Sandra Križić Roban holds a PhD in art history and is a critic, curator, lecturer and writer. She has been working at the Institute of Art History in Zagreb since 1992 and acted as the editor-in-chief of the art journal Život umjetnosti (2000–2017). Her research focuses on contemporary art, history and theory of photography, post-war architecture, and politics of public space and cultural memory. She is the principal investigator on the scientific project Ekspozicija – Themes and… Show more Sandra Križić Roban holds a PhD in art history and is a critic, curator, lecturer and writer. She has been working at the Institute of Art History in Zagreb since 1992 and acted as the editor-in-chief of the art journal Život umjetnosti (2000–2017). Her research focuses on contemporary art, history and theory of photography, post-war architecture, and politics of public space and cultural memory. She is the principal investigator on the scientific project Ekspozicija – Themes and Aspects of Croatian Photography from the 19th Century until Today (2020–2024), funded by the Croatian Science Foundation. Križić Roban also led the project “The Cycle – Photographic Legacy Management” at the Institute of Art History (2020–2022), funded by the European Commission – the Creative Europe programme, together with the leading partner Spéos (FR) and partners Magnum (FR), Office for Photography (HR), and Deusto (ES).Križić Roban is the author of two comprehensive studies on contemporary photography and contemporary painting in Croatia: At Second Glance. The Positions of Contemporary Croatian Photography (2010), and Croatian Painting from 1945 until Today. Responsibility of Image at the Time of Impatient Look (2013). More recently, she has published monographs Branko Balić (with Irena Šimić), Vlado Martek – Preparing for Photography (2018) and Hana Miletić – Street Photography (2016). She edited numerous books published by the Institute of Art History, most recently “Watching, Waiting: The Photographic Representation of Empty Places” (2023, with Ana Šverko), by Office for Photography and the Križić Roban Gallery.She hosted a number of retrospective exhibitions, as well as extensive thematic exhibitions, both at home and abroad. Her active work as an art critic from 1986 to this day includes numerous critiques, views, reviews, essays, and professional and scientific papers, in printed media, as well as broadcasted on radio and television. Show less

She has been teaching the elective course “Culture of Memory – Memorial Sites, Monuments, Anti-monuments and Counter-monuments” at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb since 2018, and “Extended Practices – Artistic Themes, Media, Phenomena and Relationships from the 1970s to the Present” at the Humanities doctoral programme at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Split. In winter semester 2023, she will start teaching the core course “Photography and Visual Culture” at the Department of Art… Show more She has been teaching the elective course “Culture of Memory – Memorial Sites, Monuments, Anti-monuments and Counter-monuments” at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb since 2018, and “Extended Practices – Artistic Themes, Media, Phenomena and Relationships from the 1970s to the Present” at the Humanities doctoral programme at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Split. In winter semester 2023, she will start teaching the core course “Photography and Visual Culture” at the Department of Art History of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek. Holds the academic title of Assistant Professor since 2010 and is a PhD mentor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zadar. Show less

In 2013, she co-established the Office for Photography, a non-profit association dedicated to contemporary photography based in Zagreb. Activities includes web site croatian-photography.com, exhibition program at Gallery Spot, publishing projects, and collaboration in different research projects in Croatia and abroad. Her continuous research of and involvement with contemporary photography enabled her to be a partner on the project Forgotten Heritage – European Avant-Garde Art Online… Show more In 2013, she co-established the Office for Photography, a non-profit association dedicated to contemporary photography based in Zagreb. Activities includes web site croatian-photography.com, exhibition program at Gallery Spot, publishing projects, and collaboration in different research projects in Croatia and abroad. Her continuous research of and involvement with contemporary photography enabled her to be a partner on the project Forgotten Heritage – European Avant-Garde Art Online (2016–2018) and Not Yet Written Stories (2020–2022), funded by the European Commission – the Creative Europe programme, in collaboration with the Arton Foundation, Warsaw, KUMU Tallinn, Luca School of Art, Brussels, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art – Artists Database and Archive, Riga, and SCCA – Ljubljana Centre for Contemporary Arts, Ljubljana. Show less