doc. dr IRENA LAGATOR PEJOVIC

www.irenalagator.net

After graduating in 1999 in graphic design, and completed master degree in graphic design and in graphic art at University of Montenegro, Irena Lagator Pejovic spent a year at l’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts of Le Mans in France. She completed her PhD studies in Interdisciplinary and Multimedia Art at University of Art in Belgrade in 2012.

In 2012, Neue Galerie Graz am Universalmuseum Johanneum, edited her artist book The Society of Unlimited Responsibility. Art as Social Strategy. 2001-2011, published by Buchhandlung Walther König, Koln, Germany.

She represented Montenegro at the 55th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia (2013) with her solo show Image Think.

AWARDS:

41st Cetinje exhibition 13. November salon, Art gallery “Miodrag Dado Đurić“, National Museum, Cetinje, Montenegro, 2019.

13. november art saloon, Art gallery “Miodrag Dado Đurić“, National Museum, Cetinje, Montenegro, 2017.

12. international book fair, Podgorica, award for graphic design of the book Old and Rare Book, and edition Treasures of the National Library of Montenegro, 2017

Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2010

Nomination for International CEE Henkel Art Award, Vienna, Austria, 2009

Transforming Memory. The Politics of Images: International Biennial of Contemporary Art/24th -Nadežda Petrovic Memorial, Cacak, Serbia (together with: Mariana Castillo Deball). Jury: Prof. Dr Beatrice von Bismarck, dr Mileta Prodanovic, Thierry Destriez, 2007

Milunović, Stijović, Lubarda, Art Pavilion Award, Podgorica, Montenegro, 2006

22nd International Biennial of Mediterranean Countries, Alexandria, Egypt, 2003

4th International Print Triennial, Cairo, Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, Egypt

Reconstruction, 4th Cetinje international biennial of contemporary art, Montenegro, UNESCO prize for visual arts. Jury: Bojana Pejic, Henry Meyric Hughes, Petar Cukovic, Edi Muka, Patricia Jerez, 2002 

35th Winter Salon of Contemporary Art, Herceg Novi, Montenegro, 2002

Velibor Bucko Radonjić Award, Montenegrin National Theatre, Podgorica, 2001 

IX Yougoslavian Student Print Biennial, "Studentski grad", Cultural centre, New Belgrade, 1998 

GRANTS, WORKSHOPS

The Big Shift: the 1990s. Avant-gardes in Eastern Europe and Their Legacy, Museum of Modern Art + Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, MG+MSUM, Ljubljana, 2019

Constructing Utopia / Eastern European Avant-Gardes and Their Legacy, Museum of Modern Art + Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, MG+MSUM, Ljubljana, 2018

History: damnation or salvation, workshop with Boris Buden, National Museum of Montenegro and Institute of contemporary art in Montenegro, 2017 http://ica-me.org/en/2017/10/30/preoccupations-boris-buden/

AiR: Krems an der Donau, Austria, 2009/2010

AiR/symposium: ORTung, Salzburger Kunstverein/Deutschvilla, Strobl, Austria. Curated by: Hemma Schmutz, Astrid Wege, Maren Richter, 2009

AiR: KulturKontakt, Vienna, Austria, 2009

AiR: Viafarini, Milano, Italy, 2007

AiR: Neue Galerie am Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria, 2006

Modelmania: workshop with Olafur Eliasson and Yona Friedman, ArtExperience Domus Academy, Venice, Italy. Curated by Maurizio Bortolotti, 2005

AiR: Festival D´Avignon, Centre Culturel Francais, Podgorica. Avignon, France 1998

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS, PROJECTS 

2019

Irena Lagator Pejović, For the Common Good, within the framework of “Im Vorbeigehen II/17” at KU with Artist Talk at Kepler Salon, Linz, Austria. Curated by Karolina Majewska-Güde.

https://ku-linz.at/kunstwissenschaft/veranstaltungen/ausstellungen/detail/news/im_vorbeigehen_ii17_irena_lagator_pejovic_for_the_common_good/?no_cache=1

2013
Image Think. Montenegrin Pavilion at the 55^th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. http://www.irenalagator.net/exhibitions/Image%20Think/

2012
Società a responsabilità limitata (S. r. l.), Villa Pacchiani, Santa Croce sull'Arno (Pisa), Italy. Curated by Ilaria Mariotti. http://www.irenalagator.net/exhibitions/LRS_Santa_Croce_sull_Arno/

The Society of Unlimited Responsibility. Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia. Curated by: Dejan Sretenovic & Una Popovic. http://www.irenalagator.net/exhibitions/The_Society_of_Unlimited_Responsiblity/

http://eng.msub.org.rs/irena-lagator-pejovic-drustvo-neogranicene-odgovornosti

2010
Sfere: Irena Lagator & Wendelin Pressl. IG Bildende Kunst, Vienna, Austria 

2008
What We Call Real, Atelier DADO-gallery for contemporary art, National Museum of Montenegro, Cetinje 

2007
Is It Still Winter, Outside: Museum of Contemporary Art, with Petra Maitz: Lady Musgrave Reef, Banja Luka, Bosnia&Hercegovina 
Living Space, gallery ‘Beograd’, Belgrade, Serbia 

2006
Living Room, Art Pavilion, Podgorica, Montenegro 

2005
Please Wait Here, Abbazia di San Zeno, Pisa, Italy (in collaboration with Fondazione TESECO per l´Arte) 
Opening of the Book, galleria Macchi, Pisa, Italy
What is Missing, gallery HAOS, Belgrade 

2004 
Passerby! Cultural Center gallery, Belgrade, Serbia 
Opening of the book, gallery Biljarda, National Museum of Montenegro, Cetinje

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020

Reflections of Our Time: MoCA Acquisitions 1993-2019, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia

2019
100 Years of the Bauhaus Contextualizations and Re-Contextualizations of the Bauhaus in The Yougoslav Art Space, Faculty of Architecture; Art Pavilion Podgorica and Goethe Institut Belgrade, curated by Miško Šuvaković. 

https://af-conference.wixsite.com/ica-2019

2018

Perceptions: Why Have There Been No Great (Wo)Men Artists? Art gallery “Miodrag Dado Đurić“, National Museum, Cetinje, Montenegro.

Unprofessional, Art gallery_Museums and galleries of Podgorica, Montenegro.

Drugarice - Women’s Movement in Montenegro 1943-1953’, The Petrović Njegoš Foundation, Podgorica, Montenegro

2017

Drugarice - Women’s Movement in Montenegro 1943-1953’, Art gallery “Miodrag Dado Đurić“, National Museum, Cetinje, Montenegro.http://ica-me.org/en/2017/09/22/drugarice-2/

From Industrial to Art Revolution, Art radionica Lazareti - Gallery Otok, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Mythologies, Phest 2017, Monopoly Italy, curated by Roberto Lacarbonara.

13. november saloon, National Museum, Cetinje, Montenegro.

From Industrial to Art Revolution, TULLA - Culture Center, Tirana, Albania.

2016

D´une Méditerranée, l´autre - FRAC - Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Marseille, curators: Francesco Bonami, Emanuela Mazzonis, Pascal Neveux, Ricardo Vazquez. https://www.fracpaca.org/dans-les-murs-expositions-passees#2016

How to Picture Living Systems, with artists: Peter Weibel, Martin Walde, Mariateresa Sartori, Petra Maitz, Irena Lagator Pejovic and John Aslanidis; curated by Petra Maitz. KLI Institute, Klosterneuburg (Vienna), Austria.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x9LhsYuVlM&sns=em

Normalities, Austrian Cultural Forum New York, New York City, NY. Curated by: Marko Lulić and Christine Moser http://www.acfny.org/media/press-images-texts/normalities/
#Makeamericagreatagain - Whitebox Art Center, New York City, NY http://whiteboxnyc.org/event/makeamericagreatagain/

2015
Fiery Greetings - Lothringer13 - Städtische Kunsthalle München, Munich http://www.lothringer13.com/ausstellungen/fiery-greetings-2/

the voices of the sirens - Space for conemporary art. Montagu bastion, Gibraltar, United Kingdom
From Industrial to Art Revolution - Remont galerija, Belgrade
Fiery Greetings, Museum of Yugoslav History, Belgrade. Curated by Ana Adamovic.http://www.kioskngo.net/projects/fiery-greetings/fiery-greetings-exhibition/

Coexistence: for a New Adriatic Koinè, Fondazione Pino Pascali, Polignano a Mare, Bari, Italy.

2014
Mines of Culture - from Industrial to Art Revolution, Labin Art Express L.A.E. XXI, Labin Criatia. Curated by Branko Franceschi.
Coexistence: for a New Adriatic Koinè, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Rijeka, Croatia.
the Sea is My Land. Artisti dal Mediterraneo, La Triennale di Milano. Design Museum, Milan, Italy. Curated by: Francesco Bonami and Emanuela Mazzonis. https://bnl.it/comunicazione/theseaismyland/

2013
BONE 16, Performance Art Festival, Bern, Switzerland
the Sea is My Land - Artisti dal Mediterraneo. MAXXI, Rome, Italy. Curated by: Francesco Bonami and Emanuela Mazzonis. https://bnl.it/comunicazione/theseaismyland/

Spring Exhibition 2013, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark https://kunsthalcharlottenborg.dk/en/exhibitions/the-spring-exhibition-2013/

Subjective Maps/Disappearances, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
Roaming. On File. Platforma Space, MNAC Annex, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest. 

2012
Crossings - Montenegrin Contemporary Art in the XXI Century, "Erarta" Museum of Contemporary Art, Saint-Petersburg /// NCCA, National Centre for Contemporary Art, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
Est/Ovest, Museum of Contemporary Art "Palazzo Pino Pascali", Polignano a Mare, Italy. Curated by: Rosalba Brana, Mariapaola Spinelli, Antonio Frugis.
The Land Seen From the Sea, Museum of Contemporary Art, "Villa Croce", Genova, Italy
Tag, International festival Sarajevo - "Sarajevo Winter", Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, B&H 

2011
Untitled (History),12th Istanbul International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, Turkey. Curated by: Adriano Pedrosa and Jens Hoffmann. http://12b.iksv.org/en/gruplar.asp?id=2&c=2&show=gorsel&photo_no=22

Henkel Art Award nominations, MIXER festival, Belgrade, Serbia. 
Algebra, ITS-Z1 International Test Site, Belgrade, Serbia. Curated by: Vesna Lakićević, Miroslav Karić and Jelena Veljković. 
Montenegrin graphic art, State archicve gallery, Rijeka, Croatia. Curated by Ljiljana Zeković. 

2010
Geography of Proximity, MCA, Malta Contemporary Art Foundation, Valletta, Malta
Orte/Nicht-Orte. Ortung 2009. Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria. Curated by: Hemma Schmutz, Astrid Wege 
Ortung 2009. Deutschvilla, Strobl, Austria. Curated by: Hemma Schmutz
Little Constellation – A view on Contemporary Art in Geo-Cultural Micro-Areas and Small States of Europe, Fabbrica del Vapore/Careof, Milan, Italy. Curated by Roberto Daolio. 

2009
Little Constellation – A view on Contemporary Art in Geo-Cultural Micro-Areas and Small States of Europe, galleria Neon Campobase, Bologna, Italy
Graphic art and new media, Center for Contemporary Art, Podgorica, Montenegro
3. AiR 2009: Petrusevska, Bazak, Lagator, galerie ArtPoint, KulturKontakt, Vienna, Austria

2008
Library. Open Balkan Book. 1st international biennial of contemporary art, Cultural Center gallery, Cacak, Serbia/City gallery Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo
City. The Face of City, Cultural Center gallery, Cacak/National Museum Art Gallery, Krusevac, Serbia.

2007
Transforming Memory. The Politics of Images, international biennial of contemporary art/24th Nadezda Petrovic Memorial, Cacak, Serbia. Catalogue/Curated by Astrid Wege.
Recognition, Art Pavilion, Podgorica, Montenegro
No Restriction, 40th Herceg Novi Winter Salon of contemporary art, Montenegro

2006
Artist-in-residence 2005+2006, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria.
Fuori è un Giorno Fragile, galleria Studio Legale, Caserta/Imbiancheria del Vajro, Chieri, Torino, Italy. Catalogue/Curated by Karin Gavassa, Lorena Tadorni.
At the Second Sight, Pavelhaus, Laafeld, Austria. Catalogue/Curated by Mirjana Dabovic.
Non Place, Röda Sten, Göteborg, Sweden. Curated by: Maja Ciric.
GAP, Giovani Artisti Pugliesi 2006, Sala Murat, Bari, Italy
New Wave, Center for Contemporary Art, Podgorica, Montenegro/City gallery Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo. Catalogue/Curated by Mirjana Dabovic.
Ennui, FACT, Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, Liverpool, UK
Eastern Neighbours, Cultural Centre Babel, Utrecht, Netherlands 

2005
Montenegrin Beauty, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin/Motorenhalle, Dresden. Catalogue/Curated by Svetlana Racanovic.
At the Second Sight, Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade. Curated by Mirjana Dabovic, Marina Martic.
Drawing as a Mindset and CHAOS as a Higher Degree of Order, Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzoric, Belgrade
Ennui, S1 salon: Sheffield, UK 

2004
Violenta Imaginii, Imaginae Violenti, 1st Bucharest biennial, Romania. 
Love it or Leave it, 5th Cetinje international biennial of contemporary art, Montenegro. Catalogue/Curated by René Block, Nataša Ilic.
Orchid, 5th Cetinje international biennial of contemporary art, Montenegro. Curated by Petar Cukovic.
Articulation, BELEF, Belgrade. Catalogue/Curated by Jovan Cekic.
Parallel Worlds/A Strange Point of Tension, Gallery Biljarda, National Museum of Montenegro. Catalogue/Curated by Mirjana Dabovic, Branko Dimitrijevic.

2003
Variations in Balkan Spaces, Thessalonica, Greece. Curated by Zoran Eric. 
1st FONA, Museum of Contemporary Art Rijeka, Croatia.
Logical, BELEF, Belgrade, Serbia. Catalogue/Curated by Jovan Cekic.
Montenegrin Beauty, City Theatre, Budva, Montenegro/Pavilion Veljkovic-CKZD-Centre for Cultural Decontamination of the Town, Belgrade. Catalogue/Curated by Svetlana Racanovic. 
Trash Aesthetics, Trash Ideology, Trash Technology, 25th Moscow international film festival.
4th International Print Triennial, Cairo, Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, Egypt 

2002 
12th Space International Print Biennial, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea.
Face - Identity, National Museum, Kraljevo. Catalogue/Curated by Ljubisa Simovic, Stevan Vukovic, Zoran Eric, Darka Radosavljevic, Danijela Puresevic.
Reconstruction, 4th Cetinje international biennial of contemporary art, Montenegro. Curated by Svetlana Racanovic, Iara Boubnova, Katarina Koskina, Andei Erofeev.
5th Kochi International Print Triennial, Ino-cho Paper Museum, Ino, Japan
as02: April meetings, Student Cultural Center Gallery, Belgrade

2001
If you cannot move the mountain, you can come closer to it, ‘Real Presence’. Museum 25th May, Belgrade. Curated by Biljana Tomic, Dobrila Denegri.
15th international drawing exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia
Chain of Discovery, Contemporary Art in Montenegro. Curated by Svetlana Racanovic.
L’Arte per la Citta per l’Arte, Sala Murat, Bari. Catalogue/Curated by Antonella Marino.
Mobility - apollonia - european art exchanges, Strasbourg, France 

2000 
In Situ: Château d’Oiron, Oiron, France
3rd International Print Triennial, Cairo, Museum of Modern Egyptian Art, Egypt

1998 
Agart World Print Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia
IX Yougoslavian Student Print Biennial, "Studentski grad", Cultural centre, New BelgradePublic Collections:

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe di Villa Pacchiani Comune di Santa Croce sull’Arno, Italy.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia.
Money Museum, National Bank of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia. 
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt.
National Library of Montenegro "Đurđe Crnojević"

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Irena Lagator Pejović, The National Bank building in Cetinje versus self-vanishing modernism. Promotion or maintenance. 21. estetički kongres ICA 2019, Univerzitet u Beogradu - Arhitektonski fakultet. July 2019.

Irena Lagator Pejovic, essay, Maximum Profit—Minimum Time, posted on April 3, 2019 at post, Notes on Modern and Contemporary Art around the Globe, MoMA, Museum of Modern art, New York

Irena Lagator Pejović, Doxa and the Paradox of the Limited Liability Company/Society, AM Journal of Art and Media Studies No.16/September 2018, Belgrade http://fmkjournals.fmk.edu.rs/index.php/AM/index

Irena Lagator Pejović, New settling of the Future, in “Inhabited drawing, a book about the artistic work of the architect Ranko Radović”, Matica crnogorska, Podgorica, 2016, 48-55

Irena Lagator Pejović, Freedom Security Progress. In: “Fiery Greetings, Representative portrait of the childhood in the Socialist Yuoslavia”. Publisher: Museum of Yugoslav History, Belgrade. 2015, 193-194.

Irena Lagator Pejović. Art as Social Strategy. Answer to Bazon Brock from Venice. In: Irena Lagator Pejović: “Image Think”.Montenegrin Pavilion at the 55^thInternational Art Exhibition − La Biennale di Venezia. Published by Center for Contemporary Art, Podgorica, 74-84.

Irena Lagator Pejović, Automatism of society of limited responsibility, in “Artist as audience: discussions among the audience“, Frekvencija, Belgrade, 2013, 94-97.

Irena Lagator Pejović. 1.66%. In “Irena Lagator Pejović: Società a responsabilità limitata (S.r.l.) / Limited Responsibility Society (L.L.C.)“ Edited/Curated by Ilaria Mariotti. Published by: VILLA PACCHIANI, SANTA CROCE, 47-49

Irena Lagator Pejović ,The Society of Unlimited Responsibility. In Irena Lagator Pejovic: The Society of Unlimited Responsibility. Art as Social Strategy. 2001-2011. Edited by Christa Steinle, Karin Buol-Wischenau, Neue Galerie Graz am Universalmuseum Joanneum. Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln. 78-82

ARTIST TALKS, SEMINARS

For the Common Good, within the framework of “Im Vorbeigehen II/17” at KU with Artist Talk at Kepler Salon, Linz, Austria. Curated by Karolina Majewska-Güde, 2019.

A Natural Oasis? A Transnational Research Program, Summer School. Institute of Contemporary Art Cetinje (ngo) Montenegro, Art Museum of Montenegro, Montenegrin Gallery of Arts Miodrag Dado Đurić, 2016

BONE_bucky's classroom, Performance Festival, Universität Bern, MA Contemporary Arts Practice und MA Scenic Art Practice, Bern, Switzerland, 2013

Teartro Rossi Aperto, Pisa, Italy, 2012

Artist as Audience/Umetnik kao publika, Salon of Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia, 2012

SELECTED INTERVIEWS

Irena Lagator Pejović: Responsabilità illimitata Interview: http://www.klatmagazine.com/art/irena-lagator-pejovic-responsabilita-illimitata-interview/15175

Art as social strategy: Irena Lagator Pejović. Part I: http://julietartmagazine.com/en/art-social-strategy/

Art as social strategy: Irena Lagator Pejović. Part II: http://julietartmagazine.com/en/irena-lagator-pejovic-part-ii/

Irena Lagator Pejović: Image Think: http://www.talkingart.it/voci-contemporaneo/irena-lagator-pejovic/

Il potere all' immaginazione. Del Montenegro | Artribune: http://www.artribune.com/2013/08/il-potere-allimmaginazione-del-montenegro/

RADIO PAPESSE - Irena Lagator Pejovic: Società a responsabilità limitata: http://www.radiopapesse.org/w2d3/v3/view/radiopapesse/notizie--123/index.html?area=5