Petra Matić Email & Phone Number

Brussels, Be

EU Project "Museum of the Commons" in collaboration with L'Internationale

Zagreb, Croatia

Zagreb, Croatia

Crno-bijelo (Black-white) is a book club focusing on the problems of (post)colonialism, racism, borders, and migration. Crno-bijelo is a space of knowledge exchange, learning and unlearning, space of discussion and free will for all interested in the topics of decolonization and the anti-colonial, race and racialization, border regimes, and forced migration. Crno-bijelo is imagined as a laboratory where we develop anti-colonial strategies together and create togetherness.Our first meeting in May 2023 featured Dr Sunnie Rucker-Chang, Associate Professor at the Ohio State University in the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures and the Department of African American and African Studies.

The artistic project Zajedno: tragovima Udruženja kurdskih studenata (Together: following the traces of the Kurdish Student Union) examines the history of the Kurdish Student Union which was active in Zagreb from 1966 to 1990.Together with the interdisciplinary Kurdish Syrian artist Bahzad Sulaiman, we use artistic research to get to know the local history of Kurdish students and the present of contemporary Croatian citizens of Middle Eastern origin.The project in May and June 2023 involves a residency in Zagreb including meetings and workshops with the local artists, anthropologists, communities, and former international students, as well as Kurdish folklore dance workshops in Zagreb, Split, and Šidski Banovci village at the Croatian-Serbian border, recalling the traditions of the Zagreb Kurdish Student Union whose work involved activities promoting Kurdish history and culture.

Zagreb, Croatia

Cultural association Jutro (Morgen) is a non-profit dedicated to arts, heritage, and human rights.

Co-curated Silvia Amancei and Bogdan Armanu's exhibition "Hope Dies Last, They Say..." in Nova BAZA

Zagreb, Croatia

Pazar znanja/Placa znanja (knowledge market) is a participatory knowledge exchange workshop, collaborative exhibition and guided tour using ruangrupa/Serrum pasar ilmu methodology, enabling all the participants to act as both the teacher and the student. In 2022, it was conducted for LGBT Centre Split,Culture Hub Croatia, and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka.

The Welcoming Museum workshop focuses on European museums' work with forced migrants.The workshop is based on my collaboration with the Technical Museum Nikola Tesla, Ethnographic Museum, and Typhlological Museum from 2018 to 2020. It involves mapping local resources and practices andresearches contemporary museological practices connected to forced migration and integration.In 2022, it was conducted for Typhlological Museum, Centre for Peace Studies, and Museum for Modern andContemporary Art Rijeka.

an office appeared in two editions. One was Dead Dove: Do Not Eat for documenta fifteen in ruruHaus, Kassel, August 2022, and the second was Practices of Belonging for Fotograf Festival in Jeleni Gallery, Prague in September 2022.Group site-specific installation and performance with an office collective. Through subverting the institution of the office, we inquired into togetherness, belonging, and inhabiting in dialogue with passers-by. My contribution focused on The Welcoming Department, trying out ways to welcome people to new spaces.

Recipient of the grant ‘Culture of Solidarity’ for the development of an intersectional European network of support for artistic & cultural initiatives working in the field of social change, diversity and inclusion. Co-developed with Nina Martin, founder of QTBIPOC cultural center Oyoun, Berlin (DE), Roberto Perez Gayo, social designer and pedagogue at the HARM Reduction Network (NL), Han Pham, co-founder of Empowerhack, a design & technology network supporting women in humanitarian contexts (USA), and social design studio Marginal Studio, Palermo (IT).With the support of European Cultural Foundation

Zagreb, Croatia

Cultural participation and refugee inclusion program for teenagers in Technological Museum Nikola Tesla, Ethnographic Museum Zagreb, and Typhlological Museum.

Zagreb, Croatia

Museum project and forum on technology and refugees.

Archival digitization for Media Museum project.

Zagreb, Croatia

Co-curated the exhibition of then 11-year-old Bangladeshi visual artist Tahsan Shahriar.

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Co-designed an open collaborative research platform Delo Lab for the Slovenian media company Delo. Mentored by Bureau d'Études, in collaboration with Zuzanna Zgierska, Maxime Benvenuto, José Tomás Peréz Valle, and Mateja Mlinarič. Commissioned by the Ljubljana Design Biennial BIO26|Common Knowledge, Museum of Architecture and Design Ljubljana.

Grande-Synthe, France

Coordinated central kitchen and cinema in a 1000 people refugee camp. Developed relationships with local and international stakeholders and partners (Refugee Community Kitchen, Mairie de Grande-Synthe, Utopia 56, Afeji, MSF, MDM, Croix Rouge). Fundraised over 50000 EUR. Recruited, trained, and supervised over 200 volunteers.

Festac '77: Witnesses, Art Histories, And Documents

The Fall 2023 course is on FESTAC ’77 and will explore the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture, which took place.

Becoming 'Lumbung'

Full scholarship for participation in ruangrupa's course.

Master'S Degree, Information Sciences: Museology And Heritage Management

Activities and Societies: Workshops: Museums, migration, integration; Evaluation of Museum Exhibitions; Implementation of UNESCO's.

Associate'S Degree, Eu Funded Project Management

Summer School: Anthropology, Ethnography And Comparative Folklore Of The Balkans, Anthropology

Summer School: Migration On The Western Balkans - From Transit To Reception, Sociology And Anthropology

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Swedish Language And Literature

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Phonetics

Travel Office Management, Tourism And Travel Services Management