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Galerija Manuš is proud to announce its participation at Artissima 2025, presenting works by Dubravka Rakoci, Heimo Zobernig, and Dalibor Martinis.

Dubravka Rakoci will be featured with a series of works including:
TABELA, 1991
Pastel on paper, 27 × 35 cm

CRVENA [ROUGE • RED], 1990 →
Acrylic on canvas, Ø 450

CRVENA [ROUGE • RED], 2024 →
Acrylic on canvas, Ø 450 cm

Heimo Zobernig will present his series
Farbenlehre, 1991
Gouache on paper, 30 × 21 cm

Dalibor Martinis will be shown with:
Artist at Work, 1977
Installation — table, table lamp, felt-tip pen, paper, chair
Dimensions: 70 × 50 × 130 cm

Counterfeits, 1974
Collage on tramway tickets
Dimensions of tickets: 10 × 4.5 cm
Framed: 32 × 23 cm

Dubravka Rakoci was born in Zagreb in 1955. In 1979 she graduated from the department of painting of the Zagreb Academy of fine arts in Raoul Goldoni’s painting class. She has exhibited her work since 1979. From 1980 she’s been working as a graphic designer as well. From 1983 to 1984 she ran several painting workshops in student campuses. During the 1991/92 schoolyear at École d’art de Aix-en-Provence she tutored third- and fourth-year students in professor Valensi painting class. From 1993 to 1998 she conducted art classes at the Zagreb high school for textiles, leather and design. From 1998 to 2007 she was an art director at Školska knjiga d.d. in Zagreb. As a senior lexicographer she was the head of the Visual Arts editorial office at the Miroslav Krleža Lexicographic Institute in Zagreb since 2007. Now retired.

Dalibor Martinis was born in Zagreb in 1947. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb; has exhibited since 1969 and works as a video artist. He has had numerous personal shows, performances and video screenings, and participated in many international exhibitions (Biennales: Sao Paolo, Venice, Kwang-ju, Thessaloniki, Cetinje, Cairo, Ljubljana; Dokumenta/Kassel, and so on). His films and video works have been shown at film/video festivals in, for example,  Berlin, Tokyo, Montreal and Locarno, Oberhausen and Bogota in 2014, Vienna and Seattle in 2015, and in 2022 at Montreal Independent Film Festival, Ciudad de México International Film Festival, FEKK – Ljubljana Short Film Festival, Tokyo International Short Film Festival and others.                                              
He has had grants from the Canada Council (1978) Jaica (Japan 1984), and ArtsLink (USA, 1994, and 2010). He was guest professor at the Academy of Dramatic Art/Zagreb in 1987/91, and at Ontario College of Art/Toronto in 1991/2 and was a full professor at the Academy of Applied Arts of Rijeka University, 2007-2012. He has won a number of international prizes and awards (Tokyo Video Festival 1984; Locarno 1984; Alpe Adria Film Festival/Trieste 1996; Best Experimental Film Award at Bogota Short Film Festival 2014); Honorable Jury Mention/Mumbai Film Fest. 2017), and in Croatia (the Josip Račić Award for 1995; the City of Zagreb Award for 1998; the HDLU Annual Award for 2009; Vladimir Nazor Award 2018; T-HT Awards for 2013 and 2018; Special Award for Contribution to The Art of Moving Images, Split Festival 2023; HDLU Lifetime Achievement Award 2023.
His works are in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art/Zagreb, the Museum of Modern Art/New York, Stedelijk Museum/Amsterdam, ZKM Karlsruhe, New York Public Library, Kontakt/Erste Bank, Fundación Otazu Collection/Navarra Vienna etc. Dalibor Martinis lives in Zagreb.

Heimo Zobernig was born in Mauthen 1958, Austria. He lives in Vienna. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1977 to 1980 and at the University of Applied Arts Vienna from 1980 to 1985. From 1994 to 1995 he was a visiting professor at the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg and 1999 to 2000 he taught sculpture at the Städelschule in Frankfurt. From 2000 to 2022 he was a Professor of sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
Selected exhibitions and awards: stage design, Schaupielhaus Frankfurt Main, 1983;Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna 1985; De Sculptura, Messepalast, Vienna 1986; Sonsbeek ’86, Arnheim 1986; Forum Stadtpark, Graz 1987; Aperto 88, Biennale di Venezia, 1988; Villa Arson, Nizza 1991; documenta 9, Kassel 1992; Neue Galerie, Graz 1993; Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg 1993; Otto Mauer Prize 1993; Kunsthalle Bern 1994; Národní galerie v Praze, Praha 1994; The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago 1996; documenta 10, Kassel 1997; Skulptur Projekte Münster 1997; Portikus, Frankfurt Main 1999; mumok, Vienna 2002; Kunsthalle Basel 2003; K21, Düsseldorf 2003; Biennale of Sydney 2004; Kunstverein Braunschweig 2005; Artspace, Sydney 2006; Biennale Busan 2006; Galleria Civica, Modena 2008; Tate St. Ives, Cornwall 2008; MAK, Vienna 2008; deSingel international arts centre, Antwerpen 2008; Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon 2009; CAPC, Bordeaux 2009; Galerie Sud, Centre Pompidou, Paris 2009; Austrian Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts, 2010; Kunsthalle Zürich 2011; Palacio de Velázquez, Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid 2012; Kunsthaus Graz 2013; Mudam, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg 2014; kestnergesellschaft, Hannover 2014; Austrian Pavilion, 56. Biennale di Venezia, 2015; Kunsthaus Bregenz 2015; Malmö Konsthall, Malmö 2016; Museum Ludwig, Cologne 2016; Roswitha Haftmann Prize 2016; MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambrigde MA 2017; Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah 2018; Albertinum, Dresden 2019; Galerija Kula, Split 2019; MSU, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb 2019; mumok, Vienna 2021; MARe, Bukarest 2021; Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid 2022; Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt Main 2022; Galerie Nicolas Krupp, Basel 2022; Petzel Gallery, New York 2022; Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne 2023; Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris 2023; Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna 2024.