Zoran Kolarić
Selected Curriculum Vitae
Born: 1971, Čakovec, Croatia
Based in: Čakovec, Croatia
Website: zorankolaric.com
Email: zoran.kolaric@gmail.com
Artistic Practice
Zoran Kolarić is a Croatian photographer working with people, places, intimacy, and the quiet social transformations of everyday life. His practice moves between documentary, street, portrait, and nude photography, with a growing focus on long-term projects rooted in Central European and post-Yugoslav spaces.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2026 — Mimoidoči & Diary of Instant Man, IZUM Gallery, Maribor, Slovenia. Curator: Rudi Uran
2025 — Raz/otkrivanja, Gallery Oblok, Zagreb, Croatia
2024 — Mimoidoči, Muzej meščanstva, Lendava, Slovenia
2024 — Raz/otkrivanja, Gallery Kraluš, Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia
2024 — Raz/otkrivanja, Gallery of Photo Club Split, Split, Croatia. Curator: Ana Žanko
2023 — Prolaznici, F64 Photography Gallery, Podgorica, Montenegro
2022 — Čovjek i grad, Gallery of Photo Club Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. Curator: Neda Rački
2022 — Čovjek i grad, Exhibition Salon of the Museum of Međimurje, Čakovec, Croatia. Curator: Maša Hrustek Sobočan
2021 — Mimoidoči, FIAP International Exhibition Center, Negova, Slovenia. Curator: Ivo Borko
2021 — Prolaznici, Gallery of Photo Club Split, Split, Croatia. Curator: Ana Žanko
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 — 60 People’s View, Changwon, Republic of Korea
2025 — Photo Club Zagreb Members’ Exhibition, Gallery Božena, Celje, Slovenia
2025 — 60 People’s View, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2024 — XXV Celje Photography Exhibition, Celjska Kulturnica, Celje, Slovenia
2024 — 46 Views of Architecture, Gallery of Photo Club Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
2024 — Photo Club Zagreb Exhibition, Yantai International Convention and Exhibition Center, Yantai, China
2024 — Photo Club Zagreb Exhibition, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
2024 — Photo Club Zagreb Exhibition, FIAP Exhibition Center, Athens, Greece
2023 — In Search of the City, Gallery Prica, Samobor, Croatia
2023 — ILFIAP Exhibition, FIAP Exhibition Center Sille Sanat Sarayi, Konya, Turkey
Selected Awards
2024 — FIAP Gold Medal, Vojvodina Circuit 2024, Serbia
2024 — FZS Gold Medal, XXV Celje Photography Exhibition, Slovenia
2023 — MOL Gold Medal, Reflex 2023, Montenegro
2023 — FSS Gold Medal, FKA Winter 2023, Serbia
2022 — Grand Prix Fernando Soprano, Salon of Black-and-White Photography 100+1, Rijeka, Croatia
2022 — IAAP Gold Medal, Wojnicz International Salon of Photography, Poland
2022 — FIAP Gold Medal, Two Country Circuit, Podgorica, Montenegro
2022 — First Prize, Women category, 1st Split Photo Salon, Croatia
2022 — First Prize, Colour category, 1st Split Photo Salon, Croatia
2021 — PSA Gold Medal, Pannonia Reflections, Slovenia
2020 — Gold Medal, 39th Zagreb Salon, Croatia
2020 — PSA Gold Medal, Summer, Sea, Sun, Croatia
Public Collection
Museum of Međimurje, Čakovec, Croatia
- Objektiv
- Pod nebeskim svodom
- U magli
- Transfer
Distinction and Membership
EFIAP/b — Excellence FIAP Bronze
Member of Photo Club Zagreb
Selected Lectures and Professional Activities
2022 — S druge strane (ulične) fotografije — prvi i osobni pogled, public lecture, Photo Club Zagreb
Photography lecturer and workshop leader
Member of photography competition and exhibition juries
Author of photographic essays, reviews, and critical texts