Božica Dea Matasić (Zagreb, 1970) received her M.A. degree in Art Education, from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb at Teaching department, specializing in Sculpture. Since 1992 she has been exhibiting at more than 20 solo and over 50 group exhibitions. During and after her studies she worked as a theater sculptress. In the period between 1996 and 1997 she was employed as theater sculptress at the Theater Gavella in Zagreb.
From 1998. to 2003. she worked as a curator at the Student Center Gallery in Zagreb. She is one of the editors of the Student Center Gallery's 40th anniversary monograph.
She was selected among 17 Croatian artists for the exhibition Contemporary Croatian Sculpture under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture that was presented at Budapest, Berlin, Pecs, Trieste, Bratislava, Vienna and Ljubljana.
In 2012. she had a solo exhibition in Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMAC), in Nice, France. She presented her award-winning project of interactive kinetic objects Panacea. She was chosen as a representative of the Croatian sculptural scene by the international jury for the exhibition Dialogue with Emperor Qin - China Eu sculptures show. Since 2014 the exhibition visited Tallinn, Tsinandali, Sofia, Bucharest, Lisbon, London and Edinburgh.
As part of the Mediterranean sculpture symposium held in 2016, she realized the public sculpture The Tower of Views, and within 37th Goran Sculpture Workshop in the same year a public sculpture The Forest Guardian.
She received Award of the Mediterranean sculpture symposium Dubrova at the XI Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, Gliptotheque HAZU, Zagreb, 2012, Award of the public, T-ht, Museum of contemporary Art, Zagreb, 2011, the Jury’s Recognition of VIII Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, and the first prize at the competition for the design of the sculptural-architectural solution of The Memorial to Žarko Kaić, with the co-authors from Atmosfera Arhitects.
Since 2006 she has been teaching sculpture at the Osijek Art Academy. She is currently a full professor. Her monograph by Feđa Gavrilović was printed by the publishing house Kontura in 2016. She lives and works in Zagreb.
solo exibitions - selection
| 2017 | In_version, MUO, Zagreb |
| 2012 | Panacea, Kortil Gallery, Rijeka |
| Panacea, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMAC), Nice, France | |
| 2011 | Touch Keepers, Studio Nest, Zagreb |
| 2010 | Panacea, Vladimir Bužančić Gallery, Zagreb |
| 2007 | Biography, Karas Gallery, Zagreb |
| 2006 | Living Mirrors, Zona Gallery, Zagreb |
| Silent Water, Kazamat Gallery, Osijek | |
| 2004 | Signs of Probability, Matrix Croatica Gallery, Zagreb |
| Silva Subterranea, St. Krševan Gallery, Šibenik | |
| 2003 | The Challenge of Light, Juraj Šporer Gallery, Opatija |
| 2002 | The Challenge of Light, Student Centre Gallery, Zagreb |
| 1998 | Drawings, Trade Bank, Zagreb |
| 1996 | Collages, Lotrščak Tower, Zagreb |
| Drawings and Terracotas, Museum of Archeology, Nin | |
| 1994 | Extinct, Student Centre Gallery, Zagreb |
group exibitions - selection
| 2016 | T-HT, MSU, Zagreb |
| Dialogue with Emperor Qin, Here East Olympic Park, London | |
| Retrospective, This Works Could Be... HDLU, Zagreb | |
| 2015 | 20 years of Matrix Croatica Gallery, Zagreb |
| 100 years of Welles, Gliptoteka HAZU, Zagreb | |
| 12th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, Gliptotheque HAZU, Zagreb | |
| Zeit der Harmonie, Contra Gallery, Zagreb | |
| Focus sull'arte contemporanea, Museo di Sant'Agostino, Genova, Italy | |
| ART Süd-Ost Europa trifft West, Plassenburg in Kulmbach, Germany | |
| 2014 | Dialogue with Emperor Qin - China Eu sculptures show, Industriaha Art Space, Sofia , Bulgary / National Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Bucharest, Romania / Museum of Natural History and Science, Lisabon, Portugal |
| 1+1, Kazamat Gallery, Osijek | |
| 2013 | Museo Illuminato, Corrispondenze d’arte 2, Museo Revoltella, Trst, Italy |
| 2012 | Palinsesti, San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy |
| 11th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, Gliptotheque HAZU (Sculpture museum of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts), Zagreb | |
| 2011 | From sculpture to confession, The Klovićevi dvori Gallery, Zagreb |
| T-ht, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb | |
| Contemporary Croatian Sculpture, Jakopič Gallery Ljubljana; Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest | |
| 2010 | Contemporary Croatian Sculpture, Cella Septichora Gallery; Pecs, Salone degli Incanti, Trieste |
| 2009 | Contemporary Croatian Sculpture, Art house, Bratislava, Künstlerhaus, Wien; Lichthof des Ausgewärigen Amts, Berlin; Gliptotheque HAZU Zagreb |
| 2008 | 21st Biennial of Slavonia, Visual arts Gallery, Osijek |
| 2007 | 42nd Zagreb Salon, HDLU (Croatian Association of Visual Artists), Zagreb |
| 2006 | Ninth Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, Gliptotheque HAZU, Zagreb |
| Second Vukovar Salon, Eltz Castel, Vukovar | |
| 2005 | Le due rive, City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Termoli, Italy |
| 2004 | Punkt print album, Josip Račić Gallery, Zagreb |
| 2003 | Eighth Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, Gliptotheque HAZU, Zagreb |
| 3+1+5, St. Krševan Gallery, Šibenik | |
| Akupunktura 03, Maksimir Park, Zagreb | |
| 2002 | Akupunktura 01, Maksimir Park, Zagreb |
| 2001 | ARTillery, Movie Theatre Gallery of the Student Centre, Zagreb |
| 2000 | Theatre and myth, Theatre Gavella, Zagreb |
| 1999 | Second Biennal of Croatian Drawings, Modern Gallery, Zagreb |
| 1998 | 25th Youth Salon, HDLU, Zagreb |
| 1995 | Biennal of Small Forms, Split |
| 1994 | Fifth Triennal of Croatian Sculpture, Gliptotheque HAZU, Zagreb |
| 1993 | Fourth World Triennal of Small Cheramics, HDLU, Zagreb |
| Floraart Park Sculptures, Prisavlje, Zagreb | |
| Pictoplastics, Student Centre Gallery, Zagreb | |
| 1992 | 23th Youth Salon, Gliptotheque HAZU, Zagreb |
| 27th Zagreb Salon, Art Pavillion, Zagreb |
residence programs and workshops
| 2016 | 37th GKR sculpture workshop in wood |
| 40th Mediterranean Sculpture Symposium, park Dubrova, Labin | |
| 2005 | Cité Internationale des Arts; Paris, France |
| 2001 | Art Workshop, Nečujam, Šolta |
| 1993 | Stonecarving workshop, Montraker, Vrsar |
public sculptures and works in collections
| 2016 | Forest Guardian, Risnjak National Park enterance, 37th GKR sculpture workshop |
| The Tower of Views, 40th Mediterranean Sculpture Symposium, park Dubrova, Labin | |
| 2015 | Mediator, Arena Center, Zagreb |
| 2009 | Fitosigns, Vespera Hotel, Mali Lošinj |
| Pyr, Teslina 13, Zagreb | |
| 2008 | Biophores, Erste&Steiermärkische Bank, Zagreb headquarters |
| 2007 | Live Mirrors, Erste&Steiermärkische Bank, Sisak |
| 2005 | Extinct, Private Grammar School, Zagreb |
| 2004 | Silva Subterranea, Erste&Steiermärkische Bank, Rijeka |
| Sleepwalkers, Erste&Steiermärkische bank, Ilica / Sv. Duh, Zagreb | |
| 2003 | Leaves of Grass, office of the chairman of HT Mobile, Zagreb |
| 2002 | Triumphal Arch, HT award for Best performance of Split Summer Drama Festival |
| 1993 | Tooth of Time, Montraker, Vrsar |
awards
| 2016 | First award at the competition for the preliminary sculptural and architectural project The Žarko Kaić Memorial |
| 2012 | 11th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture; Award of the Mediterranean sculpture symposium Dubrova, Labin, Gliptotheque HAZU, Zagreb |
| 2011 | Award of the public, T-ht, Museum of contemporary art, Zagreb |
| 2006 | Jury’s Recognition of Eighth Triennial of Croatian Sculpture |
| 2002 | Prototype for HT award for Best performance of Split Summer Drama Festival |
| 1993 | Floraart, realisation award for the park sculpture |
| 1991 | Scolarship of the University of Zagreb |