Mladen Bizumic CV was born in 1976. Since 2005, has split time between Vienna, AT, Berlin, DE and Auckland, NZ.

Education(selection)
Masters of Fine Arts (1st Class Honours) 2003-2005
Bachelor of Fine Arts (University Of Auckland Scholar) 1997-2000 
Elam School of Fine Arts University of Auckland, NZ

Publications/Books(selection)
Phoenix vs. Babel. Foundation d'entreprise Ricard, Paris, FR 2008
21st Century Art History, Australia /NZ Journal of Art, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, AU 2008
Speculation NZ Venice Project. (ed. by Brian Butler), JRP Ringier, Zürich, CH 2007
Promenade au zoo, (ed. by Saadane Afif & Valerie Chartrain), deValence/Lyon Biennial, Paris, FR 2007
How If - A Translation in III Acts. PROGRAM: Initative for Art and Architecture Collaborations, Berlin & Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE 2007
Fiji Biennale Pavilions. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, NZ 2004

Solo and Group Exhibitions (selection)
From Cube To Ball (Chapter 1). Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland, NZ (solo) 2010
From Cube To Ball (Chapter 2). Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, NZ (solo) 2010

Phoenix vs. Babel. Fondation d'Entreprise Ricard, Paris, FR 2009
America (in coll. with Ovül Dürmüsoglü), Parallel Event/Istanbul Biennial, TR 2009
The Forgotten Bar. Galerie Im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, DE 2009
After the Party. Hirschfeld, Berlin, DE (solo) 2009

1st Translator’s Note. Zoo Galerie, Nantes, FR (solo) 2008
Opening Nights. Art Forum Art Fair. Berlin, DE (solo) 2008
Common Affairs. steirischer herbst festival, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, AT 2008
Zapping Unit. Le Ferme du Buisson, Paris, FR 2008
Pulse Art Fair. New York, US 2008

10th Istanbul Biennale. Istanbul, TR 2007
9th Lyon Biennale. Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, FR (in coll. with Saadane Afif & Valerie Chartrain) 2007
How If: A Translation Act II & Act III. Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE (solo) 2007 
How If: A Translation Act I. PROGRAM, Berlin, DE (solo) 2007
Art of the Nation. Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, NZ 2007
2nd Moscow Biennial. Moscow, RU 2007

Hide Tide. Zacheta National Museum of Art, Warsaw, PL & CAC, Vilnius, LT 2006
9th Busan Biennale. KR 2006
Superstructure Doubled. (in coll. with Øystein Aasan), Korridor, Berlin, DE 2006
ARCO Art Fair, ES 2006
Don't Misbehave. SCAPE Biennial, Christchurch, NZ 2006
Play Performance and Portrait. Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, AU 2006

Re: Modern. Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, AT 2005
Planet Wittgenstein. Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland, NZ (solo) 2005

We are the World, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, US 2004
event.horizon.black.hole. Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, NZ (solo) 2004

Fiji Biennele Pavilions. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, NZ (solo) 2003
Making Waves (illegal performance) Pompidou Centre lobby, Paris, FR (solo) 2003
Vecu, Conical Artspace, Melbourne, AU 2003

Tauranga Guggenheim. ARTSPACE, Auckland, NZ (solo) 2002 
A Beautiful Afterlife. Auckland Art Gallery, NZ (solo) 2002
Bright Paradise. 1st Auckland Triennial, Auckland, NZ 2001

Grants/Prizes
Creative New Zealand New Work Grant 2009
Creative New Zealand Grant (participation in Istanbul Biennale) 2007
Artist-In-Residence, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE 2006/2007
Creative New Zealand New Work Grant 2005
Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, University of Otago, NZ 2004
Fowlds Prize/Top Student in the Faculty, University of Auckland, NZ 2001

Public Collections/Archives
- The Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, N.Z.
- FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Nantes, FR
- Ursula Blickle Video Archive, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, AT
- APT (Artist Pension Trust) Collection, Berlin, DE
- Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, NZ
- Auckland Art Gallery, NZ

Talks/Lectures (selection)
Art History Department, University of Auckland, NZ 2009
Zoo Galerie, Nantes, FR 2008
Oslo Foto Kunst Skole, Artist's Studio, Berlin, DE 2008
Physics Room, Christchurch, NZ 2007
The School of Fine Arts, University of Massey, Wellington, NZ 2006
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, NZ 2005

Residencies(selection) Artist-In-Residence, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE 2006/2007
Artist-In-Residence, Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, University of Otago, NZ 2005
Artist-In-Residence, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, NZ 2003
Research Residency, 20th Century Architecture, Paris, FR 2002

Artist Project Assistance Persopolis 2530 by Michael Stevenson. Berlin (presented at Arnolfini Bristol, UK and Art Unlimited, Basel, CH) 2007

Bibliography (selection)
- Afif, Saadane - "A Trip To the Zoo", 00's - The History of A Decade That Has Not Yet Been Named", Zürich, 2007, JRP Ringier pp.66 and pp.279
- Braun, Reinhard - "Common Affairs", Edition Camera Austra, steirischer herbst festival gmbh, Graz, 2008, pp. 53-63
- Conland, Natasha - "Passing Through: A Base in New Zealand Art", Broadsheet, Melbourne, June-August 2005, Vol. 34 No.2, pp. 84-86
- Davies, Lilian - "Phoenix v Babel" 2009 http://artforum.com/picks/section=fr#picks21669
- Harvey, Nicola - "Auckland City Report", http://www.frieze.com/comment/article/auckland 2008
- Hanru, Hou - 'Fiji Biennale Pavilions", Not Only Possible - But Also Necessary : Optimism in The Age of Global War, 10th International Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul Kültür Sanat Vakfi, 2007, pp. 516-517
- Glöde, Marc - "Loci of Agglomeration and Spatial Dynamics", How If - A Translation in III Acts, PROGRAM, Berlin, 2007, pp. 7-13
- Gonella, Fanny - "It Still Moves Through My Mind From Time To Time/ On the Work by M. Bizumic", Be MagazinKünstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, 2007, pp. 8-13
- Leonard, Robert - "Fiji Biennale Pavilions - Fourth Edition", Australian & N.Z. Journal of Art, Volume 9, Number 1/2. 2008/2009, pp. 161
- Park, Manu - "event.horizon.black.hole", Busan Biennale 2006 Catalogue, Hyunsil Cultural Studies, Seoul, Sep. 2006, p.41-42
- Verwoert, Jan - "Mehr Glueck Als Verstaatung Mehr Unglueck Als Verstand" (essay), herbst - theorie zur praxis, steirischer herbst festival gmbh, Graz, 2008, pp. 18-25