Din A4 - Kostana Banovic

CV breve

Born in Sarajevo, former Yugoslavia
Based in Utrecht, Netherlands since 1979/br>

Education

2004 BIK, Professional Artist in the Class, post academic study, Netherlands
1983-1988 The Academy of Visual Art and Design Utrecht, Netherlands
1979-1982 English Language and Literature, University of Utrecht, Netherlands

Current activities

1988- now Visual artist and filmmaker
2007- now Tutor Fine Art and Digital Media at the Faculty of Fine Art and Design Utrecht
2007- now Curator ’t Hoogt 4, audiovisual projects, Film Theatre ’t Hoogt Utrecht
2009- now Artistic Director artTrace Foundation

Image above: Kostana Banovic - other work

Residencies/grants

2010
Artist in residence (research) IBB - Instituto Buena Bista, Willemstad, Curacao
Artist grant - Werkbudget Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam
Artist in residence Pecsbagota, Pecsbagota, Hungary
Production grant for the project Me and You and the Garden, KFHein Foundation
2009 Production grant for the video May I Enter, Stokroos Foundation
Production grant for the video May I Enter, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds
2008 Production grant for the video May I Enter, Netherlands Fund for the Film, O&O
Production grant Provincie Utrecht for the video May I Enter
2007
Artist in residence Artoll Kunstlabor, Bedburg-Hau, Duitsland
2006
Artist in residence Sacatar Foundation, Brazil
Production grant Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds/Tijl Fonds for the residence
Sacatar Foundation Brazil
Production grant for the video Ploha, Netherlands Fund for the Film, O&O
Production grant for the video Ploha, Thuiskopie Fonds, Amsterdam
Production grant for the video Ploha, Provincie Utrecht
Production grant for the video Ploha, Gemeente Utrecht
Production grant for the video Ploha, Fentener van Vlissingen Fonds
2005
Research grant for the video Ploha, Netherlands Fund for the Film, O&O
Artist in residence Village des Arts, Dakar, Senegal
Artist in residence Obraz, Evoramente, Portugal
Artist grant - Basisbeurs Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam

Awards

2010
May I Enter, Award for the Category Photography,
Festival de Cine de Granada, Los Angeles, USA
(www.mamut.net/festivalesdecine/newsdet5.htm)
2000
Dream Hunters, Gouden Vlam 2000 (the best short video)
20th Netherlands Film Festival Utrecht - Video Festival Gouden Vlam 2000

Image above:Kostana Banovic, Untitled, 2007, pencil drawing on perforated paper 40 x 33.5 cm. (out of the serie of 6 pieces, being number 4)

Exhibitions (selection)

2012
AKKUH - Aktuele Kunst Hengelo, Netherlands (solo), April/June 2012
2011
Cankaya Public Art Manifestation 2011 Ankara, project in public space, Turkey
Stalles, Rood|Noot Foundation, Audiovisual Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands
2010
Vreemd/Fremd, group exposition including Reineke Otten, Corine Weve and Katerina Zdjelar,
Atelierfrankfurt, Art Center, Frankfurt, Germany
Yemanja, video installation, Video Wall, National Theater, Utrecht, Netherlands
Art Amsterdam 2010, Rai Amsterdam, Phoebus gallery Rotterdam, Netherlands
Facts & Frictions, Glazen Huis, Amstel Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands, group exposition including Fabiola Veerman, Patricia Kaersenhout, Kim EunHyung
De Kas, Center for Visual Art, Utrecht, Netherlands (solo)
2009
New Territories, Pavilion 8, Lisbon, Portugal
Group exposition including Monica de Miranda, Faisal Abdu’Allah, Dani Sotter
De Markt van Morgen, performance, cooperation of Freehouse and Kosmopolis Rotterdam, a project by artist Jeanne van Heeswijk, Netherlands
2008
U Home, New Salon of Art, Utrecht, Netherlands
Black Magic Women Festival, Center for Visual Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands
(Nominated for the award Black Magic Women), including Alexis Blake, Danielle, Evelien Davidson and Judith Leysner.
Bee-Hive, OT 301 gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
World One Minutes, video festival, Beijing 2008, China
Moving Targets, OT 301 gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2007
Every Wind that Blows, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Group exposition including Ergin Çavusoglu, Esra Ersen, Ivan Grubanov and Ahmet Ögut.
Afgesloten, Phoebus Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands (solo)
Paulo Post Futurum, Museum Breda, Netherlands
Splinters of Paradise, Artoll Kunstlabor, Bedburg-Hau, Germany
Group exposition including Frank Halmans, Monica de Miranda, Laura d’Ors
Verborgen Vrouwen, Amstelkring Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Group exposition including Krien Clevis, Risk Hazekamp, Soheila Najand, Hieke Pars, Maria Roosen, Elly Strik, Mirjam van Tilburg
Common Ground, Raumars, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
Group exposition Including Liza Grobler & Jeanne Hoffman, Rachel Bacon, Kathy Desmond
2006
Sacatar Presentation, Goethe Institute, Salvador Bahia, Brazil
Group exposition including Karl Ciesluk and Mithu Sen.
DAK’ART 2006, Dakar Off, Biennale Dakar, Senegal
Including Alite Thijsen and artist from Village des Artes Dakar
From Former Performers, KunstVlaai 2006, Amsterdam, Zet Foundation, Netherlands, Group exposition including Fabiola Veerman and Miek Hoekzema,
Draw-drawing 2, London Biennale 2006, London, UK
2005
Cacao Fabriek, Helmond, Netherlands
Dollen aan de Overkant, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Netherlands
Group exposition including Fransje Killaars, Roy Villevoy, Analeen Lowes
Perfors, Phoebus gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
OBRAZ, exchange Utrecht/Amersfoort, Evora, Portugal
Group exposition including Robbie Cornelissen, Roland Sohier, Tanja Smeets
Raamwerk, gallery RC de Ruimte, Ijmuiden, Netherlands
Including Regula Maria Müller, Alexandra Roozen, Ton Zwerver
Pleased to meet you, CBK - Center for Visual Art Utrecht, Netherlands
Hidden Rhythms, Museum het Valkhof, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Group exposition including Mark Titchner, Yael Bartana, Sebastian Diaz Morales

Image above: Kostana Banovic - other work

Festivals/screenings

2011
Video May I Enter, Women’s International Film Festival in Seoul (WIFF), South Korea
Video May I Enter, 4th Samsung Women's international Film Festival, Chennai, India
Video May I Enter, International Women Film Festival MISMEBINGA, Cameroon
Video May I Enter, Humanity Explored, Culture Unplugged Studios, India/USA/UK/New Zealand/Indonesia
2010
Video May I Enter, Geheime Relaties, Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal, Netherlands
Video May I Enter, International Film Festival South Africa, Durhan, South Africa
Video May I Enter, 32e Noordelijk Filmfestival Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Video May I Enter, NFF - 30e Netherlands Film Festival Utrecht, Netherlands
Video May I Enter, NAAM – National Archaeological Anthropological Memory Management, Curacao
Video May I Enter, Ateliers ’89, Art Centre, Aruba
Video May I Enter, Festival de Cine de Granada, Los Angeles, USA
(Award in the category Photography)
Video May I Enter, Ethnocineca, Ethnographic and Documentary Filmfest, Vienne, Austria
Video May I Enter, with artist talk with Alex de Vries, CBK Utrecht, Netherlands
Video May I Enter, with artist talk with Mattijs van de Port, anthropologist at UVA - University of Amsterdam, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Video Ploha, South East Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Video May I Enter, WorldFilm, Festival of Visual Culture, Tartu, Estonia
Video May I Enter, with artist talk with Felix Villanueva, De Vrije Academie, Den Haag, Netherlands
Première video May I Enter, Film Theater ‘t Hoogt, Utrecht, Netherlands
2009
10 years The One Minutes, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, Netherlands
World One Minutes, Beijing 2008, China
2008
Video Ploha, DocumentArt, Neubrandenburg, European Film Festival, Germany
Video Sey, the Economy of Love, Warsaw Street Art Festival, Warsaw, Poland
Video Ploha, Overtoom 301 Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2007
Première video Ploha, theater release, Film Theater ’t Hoogt Utrecht, Netherlands
Video Ploha, Netherlands Fund for the Film Amsterdam, 10 years of research and development, de Balie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Video NaTragu, SMART Cinema Amsterdam, Netherlands
Video Sey, the Economy of Love, with artist talk, SMART Project Space Amsterdam, Netherlands
Video NaTragu, Rencontres Internationales Madrid, Spain
Video Ploha, NFF - 27e Nederlands Filmfestival Utrecht, Netherlands
Video Ploha, Docupolis, Film Festival Barcelona, Spain
2006
Video Taking Leave of Satan, Film Festival Casablanca, Morocco
Video NaTragu, Pulsar Carácas ’06, Rencontres Internationales Carácas, Venezuela
2005
Video NaTragu, Dream Hunters, RARE, Reseau-d’Art-Recherche-et-Essai, video and film festival, Amiens, France
Video NaTragu and Dream Hunters, Film Theater ’t Hoogt Utrecht, Netherlands

Image above: Kostana Banovic - Posters and photogramas of the films:
May i enter - Natragu - Dream hunters and Ploha

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Project development/project coordination

2010 You and Me and the Garden, in the garden of the Art Center/Art Library, Utrecht You and Me and the garden is all about the location and the meaning of garden and landscape architecture in our society. The project consists of an educational part, an exhibition and a multidisciplinary evening in which the theme ‘Garden’ will be illustrated from various perspectives such as: Arts, history, literature, architecture and nature.
(concept and realization)
2008-’09
Under Construction - European International Project - Youth and Democracy in Europe
An audiovisual project and international exchange; youngsters from neighborhoods of low prosperity - Utrecht meets Lisbon; cooperation with ZFAC Utrecht
(project initiator, concept and realization)
2008
De Stad/The City, a part of Donkeypedia, European multi disciplinary project, Netherlands
(participating artist/concept/project development/project realization)
Presentation at the Aristotle’s House, Children’s Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2007
Internet Exchange Art Education Project, secondary education, Mombasa, Kenya meets Capelle a/d IJssel, Netherlands (concept/realization)
2006
Internet Exchange Art Education Project, secondary education, Itaparica, Brazil meets Capelle a/d IJssel, Netherlands (concept/realization)

Activities related to art

2010 Guest viewer Impakt Festival 2010 Matrix City, International Festival for Audio-Visual Arts, Utrecht, Netherlands
2009 Curator HAFF, Holland International Animation Festival Utrecht, Netherlands
(Curator expositions with animation artist and designers at festival locations)
2007 Docent basic year Academy of Fine Art Utrecht and Design, Netherlands
Guest lecturer DAI - Dutch Art Institute, Enschede, Netherlands
2005 Curator Raamwerk, group exposition, gallery RC de Ruimte, IJmuiden, invitation ZET Foundation Guest lecturer AKI, Academy of Fine Art Enschede, Netherlands

Work in collection

2009 Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2006 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008 Über Blick collection, Den Haag, The Netherlands
2003 CBK, Centre for Visual Art Den Haag, The Netherlands
1999 CBK, Centre for Visual Art Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1993 CBK, Centre for Visual Art Utrecht, The Netherlands
And various private national and international art collections