The Filip Trade Collection (Croatian: ''Zbirka Filip Trade'') is a large private collection of contemporary Croatian art. The collection is a subsidiary of Filip Trade, a distribution company with its offices located in the capital city of Croatia,

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. The offices and collection are currently undergoing a move and will soon be relocated in a purpose built venue in the Črnomerec district of Zagreb, Croatia. The collection was founded in the nineties with the acquisition of ''the Drystone Walls'' graphic by artist

Oton Gliha Oton Gliha (Črnomelj, 21 May 1914 - Zagreb, 19 July 1999) was a Croatian artist, born in Slovenia. A graduate of the Academy of fine Arts in Zagreb, Gliha continued his studies in Paris, Vienna and Munich. He is best known for his series of abstr ...

, an acquisition suggested by the Croatian art critic and connoisseur Radovan Beck. Nowadays, the collection holds works of Croatian artists created from the 1950s, up to today. The earliest piece in the collection dates back to 1949 and is the bronze sculpture ''Bara with a Chicken'' by the Croatian sculptor

Ivan Kožarić Ivan Kožarić (10 June 1921, Petrinja – 15 November 2020, Zagreb) was a Croatian artist who worked primarily with sculpture but also in a wide variety of media, including: permanent and temporary sculptures, assemblages, proclamations, photograp ...

. In the past several years the Collection has been more focused on the current production of artists of a younger and middle generation. The collection keeps longstanding relationships with some artists. For example, the collection has 33 works over a 12-year relationship with the Croatian painter

Lovro Artuković Lovro Artuković (born in 1959 in Zagreb) is a contemporary Croatian painter and graphic artist who primarily paints large scale figurative canvases. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Artistic career For nine years, until 2003, he worked as an ...

. However the collection is also continually accepting new artists, in the last year 4 new artists were brought into the collection Silvia Sofija, Andreja Kulunčić, Silvo Šarić and the youngest artist in the collection, Igor Ruf, born 1984. The collection also has significant works from the artists involved in key periods and groups in Croatian art history, for example Exat 51,

New Tendencies Croatian art of the 20th century, that is visual arts within the boundaries of today's Croatia, can be divided into modern art up to the Second World War, and contemporary art afterwards. Modern art in Croatia began with the Secession (art), Sece ...

, Gorgona Group and

Informel Informalism or Art Informel is a pictorial movement from the 1943–1950s, that includes all the abstract and gestural tendencies that developed in France and the rest of Europe during the World War II, similar to American abstract expressio ...

. The collection is very involved in the contemporary art scene of Croatia. The Filip Trade award was distributed yearly from 2002 until 2005 to a young emerging Croatian artist. In 2002 the Filip Trade award was given to David Maljković, in 2003 the winner of the award was

Matko Vekić Matko Vekić (born 1970 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia) is a contemporary Croatian artist working in the medium of painting. He has been described as one of the most prominent Croatian painters of the younger generation. Vekić uses diverse everyday motifs ...

, Kristian Kožul was the recipient in 2004 and in 2005 the Filip Trade award was presented to Viktor Popović. The collection has also worked with artists, independent artist associations and cultural institutions to organise various art projects and exhibitions throughout Europe. For example, the Filip Trade Collection organised a number of independent exhibitions which comprised the ''Linienstrasse113'' project, organised in Berlin. The collection also regularly holds an exhibition hosted by Gallery 5 Kula at the yearly

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in Istria, Croatia. They have also supported the publication of the artist book, ''Data book on Hydrocarbons'', by one of their featured artists who works under the name, Puma 34.

List of artists represented in the Filip Trade Collection

Stanko Abadžić Stanko Abadžić (born 1952 in Vukovar) is a Croatian photographer and photojournalist. He lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia. Stanko Abadžić began his professional career in photography as a photojournalist for the Croatian daily newspaper Vj ...

Marina Abramović Marina Abramović ( sr-Cyrl, Марина Абрамовић, ; born November 30, 1946) is a Serbian conceptual and performance artist. Her work explores body art, endurance art, feminist art, the relationship between the performer and audienc ...

Getulio Alviani Getulio Alviani (5 September 1939 in Udine – 24 February 2018 in Milan) was an Italian painter based in Milan. He is considered to be an important International Optical - kinetic artist. Life and work Alviani was born in Udine, where he show ...

*Damir Babi *Željko Badurina *Gordana Bakić *

Vojin Bakić Vojin Bakić ( sr-cyrl, Војин Бакић; 5 June 1915 – 18 December 1992) was a prominent Yugoslav sculptor. Educated at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts and by Ivan Meštrović and Frano Kršinić, Bakić's early works were dominated by ...

*Breda Beban *Milivoj Bijelić *Tomislav Brajnović *Gordana Bralić *Ante Brkan *Stojan Ćelić * Boris Cvjetanović *Radomir Damnjanović Damnjan *Boris Demur *

Braco Dimitrijević Slobodan "Braco" Dimitrijević (born 18 June 1948) is a Bosnian conceptual artist. His works deal mainly with history and the individual's place in it. He lives and works in Paris, France. He has exhibited internationally since the 1970s, includ ...

* Juraj Dobrović *Zlatan Dumanić *

Dušan Džamonja Dušan Džamonja ( sr, Душан Џамоња, ; 31 January 1928 – 14 January 2009) was a Yugoslav sculptor of Serbian ancestry. Education and career Džamonja was born in 1928 in Strumica, former Vardar Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In 1 ...

*Eugen Feller * Ivan Fijolić *Ivana Franke *Mladen Galić *Ivo Gattin *

Vilko Gecan Vilko Gecan (16 June 1894 – 25 June 1973) was a Croatian painter, influential in the Zagreb modern art scene of the 1920s and 1930s. He is best known for his expressionist paintings and drawings, and for his contributions to the local avantgarde ...

*Grubimiks Labyrinth *Boris Guina *Tina Gverović *Stanko Herceg *

Oskar Herman Oskar Herman (1886–1974) was a Croatian-Jewish painter. He was one of the group of Croatian artists known as the Munich Circle, who had a strong influence on modern art in Croatia. Biography Herman was born on 17 March 1886 in Zagreb to Croa ...

*Vlatka Horvat *

Nina Ivančić Nina Ivančić was born in 1953 in Zagreb, Croatia. She is a contemporary Croatian artist working mainly in the mediums of painting and drawing. Nina Ivančić, daughter of Ljubo Ivančić, the famous Croatian painter and member of the artist group ...

*Nikolina Ivezić *Ratko Janjić-Jobo *Paulina Jazvić *Anto Jerković *

Željko Jerman Željko Jerman (born 1949 in Zagreb, Croatia, died, 2006 in Korčula, Croatia) was a Croatian photographer who experimented the possibilities of photography as a medium. He was one of the founding members of the informal neo-avantgarde Grupa šesto ...

Marijan Jevšovar Marijan Jevšovar (1922 in Zagreb, Croatia – 1998 in Zagreb, Croatia) was a Croatian painter and founding member of the prominent 60s Croatian art group known as, Gorgona Group. Jevšovar's explorations of the medium of painting led him to ...

* Duje Jurić * Albert Kinert * Željko Kipke * Josip Klarica *

Julije Knifer Julije Knifer (23 April 1924 – 7 December 2004) was a Croatian abstract painter and a founding member of the 1960s Croatian art collective known as the Gorgona Group. The central motif of Knifer's art is the exploration of meander, a geometric f ...

Zlatko Kopljar Zlatko Kopljar (born , 1962 in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a contemporary artist living and working in Zagreb, Croatia. He works in a variety of different media including photography, video and performance. The artist always maintains a perf ...

*Alem Korkut *Daniel Kovač *Nikola Koydl *

*Kristian Kozul *Ines Krasić *

Vlado Kristl Vladislav "Vlado" Kristl (24 January 1923, Zagreb, Croatia – 7 July 2004, Munich, Germany) was a filmmaker and artist, best known for his animations and short films. Biography Vladislav "Vlado" Kristl was born 24 January 1923 in Zagreb, Croati ...

* Andreja Kulunčić * Julio Le Parc *Kristina Lenard * Zvonimir Lončarić * Siniša Majkus *David Maljković *

Dimitrije Bašičević Mangelos (born Dimitrije Bašičević; 21 April 1921 – 18 December 1987) was a Yugoslavian artist, curator and art critic whose artistic production included handmade books, sculptures and paintings. His work and research contributed greatly to t ...

, (Working under the name, Mangelos) *Antun Maračić *Ines Matijević Cakić *Kata Mijatović *Jadranka Mlinar *Marijana Muljević *Sofija Naletilić Penavuša *Damir Očko *Ljubo Perčinlić *Jelena Perić *Petikat *

Ordan Petlevski Ordan Petlevski (24 January 1930, Prilep – 22 January 1997, Zagreb) was a prominent artist working in the media of painting, drawing, graphic arts and illustration. Education and career In the early 1950s, Petlevski came to study in Zagreb, wher ...

Ivan Picelj Ivan Picelj (28 July 1924 – 22 February 2011) was a contemporary Croatian painter, sculptor and graphic designer. Picelj developed a specific variation of geometric abstraction in Croatian painting by using primary colours and by reducing the sh ...

*Viktor Popović *Puma 34 *Nika Radić *

Kosta Angeli Radovani Kosta Angeli Radovani (6 October 1916 – 27 February 2002) was a Croatian sculptor and member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. After World War II he was one of the founders of the Zagreb Academy of Applied Arts in 1950 where he was ...

*Lala Raščić *

Božidar Rašica Božidar Rašica (28 December 1912 – 13 September 1992) was an architect, scenographer and painter. Career Rašica was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, to Serbian people, Serbian parents. He studied in Rome, Belgrade, Warsaw and finally Zagreb, ...

*Josip Restek *

Vjenceslav Richter Vjenceslav Richter (; 8 April 1917 – 2 December 2002) was a Croatian architect. He was also known for his work in the fields of urbanism, sculpture, graphic arts, painting and stage design. Career In 1949, Richter graduated at the Department o ...

*Igor Rončević *Igor Ruf *Silvo Šarić *Tomo Gecan Savic *Edita Schubert *

Đuro Seder Đuro Seder (29 November 1927 – 2 May 2022) was a Croatian painter. He lived and worked in Zagreb. Career At the beginning of his career he worked as an illustrator, image editor, and designer at various magazines. He was one of the founding me ...

*Frano Šimunović *Sofija Silvia *Damir Sokić * Aleksandar Srnec *

Miljenko Stančić Miljenko Stančić (1 March 1926 – 13 May 1977) was a Croatian painter and graphic artist born in Varaždin. He is famous for his vast painting oeuvre of Varaždin cityscapes. Along with Ljubo Ivančić, Ivan Kožarić, Valerije Michieli and ...

* Mladen Stilinović *Damir Stojnić *

Miroslav Šutej Miroslav Šutej (29 April 1936 – 13 May 2005) was a Croatian avant-garde painter and graphic artist. Šutej was born in Duga Resa in 1936. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb and was an associate in Krsto Hegedušić's maste ...

*Marko Tadić *

Slaven Tolj Slaven Tolj (born 14 April 1964) is a Croatian conceptual, performance, and media artist, curator, and cultural worker from Dubrovnik, Croatia. He achieved international recognition for his installations, body art, and performances presenting dis ...

Goran Trbuljak Goran Trbuljak (born 21 April 1948 in Varaždin) is a Croatian cinematographer, photographer and conceptual artist. Trbuljak had first studied at the graphic arts department of the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts, where he graduated from in 1972. Af ...

* Marija Ujević-Galetović *Nikola Ukić * Viktor Vasarely *Zlatan Vehabović *

*Mirjana Vodopija *Zlatan Vrkljan *Silvio Vujičić *Vlasta Žanić

Recent history of the Filip Trade Collection

*2001 :''10 years of the Filip Trade Collection'', exhibition and publication in association with the Croatian Association of Artists, Zagreb. *2002 :Filip Trade Award, winner David Maljković for the work ''State of Paintings – Independent Form''. :''Filip Trade Collection'', exhibition and publication in Gallery Manes, Prague. *2003 :Filip Trade Award, winner Matko Vekić for the work ''The Sheep That Did Not Get Lost''. *2004 :''Image and Object'', exhibition and publication in the Art Gallery Dubrovnik,

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. :''The Repository'', exhibition and publication, Ex - TKZ, Zagreb. :Filip Trade Award, winner Kristian Kožul for the work ''Golden Collection''. *2005 :Filip Trade Award, winner Viktor Popović for the work ''No Title''. *2006 :''64'', exhibition in Gallery Josip Račić, Zagreb. :''12R37'', exhibition, publication and posters in the Komiža City Library, Island of

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. *2007 – 2008 :''Project Linienstrasse113'', exhibitions and web site,

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. *2008 : ''L.A. Unfinished'', Promotion of the film by Igor Mirković in Cinema Europe. :''A Different Motovun'', exhibition and blog, at the Motovun Film Festival,

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. *2009 : ''Finalists'', Exhibition, publication and web site, Labin City Gallery (Sabina Salamon),

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. :''Why So Serious?'', exhibition and artist book by Puma 34: ''Data book on Hydrocarbons'' at the Motovun Film Festival, Motovun. :''This exhibition is dedicated to our grandfather K.P.'', exhibition and promotion of artist book: ''Data book on Hydrocarbons'', in association with the Croatian Designers Association, Zagreb. *2010 :''In Person'', exhibition and web site at the Motovun Film Festival, Motovun.McKay, Rebecca, ''Autopotret u Filmskom Taboru'', Zarez, October 28, 2010.

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External links

Lauba websiteLinienstrasse 113 Project websiteU Drugom Filmu exhibition blog spotFinalisti exhibition websiteGlavom i Bradom exhibition website
Croatian contemporary art Private collections in Croatia