Goran Tomcic Explained

Goran Tomcic (b. 1964) is an artist based in Berlin, Germany. His diverse artistic styles and subjects include site-specific installations, temporary structures, text-art, and performative and participatory practices.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Tomcic grew up on Hvar Island and in the city of Split, Croatia. He studied Art History and Comparative Literature at the University of Zagreb. He was based in New York City and Miami in the US from 1991 to 2009 before relocating to Germany. In 1996 he graduated with an MA in Curatorial Studies from the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College. From 1997 to 1999, he was the director of Wolfson Galleries at Miami Dade College.^[3]

Tomcic has been the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, including the Trust for Mutual Understanding (1994),^[4] the Pollock-Krasner Grant (2007),^[5] the MacDowell Residency Fellowship (1992, 1996),^[6] the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe (2020),^[7] and he has been artist-in-residence at many artists residencies.

Work

Tomcic's large-scale installations and projects have been exhibited in museums, galleries and alternative spaces worldwide.^[2] His work appears in many collections, including:

• Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (Germany)^[8]
• KRC Collection (the Netherlands)^[9]
• CitizenM Hotels^[10]
• Haifa Museum of Art (Israel)^[11]
• Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka (Croatia)^[12]
• Valamar Riviera Collection (Croatia)^[13]
• Lapidarium Museum Novigrad (Croatia)^[14]
• Royal Caribbean International (USA)^[15]

Since 2015 his artistic practice has been focused on participatory art practices. The Pompom Nets project^[16] is an ongoing, interdisciplinary, process-based art project and a social experiment. The project creates temporary situations and new ways of being associated. As the main part of this project, the artist has been collaborating with the public, involving diverse communities and various artistic mediums in exhibiting spatial, site-specific installations all over the world.^[17]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Goran Tomcic at Participant Inc.. Nick. Stillman. www.artforum.com. 18 February 2005 .
2. Web site: Goran Tomcic | Artist. ArtFacts.
3. News: Goran Tomcic Returns to South Florida With "Heart Strings" at Dimensions Variable. Miami New Times. July 8, 2014. Folgar. Abel. 1 October 2023.
4. https://www.tmuny.org
5. Web site: Goran Tomcic | Works | Pollock Krasner Image Collection. www.pkf-imagecollection.org.
6. Web site: Goran Tomcic – Artist. MacDowell.
7. Web site: HANGAR – Centro de Investigação Artística – Goran Tomcic. January 14, 2020.
8. Web site: Blow Up! The growth of things – works explained.
9. Web site: KRC Collection – Going Its Own Way | Independent Collectors. 2023-05-08. 2023-05-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20230508113753/https://independent-collectors.com/collections/krc-collection-going-its-own-way/. dead.
10. Web site: CitizenM Unveils Boutique Hotel in London. July 3, 2012.
11. Web site: Queer Performance: From Gilbert & George to the Present Day. Haifa Museums – Six Museums in One Frame.
12. Web site: Goran Tomčić – Vječni zagrljaj.
13. Web site: 38. SLIKARSKA KOLONIJA RIVIERA / izložba slika u galeriji Zuccato od 29.3. do 11.4.2023.. Porestina. info. March 23, 2023. Poreština.info – novosti iz Poreča i okolice, Vrsara, Funtane, Višnjana, Lovreča, Kaštelira, Tara.
14. Web site: Galerija Rigo. rigo.muzej-lapidarium.hr.
15. Web site: Symphony of the Seas Artwork: A Journey into the Unimaginable | Royal Caribbean Press Center. www.royalcaribbeanpresscenter.com.
16. Web site:
    1. intervju Goran Tomčić, participativni umetnik: Nasprotovanje elitizmu v umetnosti
    . Dnevnik. 2024 .
17. Web site: Pompom Nets – Goran Tomcic. www.gorantomcic.com.