Branka Čolić, German Croatian or a German native daughter of Yugoslav immigrants, knows those not completely restricted, yet hidden spaces of performance art as well as those of pop culture – from the inside.
Language is her preferred artistic medium and material. Branka writes, sings, performs, makes films and has a YouTube channel. Her works on paper – called texts, for short – will also be available in print soon. She studied acting, chemistry and art in Bremen and Hamburg. From 2004 to 2010 Branka was a fellow of the Cusanuswerk. In 2005, together with Anneli Käsmayr and Michael Rieken, she received the Prize for Fine Arts Bremen. For the concept "Brankart - self-optimization as an artist" she received the video art promotion award 2019.
- At the moment she is working on the film "povratak -–Wiederkehr", which received the film start promotion in 2020.
- born in Germany, raised up in former Yugoslavia
- Education
- 1995 actress education
- 1996-2001 chemistry studies
- 2003-2006 studies fine art, University of Fine art, Bremen
- 2006-2010 studies fine art, HfBK Hamburg, with Matt Mullican and Michaela Melian
- 2010 diploma fine art
- Awards/Scholarships
- 2020 Filmstart for „porvratak“
- 2019 Videokunst Förderpreis
- 2004-10 Scholarship from the Cusanuswerk
- 2005 Bremen Prize for Emerging Art (with SEX, with A. Käsmayr und M. Rieken)
- Solo Exhibitions/Performances (Selection)
- 2020 #attitude
- 2020 warmup
- 2020 rithm_four
- 2019 rithm_one / rithm_two / rithm_three, Performances
- 2019 „Transit“, Performance
- 2018 „Fire – Vatra“, Performance
- 2016 „Angst – eine Bushaltestelle ist keine Jugendclub“, Performance
- 2011-15 „Im Wartesaal des Lebens“, diverse Performances
- mit der Formation Gestatten, Schulz
- 2014 „Hörsalon 1-3“, THISISNOTASHOP (SEX with A. Käsmayr und M. Rieken)
- 2012 „Der Mensch lebt nicht vom Brot allein“, Performance (with K. Drobek)
- 2012 „aufhören“, Performance
- 2011 „Circus umstand – circumstances“, Performance
- 2010 sexrecordshop (Cooperation SEX)
- 2010 klara_krieger, Performance
- 2009 under my thumb, Performance
- 2009 close_distance, Performance
- 2008 „Paradise Garage“ (Cooperation SEX)
- Group Exhibitions (Selection)
- 2020 STATE OF PLAY, Tor 40, Bremen
- 2020 Support Your Local Girl Gang_ For Future, Gadewe, Bremen
- 2019 parallelwelten, Tor 40, Bremen
- 2016 „Interludium“, GAK, Bremen
- 2012 „drei aus zwanzig“, Galerie des Westens, Bremen
- 2009 „Der bohemistische Leichnam“, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg
- 2007 „Schute-Klub-Schule“, Schute der Galerie für Landschaftskunst,Hamburg
- Filmography
- 2020 „krug – Der Kreis”, Musikvideo, 4 Min.
- 2018 „Anaboles Licht“, Kurzfilm, 7 Min.
- 2017 „Someday“, Kurzfilm, 5 Min.
- 2016 „Trümmer – ruševine“, Kurzfilm, 2 Min
- Čolić Koletif: www.colkol.net
Branka Čolić participated in the concert performance "Triggering Daily" by Claudia Kapp as part of "Überdreht. Spin doctoring, politics, media".