BIOGRAPHY
Deša Vlahutin
Born in Dubrovnik, Croatia in 1981.
2000. Graduated from the Luka Sorkočević Art School in Dubrovnik.
2006. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb.
Member of the Croatian Association of Artists (HDLU).
Currently lives and works in London, United Kingdom.
CV
Individual Exhibitions
2004. Zagreb, Croatia, SC Gallery
2009. Bucharest, Romania, Brancoveanu Palace, Mogosoaia
2009. Dubrovnik, Croatia, Marin Držić Theatre foyer
2011. Prague, Czech Republic, The Gallery of Art Critics (Galerie Kritiku)
2011. Dubrovnik, Croatia, Gallery Talir
2017. London, United Kingdom, Embassy of the Republic of Croatia
2018. London, United Kingdom, Old Brompton Gallery
2019. London, United Kingdom, Bonhams
Group Exhibitions:
2003. Zagreb, Croatia, Ministry of Culture
2004, Zagreb, Croatia, Kristofor Stanković Gallery
2004. Zagreb, Croatia, SC Gallery
2010. Zagreb, Croatia, Meštrović Pavilion
2016. Dubrovnik, Croatia, Museum of Modern Art
2021. London, United Kingdom, Old Brompton Gallery
Public Works:
Zagreb, Croatia, Ministry of Culture
Vrsar, Croatia
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Workshops:
2000. Island Vis, Croatia
2004. Montraker, Vrsar, Croatia
STATEMENT
Basic geometric shapes purged of all metaphor. Accent on the materials. Equality and balance. Cold representation. Repetition. Less is more. The works of Deša P. Vlahutin correspond to all these features mentioned above, characteristic of the minimal art, well known in the 1960s and 1970s in Western culture. Deša P. Vlahutin is an authentic contemporary minimalist artist in these post-post modern times, and she respects fatefully the rules and principles of minimalism in concept and formal approach. She works with classic and sometimes expensive materials without the evidence of the artist’s hand, for their aesthetic impact. She has an impressive vision for large sculptures destined to public spaces. There are no symbolic features behind the forms. They are exactly what they represent. Nothing more, nothing less.
