Dora Đurkesac is a Berlin-based artist working in the fields of design, contemporary dance, and new media art. Her work involves interdisciplinary approaches to exploring notions of social choreographies, embodied technological phenomena, and relations to nature. She often works collaboratively with other artists and researchers or creates temporary exploratory communities.
education
2013 - 2016 / University of Zagreb, Academy of Fine Arts, MA in New Media Art
2006 - 2012 / University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture, School of Design, BA and MA in Industrial Design
exhibitions and performances
2021 / Dusty Tongues, AE project, The Forage Moabit, Berlin
2020 / Everything is New, artistic director of dynamic online publication, Nikolay Alutin, De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
/ Garden Manifesto, digital manifesto/website, Framed Berlin, Germany
2019 / Spills, scenography for a dance performance, Tjarnarbíó Theatre, Reykjavik, Iceland
/ Documenting Self - Loops of Digital Mediation, Studio Alicja Kwade, Berlin, Germany
/ Visual Dictionary of Space, In Situ, exhibition at Gallery Prozori, Zagreb, Croatia
/ Missing Artists, project presentation at Conversas, Berlin, Germany
2018 / In Situ - Missing Objects, book launch, Gallery Miroslav Kraljević, Zagreb, Croatia
/ Atmosfere, exhibition Walls and Bridges at Motovun Film festival, Motovun, Croatia
2017 / So Last Year, group exhibition, Miroslav Kraljević Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
/ Ohne Prickelnd, Sanft, exhibition at Spike Art Quarterly, Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art, Berlin, Germany
/ Missing Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
2107 / In Situ — Dictionary of Hybrid Places, Kunstverein at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin, Germany
/ In Situ — Missing objects with Karla Paliska, Gallery Miroslav Kraljević, Zagreb, Croatia
2016 / You have a bright future behind you, FabCity, Amsterdam, Netherlands
/ Inventur, Studio Mejan, Berlin, Germany
/ Garden of the Lights, Kreuzberg Pavilion, Berlin, Germany
/ LittleWorks with Iva Korenčić, Platforma.hr festival, Zagreb, Croatia
2015 / Interval, exhibition with Vesna Rohaček at Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, Croatia
2014 / Upper Town Tales, light interventions with Maša Milovac, Commissioned by the project Light in Places, Zagreb, Croatia
/ Eksbauhaus, series of performances, lectures, and exhibition, Networking Ideas and Practice Exhibition, MSU, Zagreb
workshops and research
2018 / Perform. Record, Enrich. Share. ZHDK, participating at Research Academy, Zurich, Switzerland
2017 / Politics of Collectivity, Saas-Fee Sommer-Kunstinstitut, Berlin, Deutschland
2016 / Beautiful Struggle, workshop mentor at NEW NOW Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
/ Next Accelerator Residency, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015 / Part of the Crew, Part of the Ship – the Performative Body and the Institution, ZHDK, Research Academy 2015, Zurich, Switzerland
awards and residencies
2021 / Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt, selected artist, Berlin, Germany
2020 / Framed Berlin, selected artist, Berlin, Germany
2017 / Mediterranean Dance Center Residency, with Iva Korenčić, Savičenta, Croatia
/ In Situ with Karla Paliska, Factory residency, Miroslav Kraljević Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2016 / Next Accelerator Residency, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015 / Interval, Art Award T-TH@msu.hr, Zagreb, Croatia
2014 / Upper Town Tales selection, project Light in Places, 2014.