Tatjana Krizmanic
Brooklyn, New York
Website: tatjanastudio.com
Email: tatjana@tatjanastudio.com
Born 1960, Zagreb, Croatia (former Yugoslavia)
EDUCATION
1980–1982 Georgetown University, Creative Writing, Washington, DC
1978–1980 University of Zagreb, Languages and Comparative Literature, Zagreb, Croatia
SELECTED ARTISTIC TRAINING
1975–1979 Private study and mentorship with Nicola Reiser (painter), Zdenka Bernardi (art historian)
1967–1974 Early observation and learning with Croatian painter Nicola Reiser
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Caffè Sospeso, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY
2017–2019 Annual solo exhibitions, Curated Fine Art, Mystic, CT
2013 Retrospective exhibition, Museum of Loveland, Loveland, CO
2013 Solo exhibition, Shumei International, Colorado
2013, 2015 Solo exhibitions, Left Hand Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
2010 Solo exhibition, Boulder Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO
2005–2011 Annual solo exhibitions, Art and Soul Gallery, Boulder, CO
1999 Solo exhibition, Zucatto Gallery, University of Porec, Croatia
1989 First solo exhibition, Naropa University, Boulder, CO
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Chaos and Stillness, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Small Works Exhibition, Galleria Vapor, Korčula, Croatia
2016 Group Exhibition, Bloomingdale Art Collective, New York, NY
2000 Mother and Child (group exhibition), Kunst Museum Aahlen, Aahlen, Germany
1989–1992 Group and individual exhibitions, Denver and Boulder, CO
2000–2010 Group and solo exhibitions in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan
GALLERY REPRESENTATION AND LONG-TERM EXHIBITING HISTORY
1994–present Presented by Phil Secord Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1992–2021 Annual exhibitions, B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY
2017–2019 Annual solo exhibitions, Curated Fine Art, Mystic, CT
2013–2017 Exhibitions, Left Hand Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
2005–2011 Annual solo exhibitions, Art and Soul Gallery, Boulder, CO
1989–2005 Annual exhibitions, MacLaren/Markowitz Gallery, Boulder, CO
PROJECTS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (SELECTED)
2019–present Co-founder, Terra Magica Immersion, contemplative art workshops and seminars, Istria, Croatia
2013 Co-founder, Wilderness Dharma Movement; wilderness retreat work and resulting landscape and figurative painting series (Canyon de Chelly, Navajo Nation, Arizona)
2009 Public art exhibition, Republic Plaza public art space, Denver, CO
1996 Collaborative series and exhibition of porcelain sculpture and applied ceramics with Mindy Moore, Phil Secord Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1988–1991 Art Director and Creative Director, Vermilion Design, Boulder, CO
1987 Animation cell painting, Sesame Street, Celluloid Studios, Denver, CO
1982–1988 Graphic Designer and Art Director, studios and agencies in Florida, Texas, Alabama, and Colorado
SIGNIFICANT WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Mimara Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
Whitney Hadley Museum, Louisville, KY
Kunst Museum Aahlen, Aahlen, Germany
Boulder Public Library, Boulder, CO
Croatian Embassies (Tokyo; Washington, DC)
Wangduechhoeling Palace Museum, Bumthang, Bhutan
Republic Plaza public art space (public art), Denver, CO
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND BOOKS
2025 Echoes of a Kingdom: A Tribute to the Bodhisattva King of Bhutan, exhibition catalogue, Bhutan Foundation
2024 Songs of Freedom (second edition), Wide River Press
2021 Hot Hand Sutra by Lawrence Shainberg, cover art
2019 Little Psychological Cookbook (illustrations), VBZ, Zagreb
2018 Ocean Rhapsody, Wide River Press
2018 The Art of Tatjana Krizmanic: Paintings 2000–2018, Wide River Press
2017 Big Sky (illustrations and cover), Dharmata
2015 All is Well (illustrated poem by Anam Thubten), Wide River Press
2008 Eleven Poems, limited edition art book of poems and paintings
1997 The Big Blanket (illustrations), Scholastic
1996 How I Survived Being a Girl (illustrations), HarperCollins
1994 Iliana: A Winter Solstice Tale (illustrations), Wide River Press
1994 Vegetable Soup (illustrations), Scholastic
1993 One Day a Stranger Came (illustrations), Annick Press
TEACHING AND MENTORING
2025 Workshops, Druk Gyalpo Institute (Royal Academy), Bhutan; Wangduechhoeling Palace Museum, Jakar, Bhutan
2019–present Terra Magica Contemplative Art Workshops (annual), Istria, Croatia
1997–1998 Painting, Naropa University, Boulder, CO
1994–1997 Illustration and Design, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia
EARLY RECOGNITION (SELECTED)
1978 Painting of the Peasant Uprising of 1573 included in the Museum of History of the City of Zagreb
1974 Gold Medal, National Youth Art Contest, Museum of Contemporary Art, Novi Sad
STUDIO PRACTICE (SELECTED)
2020–present Realism studies with Max Ginsburg and Sharon Sprung
2020–2022 At Home and Interior Interiors series (pandemic period)
2000–2015 Completed thirteen 100-day meditation retreats influencing studio practice
2001 Period of abstract expressionist work following a traumatic brain injury
2016 Gestural and abstract work with Lotus Pond Diver as a pivotal piece