This year, the Institute for Contemporary Art announced the 24th competition for the annual award for artists under 40, the Radoslav Putar Award.

This year’s expert jury consisted of:

Nikica Jurković, winner of the Radoslav Putar Award 2024, Zagreb
Ana Bratić, president, HULU – Split, Split
Radmila Iva Janković, curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
Tadej Pogačar, artist and head of the P74 Gallery and the P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Institute, Ljubljana
Antonia Vodanović, curator, head of the Galženica Gallery, Velika Gorica, – Open call for curators under 40

 

After reviewing the 36 applications received for this year’s Competition, the jury selected the finalists for the Radoslav Putar Award 2025.

 

 

This year’s Radoslav Putar Award 2025 Finalists are:

 

magoj Burilović, Vinkovci (1987)

Graduated painting in 2012 at the Academy of Arts in Split. Lives and works in Vinkovci. Through photography, he explores and questions the current socio-political situation in Slavonia through local history, culture and migration.

 

Zoe Miloš, Rijeka (1994)

He completed his undergraduate studies in sculpture at the Academy of Applied Arts in Rijeka in 2019. During his studies, he explored the possibilities of intertwining the media of print, photography, painting and sculpture in order to technically and interdisciplinary complement his primary medium (painting). He uses materials such as oil, acrylic, spray paint, enamel, cardboard and wood in combination with xerography, typewriter or screen printing.

 

Vladimir Novak, Zagreb (1987)

He graduated from the Sculpture Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in 2017, and has been an associate at the Sculpture Department since 2022 with the title of assistant professor. He is continuously and actively participating in the art scene, presenting his works at several group and solo exhibitions in Croatia and abroad. He was a Finalist for the Radoslav Putar Award 2022. He works at the intersection of plastic design, architecture, design, light and sound in the relationship between space-media-observer experience.

 

Leo Pavlović, Novska (2000)

He graduated from the Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek in 2024. His artistic work is inspired by Croatian traditional heritage, namely intangible cultural heritage, which includes the very act of weaving and embroidery and all other forms of handicrafts. Thus, his current research into the potential possibilities of drawing is based on dedicated drawing and a kind of performative element, which remains invisible in the final work in all its fullness. He is guided by this principle when creating, but with a more contemporary approach.

 

Exhibition Finale 2025! will be held on Friday, June 6, 2024, at Salon Galić in Split, in collaboration with the partner of the Radoslav Putar Award, HULU -Split.

 

 

The Radoslav Putar Award consists of

– a two-month stay at Residency Unlimited in New York; http://residencyunlimited.org/, at a time agreed with the RU; during 2026.

– a solo exhibition at the Institute for Contemporary Art in Zagreb,
during 2026;
– production of multi-originals in collaboration with Gallery S from Koprivnica,
– and a place on the jury of the Radoslav Putar Award 2026.

 

The Institute for Contemporary Art’s partners in organizing the project are

the Croatian Association of Visual Artists, HULU – Split, and Gallery S from Koprivnica.

Residency Unlimited, Trust for Mutual Understanding, New York, YVAA – Young Visual Artists Awards, and Vizkultura, Zagreb.