Mladen Bizumic CV
(b. 1976)
Lives and works Berlin, Germany and Auckland, New Zealand

Mladen Bizumic uses his artist practice as a device to test our perception of reality, especially in relation to different forms of cultural production. Encompassing a range of media from architectural installations to objects and photography to video installation and sound design, Bizumic regularly sabotages the idea of a singular reality, instead displays a number of unfamiliar but equally viable perceptions of it. Often he invites other artists, musicians or even his mother-psychoanalyst to collaborate with him. His work questions the meaning of various cultural structures by systematically exposing the bonds that link individuals, places, and images to produce unforeseen experiential encounters.

Education

2006-2007
International Residency Programme
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2001-2003
MFA (1st Class Honours)
Elam School of Fine Arts University of Auckland New Zealand
1997-2000
BFA (University Of Auckland Scholar)
Elam School of Fine Arts University of Auckland New Zealand

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008
- 1st Translator’s Note – Le desir de philosophie Zoo Galerie, Nantes, France
- GLOBAL TRUTHS Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland
2007
- How If - A Translation in III Acts PROGRAM: initiative for art and architectural collaborations and Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (solo)
- An Expedition Yet To Happen Two Rooms, Auckland (solo)
- Colonial Atmospheres, Physics Room, Christchurch (solo)
2006
- Superstructure Doubled (in coll. with Øystein Aasan), Korridor Galerie, Berlin
- The Crystal Memorial Charim Galerie, Vienna
2005
- event.horizon.black.hole Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, N.Z.
- Aipotu: Love Will Tear Us Apart Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland (solo)
2003
- Fiji Biennale Pavilions Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, N.Z.
- The Night Shift SueCrockford Gallery, Auckland
2002
- Untitled (Tauranga Guggenheim) ARTSPACE, Auckland

Selected Group Shows

2008(upcoming)
- Phoenix vs. Babel Fondation d'Entreprise Ricard, Paris (cur. Patrice Joly)
- Common Affairs steirischer herbst festival, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria (cur. Reinhard Braun)
- If You Carry A Hammer A Lot of Things Look Like Nails Skalitzerstr. 64, Berlin (cur. Marco Bruzzone)
2007
- A History of Decade That Has Not yet Been Named Lyon Biennale, Museum of Cotemporary Art Lyon (curated by Stephanie Moisdon & Hans-Ulrich Obrist)*
- Not Only Possible but Also Necessary Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul (curated by Hou Hanru)*
- Speculation New Zealand Book, Venice Biennale (publication by JRP Ringier)*
- 2nd Moscow Biennale, Federation Tower, Moscow *
- Art of the Nation Te Papa - Museum of New Zealand, Wellington
2006
- Hide-tide Contemporary Arts Centre, Vilnius and Zacheta National Art Museum, Warsaw (curated by Magda Kordash & Simon Rees)*
- A Tale of Two Cities Busan Biennale, Metropolitan Museum, Busan, Korea
(curated by Manu Park)*
- Don’t Misbehave SCAPE - Christchurch Biennale, N.Z.
(curated by Natasha Conland & Susanne Jaschko)*
- PLAY: Portraiture and Performance in Recent Video Art, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, Australia*
2005
- Re: Modern KunstlerHaus, Vienna
- Skin Oil Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland*
- Small World, Big Town Wellington City Gallery, Wellington
- Truer Than the Truth Charim Galerie, Vienna
2004
- We are the World Chelsea Art Museum, New York
- Everyday Minimal Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland
- Break-Shift Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
- International Art Fair and Cake Stall Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin
2003
- Break Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth*
2001
- Bright Paradise 1st Auckland Triennial, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland*

*catalogue

Public Collections

- FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Nantes
- Artist Pension Trust, Berlin
- Ursula Blickle Video Archieve/Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
- Te Papa Tongarewa, The Museum of New Zealand, Wellington
- Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
- Chartwell Collection, and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland
- Hocken Library/University of Otago, Dunedin
- University of Auckland Art Collection

Monographic publications

- Sister Cities of Berlin, Deuz Zero editions, Paris/Nantes, 2008
- Opening Nights, Artforum Berlin, 2008
- How If - A Translation in III Acts, PROGRAM, Berlin, 2007
- Superstructure Doubled (in coll. with Øystein Aasan) Korridor, Berlin, 2006
- One Love , Dunedin Public Art Gallery/Hocken Library, Dunedin, 2004
- Fiji Biennale Pavilions, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 2004