Meta Drčar
Born in 1985, Slovenj Gradec (SI)
Lives and works in Paris (FR)
Meta Drčar (1985) is a Slovenian artist based in Paris. She graduated in art in 2009 at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London and obtained her Master’s degree in dancing and performance in 2012 at London’s Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. In her minimalist spatial installations, she frequently explores connections between the viewer’s moving body, sculpture, and architecture, as well as performative impacts emerging from the process. Drčar has presented herself at numerous independent and group exhibitions across Europe, in particular at Galerie Stadtpark, Krems an der Donau, Austria (2022), Delfi, Malmö, Sweden (2021), RAVNIKAR GALLERY SPACE, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2021), Mana Contemporary, New Jersey, USA (2020), Performance Affair, Brussels, Belgium (2019), Reaktor, Vienna, Austria (2019), Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy (2017), and Nuit Blanche, Paris, France (2017). She has received several work grants and residencies, such as Art and Architecture Residency (Woning Van Wassenhove), Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium (2021), ADP, European Investment Bank Institute Luxemburg (2020), and WWA Fabrikken, Copenhagen, Denmark (2020).
SELECTED WORKS
Frame Series Work No. 10
Frame Series, Work No. 10 (II)
Site-specific installation
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Sculpture Garden, Sint-Martens-Latem, BE, 2022
The project is the result of Meta Drčar's 2021 Art & Architecture Residency at the Woning Van Wassenhove, a post-brutalist landmark by the architect Juliaan Lampens. The residency was organised by Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens and made possible by the support of Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Puilaetco and Eeckman Art & Insurance.
Photo@Rik Vannevel
Courtesy of Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens
Frame Series Work No. 09
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Frame Series, Work No. 9
NONNEGATIVE
Curated by David Komary
Site-specific installation
Galerie Stadtpark, Krems an der Donau, AT, 2022
Photo@Stefan Lux
Frame Series Work No. 02
Frame Series, Work No. 2
Site specific installation
REAKTOR, Vienna, AT, 2019
Photo@Julia Gaisbacher
︎︎︎ EDUCATION
2012
MA Dance Theatre; The Body in Performance Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London, UK
2009
BA (Hons) Fine Art Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
2006
Foundation Diploma in Fine Art Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
︎︎︎ SOLO SHOWS
2022
Frame Series, Work No. 10, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, sculpture gardens, Sint-Martens-Latem, BE
Frame Series, Work No. 10 & 11, Woning Van Wassenhove (in partnership with Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens), Sint-Martens-Latem, BE
Frame Series, Work No. 8 & 9, Nonnegative, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems an der Donau, AT
Call Me Series, Cukrarna Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
2021
Frame Series, Work No. 8, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems an der Doanu, AT Frame Series, Study Pieces, Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana, SI
Frame Series No. 7, Reflecting space bodily, Frame Series, DUM project Space, Ljubljana, SI
2019
Frame Series, Work No. 1 & 2, REAKTOR, Vienna, AT Frame Series, Work No. 3, A Performance Affair, solo presentation with UN-SPACED Gallery), Vanderborght Building, Brussles, BE
2012
MA Dance Theatre; The Body in Performance Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London, UK
2009
BA (Hons) Fine Art Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
2006
Foundation Diploma in Fine Art Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
︎︎︎ SOLO SHOWS
2022
Frame Series, Work No. 10, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, sculpture gardens, Sint-Martens-Latem, BE
Frame Series, Work No. 10 & 11, Woning Van Wassenhove (in partnership with Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens), Sint-Martens-Latem, BE
Frame Series, Work No. 8 & 9, Nonnegative, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems an der Donau, AT
Call Me Series, Cukrarna Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
2021
Frame Series, Work No. 8, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems an der Doanu, AT Frame Series, Study Pieces, Ravnikar Gallery Space, Ljubljana, SI
Frame Series No. 7, Reflecting space bodily, Frame Series, DUM project Space, Ljubljana, SI
2019
Frame Series, Work No. 1 & 2, REAKTOR, Vienna, AT Frame Series, Work No. 3, A Performance Affair, solo presentation with UN-SPACED Gallery), Vanderborght Building, Brussles, BE
︎︎︎ GROUP SHOWS
2022
Frame Series, Work No. 5, Belonging, Sailor’s Home (curated by European Investment Institute Luxembourg and The Hunt Museum), Limerick, IE Art Verona, Verona, IT
2021
viennacontemporary, Vienna, AT
Frame Series, Work No. 6, 1 - 0 (duo show), DELFI, Malmo, SE
2020
Frame Series, Study Piece 2, Transantlantico, Mana Contemporary, New Jersey, USA
2020
Frame Series, Study Piece III, (Dis)Connect, Gredlerstrasse Studio, KulturKontakt, Vienna, AT
Frame Series, Study Piece I & II, White Noise, BKA-Veranstaltungsraum, Vienna, AT
2011
Measuring Series, Work No. 3, Zooart 2010, ZOOlive, Fresia Gardens, Cuneo, IT
Measuring Series, Work No. 3, British Creative Exchange, Holster Projects, London, UK
Measuring Series, Work No. 3, Shunt, Shunt Vaults, London, UK
Measuring Series, Work No. 3, National Testing Grounds of Live Art, Permanent Gallery, Brighton, UK
Measuring Series, Work No. 2, Architectural Disorder, Ovada Gallery, Oxford, UK
Measuring Series, Work No. 2, Pause and Effect (1.75), Manifesto Series, The Book Club, London, UK
One Minutes, Walls of Authority, The Old Police Station, London, UK
2009
Measuring Series, Work No. 1, Pause and Effect (1.50), Manifesto series, RART, Work Dalston, London, UK
Duet, Variety Theatre, Central Saint Martins Charring Cross site, London, UK
︎︎︎ AWARDS, GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
2021
Art and Architecture residency at Woning Van Wassenhove, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium Supported by Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Axel Vervoodt Gallery, Puilaetco and Eeckman Art and Insurance
2021
Artist in residence Niederostereich, Krems an der Donau, Austria Supported by the federal state of Lower Austria (AT)
2021
Artist in residence at Venezia Contemporanea, Venice, Italy In cooperation with ScalaMata & La Storta Exhibition Spaces, IT
2020
Artist in residence Niederostereich, Krems an der Donau, Austria Supported by the federal state of Lower Austria, AT
2020
Artist in residence at the Artist Development Programme Luxembourg, Luxembourg Supported by the European Investment Bank Institute Luxembourg, LU
2020
Artist in Residence at World Wire Air, Fabrikken, Copenhagen, Denmark Supported by Kobenhavns Kommune, Statens Kunstfond, Det Obelske Familiefond and Beckett-Fonden, DK
2019
Artist in Residence at KulturKontakt, Vienna, Austria Supported by Austrian Federal Chancellery, AT
2017
Artist in Residence at Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy Supported by STEP grant, European Cultural Foundation, IT
2017
MoTa Museum of Transitory Art, Ljubljana, SI
2012
Live Art Residency; Choreography The Aesthetic and Social Experience UNIARTS, Helsinki, FI
2011
AIR Mini Residency, Archway Investigation and Responses, London, UK
2021
Art and Architecture residency at Woning Van Wassenhove, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium Supported by Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Axel Vervoodt Gallery, Puilaetco and Eeckman Art and Insurance
2021
Artist in residence Niederostereich, Krems an der Donau, Austria Supported by the federal state of Lower Austria (AT)
2021
Artist in residence at Venezia Contemporanea, Venice, Italy In cooperation with ScalaMata & La Storta Exhibition Spaces, IT
2020
Artist in residence Niederostereich, Krems an der Donau, Austria Supported by the federal state of Lower Austria, AT
2020
Artist in residence at the Artist Development Programme Luxembourg, Luxembourg Supported by the European Investment Bank Institute Luxembourg, LU
2020
Artist in Residence at World Wire Air, Fabrikken, Copenhagen, Denmark Supported by Kobenhavns Kommune, Statens Kunstfond, Det Obelske Familiefond and Beckett-Fonden, DK
2019
Artist in Residence at KulturKontakt, Vienna, Austria Supported by Austrian Federal Chancellery, AT
2017
Artist in Residence at Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy Supported by STEP grant, European Cultural Foundation, IT
2017
MoTa Museum of Transitory Art, Ljubljana, SI
2012
Live Art Residency; Choreography The Aesthetic and Social Experience UNIARTS, Helsinki, FI
2011
AIR Mini Residency, Archway Investigation and Responses, London, UK