Tonka Malekovic Email & Phone Number

Croatia

Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Assistant in the preparation of five Horizon Europe project proposals focusing on biobased materials, Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), and enhanced resilience for infrastructure and value chains.Artistic consulting/Integration of New European Bauhaus principlesDeveloping international consortiaDatabase management EstraHub is a new non-profit organisation being set up by Reuben Barker. EstraHub brings together specialists to facilitate innovation for the built environment.

Zagreb (Hr), Cologne (De)

• Working in various mediasite-specific/context-specific/city-specific/participatory/ephemeral/ecology in art/urban-rural/contemporary migrations• Numerous solo and group exhibitions and projects in public space in Croatia and abroad (Austria, Germany, Belgium, France, Finland, South Africa, Serbia, Macedonia, Russia, Moldova, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Slovenia etc.)• Acknowledgments and awards:Finalist of T-HT@MSU Award (2014), 3rd prize at the competition Gredelj… Show more • Working in various mediasite-specific/context-specific/city-specific/participatory/ephemeral/ecology in art/urban-rural/contemporary migrations• Numerous solo and group exhibitions and projects in public space in Croatia and abroad (Austria, Germany, Belgium, France, Finland, South Africa, Serbia, Macedonia, Russia, Moldova, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Slovenia etc.)• Acknowledgments and awards:Finalist of T-HT@MSU Award (2014), 3rd prize at the competition Gredelj, 1postozaumjetnost (2012), HDLU award to the best young artist (2010), Finalists of Radoslav Putar Award, YVAA Croatia (2010), The 43rd Zagreb Salon Award (2009), Essl Award, 1. prize, Essl Museum and BauMax, Austria (2007), Aknowledgment of ALU (2003)• Works in private art collections: ERSTE Collection (HR), Academia Cravatica (HR), Art Collection Telekom (D), privat collection of Lukas Geherberger (AT), Collection of Cultural and Art Centre of Lazarea (RO)Detailed artistic CV and portfolio: www.tonkamalekovic.com Show less

𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟮 – 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗘 - 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀In collaboration with Dance Studio Liberdance, Zagreb (HR)Artistic project in the form of a gallery for ephemeral artistic forms in a semi-public space—the courtyard of a dance studio in Zagreb city centre. Curatorial and organizational activities and program presenting site-specific projects, involving both directly invited artists… Show more 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟮 – 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗘 - 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀In collaboration with Dance Studio Liberdance, Zagreb (HR)Artistic project in the form of a gallery for ephemeral artistic forms in a semi-public space—the courtyard of a dance studio in Zagreb city centre. Curatorial and organizational activities and program presenting site-specific projects, involving both directly invited artists and those chosen via public competition, including local and international participants.𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟯 – 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 / 𝗣𝗨𝗡𝗞𝗧 Travelling interdisciplinary educational and exhibition project.Co-author of the project and the concepts for particular project sequences. Responsibilities included organizing and coordinating new media workshops, artistic productions, public lectures, multimedia exhibitions, activist initiatives, public walks, and other activities within the project sequences. Also involved in fundraising, public relations, and mentoring workshops. The project took place in the following cities: Vrbovec, Sisak, Velika Gorica, Rijeka, Koprivnica, Karlovac, and Split, in collaboration with local museums, galleries, libraries, schools, universities, NGOs, artists, activists, researchers, scientists, and others.𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳, 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟴 𝗔𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 - 𝗔𝗞𝗖 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘇𝗲Concept and organization of various activities within the youth centre in the city of Vrbovec (HR), including exhibitions, workshops, screenings and public presentations, music events, and more.𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟲, 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧!Student Center, Zagreb (HR)Co-editor of an international multimedia program, including exhibitions, performances, screenings, presentations, music events, and more. Show less

Collaboration with LS StudioMemorial park and literary pathway of a novelist and first Croatian Journalist Marija Jurić Zagorka, Negovec Concept developmentArtistic consultingVisualizationPortfolio creation

Collaboration with LS StudioGreen Belt redesign and reconstruction of Gajeva Street, Vrbovec Concept development Artistic consultingVisualizationPortfolio creation

𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴:2018 In/Visible Playgrounds, 5-day workshop on art, memory, and relational games in public space, in Zagreb and Bolzano, Museion and Vintola 18, Bolzano, Italy, in collaboration with MSU Zagreb, Croatia2013-2018 New media and art in public space workshops with pupils and students within the "City at the Second Glance" – an authorial travelling educational and exhibition project by PUNKT Association. Workshops conducted within Velika… Show more 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴:2018 In/Visible Playgrounds, 5-day workshop on art, memory, and relational games in public space, in Zagreb and Bolzano, Museion and Vintola 18, Bolzano, Italy, in collaboration with MSU Zagreb, Croatia2013-2018 New media and art in public space workshops with pupils and students within the "City at the Second Glance" – an authorial travelling educational and exhibition project by PUNKT Association. Workshops conducted within Velika Gorica, Rijeka, Sisak, and Vrbovec project sequences.2015 Co-mentoring of collaborative student works within the university course "Interactive Art in Public Realm", MAP – Academy of Applied Arts in Rijeka, in collaboration with "City at the Second Glance" and the Faculty of Metallurgy, Sisak.2013-2015 Collaboration on interdisciplinary children’s workshops at Multimedialna Koliba artistic organisation.2011 Artistic mentoring of a final student project "True Vienna", HLMW9 Michelbeuern, Vienna, Austria.2008 Art history and aesthetics professor at Gymnasium Dugo Selo, Croatia.2007 Art teacher at the primary school Fran Galović, Zagreb, Croatia.2006-2018 Various creative children’s workshops: Robodonien Festival, Cologne, Germany; POU Vrbovec; Strossmartre-HDLU, Zagreb; NS Dubrava, Zagreb; POU Dugo Selo, Croatia, etc.𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀:2017 Veliko i malo, directed by Svetlana Patafta / Puna Kuca Theater in co-production with Mala Scena Theatre2015 Ja pa ti pa mi, in production by artistic organisation Multimedijalna Koliba 2011 Ruksakom po Europi, directed by Svetlana Patafta / Puna Kuca Theater and Cultural Center Trešnjevka2009 Boje duge, directed by Svetlana Patafta / Puna Kuca Theater in co-production with Mala Scena Theatre Show less

Master Of Science, Msc Transforming City Regions, 1,7

Thesis Title: “Cable-supported Mobility as a Response to Dissolving Urban Condition - Contribution to Planning for Sustainability.

Master Of Fine Arts, Mfa Printmaking/Art In Public Space/New Media

Overseas Studies Program: 2005 CEEPUS Scholarship-semester under mentorship of prof. Jože Barši and prof. Srečo Dragan, Academy of Fine.

Education record

2023 Art Quarter Budapest, AiR, Culture Moves Europe, Hungary 2019/2020 Kunstmentorat NRW, LaB K, mentor: Oliver Gather 2019 DAL – Danube.