Co-Founder
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Apr 2024 - Present
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Vanja Žanko previously worked as Co-Founder at Nomarts and Founding Director at Nomad. Vanja Žanko holds Eu Project Assistant from Università Iuav Di Venezia.
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I am a cultural manager and curator with fifteen years of experience managing collections, exhibition spaces, cultural organisations and artist studios. Having gained extensive experience in cross-disciplinary collaborations and inter-sector partnerships, I have gravitated towards the challenge of complexity of effectively linking the worlds of art institutions, philanthropic foundations, non-profit organizations, and public services with artists. Art institutions that I have collaborated with include the Tate Modern, Kunsthaus Zürich, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Camera Austria Graz, and the Venice Biennial. Non-profit partnerships include the United Nations, Croatian Association of Artists, Little Sun Foundation, and the Motovun Film Festival. Philanthropic foundations include the Lauba Foundation Zagreb, Adris Foundation, Fondation Beyeler, and the Bloomberg Philanthropies. Public service funding includes the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia, Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Germany, Austrian Cultural Forum Zagreb, and the City of Zagreb. In my different roles to date, I have always been committed to improving the positions of artists in the international contemporary art landscape. For six years, I have focused on working with artist Olafur Eliasson as his right-hand person. We worked closely on strategic decisions and coordination with internal teams and external collaborators to turn his ideas into artworks, commissions (>15), solo exhibitions (>10), publications (>5), and lectures (>20). I started my career in Zagreb as a curator specialized in Croatian art, working for the Lauba Collection and later as a founding director of its Lauba Foundation project space. I was responsible for the overall vision, planning, fundraising, budgeting and communication. The range of my work included documenting artworks (>500), managing acquisitions (>180), managing loans (>80), curating exhibitions (>20), moderating artist talks (>20), as well as managing external collaborators (>10), managing interns (>40), and managing members (>400). With a vision to support artists and cultural managers born in Central and Southern Europe in building meaningful international careers, I founded Nomad platform. It has been successful in fundraising, building collections (>5), coproducing commissions (>15), exhibitions (>20), books (>5), as well as developing applications for grants, awards and residency programs (>30).
Listed skills include Art, Contemporary Art, Curating, Museums, and 10 others.
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9 roles · 21 years
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Founding Director
CurrentI have found Nomad with the social and cultural intent to build a platform that contributes to the co-building and promotion of our contemporary cultural discourse. Our end game for this is to shape the market of regional artists from and around Croatia, and in the process build long-lasting cohesive networks around it. Nomad has a new female leadership.
Mar 2014 - Present
Relationship Manager To Olafur Eliasson
Studio Olafur Eliasson
I have been working at an executive level as the right-hand person for artist Olafur Eliasson. In my role as a relationship manager, I am a critical information gateway between Eliasson and external stakeholders, interacting effectively with a network of museum directors, curators, policy makers, publishers and clients is one of my main responsibilities..
Feb 2017 - Jan 2023
Artist In Residence Program Director
Maistra Collection
I run two residency programs with Nomad:ARTIST MEETS CHEF in partnership with the Maistra Collection investigates the notion of creation that brings together contemporary gastronomy, hospitality and visual arts at the Hotel Adriatic in Rovinj, Croatia. Organized by curator Jelena Tamindzija and myself, together with artist Tomislav Brajnovic. Hotel.
Apr 2015 - Sep 2021
Founding Director
Lauba
I have found Lauba for a corporate collection in Zagreb, situated in an old Austro-Hungarian riding arena (1500 m2), dedicated to production and promotion of Croatian contemporary art. First of the kind in the region, it was nominated for EMYA Award (European Museum of the year Award) in 2014. Lauba has been supporting Croatian artists by presenting their.
Jun 2011 - Sep 2013
Chief Curator
Filip Trade Collection (Later Lauba Collection)
Filip Trade Collection (later Lauba Collection) is the largest private collection of modern and contemporary Croatian art, including more than 500 artworks by artists: Vojin Bakic, Ivana Franke, Damir Ocko, Ivan Kozaric, Julije Knifer, Kristian Kozul, Vlado Kristl, David Maljkovic, Kata Mijatovic, Nika Radic, Marko Tadic, Slaven Tolj, Zlatan Vehabovic.
Jan 2007 - Sep 2013
Intern
Student Centre Gallery, Zagreb
Selected exhibitions and workshops for Student Centre in Zagreb: Photo Exhibition for Jazzg and N.O.Jazz Festival Black and White, 2006; Documentary Exhibition Building of Zagreb Fair 1936-1937 with Kresimir Galovic, 2006; Student workshop Building of Zagreb Fair 1936-1937, with Vinko Penezic, Kresimir Rogina, Kresimir Galovic, 2006; 3rd Culture Fair.
2006 - 2007
~1 yr
Intern
Shadow Casters, Zagreb
Selected projects: Exhibition Performances and Political Activities, Student Centre, Zagreb, 2006; Re-collecting City, Re-collecting Time project research and exhibition, Student Center, Zagreb, http://biljezenjagrada.blog.hr, 2006; Wallpapers for Re-collecting City, Re-collecting Time project, All over Zagreb, Zagreb, http://zidnenovine.blogspot.com/.
2005 - 2007
~2 yrs
Intern
The museum offers an internship program for students interested in gaining first-hand experience of how a museum is run. The program is a learning experience for all who take part, immersing interns in the cultural life of the city of Venice, allowing them to gain practical experience of museum operations and familiarity with an important collection of.
Dec 2003 - Jan 2004
5 education records
Vanja Žanko education
Eu Project Assistant
Cultural Manager
Devos Institute For Cultural Managers
Curator
School For Curators And Critics Of Contemporary Art World Of Art
Ma, Art History, Criticism And Conservation
University Of Zagreb
Sustainability Specialist In Culture, Culture
Ki Culture
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Vanja Žanko works for NOMARTS.
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Vanja Žanko is listed as Cultural manager at NOMARTS.
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Vanja Žanko is based in Vienna, Vienna, Austria while working with NOMARTS.
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Vanja Žanko has worked for Nomarts, Nomad, Studio Olafur Eliasson, Maistra Collection, and Lauba.
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Vanja Žanko holds Eu Project Assistant from Università Iuav Di Venezia.
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Vanja Žanko is listed with skills including Art, Contemporary Art, Curating, Museums, Visual Arts, Art History, Art Exhibitions, and Editing.
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