TARWUK
TARWUK (Bruno Pogačnik Tremow and Ivana Vukšić) were born in 1981 in Zagreb and Dubrovnik and currently live and work in New York, USA. By combining different artistic languages and painting styles to create subtle historical connections, TARWUK employs numerous visible and invisible references to craft intricate micro-worlds—dynamic spaces of transhistorical collaboration and exchange. In addition to their paintings, they create open, scenographic sculptures that can be perceived as carnival-like mise-en-scènes. They describe these works as “architectural models of organic growth,” where life itself is observed as a performative act on a cosmic stage.
They have exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions such as Good Night, Ernst Toller! at the Matthew Brown Gallery, New York, USA (2024); I Planted a Bone in the Winter Garden at White Cube, London, UK (2023); Бољи живоt at Halle für Steiermark, Graz, Austria (2023); Conceived for the Stage at White Cube, Paris, France (2023); Ante mare et terras at Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy (2021); and 20170621_141332 (2) at the Museum of Fine Arts, Osijek, Croatia (2017).
Their works have been part of numerous group exhibitions, including Manic Pixie Nightmare Drawings, Adler Beatty, New York, USA (2024); Être Méditerranée, MO.CO Montpellier Contemporain, France (2024); Au-delà – Rituels pour un nouveau monde, Lafayette Anticipations, Paris, France (2023); BETWEENNESS: Technoculture and the Baltics, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia (2023); Recent Sculpture, Matthew Brown Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (2022); Door to the Atmosphere, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, USA (2022); Anarchy of the Imagination, Kerry Schuss, New York, USA (2021); and the Drava Art Biennale, Osijek, Croatia (2020).
Their works are included in numerous public collections, such as the Al Thani Collection, Paris, France; The Bunker, West Palm Beach, Miami, Florida, USA; Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy; Fredriksen Family Art Collection / National Museum of Norway, Oslo, Norway; He Art Museum, Foshan, China; K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong, China; Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, California, USA; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Osijek, Croatia, among others.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Good night, Ernst Toller!, Matthew Brown, New York, USA
2023 Posadila sam kost u zimskom vrtu, White Cube, London, UK
2023 Бољи живоt, Halle für Steiermark, Graz, Austria
2023 Conceived for the Stage, White Cube, Paris, France
2021 Ante mare et terras, Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2021 A Musical Score at the End of the World, Matthew Brown, Los Angeles, USA
2020 Bijeg u Noć, Martos Gallery, New York, USA
2020 Pčele su prije bole češće. Nije li tako?Molim?, 15 Orient, New York, USA
2020 Vernacular River Holds 6 Bodies Down, Lauba, Zagreb, Croatia
2019 Second Celebration of the Five, Evening Hours, New York, USA
2019 LENT, Taito Ryokan, Tokyo, Japan
2018 TARWUK with Gee Vaucher, Gauntlet, New York, USA
2018 …Ti živiš već hiljadu godina, Team Gallery, New York, USA
2018 Tužni Rudar, 15 Orient, New York, USA
2018 HOST2, GMK Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2017 20170621_141332 (2), Museum of Fine Art, Osijek, Croatia
2017 HOST, Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2017 Tout est pret. Au premier signal que vous nous enverrez de Trieste, tous se
leveront en masse pour l’independence de la Hongrie. Xrzah., Ethnographical
Museum of Istria, Pazin, Croatia
2017 help you, help me, Essex Flowers, New York, USA
2017 The Tyranny of White Teeth, Museum of Fine Arts, Split, Croatia
2017 The rash of tommy Borgia, Lazareti 1-5, Dubrovnik, Croatia
2016 j_KOPSA_LUCIS.32, Practice, New York, USA
2016 M491A192()INKAROH, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia
2015 4D/Dominant Doorman Doorstep Document, Pony Project Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2015 No New Followers, Lauba, Zagreb, Croatia
2014 Family Totems, Pony Project Gallery, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Manic Pixie Nightmare Drawings, Adler Beatty, New York, USA
2024 Être Méditerranée, MO.CO Montpellier Contemporain, France
2023 Au-delà – Rituels pour un nouveau monde, Lafayette Anticipations, Paris, France
2023 BETWEENNESS: Technoculture and the Baltics, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre,
Riga, Latvia
2022 Strange Attractors, The Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Art, Vol. 3: Lost In Space,
Apalazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy
2022 Recent Sculpture, Matthew Brown Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2022 Dissolving Realms, curated by Katy Hessel, Kasmin Gallery, New York, USA
2022 Door to the Atmosphere, Frye Museum, Seattle, USA
2022 I’m Not Your Mother, PPOW Gallery, New York, USA
2021 Anarchy of the Imagination, Kerry Schuss, New York, USA
2021 Studio Visit¸ Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2020 Nesvrstani, Lauba, Zagreb, Croatia
2020 Drava Art Biennale, MLU, Osijek, Croatia
2019 Pig Latin, curated by Andrew Ross, Clima, Milan, Italy
2019 Cold Prey, curated by underground flower and Lubov, New York, USA
2019 Airponics Bay, Evening Hours, New York, USA
2019 ‘B’, Money Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2019 Metal Meadow, Camp Eternal Hell Chamber, New York, USA
2019 Nesvrstani, Lauba, Zagreb, Croatia
2019 Fascinacije, Sponza, Dubrovnik, Croatia
2018 Souvenirs of Affair, Galerie A.M.180, Prague, Czech Republic
2018 TILT, in.plano, Paris, France
2018 HAPPINESS, Art-O-Rama, Marseille, France
2018 Beside Myself, JTT, New York, USA
2018 NVV, Museum of Modern Art, Dubrovnik, Croatia
2018 Evening Hours, New York, USA
2018 Drawn (Over): Contemporary Printmaking from LeRoy Neiman Till Today, Museum
of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
2018 WET, Pasar Susu Debu, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2017 Workhose, Silvershed, New York, USA
2017 Living and Working in…, Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, Szczecin, Poland
2017 BABZ Book Fair, Knockdown Center, New York, USA
2017 Draw/Boston, Bakalar & Paine Galleries, Massachusetts College of Art and Design,
Boston, MA, USA
2016 Turing’s Apple, Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
2015 NVV, Zagreb, Croatia
2015 DRAW: Mapping Madness, Dali Contemporary Art Museum, Dali, China
2015 What You Want To See, 728 E 136th street, New York, USA
2015 Mapping Madness, Inside Out Art Museum, Beijing, China
2014 Stendhal Syndrome, Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, Szczecin, Poland
2014 MUU‑NVV, Zagreb, Croatia
2014 DRAW: Mapping Madness, Inside Out Art Museum, Beijing, China
2014 Illusive Reality, Helac Fine Arts, New York, USA
2014 Cirrus, Dorfman Projects, New York, USA
2014 The Dreams That I Gave Her, NARS Foundation Gallery, New York, USA
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Al Thani Collection, Paris
The Bunker, West Palm Beach, Miami, Florida
Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Fredriksen Family Art Collection / National Museum of Norway, Oslo
He Art Museum, Foshan, China
K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong
Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, California
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Museum of Fine Arts, Osijek, Croatia
TANK Shanghai, China
Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizhao, China
Zabludowicz Collection, London
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