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Dan Oki - Represented by C.A.Galerija
( Croatia (Hrvatska), 1960 - present )

 

The Householder

Eyes were Aggression, the Weapon and the Victim

Oxygen4
 
Artist: Dan Oki ( Croatia (Hrvatska), 1960 - present ) -
 
Main Category: Video
Genres: Conceptual Art, Contemporary European Art
 
Biography: Dan Oki (Slobodan Jokić, 1965, Zadar , Croatia) is Croatian/Dutch visual artist and a filmmaker. In his work he works with mediums of film and video, installation, computer art, web and performance.
His first exhibitions and experimental films were realized from 1986 till 1990 in Zagreb. From 1991 to 1993 he studies at the audiovisual department (prof. Frans Zwartjes) at De Vrije Academie in Den Haag. In 1996 he got the Master degree of autonomous arts at the advanced studies at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Arnhem / the Netherlands. From 1997 till 1998 he attends postgraduate courses of film directing and screenplay writing at the Maurits Binger Film Institute in Amsterdam. From 1998 Dan Oki has been teaching video and computer art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Split and has been guest lecturer at various Institutes and Art Academies in Europe. His works have been shown in Europe, North and South America, and Asia. He lives in Amsterdam and Split.



Exhibition History: Solo Exhibitions:
2006. Oxygen4, ARCO 06 Madrid, C.A.Galerija
Underground loop, group exhibition, Vienna Art Fair, C.A.Galerija
2003. Kisik4, Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb
2002. interstory.org, Centrum voor Beeldende Kunsten, Leiden (with Sandra Sterle)
Kisik 4, Galerija Josip Račić, Zagreb
2001. interstory.org, Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem, The Netherlands (with Sandra Sterle)
1998. Božanska Bića, Galerija Miroslav Kraljević, Zagreb
Vergeten, zich herinneren en weten, Amsterdam College, Amsterdam (with Sandra Sterle)
1997. The Householder, Ziegler, Groningen
The Householder IISG, Amsterdam
1996. De Lichtschrijver, Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam
1992. Frontiers of Images, Melkweg Gallery, Amsterdam
1991. Slutnja i angažman, MM Centar, Zagreb


Group Exhibitions:
2004. A Short History of Dutch Video Art, Kunstcentrum, Hengelo, The Netherlands; Doulon Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai; Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykyavik
Una Breve Historia del Videoarte en Holanda, Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, Spain
2003. 33. Splitski salon, Galerija umjetnina, Split
Una Breve Historia del Videoarte en Holanda, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid;
Museo de Arte & Diseno Contemporaneo, San Jose, Costa Rica
A Short History of Dutch Video Art, Gate Foundation, Amsterdam
2001. Here Tomorrow, Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb
oxygen4.org, 7th International Festival of New Film, Split
1998. Gene-Pool - U okolišu himera, Galerija Umjetnina, Split
Environment of Chimeras, 4th International Festival of New Film, Split
Environment of Chimeras, Blijdorp Zoo, Cell Foundation, Rotterdam
Non- Painters Painting, Galerija Miroslav Kraljević, Zagreb
1998. Morning Star, Galerija umjetnina, Zadar
After the Orgy, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam
Non-Painters Painting, Galerie BERLINTOKYO, Berlin
Democracy Show, Gate Foundation, Amsterdam
1996. Video Plaza, Monte Video/TBA, Amsterdam
Is Europe just a word?, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena
The 5th International Biennale ARTEC’97, Nagoya, Japan
Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Ateliers Arnhem, Arnhem
1995. Croatian Moving Images, Kunstkorridoren Nadada, Kopenhagen
Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Biennale Gelderland, Arnhem
1995. Transformation Culinaire, W139, (with Sandra Sterle, Luka StojniE and Ivo Martinovic), Amsterdam
Navigations, W139, Amsterdam
1993. Nova hrvatska umjetnost, Moderna galerija, Zagreb (2004. › 1991.)


Festivals and screenings: (2004. › 1989.)
2004. Kisik4, Filmski Centar, Zagreb Kisik4, Kinoteka, Split
Oxygen 4, De Balie, Amsterdam
Obrnuti smjer, Hrvatski video / Croatian Video, Millennium, New York
2004. Oxygen 4, In den Schluchten des Balkan / In the Gorges of the Balkans, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel Psycho, Days of Croatian Film, MM Centar, Zagreb
2002. Krotilci Ëasa, 5th Slovenian Film Festival, Portorož
Dinamis, Frame by frame, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk
Dinamis, Frame by frame, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow
Dinamis, Frame by frame, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw
Dinamis / Frame by frame, Galerija Trafo, Budapest
Dinamis / Frame by frame, Moderna Galerija, Rijeka
Dinamis / Frame by frame, 7th International Festival of New Film, Split
2002. Vice Versa, TRANSMEDIALE01, Berlin
New Croatian Film, Magyar Filmtudomanyi Intezet, Hungarian Film Institute, Budapest
2000. Vice Versa, World Wide Video Festival, Amsterdam
Divine Beings, Williamsburg Brooklyn Film Festival, New York
Divine Beings, Videoex, Zürich
1999. Divine Beings, Viper, TV-Gallery, Luzern
Divine Beings, Impakt, TV-Gallery, Utrecht
Divine Beings, European Media Art Festival, Osnabruck
Dinamis, Possible maps, V-Tape, Toronto
Dinamis, Possible maps, Western Front, Vancouver
1999. The Householder, Lantare/Venster, Cinema Mediterranée, Rotterdam
Divine Beings, Videonale 8, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
Divine Beings, 3rd International Festival of New Film, Split
Divine Beings, Image Forum Festival, Tokyo; Osaka
Navigations, Croatian Video, Millennium, New York
The Author’s Night: Film- Video
1995-98, MM Centar, Zagreb
1997. Navigations; The Householder, VMK, Steim, Amsterdam
The Householder, 10e instants Video Manosque, Manosque
The Householder, Croatian Video, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana
The Householder, 2nd International Festival of New Film, Split
1997. Navigations, Monte Video/ Highlights from the Nineties, MM Centar, Zagreb
Navigations, Monte Video/ Highlights from the Nineties, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana
Navigations, Croatian Moving Images, Kunstkorridoren Nadada, Kopenhagen
Navigations, Video Forum, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
Navigations, Videonale 7, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
Navigations, 14th World Wide Video Festival, Den Haag
Navigations, Croatian Video, Pegasus Theatre, Oxford
Dinamis, 10emes Rencontres Video Art Plastique, Herouville-Saint-Clair
Dinamis, 1st International Festival of New Film, Split
Separation; Navigations, New Visions Festival, Glasgow
1996. Extra Behaviour Activity, Croatian Video, MM Centar, Zagreb
Separation, Festival Video d’Estavar-Llivia, Estavar-Llivin
Separation, Edge of the war zone, London Film Makers CO-OP, London
1994. Separation, MM Centar, Zagreb
Separation; Awakening; Black Mirror; Noah and Ceremonies on the Water, Author’s Programme, Melkweg, Amsterdam
1993. Awakening, 3rd Days of Croatian Film, Zagreb
Black Mirror, Innovation1993 - Film and Video Festival: New Croatian Video Art, Cornerhouse, Manchester Noah and Ceremonies on the Water, New Europe: Croatian Video Art, Kopenhagen
Noah and Ceremonies on the Water, 1st Festival of Meditation Inspired Art, Wroclaw, Polland
1991. Noah and Ceremonies on the Water; Secrets, Young Croatian Electronic Films, Melkweg, The Netherlands
1989. V moje oËi letijo igle, Hrvatski ? lm i video festival, MM Centar, Zagreb

Collections: Awards:
Grand Prix Videoex 2000 for the film Divine Beings, Zürich, 2000
Special Jury Award for new media, 4th International Festival for New Film, Split, 1999
Werkbeurs - The Netherlands Foundation for Arts and Design, Amsterdam, 1998
Jury Prize for computer animation at the International Biennal ARTEC 1997, Nagoya, Japan
Third prize for experimental film for the film V moje oči letijo igle, Croatian Film and Video Festival, MM Center, Zagreb, 1989

 

 

 
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