CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Information

  • Born: 1960, Zagreb, Croatia (former Yugoslavia)

Education

  • 1966-1070: Ivan Gundulić Elementary School, Zagreb, Croatia

  • 1970-1974: IB School Krsnjavoga, Zagreb, Croatia

  • 1974-1978: Classical Preparatory High School, Zagreb, Croatia

  • 1978-1980: University of Zagreb (Languages and Comparative Literature), Croatia

  • 1980-1982: Georgetown University (Creative Writing) Washington, DC

Artistic Training and Early Influences

  • 1967-1974: Observed and learned from Croatian painter Nicola Reiser

  • 1975-1979: Studied with:

    • Nicola Reiser (Painter)

    • Zdenka Bernardi (Art Historian)

    • Ivan Picelj (Painter and Graphic Designer)

Artistic Career Highlights

Early Artistic Development

  • 1974: Gold Medal, National Youth Art Contest, Museum of Contemporary Art, Novi Sad

  • 1977: Painting of the Peasant Uprising of 1573 included in the Museum of History of the City of Zagreb

  • 1978: Immersed in London's art scene; met artists like Bob Geldof, Chrissie Hynde, and Peter Blake who influence her with their artistic freedom of expression

Professional Experience

  • 1982-1988: Graphic Designer and Art Director at various studios and agencies across Florida, Texas, Alabama, and Colorado

  • 1987: Painted animation cells for Sesame Street at Celluloid Studios, Denver, CO

  • 1988-1991: Art Director/Creative Director at Vermilion Design, Boulder, CO

  • 1996: Collaborative series and exhibit of porcelain sculptures and applied ceramics with ceramic artist Mindy Moore at Phil Secord Gallery in Halifax, Nova Scotia

  • 2009: Public art exhibit at Republic Plaza public art space in downtown Denver, CO

  • 2013: Co-founds Wilderness Dharma Movement, an organization with a mission to guide

meditation retreats in the wilderness; spends 10 days with WDM in Canyon De Chelly in

Navajo Nation, Arizona; the period results in a series of oils, landscapes and narrative 

figurative paintings based on the mysterious landscape and Navajo legends 

and personal stories

  • 2019: Co-founds Terra Magica Immersion, an organization providing contemplative art workshops and seminars in Istria, Croatia

  • 2023: Artist Residency in Venice, Italy

Selected Exhibitions

  • 1989: First solo exhibition at Naropa University, Boulder, CO

  • 1989-1992: Group and individual exhibitions in Denver and Boulder, CO

  • 1989-2005: Exhibits annually MacLaren/Markowitz Gallery, Boulder, CO

  • 1992-2021: Exhibits annually at B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY

  • 1994-2024: Represented by Phil Secord Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia

  • 1999: Solo exhibition at the University of Porec Zucatto Gallery

  • 2000: Included in group Mother and Child exhibition, Kunst Museum Aahlen, Germany

  • 2000-2010: Numerous group and solo exhibitions in Canada, the U.S., Europe, and Japan

  • 2010: Exhibits large scale abstract paintings at the Boulder Dairy Center for the Arts

  • 2005-2011: Exhibits annually at Art and Soul Gallery Boulder, CO 

  • 2013: Retrospective exhibit at the Museum of Loveland, CO

  • 2015: Solo show at Left Hand Gallery, Wellfleet, MA

  • 2016: Bloomingdale Art Collective, group exhibition, New York, NY

  • 2017-2019: Annual solo show at Curated Fine Art, Mystic, CT

  • 2023: Small works show at Galleria Vapor, Korčula, Croatia

Significant Works in Collections

    • Mimara Museum, Zagreb

    • Whitney Hadley Museum, Louisville, KY

    • Kunst Museum Aahlen, Germany

    • Boulder Public Library

    • Croatian Embassies (Tokyo and Washington D.C.)

    • Public art exhibit at Republic Plaza public art space in downtown Denver, CO

Artistic Evolution

  • 2000-2015: Completed thirteen 100-day meditation retreats influencing her work

  • 2001: Shifted for a period of time to abstract expressionism after a traumatic brain injury

  • 2016: Began gestural and abstract work with Lotus Pond Diver as a pivotal piece

  • 2020 - present: Studies realism with Max Ginsburg and Sharon Sprung

Recent Exhibitions and Projects

  • 2020-2022: Created “At Home" and "Interior Interiors" series during the Covid pandemic

  • 2023-2024: Exhibitions at:

    • Van der Plas Gallery, NYC

    • Galleria Vapor, Korčula, Croatia

    • Pleiades Gallery of Contemporary Art, NYC

  • 2024-2025: Series and Exhibition in honor of the 4th King of Bhutan, opens Sept. ’25 at the Museum Of Folklore in Thimphu, Bhutan

Selected Books and Publications

  • 1993: Illustrated One Day a Stranger Came, Annick Press

  • 1994: Illustrated Vegetable Soup, Scholastic

  • 1994: Illustrated Iliana: A Winter Solstice Tale, Wide River Press

  • 1996: Illustrated How I Survived Being a Girl, Harper Collins

  • 1997: Illustrated The Big Blanket, Scholastic

  • 2008: Eleven Poems, limited edition art book of poems and paintings

  • 2015: All is Well, illustrated poem by Anam Thubten, Wide River Press

  • 2018: Ocean Rhapsody, book of landscapes, Wide River Press

  • 2018: The Art of Tatjana Krizmanic, paintings from 2000-2018, Wide River Press

  • 2019: Illustrated Little Psychological Cookbook, VBZ, Zagreb

  • 2024: Songs of Freedom, second edition, Wide River Press

Teaching and Mentoring

  • 1994-1997: Taught Illustration and Design, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design

  • 1997-1998: Taught Painting at Naropa University, Boulder, CO

  • 2019-present: Leads Terra Magica Contemplative Art Workshops, Istria, Croatia

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