Prof. art. Andrea Pavetić

 Personal data

• date and place of birth: September 30, 1966, Zagreb

Academic education

• 1997,  graduated from Academy of Fine Arts University of Zagreb
• 1992,  graduated from University of Zagreb Faculty of Economics

Employment and titles

• from 2023 - full professor, permanent position, University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology
• 2018 - 2023 - full professor, University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology
• 2012 - 2018 - associate professor, University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology
• 2006 - 2012 - assistant professor, University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology
• 2002 - 2006 - senior assistant, University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology
• 1998 - 2002 - assistant, University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology
• 1997 - 1998 - freelance artist

Teaching activity

Academic year 2024/2025

Undergraduate study Textile and Fashion Design - Textile Design, Fashion Design:

• Creativity in Textiles IVA
• Creativity in Textiles VA
• Creativity in Textiles for clothing

Graduate study Textile and Fashion Design - Textile Design: Creative Practicum I

Graduate study Textile Technology and Engineering - Industrial Textile Design

• Creativity in Textiles III
• Creativity in Textiles IV
• Creativity in Textiles V

Mentorship

• 24 graduate thesis
• 47 undergraduate thesis
• 3 Rector`s awards
• 43 exhibitions

 Artistic activity

• Area: Art
• Field: Fine Art

 Area of special artistic interest

• contemporary art
• design

Artistic-professional work

• 17 solo exhibitions
• 107 group exhibitions
• author of the art book "Textile forms inspired by architecture"
• co-author of the art book "Site-specific process - artistic research of interactions and synergy"
• devised and participate in site-specific artistic research of interactions and synergy
• curator of the exhibition "Self-portrait, portrait, figure and nude in the works of Croatian artists of the younger and middle generation"
• devised, organized and led the International Art Conference 
• devised, organized and led 10 workshops (mostly interntional) related to the field of textile design
• she was: president of the Artistic council of ULUPUH's Textile creation section, member of ULUPUH Artistic council, member of TTF Gallery Artistic council, member of Gallery Bernardo Bernardi Artistic council 

Research in the field of art (chief researcher)

• Theoretical and practical research of the approach to the topics of self-portraits, portraits, figures and nudes in the context of contemporary Croatian fine arts
• Theoretical and practical research of interaction and synergy in creative processes
• Exploring the meaning of different repetitive visual elements within artistic discourses

Work in professional associations

• Croatian Association of Artists (HDLU)
• Croatian Association of Artists of Applied Arts (ULUPUH)

Acknowledgments and rewards

• 2024, one of three awards of equal value, 10th Zagorje Art Salon, Krapina
• 2021, Acknowledgement for participation and for a quality of artistic expression, Open Pula Drawing Biennale, Croatian Association of Artists of Istria, Pula
• 2019, Acknowledgement for participation in the thematic project "The grass is still green", Croatian Association of Artists of Istria, Pula
• 1998, Award of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb
• 1994, Rector's award for the best student work produced at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb
• 1992, Award for Garden and Park Sculpture, 27th Floraart International Exhibition