ANA ŽANIĆ
EDUCATION:
- Master of Fine Arts and Art Education, Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, Croatia 2002
EXHIBITIONS:
SELECTED SOLO:
- 2023 Arcadia, Laura A. Sprague Art Gallery, Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL
- 2022 Inner Wanderings, Geneva Center for the Arts, Geneva, IL
- 2020 Brent and Jean Wadsworth Gallery, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL
- 2020 Arrowhead Gallery, Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL
- 2018 Trail to Arcadia, Geneva Public Library, Geneva, IL
- 2016 Fluidity, Fermi National Laboratory Art Gallery, Batavia IL
- 2015 Lewis University, Romeoville, IL
- 2015 City Museum, Vinkovci, Croatia
- 2014 Lee E. Dulgar Gallery, South Suburban College, South Holland, IL
- 2014 Governors State University, University Park, IL
- 2012 Porter Butts Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
- 2012 Oesterle Gallery, North Central College, Naperville, IL
- 2011 Epping Gallery, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
- 2009 Chicago Public Library, West Belmont, Chicago, IL
- 2009 Montgomery Ward Gallery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
- 2008 Osijek Summer of Culture, Franciscan Monastery Gallery, Osijek, Croatia
- 2008 City Museum, Vinkovci, Croatia
- 2007 Gallery Ulrich, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2004 Zagreb City Library, Staglisce, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2003 City Museum, Vinkovci, Croatia
- 2003 Zagreb City Library, Staglisce, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2002 Magis Gallery, Osijek, Croatia
TWO AND FOUR PERSON:
- 2022 Remembrance of Things Present, with Rita Grendze, Schingoethe Museum, Aurora University, Aurora, IL
- 2021 Winds of Change, New Works by Helen Gotlib, Ahavani Mullen, Allison Svoboda and Ana Zanic, gallery 1871, Chicago, IL
- 2020 New Work by Gallery Artists, (with Elise Morris and Patricia Finley) gallery 1871, Chicago, IL
- 2018 No Barrier to Entry, (with Alejandrina Herrera, Henrique de Franca, Catherine O'Donnell, Gallery 19, Chicago, IL
- 2018 Vistas, (with Elizabeth Busey, Jane Fulton Alt, and Lelde Kalmite), Governors State University, University Park, IL
- 2016 Organic, Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL (with Karen Ami, Renee Robbins, and Allison Svoboda)
- 2015 Modernist Outlook, (with Taehoon Kim and Sally Ko), Gallery 19, Chicago IL
- 2015 Accretion: The work of Noelle Allen, C.C. Ann Chen, and Ana Zanic, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
- 2013 Through the Smoke, Water, and Clay, Batavia Fine Arts Centre, Batavia, IL (with Anna Kenar and Tim Kowalczyk)
SELECTED GROUP:
- 2023 Fruit, Arrowhead Room Gallery, Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL
- 2023 New Directions, gallery1871, Chicago, IL
- 2022 Winter Salon, gallery 1871, Chicago, IL
- 2022 Stories From My Childhood, NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, IL
- 2022 Casting Currents, Walker fine Art, Denver, CO
- 2021 Winter Salon, gallery 1871, Chicago, IL
- 2021 Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
- 2021 Dreamland, Olson Larsen Galleries, Des Moines, IA
- 2020 Art in The Time of Coronavirus, Schingoethe Center, Aurora University, Aurora, IL
- 2020 Art For Life Chicago, Exhibition and Auction DIFFA Chicago IL
- 2020 Power and Fragility, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
- 2020 Transparent, Online Exclusive During COVID-19, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NY
- 2019 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Waterstreet Studios, Batavia, IL
- 2019 Enchanted Garden, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
- 2019 Kane County Juried Art Exhibition, Geneva History Museum, Geneva, IL
- 2019 The Eye of the Beholder: Transparency, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
- 2019 I American, Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL
- 2018 24th Evanston Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
- 2018 Mark Makers, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
- 2017 SOFA Expo, with Gallery 19, Chicago IL
- 2017 I AMerican, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
- 2017 Metaphors, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
- 2016 Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
- 2016 Perfect Crime, Gallery 19, Chicago, IL
- 2016 Inherent Intent, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
- 2016 I AMerican, North Central College, Naperville, IL
- 2016 Women We Love, Gallery 19, Chicago IL
- 2015 Art on Paper Miami, with Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Miami Beach, FL
- 2015 Art on Paper, Paper Art Fair, Pier 26, with Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
- 2015 I AMerican, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL
- 2015 5"x7", AMOA-Arthouse at Jones Center, Austin, TX
- 2014 I AMerican, Governors State University, University Park, IL
- 2014 I AMerican, White Ripple Gallery, Hammond, IN
- 2014 Evanston+Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
- 2014 5"x7", AMOA-Arthouse at Jones Center, Austin, TX
- 2014 Metro Paper at Metro Show with Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
- 2014 I AMerican, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
- 2013 Vicinity, Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL
- 2013 Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX
- 2013 Carbon - Life, Decay and Beyond, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
- 2013 5"x7", AMOA-Arthouse at Jones Center, Austin, TX
- 2013 Words and Gestures, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
- 2013 Reveal "10 Essentials", Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL
- 2013 Winter Show, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
- 2013 1st Annual Art Competition, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
- 2012 1st Juried Member Exhibition, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
- 2012 3rd Anniversary Show, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
- 2012 Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX
- 2012 Potential Energy, Fermilab Art Gallery, Batavia, IL
- 2012 5"x7", AMOA-Arthouse at Jones Center, Austin, TX
- 2012 Warrenville Inspired, Warrenville Historical Museum and Gallery, Warrenville, IL
- 2012 Illuminate, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
- 2011 Fall, Next Gallery, St. Charles, IL
- 2011 2nd Anniversary Show, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
- 2011 Croatian Association of Artists - Members exhibition,
Croatian Association of Artists Center, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2011 Abstract/Primitive, Next Gallery, St. Charles, IL
- 2010 5x7, Arthouse at Jones Center, Austin, TX/ Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Houston, TX/ Inman Gallery, Dallas, TX
- 2010 5th Croatian Watercolor Triennial,
Slavonski Brod/Karlovac/Zagreb, Croatia
- 2010 Croatian Association of Artists - Members exhibition,
Croatian Association of Artists Center, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2009 12x12, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
- 2009 "Fine Artists of Vinkovci", City Museum, Vinkovci, Croatia
- 2009 Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX
- 2009 "Art in the Abstract", five-artists show, Fermilab Art Gallery, Batavia, IL
- 2009 Croatian Association of Artists - Members exhibition,
Croatian Association of Artists Center, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2009 5x7, Arthouse at Jones Center, Austin, TX/ Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Houston, TX/ Inman Gallery, Dallas, TX
- 2009 "Shades of Green", Art Benefit, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, TX
- 2009 32nd Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
- 2008 Group Show, Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 2008 Croatian Association of Artists - Members exhibition,
Croatian Association of Artists Center, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2008 5x7, Arthouse at Jones Center, Austin, TX
- 2008 "Acquisitions", City Museum, Vinkovci, Croatia
- 2008 "A Clear Vision", Art Benefit, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, TX
- 2007 Likum Generations, Gallery Ulrich, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2007 Pataky Cultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
- 2007 Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX
- 2007 City Museum, Vinkovci, Croatia
- 2007 Radical Nautical, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX
- 2007 5x7, Arthouse at Jones Center, Austin, TX
- 2007 People's Gallery, Austin City Hall, Austin, TX
- 2006 Likum Generations, Gallery Ulrich, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2006 Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX
- 2006 5x7, Dunn & Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
- 2006 5x7, Arthouse at Jones Center, Austin, TX
- 2006 Croatian Association of Artists - Members exhibition,
Croatian Association of Artists Center, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2005 Likum Generations, Gallery Ulrich, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2005 Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX
- 2005 Croatian Association of Artists - Members exhibition,
Croatian Association of Artists Center, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2005 Decadence, Red Door Gallery, Austin, TX
- 2004 Croatian Association of Artists - Members exhibition,
Croatian Association of Artists Center, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2004 Likum Generations, Gallery Ulrich, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2004 Electricity and Me: Magnets and Unseen Forces,
Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX
- 2004 3rd Croatian Watercolor Triennial,
Slavonski Brod/Karlovac/Zagreb, Croatia
- 2003 3rd Croatian Prints Triennial,
Croatian Association of Artists Center, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2002 18th Biennial of Slavonija, Gallery of Fine Arts, Osijek, Croatia
- 2001 Heritage of Passion, Mimara Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2000 Heritage of Passion, Mimara Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
FEATURED MEMBER:
- 2004 Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX
AWARDS:
- 2009 1st Award, 12x12, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
ARTIST TALKS AND WORKSHOPS:
- 2023 Arcadia, Laura A. Sprague Art Gallery, Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL
- 2022 Mark-Making and Mindfulness, Schingoethe Center, Aurora University, Aurora, IL
- 2022 Fibre Arts Take Two: Featured Artist Ana Žanić Youtube/Facebook Live Interview
- 2022 Inner Wanderings, Geneva Center for the Arts, Geneva IL
- 2020 Origin, Voyage, Dreams, The Wadsworth Family Gallery, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL
- 2020 Migration/In Search of Arcadia, Arrowhead Gallery, Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL
- 2020 Artist to Artist Dialogue, Power and Fragility, Walker Fine Arts, Denver, CO
- 2020 Mark-Making: The Duality of Freedom & Control, Workshop, Waubonsee Community College, Aurora, IL
- 2020 Brent and Jean Wadsworth Gallery, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL
- 2020 Arrowhead Gallery, Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL
- 2019 I AMerican, Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL
- 2019 Geneva Public Library, Geneva IL
- 2018 No Barrier To Entry, Gallery 19, Chicago, IL
- 2014 Trail to Arcadia, Lee E. Dulgar Gallery, South Suburban College, South Holland, IL
- 2014 Floating Passage, Governors State University, University Park, IL
- 2012 Albert's Series, Porter Butts Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
- Agnes Gund Collection
- Aurora University, Aurora, IL
- Central National-Gottesman, New York, NY
- Cedar Park Regional Medical Center, Cedar Park, TX
- City Museum of Vinkovci, Croatia
- DeLoitte & Touche, San Antonio, TX
- Key Energy, Houston, TX
- Kishwaukee College, Malta, IL
- Lockton Insurance, Dallas, TX
- Loews, Chicago, IL
- Molto Capital, Villa Park, IL
- Pfizer Global, New York, NY
- St. Regis, Chicago, IL
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
- Wachovia Corporate Headquarters, Houston, TX
- Warrenville Historical Museum, Warrenville, IL
- Waldorf Astoria, Naples, FL
- Wells Fargo, Dallas, TX
- Westin, Atlanta, GA
ASSOCIATIONS:
- 2003-present Member of Croatian Association of Artists, Zagreb, Croatia