TARWUK, MRTISKLAAH_ Amirp_Airetam.v5.Akilev, 2020. Courtesy of the artists and Matthew Brown.

TARWUK

TARWUK (b. Croatia) is the collaboration of Bruno Pogacnik Tremow and Ivana Vuksic. Working as a single entity, TARWUK investigate the boundaries of the self by presenting the body in a process of existential metamorphosis. Their paintings are paradoxically at once both hermetic and expansive: rife with esoteric figures and symbolism, they evoke an arcane spirituality. Comprised of industrial debris, their shape-shifting, (p)androgynous sculptures seem to originate from an archaeological and totemic past, and suggest a progressive restructuring of human anatomy that balances both being and becoming with a strange and exhilarating vitality.

TARWUK is the artistic collaboration of Ivana Vuksic (b. 1981 Dubrovnik, Croatia) and Bruno Pogacnik Tremow (b. 1981, Zagreb). Vuksic received her MA from Faculty of Political Sciences, Zagreb and Bruno received dual MFAs from Columbia University and Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb.

Solo and two person exhibitions include Ante mare et terras, Maramotti Collection, Emilia Romagna, Italy (2021); A Musical Score at the End of the World, Matthew Brown, Los Angeles, CA (2021); Bijeg u Noć, Martos Gallery, New York (2020); Pčele su prije bole češće. Nije li tako?Molim?, 15 Orient, New York (2020); Vernacular River Holds 6 Bodies Down, Lauba, Zagreb (2020); Second Celebration of the Five, Evening Hours, New York (2019); LENT, Taito Ryokan, Tokyo (2019); TARWUK with Gee Vaucher, Gauntlet, New York (2018); “…Ti živiš već hiljadu godina.” Team Gallery, New York (2018); Tužni Rudar, 15 Orient, New York (2018); HOST2, Jaakko Pallasvuo and Anni Puolakka, GMK Gallery, Zagreb (2018); 0621_141332 (2), Museum of Fine Art, Osijek, Croatia (2017); HOST, Jaakko Pallasvuo and Anni Puolakka, Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam (2017); Tout est pret. Au premier signal que vous nous enverrez de Trieste, tous se leveront en masse pour l'independence de la Hongrie. Xrzah., Ethnographical Museum of Istria, Pazin, Croatia (2017); help you, help me, Essex Flowers, New York (2017); The Tyranny of White Teeth, Hannah Bonaguoro and Ryan Foerster, Museum of Fine Arts, Split, Croatia (2017); The rash of tommy Borgia, Hannah Bonaguoro and Ryan Foerster, Lazareti 1-5, Dubrovnik, Croatia (2017); j_KOPSA_LUCIS.32, Practice, New York (2016); M491A192()INKAROH, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia (2016); 4D/Dominant Doorman Doorstep Document, Pony Project Gallery, Vienna (2015); No New Followers, Lauba, Zagreb (2015); and Family Totems, Pony Project Gallery, Berlin (2014).