Dijana Nazor Čorda was born in 1971 in Split. In 2017, she finished her PhD at the doctoral programme Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts of the University of Zagreb, dissertation topic Paintings in the Infrared Spectrum: Postponing the Visible mentored by full professor Igor Rončević and associate professor Jana Žiljak Gršić. In 1995, Dijana graduated from the then Faculty of Science and Pedagogy in Split, today the Arts Academy, and acquired the title of art teacher and conservator-restorer. In the same year, she received the Dean’s Award.
In 1990, she obtained a high school diploma from the School of Applied Arts and Design in Split. Since 1995, she has exhibited at 42 solo exhibitions in Croatia, Belgium and Australia. Since 1993, she has participated in over 100 juried group exhibitions in the country and abroad. In 2006, she took up a two-month residency in Paris, in the studios Cité Internationale des Arts. Her paintings can be found in several holdings of Croatian museums and private collections. She is the author of ten visual arts and urban installations, as well as two events at the International Street Festival Cest is d’Best. As of 2007, she has been heading the art programme of the Festival and has been managing three projects: the International Festival of Art Flags, the Festival of Art Stickers Art Walk and Cest klupaonica. She was the co-author and host of the Cest Best Photograph Cest od 2009. do 2015. Suvoditeljica je i dječjeg programa istog festivala od 2013. do 2020. Umjetnička je direktorica Festivala umjetničkih zastavica Zagreb (FUZZ) od 2020. do 2021. godine. Sudjelovala je na 42 likovne kolonije u Hrvatskoj i Bosni i Hercegovini.
She co-authored two textbooks Pogled, potez (Observe, Draw)for primary school grades 5 to 8, published by Profil, Zagreb, and two teacher’s books with a CD for art teachers in school years 2007/2008 and 2013/2014. She co-authored a ninth textbook entitled Opažam, oblikujem 5 (I Perceive, I Shape), a handbook for art teachers and interactive, visual arts content on the digital education platform IZZI, Zagreb, Profil Klett 2019. The textbook was awarded with a special jury award BELMA as the best textbook in Europe at the international Frankfurt Book Fair.
Dijana has won numerous awards, recognitions and commendations for her artistic work. For her contribution to art and pedagogical work, she was presented with two state awards: the Annual National Award Ivan Filipović in 2012, and she was decorated with the Order of Danica Hrvatska with the figure of Antun Radić in 2013. In 2013, she was awarded with the AFIAP distinction by the International Federation of Photographic Art. Dijana has had several research and professional papers published, and she participated in several national and international conferences. She has been a member of the Croatian Association of Visual Artists (HDLU), Zagreb, since 1998, of InSEA (International Society for Education through Art) since 2006, Photo Club Zagreb in the period 2003–2011, of the Croatian Heraldic and Vexillological Association since 2017, HULULK since 2018, and the Infra Group since 2019. She lives and works in Zagreb.
Solo exhibitions
2024.
- Zagreb, Hrvatsko kulturno društvo Napredak – Napretkov kulturni centar, Visible-invisible Angels
- Zagreb, Ethnographic Museum, Luminous Easter Eggs ceramics exhibition
- Zelina, Galerija Sv. Ivan Zelina, Black in Infra(red), in the Field of Infrared Black Painting, 19th Night of Museums
2022.
- Šibenik, City Library Juraj Šižgorić, Infrared painting and science, expert state conference Multimodal approaches to teaching and learning - On science and art to mark the 570th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s birth
- Bjelovar, Bjelovar City Museum, the Nasta Rojc Gallery, Visible-invisible World, A Small Retrospective of IR Painting
- Zabok, reGalerija, Angels Hidden in the Rug - Infrared Painting
2021.
- Zagreb, ART CeRZe Inclusive Art Gallery, multimedia exhibition Light fish, together with Gordana and Zorislav Šojat
2020.
- Zagreb, Ethnographic Museum, Repository of children’s creativity, A retrospective of Dijana Nazor Čorda’s pedagogical art activities – donation to Croatian Museum of School
- Trakošćan, Trakošćan Castle Gallery, Unveiling the Secrets of Painting - InfraredArt
- Prelog, the City of Prelog Museum Croata insulanus, Unveiling the Secrets of Painting - InfraredArt
2019./2020.
- Koprivnica, Koprivnica City Museum, the Koprivnica Gallery, Unveiling the Secrets of Painting - InfraredArt
2019.
- Varaždin, Varaždin City Museum, the Sermage Palace Exhibition Salon, Unveiling the Secrets of Painting - InfraredArt
2018.
- Sesvete, the Museum of Prigorje, Infrared Paintings – Revealing the Angels
2016.
- Vrbovec, Open University, Mala Gallery, exhibition of paintings A Song of the Angel’s Wings
- Samobor, the Prica Gallery, Paintings in the Infrared Spectrum: Postponing the Visible, the visual art segment of the doctoral dissertation
- Zagreb, Croatian Society of Visual Artists, the Bačva Gallery, Paintings in the Infrared Spectrum: Postponing the Visible, the visual art segment of the doctoral dissertation
2015.
- Samobor, the Prica Gallery, multimedia exhibition The Light Under Water, with Gordana and Zorislav Šojat
- Zagreb, the Small Hall of the Varoslav Lisinski Concert Hall, Invisible Guardians, as part of the concert of the Sebastian String Quartet, the visual art segment of the PhD dissertation
2014.
- Zagreb, the Cultural Centre Travno Gallery, exhibition of illustrations A Fairy Tale from Shallow Waters and Stone Fish
2011.
- Melbourne, Australia, the BMW Edge Theatre Hall, Federation Square, exhibition of fish/objects Mystery of the Adriatic Depths
- Zagreb, Vladimir Filakovac Gallery, exhibition of paintings Heralds of Celestial Joy
2009.
- Zagreb, KIC Club Photo Gallery, exhibition of photographs The Colours of Paris
- Šibenik, City Library Juraj Šižgorić, multimedia exhibition The Sea Oasis, together with Gordana and Zorislav Šojat
- Karlovac, ZILIK Gallery, multimedia exhibition The Light Under Water
- Krapina, the Krapina City Gallery, exhibition of paintings The Rain Can’t Harm Us
- Zagreb, LIKUM Portrait Gallery, exhibition of ceramics Ab ovo
2008.
- Bjelovar, the City Museum, the Nasta Rojc Gallery, exhibition of paintings The Rain Can’t Harm Us
- Zagreb, the Matrix Croatica Gallery, multimedia exhibition Oasis, together with Gordana and Zorislav Šojat
- Zagreb, the Zagreb Photo Club Gallery, photo exhibition, Paris Walks, Sixty Days in Paris
2004./2005.
- Zagreb, Military Ordinariate of Croatia, exhibition of paintings Angels Dancing
2003./2004.
- Zagreb, the LIKUM Contempora Gallery, exhibition of paintings Angels
2003.
- Zagreb, the foyer of the Vatroslav Lisinski Great Hall, exhibition of paintings Angels
- • Zagreb, the LIKUM Portrait Gallery, objects, Fish; Metamorphosis of Stone and Wire
- Njivice, the Njivice Gallery, Exhibition of paintings
2002.
- Omiš, the City Museum, exhibition of paintings the House of a Happy Man
1998.
- Split, the Galić Salon, exhibition of paintings the May Aria
1997.
- Split, the cellars of Diocletian's Palace, 3D model/illustrations, The Empire of the Dwarfs
- Omiš, the Church of the Holy Ghost, 3D model/illustrations, The Empire of the Dwarfs
1996.
- Split, Pinacotheca of the cuhurch Our Lady of Health, Exhibition of paintings
- Dugi Rat, Dalmacija Hotel, Exhibition of paintings
- Split, the cellars of Diocletian's Palace, the exhibition of paintings of new members of HDLU Split, with Dragana Nuić-Vučković
- Brussels, Belgium, Centre Culturel d'Auderghem, exhibition of paintings I’m Listening
- Liegé, Centre Culturel Seraing, exhibition of paintings I’m Listening
- Tournai, Maison de la Culture, exhibition of paintings I’m Listening
1995.
- Zagreb, Zagreb Tourist Board, Exhibition of paintings
- Samobor, Franja Exhibition Salon, Exhibition of paintings
Urban-art installations at the International Street Festival Cest is d'Best
2021.
- Zagreb, Zrinjevac, A chair for listening to birds and a short break, decorated object
- Zagreb, Zrinjevac, Zagreb pigeons, installation
2019.
- Zagreb, Zrinjevac, Zagreb pigeons and the Tree of Knowledge, installation, installation
2014.
- Zagreb, Cvjetni trg Square, Superfrogs at Cest, installation
2012.
- Zagreb, Arena Centre, Flower meadow, installation
2010.
- Zagreb, Ban Josip Jelačić Square, Flower meadow in Manduševac, installation
2008.
- Zagreb, Cvjetni trg Square, Colourful trees - chromotherapy for trees installation
- Zagreb, Cvjetni trg Square, Festival flags - flags of the world, installation
- Zagreb, Cvjetni trg Square, Releasing balloons for all countries of the world, event
2007.
- Zagreb, Varšavka Street, City of Zagreb street musicians, installation
- under the clock in Ban Josip Jelačić Square, Baranja benches, decorated objects
2005. − 2006.
- Zagreb, Ban Josip Jelačić Square, She-bear from Bear Mountain – Medvednica, sculpture
2004. − 2005.
- Zagreb, Gajeva Street, Love messages by Amor, event
2004.
- Zagreb, on the clock in Ban Josip Jelačić Square, Zagreb Love, sculpture
At the exhibition in HDLU Zagreb, 2016
At the exhibition in the Prica Gallery in Samobor, 2016
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND AWARDS
International
2021.
- Zagreb, Declaration of Excellence at the international exhibition in the Zvonimir Gallery, They love to paint
2019.
- Frankfurt, special jury award at the International Book Fair at the BELMA (Best European Learning Materials Awards) contest for the best European art textbook Opažam, oblikujem 5 (I Perceive, I Shape 5), Profil Klett, 2019 (co-author with Martina Reba and Jurana Linarić Mihalić)
- Zagreb, Declaration of Excellence at the international exhibition of paintings in the digital print technique, in front of the Nikola Tesla Technical Museum, Zagreb Full Color 19
2010.
- diploma for an experiment at the 15th International Photography Exhibition An Island and the Sea
2005./2006.
- Dubrovnik, runner-up at the 1st International Festival of Nativity Scenes and Christmas Customs in Croatia, Scents, gold and incense (with Veronika Matijačić)
2003.
- Stobreč, Story about Dalmatia, recognition for outstanding contribution to tourism as the best cultural-tourist project in 2003 at the 9th International Tourism Fair Interstas (visual design of a book with two CDs)
National
2013.
- Zagreb, decorated with an Order of Danica Hrvatska with the image of Antun Radić
2012.
- Zagreb, annual state award Ivan Filipović for the year 2011
Other
2014.
- Zagreb, the Grigor Vitez Award commendation for the illustrations in the picture book A Fairy Tale from Shallow Waters
- Požega, winner of the photo contest One Book a Day, Požega City Library and Reading Room
2012.
- Koprivnica, gold medal at the 5th Koprivnica Photography Salon Happy Child, Happy Family
- Zagreb, commendation at the Photo Club Zagreb exhibition Women filming
- Šibenik, recognition for participation in the International Festival of Art Flags project at Cest is d’Best on the programme of the 52nd International Children's Festivalt
2011.
- Đurđevac, diploma for the collection at the 13th Podravina Art Photography Salon
2010.
- Vinkovci, commendation for photography at the Vinkovci Photography Salon
- Đurđevac, commendation for the collection at the 12th Podravina Art Photography Salon
- Beli Manastir, 2nd prize for the collection of photographs at the 4th Photo Salon Miniatures
- Rijeka, bronze presentation plaque at the Salon of Croatian inter-club art photography
- Koprivnica, commendation at the 3rd Koprivnica Photography Salon Happy Child, Happy Family
2009.
- Zagreb, 2nd prize of the Zagreb Photo Club at the photo exhibition Long live photography!
- Zagreb, 1st prize in the category of art photography of the Zagreb Photo Club at the exhibition The Best Photo at the 13th International Street Festival Cest is d’Best
2008.
- Zagreb, 1st prize of the Zagreb Photo Club at the photo exhibition The Best Collection
- Zagreb, Photo Club Zagreb diploma at the exhibition The Best Photo
- Zagreb, 1st prize of the Zagreb Photo Club at the exhibition Long live photography!
1996.
- Dugi Rat, award for the coat of arms and flag of Dugi Rat Municipality
1995.
- Split, Dean's Award for outstanding academic achievement
Group exhibitions (selection)
2023.
- Zagreb, the Prsten Gallery, Croatian Association of Visual Artists, annual exhibition of members of HDLU
- Skopje, Mala Stanica Multimedia Centre – National Gallery, Femina vs. Feminology
- Zelina, the Sv. Ivan Zelina Gallery, the Infra Group exhibition, the 2023 Night of Museums
2022.
- Čakovec, Međimurje Museum Exhibition Salon, Light & Shadow, Zrinski Art Festival
- Kutina, Moslavina Museum Gallery, Exhibition InfraredArt – the Art of Unveiling, Infra Group
2021.
- Zagreb, Mimara Museum, virtual exhibition the Symbolism of material in the reality of the Way of the Cross, as part of the 30th Croatian Passion Heritage ceremony
- Sesvete, Sesvete Community College, Infrared painting – – Art of the future, Infra Group
2020.
- Ivanić-Grad, the Ivanić-Grad Museum, the Synergy of science and art, Infra Group
- Zagreb, in front of the Nikola Tesla Technical Museum, international exhibition of digital print images Zagreb Full Color 20
2019.
- Zagreb, the Palace Hotel, the Zrinski Gallery, Advent at the Palace
- Zagreb, in front of the Zagreb Fair, international exhibition of digital prints EXAT 110
2018.
- Rab, Paradiso Gallery, exhibition of works from the 19th art colony Paradiso
- Vugrovec, the Farof Gallery, HULULK exhibition salon, Christmas is upon us
2017.
- Samobor, 4th International Self-Portrait Triennale Notion of Self, the Prica Gallery
2016.
- Zagreb, Croatian Association of Visual Artists, Annual exhibition of HDLU members
2015.
- Samobor, POU Small Hall, Our Earth, to mark Planet Earth Day
2014.
- Melbourne, Australia, 34th InSEA World Congress, InSEA Self Portrait Exhibition, exhibition of self-portraits
- Samobor, the Prica Gallery, 3rd Croatian International Self-Portrait Triennale Identities
2013.
- Zaprešić, Razvid Gallery, 7th Zaprešić Watercolour Biennale
2012.
- Zagreb, Ethnographic Museum, Easter Eggs Festival
- Krapina, the City of Krapina Gallery, Easter Eggs
2011.
- 2011/2012 Samobor, Prica Gallery, 2nd Croatian Self-Portrait Triennale Coexistence
- Majdanpek, Serbia, Culture Centre Gallery, II International exhibition Art in miniature
2010.
- Canada, Wille-Marie, Québec, 10th International Biennale of Miniature Art, BAM!
- Slavonski Brod, Art Salon Vladimir Becić, 5th Croatian Watercolour Triennale
2009.
- Karlovac, Children's Home Vladimir Nazor, 36. ZILIK
- Zaprešić, Razvid Gallery, 5th Zaprešić Watercolor Biennale
2008.
- Omišalj, Gallery Vijećnica, IX art colony Fulfinum
- Samobor, the Vesna and Zlatko Prica Gallery, 1st Triennale of Croatian Self-portraits
2007.
- 2007/2008 Zagreb, Ethnographic Museum, The astonishing world of angels
- Zagreb, ULRICH Gallery, the Likum peers
2006.
- 2006/2007 Dubrovnik, Church of Sv. Staša, 2nd International Festival of Nativity and Christmas Customs in Croatia Scents, gold and incense
- Paris, France, Cité Internationale des Arts, Group Exhibition
2005.
- Zagreb, Matrix Croatica Gallery, Identity
- Blidinje, Gallery Masna Luka, art colony exhibition, Brijeg – Masna Luka
2004.
- Sisak, Striegl Gallery, Self-portraits of Croatian painters from the Lukin collection
- Šibenik, Museum of the City of Šibenik, Sea, people, shore
2003.
- Zagreb, Vladimir Nazor Gallery, Self-portraits from the collection of Klement Lukin
- Zagreb, the Museum of Arts and Crafts, MUO creative workshop, Chairs
2002.
- Zagreb, ULRICH Gallery, the Likum peers
- Metković, the City Cultural Centre Gallery, Exhibition of paintings
2001.
- Omiš, Church of the Holy Spirit, from the collection of Ante and Gracijela Munitić, Omiš and cities of the world
- Ston, Matrix Croatica Ston, VI International Art Colony
2000.
- Racibόrz, Poland, Zyhdi Gallery, III International Small Format Biennale
1999.
- Split, Pinacotheca of the church of Our Lady of Health, winter art colony Maestral
- Split, Diocletian's Cellars, exhibition of small format paintings and sculptures
1998.
- Osijek, the Waldinger Gallery Café, II Waldinger's Salon, Landscape
- Bol, LoBol, Dvor Koločevog mira, My friends' children
- Zagreb, Gallery and reading room Vladimir Nazor, 25th Youth Salon
1997.
- Split, Protiron Gallery, exhibition of miniatures
- Karlovac, Croatian Army Base, the Zrinski Gallery, 1st Karlovac art camp
1996.
- Petrinja, Gallery Krsto HegedušićCroatian Art Studio, group exhibition of paintings
- Sisak, Gradska kavana café, Croatian Art Studio, group exhibition of drawings
1995.
- Zagreb, Austrian Cultural Institute, exhibition of paintings by participants in the Autumn Art Workshop Zadar - Knin, Despite the war
1994.
- Osijek, Osijek City Museum, Croatian Army art workroom, 40th regiment of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia, Tvrđa (Fort) - from the production
1993.
- Split, in the museum, works of fourth-year students of fine arts