ABOUT


A life of a storyteller is an excitement indeed. Many are the fascinations, possible of arising at any given moment of the most common day imaginable. Each new work that is made is a new path opening - a new dimension coming to existence. I hope to inspire the audience to join me in this adventure of travelling through possibilities, in slowly but surely mastering the art of creation, in union with one another.


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CONTACT

mail: elena.strok@yahoo.com
instagram: @b_varka

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

HEALING WATER BOOK
Garaža Kamba, Zagreb, Croatia
In cooperation with Dora Fodor

BABY UNIVERSE
Prostor, Split, Croatia, 2021

BABY UNIVERSE
Gallery SC, Zagreb, Croatia, 2021

ARTEFACTS OF COMMUNICATION
Gallery R3a, Zagreb, Croatia, 2018


GROUP EXHIBITIONS


36. SALON MLADIH
HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia, 2022

COLLECTIVE CARE
OKNa, Porto, Portugal, 2021

ZENIT 21/21
FLU Beograd, Belgrade, Serbia, 2021

MOGUĆNOSTI ZA '21
Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, 2021

AREAS OF PRESENCE
Gallery Nova, Zagreb, Croatia, 2021

OPEN STUDIO: SOFT REFLECTION OF A TENDER NONSENSE DANCE
De Liceiras 18, Porto, Portugal, 2020

DRAVA ART BIENNALE ‘19
Gallery Osijek, Osijek, Croatia, 2020

OPEN STUDIO: GONE FISHING
De Liceiras 18, Porto, Portugal, 2020

MATRIX: SPACE OF FREEDOM
Gallery SC, Zagreb, Croatia, 2019

ALU ZAGREB: IZLOŽBA NAJUSPJEŠNIJIH STUDENATA
gallery Bunker, Samobor, Croatia, 2019

OPEN STUDIO: FOUND IN TRANSLATION
De Liceiras 18, Porto, Portugal, 2019

OPEN STUDIO: LUCKY STUCK
De Liceiras 18, Porto, Portugal, 2019

OPEN STUDIO: RECEPTIVE BARRIER
De Liceiras 18, Porto, Portugal, 2019

DRAVA ART BIENNALE ‘19
Gallery Koprivnica, Koprivnica, Croatia, 2019

ARTY PARTY: DOBAR LOŠ ZAO
Garaža Kamba, Zagreb, Croatia, 2018

SIMULTATIONS
Gallery SKC, Rijeka, Croatia, 2018

PIČKIN DIM
Esseker centar, Osijek, Croatia, 2018

OTHER PROJECTS AND WORKSHOPS

CULTUREHUB CROATIA: REFRESH+
author and leader of workshop TTEXPNo.1.2, Split, Croatia


SUMMER LAB: TREES IN THE CITY 
educational art project as part of ACT Europe network, organized by Bunker assiciation, Ljubljana, Slovenia


CULTUREHUB CROATIA: REFRESH+
author and leader of workshop TTEXPNo.1, online


PARADOX STUDENT BIENNALE: FUTURE TRADITIONS
author and leader of workshop TTEXPNo.1, Riga, Latvia, 2019


MATRIX: SPACE OF FREEDOM
educational research art project, OLR Plemenitaš, Plemenitaš, Croatia, 2019


PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP SOFIJA
printmaking workshop, Bogdanci, North Macedonia, 2018


MATRIX: SOUND
educational research art project, OLR Plemenitaš, Plemenitaš, Croatia, 2018


CIRCUS AS A WAY OF LIFE
international project containing educational workshops on contemporary circus, as part of the project performances on:

Špancirfest, Varaždin, Croatia, 2014

Festival uličnih svirača, Novi Sad, Serbia, 2014

International Street Theatre Festival Athens, Greece, 2014

Špancirfest, Varaždin, Croatia, 2013

EDUCATION


ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS ZAGREB
class of Mirjana Vodopija, MA (Summa cum laude), 2021


DE LICEIRAS 18
cultural platform for artistic residencies, Porto, Portugal, Erasmus+ internship, 2019/2020


ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS ZAGREB
class of Mirjana Vodopija, BA (Magna cum laude), 2019


ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS PRAGUE
class of Pavla Sceranková and Dušan Zahoransky, Erasmus+ exchange, 2019


MUSIC SCHOOL VARAŽDIN
musician guitarist, class of Marko Žerjav, 2015


Ist GYMNASIUM VARAŽDIN
2015