Breda Beban (1952–2012) was a Yugoslavian film and video artist. [1] Beban was born in Novi Sad and studied art in Zagreb. [2] [3] She moved to Britain in 1991. [4]
Between 1986 and 1994 she made films and video works collaboratively with Hrvoje Horvatic. [5] [6] In 1992 she was part of the exhibition Committed Visions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. [7] Beban's two-screen video installation titled The Most Beautiful Woman in Gucha was presented at the 2007 Venice Biennale, and later acquired for the Speed Art Museum permanent collection. [8] [9] In 2001, she was the recipient of a Paul Hamlyn Foundation award for visual artists. [10] In 2010, her project the Endless School was presented at the Tatton Park Biennial. [11] Her works were exhibited in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb in the exhibition The Visible Ones from June 15 till November 1. [12]
Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, [21] the ZKM, [22] the Arts Council Collection, [23] the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb [24] and the Tate Museum [1] and the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein. [19]
Breda Beban (1952–2012) was a Yugoslavian film and video artist. [1] Beban was born in Novi Sad and studied art in Zagreb. [2] [3] She moved to Britain in 1991. [4]
Between 1986 and 1994 she made films and video works collaboratively with Hrvoje Horvatic. [5] [6] In 1992 she was part of the exhibition Committed Visions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. [7] Beban's two-screen video installation titled The Most Beautiful Woman in Gucha was presented at the 2007 Venice Biennale, and later acquired for the Speed Art Museum permanent collection. [8] [9] In 2001, she was the recipient of a Paul Hamlyn Foundation award for visual artists. [10] In 2010, her project the Endless School was presented at the Tatton Park Biennial. [11] Her works were exhibited in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb in the exhibition The Visible Ones from June 15 till November 1. [12]
Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, [21] the ZKM, [22] the Arts Council Collection, [23] the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb [24] and the Tate Museum [1] and the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein. [19]