Igor Ruf (Virovitica, Croatia, 1984) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Sculpture Department. He has exhibited at solo and group exhibitions in Zagreb, Split, Osijek, Dubrovnik, Herne, Sofia, Brno, Lectoure, New York, etc. He has received several awards and recognitions for his work, such as the Grand Prize of the XI Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, the 31st Youth Salon Award, and the Radoslav Putar Award. He is employed as an associate professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, in the Sculpture Department.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
SOFT MATTER
Studio 21, Split
2022
TIKOLO MIKUZE
MKC Amphitheatre, Split
ACOUSTIC TURBO SONIC MOMENTUM
90–60–90 Gallery, Zagreb
2019
PAVIĆ, ČABRAJA, RUF
Kazamat Gallery, Osijek
I LIKE BEING HERE
Lazareti Art Workshop, Dubrovnik
LIJEPO MI JE BITI TU
Salon Galić, Split
2018
I LIKE BEING HERE
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
CONDOR, QUE PASA?
Greta Gallery, Zagreb
2016
HAIRDRESSER FOR THE HILL
Institute for Contemporary Art, Zagreb
2015
GRAĐEVINARAC, THE EYE AND THE CAVE
AŽ Gallery, Zagreb
THE CAVE
HAZU Gliptotheque, Zagreb
2014
THE HOUSE OF TARZAN'S MOM
Academia Moderna, Zagreb
THE EXHIBITION OF HILLS, FURNITURE
AND WALKING SPACES
MKC, Split
2013
THE EXHIBITION OF HILLS, FURNITURE
AND WALKING SPACES
SC Gallery, Zagreb
THE UNEXPECTED
(with Neven Bilić and Alem Korkut)
Kortil Gallery, Rijeka
NORTH, SOUTH, EAST,
JAM AND BOOM
Plevnik Kronkowska Gallery, Celje, Slovenia
BURE BARUTA
(with Vlatka Škoro and Ana Petrović)
Kazamat Gallery, Osijek
2012
IGOR RUF
Virovitica City Museum, Virovitica
2011
ANA KOVAČIĆ, KREŠIMIR KATUŠIĆ, IGOR RUF
Antun Augustinčić Gallery, Klanjec
2010
FIRST SCENE – RECONSTRUCTIONS
(with Ana Kovačić)
Vladimir Bužančić Gallery, Zagreb
ONE OF A KIND AND FIVE OTHERS
SC Gallery, Zagreb
2009
TREMBLING SPACES
Miller Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
I LAUGH... LMHO
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb
28th SLAVONIA BIENNALE
Kulturni centar, Osijek
57th ZAGREB SALON –
We Appeared as a Strategy of Eternity
HDLU, Meštrović pavillion, Zagreb
ANTUN AUGUSTINČIĆ GALLERY –
Collection 1992 – 2022
Antun Augustinčić Gallery, Klanjec
2021
ŽITNJAK ATELIERS IN B&H
Bihać City Gallery, Bosnia and Herzegovina
ŽITNJAK ATELIERS IN B&H
B&H Art Gallery, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2020
CONDOR, QUE PASA?
Performance Art Festival
Knifer Gallery, Osijek
2019
T-HT AWARD
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
SPACES OF LANDSCAPE
HDLU, Zagreb
2018
NATURE, SOCIETY AND OTHER STORIES
Poreč Art Annale, Poreč
2017
T-HT AWARD
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
ROGLIĆ COLLECTION
Art Pavillion, Zagreb
THIS REALITY THEY CHASED
Lectoure Center for Art and Photography, Lectoure, France
2016
(RE)THINKING SPACE AND PLACE
Flottmann-Hallen, Herne, Germany
PARK ART
Virovitica City Museum Virovitica
ANOTHER ELSE
Vesna Parun Museum, Zlarin
ALMISSA OPEN ART FESTIVAL 2016
Omiš City Museum, Omiš
AUTORPORTRET, PORTRET, FIGURE, AND NUDE
HDLU, Zagreb
2015
T-HT AWARD
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
SEXTANT
Nurture Art Gallery, New York
2014
RADOSLAV PUTAR AWARD –
FINALS 2014.
Galženica Gallery, Velika Gorica
SCENES OF LIGHT. FOR JULIUS
Kazamat Gallery, Osijek
T-HT AWARD
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
2013
38th SPLIT SALON
Cellars of Diocletian's Palace, Split
YOUNG, YOUNGER, YOUNGEST
AŽ Gallery, Zagreb
RUNDGANG, SPIENNERREI
Leipzig, Germany
2012
31st YOUTH SALON
HDLU, Zagreb, Zagreb
HERE WE ARE 3
Third International Manifestation of Visual Arts, Pula
XI. CROATIAN SCULPTURE TRIANNUAL
HAZU Glipthoteque, Zagreb
2011
FINALISTS
Lauba Gallery, Zagreb
STARPOINT: PRIZE FOR EMERGING ARTIST 2011
Wanieck Gallery, Brno, Češka
TREŠNJEVKA SALON
Modulor Gallery, Zagreb
NON-PERMANENT SETUP
Lauba Gallery, Zagreb
ESSL ART AWARD CEE 2011
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
TRANSFORM
National Gallery for Foreign Art, Sofia, Bugarska
T-HT AWARD
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
2010
22nd SLAVONIAN BIENNALE
Galerija likovnih umjetnosti, Osijek
HERE WE ARE 2
Second International Manifestation of Visual Arts, Pula
AWARDS
2017
10th THT AWARD – SPECIAL MENTION
2014
RADOSLAV PUTAR AWARD
24th SLAVONIAN BIENNALE – SPECIAL MENTION
2012
31st YOUTH SALON –
GRAND PRIX
XI. CROATIAN SCULPTURE TRIANNUAL – GRAND PRIX
2010
AWARD FOR THE BEST
GRADUATION WORK
Academy of Fine Arts, Sculpture
Section, Zagreb
2009
"LUKA RITZ" AWARD – SECOND AWARD
2008
"CREATIVE PERSPECTIVES"
COMPETITION – FIRST AWARD
(with Ana Kovačić)
RESIDENCIES
2021
CITE INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS
Paris, France
2017
ARTIST EXCHANGE
Dusseldorf, Germany
2015
INTERNATIONAL STUDIO & CURATORIAL PROGRAM
New York, USA
2013
ONE SIDED STORY
Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
Igor Ruf (Virovitica, 1984.) diplomirao je kiparstvo na Akademiji likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu. Izlagao je na samostalnim i skupnim izložbama u Zagrebu, Splitu, Osijeku, Dubrovniku, Herneu, Sofiji, Brnu, Lectoureu, New Yorku... Za svoj rad je primio nekoliko nagrada i priznanja od kojih valja izdvojiti Veliku nagradu XI. trijenala hrvatskog kiparstva, Nagradu 31. Salona mladih te Nagradu Radoslav Putar. Zaposlen je kao izvanredni profesor na Akademiji likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu.
SAMOSTALNE IZLOŽBE
2023
MEKA TVAR
Studio 21, Split
2022
TIKOLO MIKUZE
MKC Amfiteatar doma mladosti, Split
ACOUSTIC TURBO SONIC MOMENTUM
Galerija 90–60–90,
Pogon Jedinstvo, Zagreb
2019
PAVIĆ, ČABRAJA, RUF
Galerija Kazamat, Osijek
LIJEPO MI JE BITI TU
Art radionica Lazareti, Dubrovnik
LIJEPO MI JE BITI TU
Salon Galić, Split
2018
LIJEPO MI JE BITI TU
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb
KONDOR, QUE PASA?
Galerija Greta, Zagreb
2016
FRIZERSKI SALON ZA BRDO
Institut za suvremenu umjetnost, Zagreb
2015
GRAĐEVINARAC, OKO I PEĆINA
Galerija AŽ, Zagreb
PEĆINA
Gliptoteka HAZU, Zagreb
2014
KUĆA TARZANOVE MAME
Academia Moderna, Zagreb
IZLOŽBA BRDA, NAMJEŠTAJA I HODAJUĆIH PROSTRA
Multimedijalni kulturni centar, Split
2013
IZLOŽBA BRDA, NAMJEŠTAJA I HODAJUĆIH PROSTRA
Galerija SC, Zagreb
NEOČEKIVANO
(s Nevenom Bilićem i Alemom Korkutom)
Galerija Kortil, Rijeka
SJEVER, JUG, ISTOK, DŽEM I BOOM
Galerija Plevnik Kronkowska, Celje, Slovenija
BURE BARUTA
(s Vlatkom Škoro i Anom Petrović)
Galerija Kazamat, Osijek
2012
IGOR RUF
Muzej grada Virovitice, Virovitica
2011
ANA KOVAČIĆ, KREŠIMIR KATUŠIĆ, IGOR RUF
Galerija Antuna Augustinčića, Klanjec
2010
PRIZOR PRVI – REKONSTRUKCIJE
(s Anom Kovačić)
Galerija Vladimir Bužančić, Zagreb
ONE OF A KIND AND FIVE OTHERS
Galerija SC, Zagreb
2009
TREMBLING SPACES
Miller Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, SAD
2021
ATELIJERI ŽITNJAK U BIH
Gradska galerija Bihać, Bihać
ATELIJERI ŽITNJAK U BIH
Umjetnička galerija BiH, Sarajevo
2020
KONDOR QUE PASA?
Performance Art Festival,
Galerija Knifer, Osijek
2019
T-HT NAGRADA@MSU
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb
PROSTORI KRAJOBRAZA
HDLU, Zagreb
2018
PRIRODA, DRUŠTVO I DRUGE PRIČE
Poreč Art Annale
2017
T-HT NAGRADA @MSU
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb
ZBIRKA ROGLIĆ
Umjetnički paviljon, Zagreb
THIS REALITY THEY CHASED
Centar za umjetnost i fotografiju, Lectoure, Francuska
2016
(RE)THINKING SPACE AND PLACE
Flottmann-Hallen, Herne, Njemačka
PARK ART
Gradski muzej, Virovitica
ANOTHER ELSE
Zavičajni muzej Vesne Parun, Zlarin
ALMISSA OPEN ART FESTIVAL 2016
Gradski muzej Omiš, Omiš
AUTORPORTRET, PORTRET, FIGURA
I AKT U DJELIMA HRVATSKIH
UMJETNIMA MALĐE I SREDNJE GENERACIJE
Hrvatsko društvo likovnih umjetnika, Zagreb
2015
T-HT NAGRADA@MSU
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb
SEXTANT
Nurture Art Gallery, New York
2014
NAGRADA RADOSLAV PUTAR –
FINALE 2014.
Galerija Galženica, Velika Gorica
PRIZORI OD SVJETLA. ZA JULIJA
Galerija Kazamat, Osijek
T-HT NAGRADA@MSU
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb
2013
38. SPLITSKI SALON
Dioklecijanovi podrumu, Split
MLADI, MLAĐI, NAJMLAĐI
Galerija AŽ, Zagreb
RUNDGANG, SPIENNERREI
Leipzig, Njemačka
2012
31. SALON MLADIH
HDLU, Zagreb, Zagreb
TU SMO 3
Treća međunarodna manifestacija
vizualnih umjetnosti, Pula
XI. TRIJENALE HRVATSKOG KIPARSTVA
Gliptoteka HAZU, Zagreb
2011
FINALISTI
Galerija Lauba, Zagreb
STARPOINT: PRIZE FOR EMERGING ARTIST 2011
Wanieck Gallery, Brno, Češka
TREŠNJEVAČKI SALON
Galerija Modulor, Zagreb
NESTALN POSTAV
Galerija Lauba, Zagreb
ESSL ART AWARD CEE 2011
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb
TRANSFORM
National Gallery for Foreign Art, Sofia, Bugarska
T-HT NAGRADA @MSU
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb
GRUPNE IZLOŽBE
2022
SMIJEM SE... LMHO
Muzej suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb
28. SLAVONSKI BIENNALE
Kulturni centar, Osijek
57. ZAGREBAČKI SALON:
Mi smo se pojavili kao strategija vječnosti
HDLU, Meštrovićev paviljon, Zagreb
ZBIRKA SALONA GALERIJE ANTUNA AUGUSTINČIĆA 1992. – 2022.
Salon Galerije Antuna Augustinčića, Klanjec
2010
22. SLAVONSKI BIENNALE
Galerija likovnih umjetnosti, Osijek
TU SMO 2
Druga međunarodna
manifestacija vizualnih umjetnosti, Pula
NAGRADE
2017
POSEBNO PRIZNANJE –
10. THT nagrada@msu.hr
2014
NAGRADA RADOSLAV PUTAR
PRIZNANJE 24. SLAVONSKOG BIENNALA
2012
NAGRADA 31. SALONA MLADIH
VELIKA NAGRADA XI. TRIJENALA HRVATSKOG KIPARSTVA
2010
NAGRADA ZA NAJBOLJI DIPLOMSKI RAD Akademije likovnih umjetnosti u
Zagrebu, odsjeka kiparstvo
2009
DRUGA NAGRADA na natječaju za
izradu 3D objekta za nagradu „Luka Ritz“
2008
PRVA NAGRADA na natječaju
"Kreativne perspektive" za rješenje
atrija FFZG (koautorica Ana Kovačić)
REZIDENCIJE
2021
CITE INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS
Pariz, Francuska
2017
RAZMJENA UMJETNIKA –
Dusseldorf, Njemačka
2015
INTERNATIONAL STUDIO CURATORIAL PROGRAM
New York, SAD
2013
ONE SIDED STORY
Spinnerei, Leipzig, Njemačka
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