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MATEA BAKULA

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(English below)
Matea Bakula (Sarajevo, 1990) is afgestudeerd aan de HKU Utrecht in 2013 en woont ook vandaag de dag in de stad Utrecht. In haar creatieproces zoekt Matea voorbij de esthetiek van de materialen die ze gebruikt. Ze is net een soort chemicus die achter de geheimen van materialen probeert te komen. Ze verdiept ze zich in de eigenschappen en beperkingen van materialen en stopt niet totdat ze begrijpt waarom ze zich op die manier gedragen. Bakula’s fascinatie en respect voor materialen is duidelijk zichtbaar en laten zien dat haar werk het resultaat is van een samenwerking waarbij Matea Bakula de rol van choreograaf heeft aangenomen. Door de materialen tot het uiterste te drijven komen hun diepzinnige en verscholen eigenschappen naar de oppervlakte.

 

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Matea Bakula (Sarajevo, 1990) graduated from HKU Utrecht in 2013 and currently lives in Utrecht. In her creating process Matea is looking beyond the aesthetics of the material she is using. She almost works like a chemist or a physicist that is trying to find the answers of the material’s secrets. She does not only want to know the qualities or limitations of the materials that she is using; she also wants to find out the reasons behind them. Bakula’s fascination and respect for materials is clearly visible and it seems that the works are the result of a collaboration in which Matea Bakula took the role of a choreographer who by putting it to an extreme is able to find the profound and hidden character of the materials.

 

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Recente show zijn / Recent shows include: “One eye and two takes on vulnerability” Lumen Travo gallery, Amsterdam (2020); “We do matter” – collaboration with Nick Steur -, Beyond the black box, Amsterdam (2020); “Scenarios of desire II”, Emergent, Veurne (2019);  “Jonge beelden”, Beelden in Leiden, Leiden (2019);  “The reflections on nature”, Lumen Travo gallery, Amsterdam (2019); “Between grace and fury” (Solo), Diepenheim (2018); Art Cologne (2018); Prospects and concepts, Art Rotterdam (2018); “The chemistry between dr. Frank and me” (Solo), Lumen Travo gallery, Amsterdam (2017); Work Title Festival, Les Brigittines, Brussels (2016); “Let us meet and let us meet again”, Casco, Utrecht (2016); “Work Title Situation #3”, Work Space Brussels, Brussels; “I wish I never kissed that frog”, Jeanine Hofland gallery, Amsterdam (both in 2015); Matea Bakula, GAVU, Cheb, (Solo);  Started, Czech Centres, Prague (both in 2014); Start Point Prize, Arti et Amicitiae , Amsterdam which travelled to KASK, Ghent and Dox, Prague (2013-2014), among others.

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Phone: +31 (0) 637401180

Website: www.mateabakula.com
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