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Petra Brnardic

Self-Employed Artist

Zagreb, Croatia
petrabrnardic.blogspot.com/
Exhibitions:

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014. VATRA.toplina.silina. (FIRE.heat.intensity.), Trenutak39, Zagreb, Croatia
2014. Kastav Film Festival, international film festival in Kastav, Croatia
2014. 23rd Days of Croatian Cinematography, Kino SC, Zagreb, Croatia
2013. Vox Feminae - Martyrs, Zagreb, Croatia
Vox Feminae - Martyrs, Zadar, Croatia
2013. NUS2 (Taboo), MKC Split, Split, Croatia
2012. Antisalon, Medika, Zagreb, Croatia
2012. NUS (Tampon Generation), Aquarium Bacvice, Split, Croatia
2011. Great group exhibition of artists, Greta Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2011. Photodistorzija, Biennale of Photography, Zuccato Gallery, Porec, Croatia
2011. Forest Art Auction, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2010. "Fairytale about Lilith" on 30th Youth Salon Zagreb, Croatia
2009. "Violated Violator" on Generation X - female perspective, Medika club, Zagreb, Croatia
2008. Kliker!, international festival of pop-poetry, SC, Zagreb, Croatia
2007. Selfportrait - A show for Betlehem, Rosario, Argentina
2006. Selfportrait - A show for Betlehem, Santa Fe, Argentina; Naples, Italy; Szczecin (Poland); Betlehem, Palestina
2005. Print to Art, MMC Luka, Pula, Croatia
2005. Eros and Pornos, Striegl Gallery, Sisak, Croatia
2005. "Emotional trash", FONA, international festival of new art, Hartera, Rijeka, Croatia
2004.Velesajam kulture, SC, Zagreb, Croatia
2004. Absolutely baroque, Horvat House, Varazdin, Croatia
2004. Sisak art circle, Striegl Gallery, Sisak, Croatia
2003. Third Sisak youth salon, Sisak, Croatia
2003. Women, Attack club, Zagreb, Croatia
2003. Sisak in Zagreb, Attack club, Zagreb, Croatia
2002. Second Sisak youth salon, Sisak, Croatia
2001. Students from prof. Sutej class, Galzenica Gallery, Velika
Gorica, Croatia
2000. First Sisak youth salon, Sisak, Croatia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013. "Velvet Underground", Striegl Gallery, Sisak, Croatia
2011. "Rubedo", NANO Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2006. "Schizomania", Artenativa Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2005. "Marchioness of pain", KIC, Zagreb, Croatia
2004. "Peep Show", Gjuro 2 club, Zagreb, Croatia
2003. "A voice from the gothic well", Alternative institute, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2001. St. Quirinus Gallery, Sisak, Croatia
2000. "In between horns", Gjuro 2 club, Zagreb (with Ksenija Kordic), Croatia
2000. "The Queens", TEST! festival of theatre, Zagreb (with Ksenija Kordic), Croatia
1997. Student club of Philosophy Faculty, Zagreb, Croatia

AWARDS

2002. Main award of the Sisak youth salon
2000. Special award of the Sisak youth salon

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

2006. Book of poetry "Cuts"
2007. Participation with four drawings in the Antology of croatian erotic
drawing "Eros and Pornos" by Djuro Vandjura
I also translate and illustrate books.

Work Experience

Lector And Proof Reader

Lecturing and proof reading of texts, books and manuscripts.
January 2003 - October 2008 Zagreb, Croatia

CroatiaFilm D.o.o

Illustrator And Animator

I created and illustrated various characters and scenography/backgrounds for satyrical cartoon tv-show.
September 2004 - June 2005 Zagreb, Croatia

Illustrator, Animator

I created, illustrated and animated characters for Private Crafts Of Stiv Cinik.
August 2005 - May 2006 Zagreb, Croatia

Radost

Illustrator And Designer

I created illustration and made graphic design for front and back cover of the CD of music group "Radost!".
February 2006 - February 2006 Zagreb, Croatia

Naklada Ljevak D.o.o.

Illustrator

I illustrated the cover and the content (the articles) of the anatomic manual by Predrag Keros and Marko Pecina, "Locomotor system".
April 2006 - May 2006 Zagreb, Croatia

Naklada Ljevak D.o.o.

Illustrator

I illustrated elaborate cover for the book by Ian Christe, "Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal". I drew characters manualy and coloured them in Photoshop, and designed the total look of the front and back cover of the book, adding corresponding ornament and deciding of the font, size and position of the title
July 2006 - July 2006 Zagreb, Croatia

Naklada Ljevak D.o.o.

Illustrator

I created about seventy illustrations for the elementary school readers for sixth and seventh grade. The authors of the readers concept are Olga Jambrec and Ante Bezen. I did the visual part, accompanying each story, poem or excerpt from the novel with one drawing, made manualy by pen and pencil, and coloured in Photoshop.
September 2008 - November 2008 Zagreb, Croatia

Naklada Ljevak D.o.o.

Translator

I translated Jean Sasson's novel "Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudy Arabia" from English to Croatian.
July 2009 - January 2010 Zagreb, Croatia

Naklada Ljevak D.o.o.

Translator

I translated a novel by Zoë Ferraris, "City of Veils", from English to Croatian.
August 2010 - February 2011 Zagreb, Croatia

Naklada Ljevak D.o.o.

Translator

I translated James A. Levine's novel "The Blue Notebook" from English to Croatian.
September 2011 - February 2012 Zagreb, Croatia

NDA

Illustrator

I illustrate various stuff for different clients, with themes like fashion, lifestyle, health, relationships, psychology, spirituality, nature etc. I also draw comics and I plan for them to become one new, large project with specific target audience
May 2012 - Present Los Angeles, California, United States

Naklada Ljevak D.o.o.

Translator

I translated Evie Blake's novel "Valentina in the Darkroom" from English to Croatian.
September 2012 - February 2013 Zagreb, Croatia

Naklada Ljevak D.o.o.

Illustrator of the book "Patuljci zive u kuglama"

I illustrated the cover of the children's book "Patuljci zive u kuglama" by croatian author Jadranka Klepac, and I created 27 illustrations for 27 stories inside the book. I drew by hand and colored illustrations in Photoshop.
The book was presented in the International Children's Book Fair in Bologna, Italy, in April 2015.
March 2015 - April 2015 Zagreb, Croatia

Naklada Ljevak D.o.o.

Illustrator of the cover of the book "Kora od jabuke"

I illustrated covers of the children's book "Kora od jabuke" by croatian author Jadranka Klepac. I created illustrations by hand and I colored them in Photoshop.
The book was presented on the International Children's Book Fair in Bologna, Italy, in April 2014.
March 2015 - April 2015 Zagreb, Croatia

Naklada Ljevak D.o.o.

Illustrator of the cover of "Fruitloops & Dipsticks", croatian edition

I illustrated covers for the children's book "Ludjaci i bezveznjaci" (or "Fruitloops & Dipsticks" in English) by Dutch author Ulf Stark.
The book was presented on the International Book Fair in Zagreb in May 2015.
April 2015 - April 2015 Zagreb, Croatia

Naklada Ljevak D.o.o.

Illustrator of the poster for International Book Festival in Zagreb

I illustrated elaborate and intricate poster for the International Book Festival in Zagreb, Croatia, May 2015. It was, along with my illustrations for children's books, exposed in the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb, Croatia.
April 2015 - May 2015 Zagreb, Croatia

Philip Knight Inc.

Illustrator of the book "100 FAR" (cover and 30 illustrations)

I created a detailed fantasy, surreal, sci-fi cover and 30 illustrations for children´s book of canadian author Philip Knight. All illustrations are hand-made and colored in Adobe Photoshop.
December 2015 - January 2016 Canada

NDA, USA

Creator of four illustrations for a group project, adult coloring book "Intricate Coloring 2"

I created and illustrated four intricate, magic, surreal drawings for an adult coloring book project.
March 2016 - April 2016 United States

NDA

Illustrator of an adult coloring book, "Places Of Wonder" (big solo project)

I created 50 intricate, elaborate, surreal, fantasy and fairytale-like illustrations for an adult-coloring book, "Places Of Wonder", which will be published digitally. This is my first solo adult coloring book project.
April 2016 - August 2016 United States

Illustrator of the cover for children´s book "Tajni leksikon 2" (written by Zelimir Hercigonja)

I invented, created and illustrated characters (four of them, cool young hipsters from seventh grade of elementary school) and set for the cover of children´s book "Tajni leksikon 2", written by Zelimir Hercigonja.
October 2016 - October 2016 Zagreb, Croatia

Illustrator of school reader "Hrvatska krijesnica"

Illustrator of school reader "Hrvatska krijesnica".
September 2017 - October 2017 Zagreb, Croatia

Illustrator of children´s book "Torta od prica"

I illustrated children´s book "Torta od prica".
October 2017 - November 2017 Zagreb, Croatia

Naklada Ljevak D.o.o.

Illustrator of "Odjeci"

I illustrated the book of children´s stories and poems "Odjeci".
November 2017 - December 2017 Zagreb, Croatia

Education

Academy Of Fine Arts

Bachelor Of Fine Arts

Zagreb, Croatia

Languages

English (Fluent),
French (Advanced),

Skills

Adobe Aftereffects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Animation, Book Cover Design, Book Illustration, Collage, Cover Design, Design, Drawing, Graphic Design, Illustration, Installation, Microsoft Word, Multimedia, Painting, Photography, Poetry, Short Movies, Translating, Translation, Video, Writing,