Skart
(collective-in-progress based it's activities on "samizdat/samodat" (selfproduction/selfdistribution) critical communication)
Skart are
Dragan Protic and Djordje Balmazovic
Both born 1965
work in experimental SKART-studio as art/graphic/social researchers
Education
Faculty of Architecture, Belgrade (YU)
Selected solo presentations:
2002 10 WITH ONIONS, Rotor, Graz (A)
2000 10 WITH ONIONS, Pillars of Culture bookstore, Belgrade (YU)
Public Library, Novi Sad (YU)
1999 SKART, OED, Ottawa (CA)
SKART, Typografica Gallery, Brussels (B)
1998 Hello Charlie!, Dieu Donne Papermill Edition Gallery, New York (USA)
1990 SKART is confined and isolated in the gallery Imago, Zrenjanin
SKART is isolated in the high ceilinged white room, Novi Becej
Selected group exhibitions
2002 Red Elephants, New Gallery, Oslo (NR)
Music in me, Gesellschaft fur Aktuelle Kunst GAK, Bremen (D)
Biennial of contemporary Arts, Cetinje (YU)
A Need of Realism, Zamek Ujazdowski, Warshau (PL)
Evolutionare Zellen, Neue Gesellschaft fur bildene Kunst, Berlin 2002 (D)
2001 Ars Danubiana, Regensburg (D)
Steirische Herbst, Rotor Gallery, Graz (A)
Collective Distribution 01, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart (D)
Wedding, Galerie Oberwelt, Stuttgart (D)
2000 Selection, Remont Gallery, Belgrade (YU)
Insomnia, Belgrade (YU)
Golden Bee, Moscow (RU)
Manifesta, Ljubljana (SI)
Dossier Serbien, Berlin (D) + Vienna (A)
Inside-Outside, Warshau (PL)
1999 Art Fair, Brussels (BE)
OFF Bienalle di Venezia, Belgium pavilion, Venezia (I)
1998 Grifon, Belgrade (YU)
Trieniall of Political Poster, Mons
Steirischer Herbst, Graz (A)
1997 Ostzilograf, Erfurt (D)
Art Biennial, Cetinje, Montenegro (YU)
1996 International Biennial of Graphic Design, Brno (CZ)
PostOlympia, Olympic Games, Atlanta (USA)
1995 Independent Art in Serbia, Helsinki (FI)
1994 Winterschool, Glasgow (UK)
Art Biennial, Cetinje, Montenegro (YU)
Dibidon, Ljubljana, (SI)
Art vrt (Art Garden), Belgrade (YU)
1993 The Closed System, Krems (A)
1992 International Exhibition of Prints, Kanagawa (JP)
1992 The Book in All Forms, Paris (F)
1991 ZGRAF, Zagreb (HR)
1990 Salon of Architecture, Belgrade
(YU)
Selected Awards
2002 First Award on Evolutionare Zellen competition, Neue Gesellschaft fur bildene Kunst, Berlin (D)
2002 Special Award for development of graphic design, Grifon, Belgrade (YU)
2001 Special Award for development of graphic design, Book Fair, Belgrade (YU)
2000 Award at Ocober Salon, Belgrade (YU)
1998 Special Award for development of graphic design, Grifon, Belgrade (YU)
1997 Award for the Life-Work from the Rythm of the heart programme, B92, Belgrade (YU)
1997 First Prize on Independent Publishing Fair, Belgrade (YU)
1996 First Prize for theatre poster on YUSTAT (1st Biennial of Theatre Arts), Belgrade (YU)
1993 Silver Medal „for design
and idea for the toys collection“ on World Exhibition of Inventions:
Eureka, Brussels (BE)
Grants
2001/02 Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany (D)
2000 Franklin Furnace "Future if the present 2000" grant, New York (USA)
1998 Arts Link Fellowship, New York (USA)
1996 Olympic Art Festival Residency,
Atlanta (USA)
Skart Workshops
2001 L’ ATELIER DES (IN)VISIBLES (as a part of Collective Distribution),
Les Halles, Brussels
KTO CHCE (Who wants?), in collaboration with kids and teachers from the
Foundation Powisle,
Zamek Ujazdowski, Warshau (PL)
2001 SURVIVAL COUPONS, Parsons School of Design, New York (USA)
2000 SUBMISSIVE, Jan Van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht (NL)
1999 FRON't, Typografica, Brussels
(BE)
Lectures
Jan Van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht (NL)
La Cambre Art Akademie, Brussels (BE)
Lower East Side Printshop, New York (USA)
Architectural Faculty, Belgrade (YU)
ERG School of Art, Brussels (BE)
Saint Lucas Art Akademie, Brussels (BE)
Hochschulle fur Bildene Kunst, Hamburg (D)
Kunstakademie, Stuttgart (D)
Parsons School of Design, New York (USA)
Storefront Gallery for Design and Architecture, New York (USA)
ZKM, Karlsruhe (D)
Volksbune Teater, Berlin (D)
Center for Communication, Prague (PL)
Gallery 359', Skopje, Macedonia (YU)
Rerna: Art-kitchen, Beograd (YU)