Ana Žanić

EDUCATION:

Master of Fine Arts and Art Education, Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, Croatia 2002

EXHIBITIONS:

SELECTED SOLO:

2026 Olson-Larsen Galleries, Des Moines, IA
2025 Dream Garden, Geneva Public Library, Geneva, IL
2025 Origin: Wondrous Worlds, Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
2023 Arcadia, Laura A. Sprague Art Gallery, Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL
2022 Inner Wanderings, Geneva Center for the Arts, Geneva, IL
2020 Brent and Jean Wadsworth Gallery, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL
2020 Arrowhead Gallery, Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL
2018 Trail to Arcadia, Geneva Public Library, Geneva, IL
2016 Fluidity, Fermi National Laboratory Art Gallery, Batavia IL
2015 Lewis University, Romeoville, IL
2015 City Museum, Vinkovci, Croatia
2014 Lee E. Dulgar Gallery, South Suburban College, South Holland, IL
2014 Governors State University, University Park, IL
2012 Porter Butts Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2012 Oesterle Gallery, North Central College, Naperville, IL
2011 Epping Gallery, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
2009 Chicago Public Library, West Belmont, Chicago, IL
2009 Montgomery Ward Gallery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
2008 Osijek Summer of Culture, Franciscan Monastery Gallery, Osijek, Croatia
2008 City Museum, Vinkovci, Croatia
2007 Gallery Ulrich, Zagreb, Croatia
2004 Zagreb City Library, Staglisce, Zagreb, Croatia
2003 City Museum, Vinkovci, Croatia
2003 Zagreb City Library, Staglisce, Zagreb, Croatia
2002 Magis Gallery, Osijek, Croatia

TWO AND FOUR PERSON:

2024 Light and Flow, (with Jane Guthridge), Gallery 1871, Chicago IL
2022 Remembrance of Things Present, (with Rita Grendze), Schingoethe Museum, Aurora University, Aurora, IL
2021 Winds of Change, New Works by Helen Gotlib, Ahavani Mullen, Allison Svoboda and Ana Žanić, Gallery 1871, Chicago, IL
2020 New Work by Gallery Artists, (with Elise Morris and Patricia Finley) Gallery 1871, Chicago, IL
2018 No Barrier to Entry, (with Alejandrina Herrera, Henrique de Franca, Catherine O'Donnell), Gallery 19, Chicago, IL
2018 Vistas, (with Elizabeth Busey, Jane Fulton Alt, and Lelde Kalmite), Governors State University, University Park, IL
2016 Organic, Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL (with Karen Ami, Renee Robbins, and Allison Svoboda)
2015 Modernist Outlook, (with Taehoon Kim and Sally Ko), Gallery 19, Chicago IL
2015 Accretion: The work of Noelle Allen, C.C. Ann Chen, and Ana Žanić, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2013 Through the Smoke, Water, and Clay, Batavia Fine Arts Centre, Batavia, IL (with Anna Kenar and Tim Kowalczyk)

SELECTED GROUP:

2026 Summer show, Gallery 1871, Chicago
2026 Walker Fine Art, Denver, IL
2025 Winter Salon, Gallery 1871, Chicago, IL
2025 Perfectly Lost, Walker Fine Art, Denver, IL
2024 Winter Salon, Gallery 1871, Chicago, IL
2024 Waterways, Schingeothe Museum, Aurora University, Aurora, IL
2024 Summer Sampler, Olson-Larsen Galleries, Des Moines, IA
2024 Portals, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
2023 Fruit, Arrowhead Room Gallery, Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL
2023 New Directions, Gallery 1871, Chicago, IL
2022 Winter Salon, Gallery 1871, Chicago, IL
2022 Stories From My Childhood, Art Museum, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
2022 Casting Currents, Walker fine Art, Denver, CO
2021 Winter Salon, Gallery 1871, Chicago, IL
2021 Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
2021 Dreamland, Olson-Larsen Galleries, Des Moines, IA
2020 Art in The Time of Coronavirus, Schingoethe Center, Aurora University, Aurora, IL
2020 Art For Life Chicago, Exhibition and Auction DIFFA Chicago IL
2020 Power and Fragility, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
2020 Transparent, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NY
2019 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Waterstreet Studios, Batavia, IL
2019 Enchanted Garden, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
2019 Kane County Juried Art Exhibition, Geneva History Museum, Geneva, IL
2019 The Eye of the Beholder: Transparency, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
2019 I AMerican, Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL
2018 24th Evanston Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2018 Mark Makers, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
2017 SOFA Expo, with Gallery 19, Chicago IL
2017 I AMerican, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL
2017 Metaphors, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
2016 Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
2016 Perfect Crime, Gallery 19, Chicago, IL
2016 Inherent Intent, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
2016 I AMerican, North Central College, Naperville, IL
2016 Women We Love, Gallery 19, Chicago IL
2015 Art on Paper Miami, with Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Miami Beach, FL
2015 Art on Paper, Paper Art Fair, Pier 26, with Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
2015 I AMerican, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL
2015 5"x7", AMOA-Arthouse at Jones Center, Austin, TX
2014 I AMerican, Governors State University, University Park, IL
2014 I AMerican, White Ripple Gallery, Hammond, IN
2014 Evanston+Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2014 5"x7", AMOA-Arthouse at Jones Center, Austin, TX
2014 Metro Paper at Metro Show with Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
2014 I AMerican, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
2013 Vicinity, Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL
2013 Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX
2013 Carbon - Life, Decay and Beyond, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
2013 5"x7", AMOA-Arthouse at Jones Center, Austin, TX
2013 Words and Gestures, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
2013 Reveal "10 Essentials", Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL
2013 Winter Show, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
2013 1st Annual Art Competition, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
2012 1st Juried Member Exhibition, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
2012 3rd Anniversary Show, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
2012 Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX
2012 Potential Energy, Fermilab Art Gallery, Batavia, IL
2012 5"x7", AMOA-Arthouse at Jones Center, Austin, TX
2012 Warrenville Inspired, Warrenville Historical Museum and Gallery, Warrenville, IL
2012 Illuminate, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
2011 Fall, Next Gallery, St. Charles, IL
2011 2nd Anniversary Show, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
2011 Croatian Association of Artists - Members exhibition, Croatian Association of Artists Center, Zagreb, Croatia
2011 Abstract/Primitive, Next Gallery, St. Charles, IL
2010 5x7, Arthouse at Jones Center, Austin, TX/ Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Houston, TX/ Inman Gallery, Dallas, TX
2010 5th Croatian Watercolor Triennial, Slavonski Brod/Karlovac/Zagreb, Croatia
2010 Croatian Association of Artists - Members exhibition, Croatian Association of Artists Center, Zagreb, Croatia
2009 12x12, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
2009 "Fine Artists of Vinkovci", City Museum, Vinkovci, Croatia
2009 Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX
2009 "Art in the Abstract", five-artists show, Fermilab Art Gallery, Batavia, IL
2009 Croatian Association of Artists - Members exhibition, Croatian Association of Artists Center, Zagreb, Croatia
2009 5x7, Arthouse at Jones Center, Austin, TX/ Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Houston, TX/ Inman Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009 "Shades of Green", Art Benefit, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, TX
2009 32nd Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2008 Group Show, Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 Croatian Association of Artists - Members exhibition, Croatian Association of Artists Center, Zagreb, Croatia
2008 5x7, Arthouse at Jones Center, Austin, TX
2008 "Acquisitions", City Museum, Vinkovci, Croatia
2008 "A Clear Vision", Art Benefit, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, TX
2007 Likum Generations, Gallery Ulrich, Zagreb, Croatia
2007 Pataky Cultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
2007 Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX
2007 City Museum, Vinkovci, Croatia
2007 Radical Nautical, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX
2007 5x7, Arthouse at Jones Center, Austin, TX
2007 People's Gallery, Austin City Hall, Austin, TX
2006 Likum Generations, Gallery Ulrich, Zagreb, Croatia
2006 Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX
2006 5x7, Dunn & Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2006 5x7, Arthouse at Jones Center, Austin, TX
2006 Croatian Association of Artists - Members exhibition, Croatian Association of Artists Center, Zagreb, Croatia
2005 Likum Generations, Gallery Ulrich, Zagreb, Croatia
2005 Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX
2005 Croatian Association of Artists - Members exhibition, Croatian Association of Artists Center, Zagreb, Croatia
2005 Decadence, Red Door Gallery, Austin, TX
2004 Croatian Association of Artists - Members exhibition, Croatian Association of Artists Center, Zagreb, Croatia
2004 Likum Generations, Gallery Ulrich, Zagreb, Croatia
2004 Electricity and Me: Magnets and Unseen Forces, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX
2004 3rd Croatian Watercolor Triennial, Slavonski Brod/Karlovac/Zagreb, Croatia
2003 3rd Croatian Prints Triennial, Croatian Association of Artists Center, Zagreb, Croatia
2002 18th Biennial of Slavonija, Gallery of Fine Arts, Osijek, Croatia
2001 Heritage of Passion, Mimara Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
2000 Heritage of Passion, Mimara Museum, Zagreb, Croatia

FEATURED MEMBER:

2004 Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, TX

AWARDS:

2009 1st Award, 12x12, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL

ARTIST TALKS AND WORKSHOPS:

2025 Dream Garden, artist talk, Geneva Public Library, Geneva, IL
2025 Origin: Wondrous Worlds, artist talk, Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
2025 Watercolor and Mark-making, workshop, Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
2024 Waterways, Schingoethe Center, Aurora University, Aurora, IL
2023 Arcadia, Laura A. Sprague Art Gallery, Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL
2022 Mark-Making and Mindfulness, Schingoethe Center, Aurora University, Aurora, IL
2022 Fibre Arts Take Two: Featured Artist Ana Žanić Youtube/Facebook Live Interview
2022 Inner Wanderings, Geneva Center for the Arts, Geneva IL
2020 Origin, Voyage, Dreams, The Wadsworth Family Gallery, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL
2020 Migration/In Search of Arcadia, Arrowhead Gallery, Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL
2020 Artist to Artist Dialogue, Power and Fragility, Walker Fine Arts, Denver, CO
2020 Mark-Making: The Duality of Freedom & Control, Workshop, Waubonsee Community College, Aurora, IL
2020 Brent and Jean Wadsworth Gallery, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL
2020 Arrowhead Gallery, Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL
2019 I AMerican, Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL
2019 Geneva Public Library, Geneva IL
2018 No Barrier To Entry, Gallery 19, Chicago, IL
2014 Trail to Arcadia, Lee E. Dulgar Gallery, South Suburban College, South Holland, IL
2014 Floating Passage, Governors State University, University Park, IL
2012 Albert's Series, Porter Butts Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:

Agnes Gund Collection
Aurora University, Aurora, IL
Central National-Gottesman, New York, NY
Cedar Park Regional Medical Center, Cedar Park, TX
City Museum of Vinkovci, Croatia
DeLoitte & Touche, San Antonio, TX
Key Energy, Houston, TX
Kishwaukee College, Malta, IL
Lockton Insurance, Dallas, TX
Loews, Chicago, IL
Molto Capital, Villa Park, IL
Pfizer Global, New York, NY
St. Regis, Chicago, IL
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Wachovia Corporate Headquarters, Houston, TX
Warrenville Historical Museum, Warrenville, IL
Waldorf Astoria, Naples, FL
Wells Fargo, Dallas, TX
Westin, Atlanta, GA

ASSOCIATIONS:

2003-present Member of Croatian Association of Artists, Zagreb, Croatia