Karmen Corak

Born in 1959

Slovenia/Italia

date of inserition W.A.D. 10/2021

Biography

KARMEN CORAK, (1959,Slovenia) I live and work between Venice and Rome. I studied Graphic Arts in Croatia and Conservation and restoration of artworks on paper in Italy, Japan and Austria. I attended photography workshops with Rinko Kawauchi and Hans-Christian Schink. I partecipated in group and solo exhibition in Croatia, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Hungary and the USA, receiving international awards in Fine Art Photography in Paris, Malaga and Berlin. My photographs are in public collections in Italy and Japan.

With photography I question the invisible aspects of reality, representing them through a process of intimate reflection, with fragmentary or recomposed revelations.

Curriculum

2021 – GREEN MATTER, curated by Karmen Corak and Paola Pisanelli Nero, Magazzino Gallery, Palazzo Contarini Polignac, Venice

2020 – KRHKOST BIVANJA (Fragility of being), Karmen Corak and Andrej Brumen Cop, curated by Andreja Borin, UGM Studio, Municipal Museum of Modern Art, Maribor, Slovenia

2019 – LA VIA INTERROTTA (The interrupted way), curated by Luisa De Marinis, Museum Andersen, Rome

2019 – FRAGILITA’ DELL’ESSERE, Karmen Corak and Andrej Brumen Cop, curated by Denis Vovk, Museum of Modern Art Ugo Carà, Muggia (Trieste)

2018 – FRAGILITA’ DELL’ESSERE, Karmen Corak and Andrej Brumen Cop, Academy of Fine Arts, Rome, in collaboration with the Slovenian Embassy in Rome

2018 – SUB DIVO. La via sacra, artist’s residence at the Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Art, Agrigento (ex Collegio dei Padri Filippini), Sicily

2017 – IN A LANDSCAPE, Karmen Corak, Pierluigi Isola in dialogue with the collection of the National Institute of Graphic Art, curated by Fabio Fiorani, Palazzo Poli, Rome

2015 – NOTHING IS – LOOK, AND IT IS, curated by Brunella Buscicchio Scherer, Doozo Gallery, Rome

2015 – RIBI. Negli occhi dei pesci lacrime, curated by Jerica Ziherl, Mala Galerija, Porec, Croatia

2014 – IN A LANDSCAPE, curated by Elena Del Drago,  Palazzo TAVERNA, Rome

2014 – UNVEILED altriritratti , Karmen Corak and Fabio Gasparri, curated by Luisa De Marinis, Centro Documentazione Artistica Contemporanea Luigi Di Sarro, Rome, FOTOGRAFIA International Festival of Photography, Rome, XIII.edition, Portraits

2014 – WASHI. The traditional way, organized by Giorgio Pellegrini, Museum of Paper and Watermarks, Fabriano, Italy

2014 – UMBRATILIS, Karmen Corak and Maurizio Pierfranceschi, organized by Shara Wasserman, Gallery of Art, Temple University of Rome

2013 – RIBI. Tears in the eyes of fish, curated by Manuela De Leonardis, ACTA, FOTOGRAFIA, International Festival of Photography, Rome, XII.edition, Vacatio

2013 – FRAGMENTS FROM TRADITIONAL JAPAN, curated by Marco Meccarelli, with the patronage of the Japanese Cultural Institute in Rome, organized by the township of Noto and the Japanese Embassy in Rome, Collegio dei Gesuiti, Noto, Sicily

2012 – WASHI. The traditional way, curated by Marco Meccarelli, with the patronage of the Japanese Cultural Institute in Rome, Studio CAMERA 21, FOTOGRAFIA International Festival of Photography, Rome, XI.edition, Work

2011 – AWARE. Beyond the appearance, curated by Luisa De Marinis, Studio Camera 21, FOTOGRAFIA International Festival of Photography, Rome,, X.edition Motherland

Group exhibitions

2021 – TREES & LEAVES, curated by Mario Peliti and Paola Cavazza, Galleria del Cembalo, Palazzo Borghese, Rome

2020 – MOTION, International Exhibition of Photography, PH21 Gallery Budapest, Hungary

2020 – IL SANGUE DELLE DONNE, (The blood of the women, traces of red on the white cloth), curated by Manuela De Leonardis, Complesso del Baraccano, Bologna

2020 – TRAnSFUSIONI#4 Homage to Costantino Dardi, curated by Anna D’Elia, Lavatoio Contumaciale, Associazione Culturale di Tomaso Binga/Bianca Menna, Rome

2019 – LANDSCAPES: East Meets West, curated by A.Martynov, L. Uccellini, Y. Iris Jeong, Shatto Gallery , Los Angeles

2019 – THE BLOOD OF THE WOMEN, traces of red on the white cloth curated by Manuella De Leonardis, Medieval Church la Vallisa, Bari

2019 – WE ARE IN THE SOUTH, curated by Angelo Pitrone, Realmonte (Agrigento – Sicily)

2019 – PORTRAITS WITHOUT FACES, curated by Zsolt Bátori, PH21 Gallery, Budapest

2019 – HANJI, curated by L. Salvi e R. Ajossa, Corean Institute of Culture, Rome

2019 –  LANDSCAPES. East Meets West, curated by Andrey Martynov, BID Art, Pesaro

2019 – LIGHT, Tinny Biennale curated by S.Moore, Gallery of Art, Temple University Rome

2018 – SILK ART YUN International exhibition, the Gongwangfu Museum, Beijing, organized by the Academy of Fine Art Tsinghua University, Beijing, Cina

2018 –TRAnSFUSIONI# 3 – Verita Monselles / Jacopo Benci, Karmen Corak and Ecke Bonk, Menna/Binga Archive, Rome, RAW Rome Art Week

2018 – KWVD International Exhibition, University Art Center Gallery Iang, SEOUL, Corea

2018 – NIGHT, Tinny Biennale curated by S. Moore, Gallery of Art, Temple University Rome

2018 – THE BLOOD OF THE WOMEN, traces of red on the white cloth curated by Manuella De Leonardis,Palazzo Fibbioni, Municipy of Aquila

2017 – Biennale Internazionale Donna, organized by Ass. Culturale Porto Arte – Magazzino 26 Porto Vecchio, Trieste

2017 – FEMALE ARTISTS International exhibition organized by the Academy of Fine Art, Rome and the International Federation of Female Artists, China

2017 – THE BLOOD OF WOMEN.Traces of red on white cloth, curated by Manuella De Leonardis, Galerija Rigo, Novigrad/Cittanova, Croatia – Galerija Forum, Zagreb, Croatia – Monastero di San Benedetto, Conversano, Bari, Italia curated by Rocco De Benedictis

2016 – The International Biennial of FINE ART and DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY, IV.ed., Palazzo Italia, Berlin, Germany

2016 – MINDSCAPE. Scatti e memoria, curated by Elisabetta Portoghese and Manuela De Leonardis, Castelnuovo Fotografia IV.ed., Castelnuovo di Porto, Rome

2016 – DIFFERENT DIMENSION, VI.ed. The International Biennial of Photography curated by Andrey Martynov, NOVOSIBIRSK State Art Museum, Russia

2016 – IL SANGUE DELLE DONNE  tracce di rosso sul panno bianco, curated by Manuella De Leonardis e Rossella Alessandrucci, Teatro Stabile Comunale di Isola del Liri, Frosinone

2015 – THE CITY AS MAN’S THOUGHT, curated by Camera21, EUR, Rome

2015 – RED ALERT! Curated by Zsolt Bátori, PH21 Gallery, Budapest                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

2015 – STRUCTURES AND FIGURES II., curated by Luisa De Marinis e Giuseppe Canilla, Studio Franco Canilla, Rome

2014 – III.ed. The International Biennial of FINE ART and DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY, the Municipal Heritage Museum of Malaga, Spain

2014 – COLOURS AND SHADOWS, curated by Luigi Clavareau, in)(between gallery, PARIS

2014 – STRUCTURES AND FIGURES I., curated by Fabio Gasparri, Studio F. Canilla, Rome

2013 – AWAGAMI International Miniature Print Exhibition, Inbe Art Space, Yoshinogawa City, TOKUSHIMA, Japan

2013 – PHOTOGRAPHY OR PAINTING ? curated by Marco Delogu, Il Frantoio Gallery, Capalbio, PhC Capalbiofotografia Festival – V.ed.

2007 – SLOVENSKE FOTOGRAFINJE SE PREDSTAVIJO, Dolik Gallery, Jesenice, Slovenia

Publications

– TRAnSFUSIONI 2016-2020, Rome

– IL SANGUE DELLE DONNE, tracce di rosso sul panno bianco, Postmedia Books, 2019                                                               – SILK ART YUN International exhibition, The Gongwangfu Museum, Beijing, China, 2018

– KWVD International Exhibition, University Art Center Gallery Iang, Seoul, South Corea, 2018

– Biennale Internazionale Donna, Ass. Culturale Porto Arte – M26 Porto Vecchio Trieste, 2017

– 2017 FEMALE ARTISTS International exhibition, Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma

– Zenska krv / Il Sangue delle donne /Blood of Women, Galerija Forum, Zagreb 2017

– RIBI.Tears in the Eyes of Fishes, Mala Galerija, Porec 2015

– Strutture e Figure, artisti contemporanei sulle opere di Franco Cannilla II, Rome 2015                                                          – Umbratilis,  Temple University in Rome 2014

– VACATIO Photography International Festival in Rome 2013 XII.ed.

– Photography or Painting,  Capalbio, PhC 2013 V.edition

– WORK, Photography International Festival in Rome 2012 XI ed.                                                                                      – MOTHERLAND, Photography International Festival in Rome 2011 X.ed.

Awards

2015 – 7th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Woman Photographers, Finalist in 3 sections: Fine Art, Landscapes and Seascapes, Nude and Figure

2014 – 6th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Woman Photographers, Fine Art section

2013 – International Fine Art Photography award, Grand Prix de la Découverte – Grand Prix Juror Award of Merit, Jury Prize: Still Life (2 photos), Cityscape/Architecture (1 photo)

2013 Concours photo “Métiers du Monde” d’Alliance francaise de Venice, 2ème place

Collections

National Institute of Graphic Art, Rome

Chanoyu Center Urasenke, Rome

Awagami Center, Tokushima Japan

Museum of Paper and Watermarks, Fabriano, Italy

Centro Documentazione Artistica Contemporanea Luigi Di Sarro, Rome

Fausto Pirandello Foundation, Rome

International Federation of Female Artists, Beijing

Itaian Institute Zen Sōtō Shōbōzan Fudenji, Salsomaggiore Terme, Italia

Municipal Gallery of Contemporay Art, Agrigento, Sicily