BIO

Noa Geras (noko) explores the relationship between humans and what is perceived as "Other." Her work is rooted in anthropocentric narratives, myths about identity, and the ways in which ‘bridges’ and ‘walls’ are created.

Born in 1996 in Jerusalem, grew up in Zagreb.
Lives and works in both Zagreb and London.

Education:
2025-2026 Pedagogical, Psychological, Didactic and Methodological Training (PPDM), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Osijek
2020-2021 MA Computational Arts, Goldsmiths, University of London
2018-2019 MA Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb
2016-2019 BA Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb
2015-2016 Painting and Sculpture, Academia di Belle Arti di Venezia
2014-2015 Animated Film and New Media, Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb
2011-2014 Graphic Arts and Printmaking, School of Applied Arts and Design, Zagreb

Awards:
2024 - grant International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg
2023 - grant International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg
- granted membership for the Croatian Association of Fine Artists
2022 - grant ERSTE Foundation and tranzit.org for the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg
2018-2019 - award for the most successful graduates, Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb
2017-2018 - 1st. prize at The International Competition of the 20th Miniatures, Art Association of Zaprešić
2017-2018 - Rector's Award, 2017/2018, University of Zagreb

Selected solo exhibitions:
2025 - Parade, Kranjčar Gallery, Zagreb
2024 - Beasts, performance and exhibition in Brick 15, Vienna
- Beasts,performance in MM Centre, Zagreb
2023 - Beasts, Gallery SC, Zagreb
- Beasts, Gallery Kazamat, Croatian Association of Artists, Osijek
2022 -Looking Bach: 300 years since the Well-Tuned Keyboard, Vache Baroque, Conway Hall, London
2021 - Golem, Croatian National Theatre, Varaždin
2020 - Go West, Gallery Antun Augustinčić and Gallery Galić, Croatia
2019 - Go West, Gallery f8, Zagreb

Selected residencies:
2024 - International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg
2023 - Berlin Summer University of the Arts, class of She She Pop
- International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg
2022 - Vache Baroque, London
- International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg, class of Anna Daučiková
- Goldsmiths, University of London, Writing from Art
2019-2020 - Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Erasmus Student Practice, London
2019 -public sculpture project Svijetle pruge, Nest, Bjelovar
2017 -public sculpture project Svijetle pruge, Wood Aurox, Bjelovar

Selected group exhibitions:
2025 - Lea Deutsch Podcast, Our Freedom, JW3, London
2024 - Max Leroux, Stadtgalerie, Salzburg
- Invisible Recursion, TRA Collective, M P Birla Millenium Art Gallery, London
2021 - Shivers, Goldsmiths, University of London
2020 - Borders, 2. Samobor salon, Gallery Prica
2019 - Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb
2018 - The 13th Triennial of Croatian Sculpture, Glyptotheque of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb
2017 - The International Exhibition of 20th Miniatures, Art Association of Zaprešić, in Novi Dvori, and Pro3or Gallery, Belgrade