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Nikola Ukic\u2019s artistic practice spans a multimedia spectrum of expression, ranging from ephemeral installations and autonomous sculptures to digital graphics and performative interventions. At the heart of his work lies a critical questioning and reinterpretation of sculptural strategies. His pieces address contemporary discourses such as the crisis of a coherent bodily experience, the relationship between authenticity and fiction, and the tension between the essential and the marginal. By reconfiguring spatial boundaries, Ukic\u2019s works point to processes of hybridization, transformation, and stagnation, offering viewers the opportunity to enter a state of ambivalence\u2014one in which they are prompted to reexamine their assumptions about materials and their use, and to embrace new conceptual possibilities. <\/p>\n\n

Works<\/p>\n\n

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Nikola Uki\u0107, Fugue 2023Installation view: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, RijekaConcrete, reinforcing steel, styrofoam, wood, PVC pipes, electric motors, electronics, motion sensors, 770 x 725 x 17 cmPhoto: Hrvoje Franjc<\/p>\n\n

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I don`t know him anymore, me neither 2022Polyurethane, metal wire, pigment, printing ink, 54 \u00d7 170 \u00d7 45 cm<\/p>\n\n

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You, you, you, I, II 2021Found bubble wrap used for art packaging, various adhesive tapes with markings from art transport and shipping companiesDimensions: 166 \u00d7 149 cm, 194 \u00d7 150 cm, Photo: Hrvoje Franjic<\/p>\n\n

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WENN 2020Glass blocks, aluminum tubes, pure acrylic adhesive tape, 570 \u00d7 97 \u00d7 183 cmPerformance<\/p>\n\n

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WENN 2020Performance duration: 25 minutes, Performers: Thea Henken and Bastian Buddenbrock<\/p>\n\n

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003 Untitled 2019UV printing ink, aluminum plate, polyurethane resin, 50 x 52 cm, photo: Achim Kukulies<\/p>\n\n

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Nikola Uki\u0107, Untitled (Ducts) 2022Air hoses, concrete, wood, installation view, 20 x 82 x 174 cm, 15 x 74 x 177 cm, detail view, photo: Hrvoje Franjic<\/p>\n\n

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Form follows 2015Installation view: PAEC Freiburg, polyurethane, pigment, earth, UV printing ink<\/p>\n\n

Form follows I 2015Polyurethane, pigment, earth, UV printing ink, 100 x 110 x 115 cm<\/p>\n\n

Form follows II 2015Polyurethane, pigment, earth, UV printing ink, 100 x 110 x 176 cm<\/p>\n\n

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006 Nikola Uki\u0107, Splits 2007-2021A group of 20 works, acrylic blobs on old catalogue pages, disassembled and reassembled with two different halves, framed dimensions: 40 x 52.5 cm, photo: Hrvoje Franjic<\/p>\n\n

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Blow up, 2015Schloss Borbeck, Essen<\/p>\n\n

Ohne Titel, 2015, Polyurethane, pigment, earth, UV print, 130 x 130 x 150 cm<\/p>\n\n

Ohne Titel, 2015, Polyurethane, pigment, earth, UV print, 120 x 140 x 140 cm<\/p>\n\n

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Memory of Forms, 2010Installationview, Hengesbach Gallery, Berlin<\/p>\n\n

Memory of Forms I, 2010Polyurethane, pigment, UV printing ink, 245 x 133 x 100 cm<\/p>\n\n

Memory of Forms II, 2010Polyurethane, pigment, UV printing ink, 250 x 160 x 85 cm<\/p>\n\n

Biography<\/p>\n\n

Born 1974 in Rijeka (HR), lives and works in D\u00fcsseldorf (D)1993\u20131994 Faculty of Philosophy, University of Rijeka, Art Department (HR)1995\u20131999 Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, Department of Painting (HR)2000\u20132004 Academy of Fine Arts D\u00fcsseldorf \/ Prof. G. Herold2017\u20132019 Lectureship at the Kunstakademie D\u00fcsseldorf2019\u20132020 Lectureship, Department of Art, University of Siegen2021\u20132024 Research associate for Design and Design Theory, Department of Architecture, University of SiegenSince 2024 Professorship for Sculpture, Technical University of Dortmund <\/p>\n\n

Awards \/ Scholarships<\/p>\n\n

2002-2003 Cit\u00e9 Internationales des Arts, Paris (F)2007 New Talents, Art Cologne2011 NRW-Grant, Schloss Ringenberg (D)2012 Special award the XI Triennal of Croatian Sculpture, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb2014 Nachwuchspreis Kunststiftung NRW (Project)2015 Award for best Video Smuggling Anthologies2017 Stiftung Kunstfonds, Work Grant2022 Short list, Landsberg-Preis, D\u00fcsseldorf2024 Stiftung Kunstfonds, Publikation<\/p>\n\n

Solo-Exhibitions<\/p>\n\n

2024 “Make a Wish”, Galerie Waldinger, Osijek (HR)2023 “Make a Wish”, MMSU – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka (HR)2019 \u201cschweben\u201c, Hengesbach Gallery, Wuppertal (D)2015 \u201eBlow up (Findlinge)\u201c, St\u00e4dische Galerie Schloss Borbeck, Essen (D); \u201eForm folgt\u201c, Kunstraum Alexander B\u00fcrkle, Freiburg (D)2014 \u201eExpanded Fields\u201c, Hengesbach Gallery, Wuppertal (D)2013 \u00bbRiss\u00ab \u2013 (Disruption), Hengesbach Gallery, Berlin (D); \u201eNikola Ukic. Projective Cast\u201c, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb (HR); \u201eOne on One\u201c \u2013 Gallery of Fine Arts, Split (HR) *2010 \u201cMemory of forms\u201c, Hengesbach Gallery, Berlin (D)2009 \u201cAs it stands\u201c, Galerie Rolf Hengesbach, Cologne (D)2008 \u201cdok25a\u201c (with Renate Wolff), D\u00fcsseldorf (D); \u201cMirker Hain (Der Zeuge)\u201c, Kunstraum Hengesbach, Wuppertal (D); Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Otterndorf (D)*; \u201cHomework\u201c, Galerie b.o.p., Zagreb (HR); St\u00e4dtische Galerie J. Sporer, Opatija (HR) *2007 \u201eNew Talents\u201c, Art Cologne, Cologne (D); \u201eWater, water everywhere\u201c (with T. Curkovic), St\u00e4dtische Galerie, Labin (HR)2006 \u201eNAH\u201c, Projektraum, Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Cologne (D); Ausstellungsraum Zimmerstrasse, D\u00fcsseldorf (D)2004 Glyptotheca, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb (HR) *2000 H1234o Filodrammatica, Rijeka (HR)<\/p>\n\n

Group-Exhibitions<\/p>\n\n

2023 “Entropic Motion”, Galerie Judith Andreae, Bonn (D); “Vom Geschmack eines Apfels”, PEAC Museum, Freiburg (D)2021 “Take a deep breath!” Neuer Kunstverein, D\u00fcsseldorf (D)2020 “Where everything begins with doubt”, LEX Zagreb (HR); “Im Garten der Farben”, PEAC, Freiburg (D)2019 “A Collection for the Future”, Acquisitions, 2009-2019, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb (HR)2018 \u201ePriroda i dru\u0161tvo\u201c, 58. Annale, Pore\u010d (HR) *; \u201eUngewiss\u201c, Hengesbach Gallery, Wuppertal (D)2017 \u201eUNPREDICTABLE\u201d, SCHAU FENSTER, Berlin (D); \u201eInstructions for Watching \u2013 What the Body Wants?\u201c Museum of Modern and Con temporary Art, Rijeka (HR) * 2016 \u201eThink about it\u201c, Kunstraum Descartes, D\u00fcsseldorf (D); \u201cPlease empty your wallets\u201d, Armaturka, Galerie Emila Filly, \u00dast\u00ed and Labem, (CZE)2015 \u201eRates of exchange\u201c, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb(HR) *; \u201eWir k\u00f6nnen auch anders\u201c, Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Otterndorf (D) *2014 \u201eProzess\u201c, Kunstraum Alexander B\u00fcrkle, Freiburg (D); \u201eSmuggling Anthologies\u201c, Galeria Trieste Contemporanea, Trieste (I) *2013 \u201eSmuggling Anthologies\u201c, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka (HR) *; \u201eRiss\u201c (Disruption) Hengesbach Gallery, Berlin (D)2012 \u201eChange your desires rather than the order of the world\u201c, Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam (NL); \u201eNeo R. Brand\u201c (Appartment re-installed), Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin (D); \u201eoqbo exchange > dok25a D\u00fcsseldorf\u201c, Galerie oqbo, Berlin (D); \u201e20 YEARS\u201c, Hengesbach Gallery, Berlin(D); \u201eXI Triennal of Croatian Sculpture\u201c, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb (HR); \u201eUnutarnje uho\u201c, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka (HR); Hengesbach Gallery, Berlin (D)2011 \u201cbergen naar de vlakte \/ geistige Berge im Flachland\u201c, SMAX Grants Schloss Ringenberg, Hamminkeln (D); Kunstverein Koelnberg, Cologne (D)2010 \u201cPushing more Pictures\u201c, Hengesbach Gallery, Berlin (D); \u201cToxicure\u201c, Kunstverein Koelnberg, Cologne (D); \u201cFlachsland rauscht\u201c, E 105, Berlin (D)2009 \u201cBodenst\u00e4ndig\u201c, Kunstraum Alexander B\u00fcrkle, Freiburg (D); \u201cthe X Triennal of Croatian Sculpture\u201c, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb HR); \u201e49.Porec Annale\u201c, Porec (HR); \u201cFinalist\u201c, Galerija gradska, Labin (HR)2008 \u201cSv. Krsevan\u201c, Sibenik (HR); \u201ce.i.b.e.\u201c, Con Sum, D\u00fcsseldorf (D); Kunstraum Alexander B\u00fcrkle, Freiburg (D) 2007 \u201cKomm\u201c, Cologne; b.o.p. Gallery, Zagreb (HR) *2006 \u201cSwamp\u201c, Galerie Rolf Hengesbach, Cologne (D); \u201ethe IX Triennal of Croatian Sculpture\u201c, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb (HR); \u201cSnapshot\u201c, Art Gallery, Split (HR); \u201cHappy End\u201c, Laden, D\u00fcsseldorf (D)2005 \u201cLes Adieux L\u00b4Absence Le Retour\u201c, 7 Stock, Dresden (D); \u201cMinibar Goes On\u201c, Minibar, D\u00fcsseldorf (D); \u201e39. Salon\u201c, Croatian Association of Artists, Zagreb (HR); \u201cSnapshot\u201c, Museum of Modern Art, Dubrovnik (HR); \u201cFriends and Lovers\u201c, Laden, D\u00fcsseldorf (D); \u201cIntegrit\u00e4t\u201c, Uberbau, D\u00fcsseldorf (D)2003 \u201cEmerging Artists\u201c, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka (HR)2002 \u201cUberbau\u201c, Artis, Stedelijk Museum S\u2019Hertogenbosch (NL); \u201cGastarbeit\u201c, Labin Art Ekspres, Labin (HR)2001 Gallery SC, Zagreb<\/p>\n\n

* Catalogue<\/p>\n\n

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