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

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
• 104 group exhibitions
• 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
• 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 (2014 - 2018)

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