Diana Zrnic (1995, Zagreb) is an emerging artist based between London and Zagreb. She is currently pursuing a PhD degree in Fine Arts at The Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. She graduated from the MFA Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London in 2021 and from BA in Painting at The Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb in 2018. She has had seven solo exhibitions, the most recently at Somers Gallery (London) in 2025 and has participated in 28 group exhibitions. Her artworks have been shown internationally, including Saatchi Gallery (London), Mestrovic Pavilion (Zagreb), coGalleries (Berlin) and House of Ebata (Tokyo).
Selected for the esidence program organized within the framework of Frozen People Festival in 2026
CV DIANA ZRNIĆ (1995.)
www.dianazrnic.myportfolio.com
Education
2025 – \* Doctoral Studies in Visual Arts Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb
2019 – 2021 Master’s Degree, MFA Fine Art Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
2014 – 2018 Bachelor’s Degree in Painting Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
Somers Gallery, Hiding Place, London (2025) The Bow Quarter, The Third Room, London (2023) The Stone Space, Hold on, London (2022) Gallery St. Toma, Fluid Body, Grisia Youth, Rovinj (2020) Dubec Library, Nisam ni ja zaboravila da me je hrvatska mati rodila, Zagreb (2020) S-Market, Desires, Lapua, Finland (2019) coGalleries, Seeking for…, Berlin (2019)
Juried group exhibitions
Gallery No. 32, Winter Sculpture Park 2025, London (2025) BayArt Gallery, Here, Now, Cardiff (2024) Contemporary Arts and Learning, Open All Hours, London (2024) Chisenhale Art Place, Not to Be a Singular Being, London (2022) ROSL, RBA Rising Stars, London (2022) Gallery No. 32, Winter Sculpture Park 2022, London (2022) Saatchi Gallery, Grads Now, London (2021) Meštrović Pavilion, 6th Biennial of Painting, HDLU, Zagreb (2021) Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, Ghost-Like Traces, London (2022) MMC Gallery Umag, Muzej grada Umaga, San povjerenja – novi istarski divovi, Umag (2019) Lapua Art Museum, Patruunagalleria, Here and Now, Lapua, Finland (2019) Gallery Šira, Venientes, 34th Salon mladih Panoptikon, Zagreb (2018)
Other selected exhibitions
Meštrovićev paviljon, Annual HDLU Members Exhibitions, Zagreb (2023, 2022, 2021) Liliya Art Gallery, In Search of Lost Time, London (2024) Phantasmal Gallery, Potluck, Bath (2024) Somers Gallery, Surprise, London (2023) DAA Art Gallery, Echoes of Belonging, London (2023)
Awards and Recognitions
Luxembourg Art Prize 2022, Certificate of Artistic Achievement, The Pinacotheque (2022) Rector’s Award, Major Team Scientific and Artistic Work, Project Sketch, University of Zagreb (2018) Light Space and Time Art Gallery, Figurative Art Exhibition, Special Recognition Award for Autoportret (2017) Grisia, 3rd Place, Competitive Exhibition, Purchase Prize of the Rovinj City Museum, Rovinj (2018)
Artistic Research Projects and Art Residencies
Hidden Cities: Artistic Methodologies at the Advanced Level to Explore Urban Transformation (Public Art Garage Cork), University College Cork (Oct–Dec 2025)
Camberwell Station Public Artwork Commissioned by Camberwell Society and Southwark Council (2023 – 2025)
Radical Residency VII Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, London (2022)
Typhlological Museum, Project Lokve Art display, mural creation and artistic installation, Zagreb (2020)
Vanha Paukku Cultural Centre Vanha Paukku Artist Residency, Lapua, Finland (Mar–May 2019)
coGalleries Artist Residency Berlin (Oct 2018 – Feb 2019)
Hannacc Residence for Arts and Creativity Barcelona (Aug–Sep 2017)