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She received her master’s degrees in art history and archeology from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb and in the theory of modern and contemporary art from Leiden University in the Netherlands.
She works as a writer, curator and art critic. She is a member of AICA (International Association of Art Critics), ULUPUH (Croatian Association of Applied Art Artists), HDP (Croatian Writers Society).
She is interested in the phenomenon of the cross-border interactions and identitites and intercultural exchanges. By practising interdisciplinary approach towards visual arts, literature and exhibition organisation she tends to connect the curatorial practice with the writing one. Primarily she is focused on the issue of "narrative", "the identity" and most of all - "the language."
published works
- Ježenja (Goosebumps), Fraktura, poetry, Zagreb, 2020
- Travka preko oblaka (Blade of grass over the clouds), Semafora, picture book, Zagreb, 2018
- Endless endings, Bokeh, short story collection, translated by Jeremy White, 2018
- More i zaustavljene priče (Endless Endings), Treći Trg, Beograd, 2018
- More i zaustavljene priče (Endless Endings), short story collection, Zagreb, 2016
- Sjene sjemenki (Shadows of Seeds), HDP, poetry, Zagreb, 2015/ Elektroničke knjige 2020
- Haljina obscura (The dress obscura), poetry, 2011, Croatian Matrix award for young poets Zdravko Pucak, Karlovac
- Ljudi bez parka (People Without a Park), short story collection, Zagreb, 2009
scene
Neva Lukić’s poems and short stories have been published in various magazines, electronic magazines, collections and on the radio, such as Poezija (Poetry) (HDP-Croatian Writers Society), Most/The Bridge (DHK-Croatian Writers Association), Fantom slobode /The Phantom of Freedom, Olvidar/Forgetting – Brumaria Works 9, The Dalhousie Review, Zin-Daily, Blesok (The Flash), Fragment (The Fragment), Libartes, Ajfelov most (Eiffel’s Bridge), Riječi riječi (Words, words), Šest minuta poezije u šest (Six Minutes of Poetry at Six O’clock).
She has participated in poetry readings and festivals of short story, poetry and film such as Stih u regiji (Verse in the Region) (Zagreb), Feminizam je za sve (Feminism is for all) (Zagreb), FLEM- festival literature europskog Mediterana (Literature Festival of European Mediterranean) (Belgrade), Trgni se poezija /Wince, Poetry) (Belgrade), Sajam knjiga (Book Fair) (Ljubljana), Sajam knjiga (Book Fair) (Belgrade), NEMAF-International New Media Festival (Seoul), Short film Corner (Cannes), Netherlands Film Festival (Utrecht), etc.
Her poems and short stories have been translated into Macedonian, English and Slovenian language.
Literary recognition: Zdravko Pucak, Coratian Matrix reward for a poetry collection by authors up to thirty years of age. (2010)
collaborations
Lukić has collaborated with other artists – of which the following stand out: The Motel in the Well (2016., part of LIMA collection, Amsterdam), in collaboration with the video artist and film maker Sara Rajaei, and the drama P(j)eščanik (The Sandbox) in collaboration with the writer Viktor Radonjić.
She has also run literary-performing workshops TijeloRIJEČI (with Josipa Bubaš) and artistic organization Maximum (with Ivan Herceg) and is member of the organization committee of the festival Susret riječi (Meeting Words).
art historian
Lukić has curated a large number of solo exhibitions, and has authored or co-authored a number of thematically conceived group exhibitions. She has collaborated with various institutions, non-profit organizations and collections, mainly in Croatia and the Netherlands (HDLU- Zagreb, NMMU- Zagreb, Orsula d.o.o.- Zagreb, MLU -Osijek, MMSU -Rijeka, Waag Society- Amsterdam, Arti et Amicitiae - Amsterdam, See Lab- Amsterdam, Hestia gallery - Belgrade, etc.) and has participated in various residences and programs - Het Wilde Weten/Rotterdam; What Could/Should Curating Do (Belgrade) for which she was supported by Mondriaan Funds;The Autumn School of Curating /Cluj/Timisoara; 9th Cei Venice forum for contemporary art curators/Venice, etc. She regularly publishes exhibition reviews and interviews with artists in newspapers and magazines Vijenac and Kontura, and periodically in 15 dana and in electronic magazines such as Moderna vremena and H-Alter. She has been member of a few expert commissions in Croatia for selection or purchase of artworks, and as well as for awarding prizes (Youth salon/HDLU, 2010, Radoslav Putar award 2021, Erste fragments award). She currently works in Hestia Art Residency & Exhibitions Bureau in Belgrade.