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 London.

Education:

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:

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 group exhibitions:

2024 - Make Art at Your Own Risk, International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg
2023 - Collective Beauty, Berlin Summer University of the Arts
- Exploring the Earth as Lover, International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg
- Max Leroux, Stadtgalerie, Salzburg
- Invisible Recursion, TRA Collective, M P Birla Millenium Art Gallery, London
2022 - Fragility and Resilience, International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg
2021 - Shivers, Computational Arts Show, Goldsmiths, University of London
2020 - Borders, 2. Samobor salon, Gallery Prica
2019 - The 4 Memorials of Nenad Fabijanić, 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
2018 - Necropolis Project, War or Peace, Maxim Gorki Theater, Berlin
2017 - The International Exhibition of 20th Miniatures, Art Association of Zaprešić, in Novi Dvori, and Pro3or Gallery, Belgrade

Residencies:

2024 - NOW Collective, International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg
2023 - class of She She Pop, Berlin Summer University of the Arts
- class of Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens, International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg
- Gallery Kazamat, Croatian Association of Artists, Osijek
2022 - Vache Baroque, London
2022 - class of Anna Daučiková, International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg
2022 - Writing from Art: Poetry Inspired by the Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, Goldsmiths, University of London
2019-2020 - Erasmus Student Practice, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
2019 - Nest, Svijetle pruge, public sculpture project, Bjelovar
2017 - Wood Aurox, Svijetle pruge, public sculpture project, Bjelovar