Vlatko Ceric

Statement
My works belong to computer generated abstract, mostly geometrical art. They are generated from the heart of computer, by computer programs that transform my ideas into images. This kind of computer art is called algorithmic art since images are generated using algorithms, i.e. procedures coded in computer programs that describe how an image will look like and how it is to be generated.

I create my own software and developed a visual “grammar” based on using elementary geometrical objects integrated into diverse spatial arrangements. I also work with digital manipulation of photographs using algorithmic manipulation of pixels within a photograph and thus transforming them from figurative to abstract patterns, and create abstract computer generated animation and sculptures.

I use computer as a powerful tool and a partner in the creative process. I also use mathematics in my algorithms, not to visualize mathematical objects but rather as a tool that enables me to develop an idea I have about the work I want to create.

Bio
Born in Zagreb, Croatia where his current residency is also. Background in physics, but during most of his professional life involved in computer modeling. Professor of computing at the University of Zagreb.

Experience in computer generated graphic art from mid 1970s but started exhibiting in 2005. After that his works were exhibited at a number of international print and digital art exhibitions all over the world. His works are in many public collections. They are also exhibited in a number of university classrooms and laboratories, scientific institutes, information technology companies, banks and hospitals, as well as in one embassy.

He is a member of the Croatian Association of Artists and the ARTROM Gallery Guild based in Rome, Italy, as well as an affiliated artist of the A. Jain Marunouchi Gallery based in New York City.

Selected solo shows:

2010 Colorida Art Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2009 Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
2008: Bernardo Bernardi Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2005: Canvas Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia

Selected group shows:

2010 2nd International Printmaking Exhibition 2010, Penang State Museum and Art Gallery, Penang, Malaysia
2nd Aniversary Exhibit, MOCA: Museum of Computer Art, Brooklyn, NYC, U.S.A.

2009 5th Croatian Prints Triennial - invited author, Mestrovic Pavillion, Zagreb, Croatia
Third International Printmaking Competition, Osman Hamdi Bey Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
VIth Novosibirsk International Biennial of Contemporary Graphic Art, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia
IV SPLITGRAPHIC International Graphic Art Biennial,Old City Hall, Split, Croatia
3rd Quadrilateral Biennial – invited author, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia
Palm Art Award Exhibition, Art Domain Gallery, Leipzig, Germany. 
2008: Hun Gallery, New York City, U.S.A. Hun Gallery International 2008
Dedalo Center for Contemporary Art, Abruzzo, Italy,
Printmaking Today: Contemporary Review of Fine Art Printmaking
2007: Rhonda Schaller Studio, New York City, USA, Crossroads
Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaqués, Spain, 27th Mini Print International of Cadaqués
San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA. SIGGRAPH Art Gallery
John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, Perth, Australia,
ArCade V, the UK 5^th International exhibition of Computer Generated Imagery
Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia, 
Vth Novosibirsk International Biennial of contemporary graphic art
Agora Gallery, New York City, U.S.A., Pixel Perfect
2006: Wanda Siemaszkowa Theatre Gallery, Rzeszów, Poland,
VII International Computer Art Biennale
Museu d'Art Contemporani d'Eivissa, Ibiza, Spain, XIX Biennal Ibizagrafic' 06

Selected collections
International Print Triennial Cracow collection, Cracow, Poland 
International Computer Art Biennale collection, Rzeszów, Poland
Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia 
Guanlan International Print Biennial collection, Guanlan, China
Penang State Museum collection, Penang, MalaysiaAcademy of Fine Arts,
Collection of contemporary graphic arts, Warsaw, Poland
Association of the Museums of Painting and Sculpture collection, Istanbul, Turkey
Curtin University of Technology Art Collection, Perth, Australia   
Art collection of John Curtin Gallery, Perth, Australia
Reykjanes Art Museum, Reykjanesby, Iceland