, 14(10), 1279; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14101279 - 10 Oct 2023
The Quest for Inner Freedom: An Artist’s Perspective. Religions 2025, 16, 169. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16020169
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2025, 1st Prize - Landscapes for William Turner—Landschaften für William Turner, Enter into Art book design award for artwork Calming the Storm, editor: Kurt Riese | Köln, Germany
2025, The New Great Masters in New York, International Prize, Fondazione Effeto Arte | New York, USA
2024, Global Art Virtuoso: Elite Artistic Career Achievement Award, Contemporary Art Collectors
2024, Honorable Mention—Inspiration Venice – Inspiration Venedig, Enter into Art book design award, editor: Kurt Riese | Köln, Germany
2023, Harmony for Humanity: The Global Consciousness Art Prize Awarded, Contemporary Art Collectors
2023, International Prize Leonardo da Vinci, curated by Dr. Salvatore Russo and Dr. Francesco Saverio Russo | National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci, Milan, Italy
2023, Career Art Award 2023, the Artistic Career Prize awarded by the EFFETTO Arte Foundation | Sanremo, Italy
2023, Artist Excellence Award, Circle Quarterly Art Review Magazine Contest, Circle Foundation for the Arts | Lyon, France
2023, 2nd Prize—Magic of La Bohème: An Homage to Paris and Puccini, Enter into Art book design award, editor: Kurt Riese | Köln, Germany
2023, TOP ARTISTS – The Protagonists of Contemporary Art, May 18, 2023 | Capitulary Hall of the Palace of St. Theodore, Venice, Italy
2022, 2nd Prize—Excellent Art 2022 - Exzellente Kunst 2022, Enter into Art book design award, editor: Gabriele Walter | Köln, Germany
2022, 2nd prize International Jury Award - Art Competition LOUNGE 2022 for artwork Blessed are those who endure in peace | Köln, Germany
2022, Honorable Mention—Odyssey of Life: Homage to Homer, book design award, editor: Kurt Ries | Köln, Germany
2021, Bernstein Prize, Amber Award—Print, international competition 6th Enter into Art, award for digital print The Earth | Köln, Germany
2019, Honorable Mention - Excellent Art 2019—Exzellente Kunst 2019, Enter into Art book design award, editors: Gabriele Walter, Kurt Ries | Köln, Germany
Cordaro, Beatrice. "The Lightness of the Invisible—Ivana Gagić Kičinbači's Digital Technique." In Brushstrokes—The Technique as Narrative of Contemporary Art. Edited by Beatrice Cordaro. Palermo: Associazione culturale Studioarte22, 2025. ISBN 978-3-16-148410-0.
Cordaro, Beatrice. "Internal Geographies—Ivana Gagić Kičinbači." ArtistJourney Magazine, March 11, 2025. https://www.artistjourneymag.com/internal-geographies-ivana-gagic-kicinbaci/
Li, Angela. "Ivana Gagić Kičinbači: Art as a Path to Inner Freedom." ATTONAU, October 26, 2024. https://aatonau.com/ivana-gagic-kicinbaci-art-as-a-path-to-inner-freedom/
Cordaro, Beatrice. “Ivana Gagić Kičinbači—Conceptual diary.” ArtistJourney Magazine, November 23, 2024. https://www.artistjourneymag.com/ivana-gagic-kicinbaci/
Abrams, Daniella. “Transcending Boundaries: The Metaphysical and Existential Art of Ivana Gagić Kičinbači.” Contemporary Art Collectors, 2024. https://www.contemporary-art-collectors.com/art-insights/ivana-gagic-kicinbaci-review
Perone, Alessia. "Flowing through Art, Memory, and Imagination." In ARTEOMASTERPIECES Worldwide Art Catalogue, edited by Arteom Gallery, vol. 1. Arteom Gallery, 2024.
Cordaro, Beatrice. "Review." ArtistJourney Magazine, no. 1 (September–November 2024). Palermo: Studioarte22, 2024.
Cordaro, Beatrice. "Review." In Contemporary Art Explore—4 Master Artists Edition. Edited by Beatrice Cordaro. Palermo: ass. cult. Studioarte22, 2024. ISBN 978-88-947534-3-1.
Cordaro, Beatrice. "Review." In Contemporary Art Explore—3 Master Artists Edition: A Book on Contemporary Art. Edited by Beatrice Cordaro. Palermo: ass. cult. Studioarte22, 2024. ISBN 978-88-947534-2-4.
Cordaro, Beatrice. "Review." In Contemporary Art Explore—2 Master Artists Edition: A Book on Contemporary Art. Edited by Beatrice Cordaro. Palermo: ass. cult. Studioarte22, 2023. ISBN 978‑88‑947534‑9‑3
Cordaro, Calogero. Biography Contemporary Art, vol. 2. Piacenza: La Notizia, 2024. ISBN 978‑88‑947862‑3‑1.
Cordaro, Calogero. “Beauty and Wonder.” In Biography Contemporary Art. Piacenza: La Notizia, 2023. ISBN 978‑88‑947862‑0‑0.
Ries, Kurt, ed. Magic of La Bohème – Zauber der Bohème: An Homage to Paris and Puccini. Bilingual (English & German). Rome: Re Di Roma‑Verlag, August 4, 2023. Hardcover, 110 pp. ISBN 978‑3‑98527‑997‑5.
Harmony for Humanity: The Global Consciousness Art Prize Catalogue. Barcelona: Contemporary Art Collectors, 2023.
NOON‑CHI—K‑Art International. Catalog of the international group exhibition NOON‑CHI—K‑Art International. Curated by Beatrice Cordaro. Palazzo Velli Expo, Rome, September 13 – October 7, 2023. Organized by Studioarte22 in collaboration with K‑Art International (Seoul), Italy, 2023.
Walter, Gabriele, ed. Animal Worlds of Art – Tierwelten der Kunst – In Memory of St. Francis of Assisi. Bilingual (English & German). Rome: Re Di Roma‑Verlag, 2022. Hardcover, 102 pp. ISBN 978‑3‑98527‑666‑0.
Walter, Gabriele, ed. Excellent Art 2022—Exzellente Kunst 2022: International Artworks and Poems. Bilingual (English & German). Rome: Re Di Roma‑Verlag, 2022. 116 pp. ISBN 978‑3‑98527‑825‑1.
Ries, Kurt, ed. Odyssey of Life: Homage to Homer. Bilingual (English & German). Rome: Re Di Roma‑Verlag, April 25, 2022. Hardcover, 102 pp. ISBN 978‑3‑98527‑560‑1.
Walter, Gabriele, ed. Fairytale Art for Mozart. Bilingual (English & German). Rome: Re Di Roma‑Verlag, 2022. Hardcover, 102 pp. ISBN 978‑3‑98527‑476‑5.
Walter, Gabriele, and Kurt Ries, eds. "Inspiration and Construction". In: Excellent Art 2019—Exzellente Kunst 2019. Bilingual (German & English). Rome: Re Di Roma‑Verlag, 2019. Hardcover, ISBN 978‑3‑96103‑724‑7.
Art Market Experts and Contemporary Art Collectors, eds. Art Investment & Collectors’ Guide 2025: Most Investable and Prominent Artists. Wilmington, DE: Art Market Experts, 2025. 166 pp. ISBN 978‑9696492870. Accessed via artmarketexperts.com/art-guide
“Ivana Gagić Kičinbači.” Art Market Experts: Most Investable Artists 2025. https://www.artmarketexperts.com/most-investable-artists/ivana-gagic-kicinbaci
Master Artists to Collect, no. 2 (2025). Effetto Arte Foundation, 2025.
ArtistJourney Magazine, no. 2 (Dec 2024–Feb 2025). Palermo: Studioarte22, 2025.
The Luxury Collection of Contemporary Artistry. Edited by Contemporary Art Collectors. Contemporary Art Collectors Magazine, no. 1 (Spring 2024). London: Contemporary Art Collectors, 2024. ISBN 978‑8409629466. https://www.contemporary-art-collectors.com/the-luxury-collection-buy-magazine
ArtistJourney Magazine. Featured artist: Ivana Gagić Kičinbači. Issue 1 (Sept.–Nov. 2024), 18–23. Palermo: Studioarte22, 2024.
Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, no. 2 (2025): Visionaries: Artists Shaping the Future. Creative Catalysts for Change: Artistic Activism. London: Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, 2024. 252 pp. ISBN 978‑8409628971.
Spotlight: Contemporary Art Magazine, no. 36. France: CFA Press (Circle Foundation for the Arts), 2024. An Exclusive Curation of 100 Fine Artists from Around the Globe.
Artecomunica: Bimestrale d’arte moderna e contemporanea internazionale, no. 2, vol. 3 (March–April 2024). Piacenza: La Notizia.
Artecomunica: Bimestrale d’arte moderna e contemporanea internazionale, no. 6, vol. 2 (Nov–Dec 2023). Piacenza: La Notizia.
Contemporary Celebrity Masters, vol. 5. Edited by Salvatore Russo. Palermo: Fondazione Effetto Arte, 2023.
Contemporary Celebrity Masters, vol. 2. Edited by Salvatore Russo. Palermo: Fondazione Effetto Arte, 2023.
Contemporary Celebrity Masters, vol. 2. Edited by Salvatore Russo. Palermo: Fondazione Effetto Arte, 2023.
Artecomunica: Bimestrale d’arte moderna e contemporanea internazionale, no. 5, vol. 2 (Sept–Oct 2023). Piacenza: La Notizia.
Artecomunica: Bimestrale d’arte moderna e contemporanea internazionale, no. 4, vol. 2 (July–Aug 2023). Piacenza: La Notizia.
Contemporary Celebrity Masters, vol. 3. Edited by Salvatore Russo. Palermo: Fondazione Effetto Arte, 2023.
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