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