SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Josip Vaništa (1924. – 2018.) – Retrospektiva, Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik
2024
Josip Vaništa – iz zbirki MSU-a, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
2019
Josip Vaništa – The Horizontal Line, Mayor Gallery, London
2014
Rukovet, HAZU Palace, Zagreb
Josip Vaništa, Ishodišta: izložba crteža, slika, kolaža, projekata, Vjekoslav Karas Gallery, Karlovac
2013
Josip Vaništa – ukidanje retrospektive, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
2012
Josip Vaništa, Adris Gallery, Rovinj
2010
Josip Vaništa — Vrijeme Gorgone i Postgorgone 1961. — 2010., HAZU Glyptotheque, Zagreb
Josip Vaništa, Forum Gallery, Zagreb
Josip Vaništa: portreti, figure, 1947. — 1999., Vjekoslav Karas Gallery, Karlovac
2007
Vaniština poputbina, HAZU Glyptotheque, Zagreb
2006
Josip Vaništa, Small Gallery, Modern Gallery, Ljubljana
2005
Josip Vaništa, Small Gallery, Zagreb
Josip Vaništa: Crteži, akvareli, pasteli: 1945. — 2005., HAZU Cabinet of Graphics, Zagreb
2000
Josip Vaništa — portreti, figure, 1947. – 1999., Vjekoslav Karas Gallery, Karlovac
1997
Josip Vaništa – portreti, Cultural Information Centre;
Forum Gallery, Zagreb
1993
Josip Vaništa – slike, Messing Ars Gallery, Samobor
1989
P. S., shopfront of the “Znanje” bookshop, Zagreb
1988
Josip Vaništa – Crteži 1953. — 1988., Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
Lebdeći čovjek, shopfront of the “Znanje” bookshop, Zagreb
1987
Josip Vaništa — Slike i studije 1977. — 1987., Josip Račić Gallery, Zagreb
Josip Vaništa, Gallery 11, Zagreb
1986
Josip Vaništa, Sebastian Gallery, Varaždin
Josip Vaništa, Municipal Museum, Bjelovar
1985
Josip Vaništa: izložba crteža i akvarela, Sebastian Gallery, Belgrade
Josip Vaništa, Exhibition salon of the Međimurje Museum, Čakovec
Josip Vaništa, Palainovka, Zagreb
1984
Josip Vaništa, Pedišić Gallery, Zadar
Josip Vaništa, Palainovka, Zagreb
Josip Vaništa, House of JNA, Dugo Selo
1983
Josip Vaništa, Gallery 11, Zagreb
Vaništa, Museum of Fine Arts, Split
Josip Vaništa, Zorin dom, Karlovac
1982
Stančić – Vaništa, Schira Gallery, Zagreb
1980
Josip Vaništa, Karas Gallery, Zagreb
Vaništa, Museum for Arts and Crafts, Zagreb
1979
Josip Vaništa: crteži 1953. — 1979., JAZU Cabinet of Graphics, Zagreb
Josip Vaništa, Vjekoslav Majer Library, Zagreb
1976
Josip Vaništa, Le Centre Culturel de le RFS de Yougoslavie, Paris
1975
Josip Vaništa, Small Salon, Modern Gallery, Rijeka
Josip Vaništa, Gallery of Fine Arts, Osijek
1974
Josip Vaništa: izložba crteža: (1954 — 1974), Zagreb Society of Architects, Zagreb
1966
Josip Vaništa, Zorin dom, Karlovac
1965
Vaništa, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
1960
Josip Vaništa, Galerie Lambert, Paris
1959
Vaništa, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
Josip Vaništa, Small Gallery, Opatija
1958
Josip Vaništa, City Reading Room, Karlovac
1957
Josip Vaništa, Youth Club, Zagreb
1952
Stančić — Vaništa, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Invitation: Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Museum of Modern Art, New York
2019
GORGONA 1959–1968. Független művészeti törekvések Zágrábban. Retrospektív kiállítás a Marinko Sudac gyűjteményből, Kassák Múzeum, Budapest
Radoslav Putar i Miljenko Horvat. Retrospektiva, Varaždin City Museum, Varaždin
GORGONA. Prace z kolekcji Marinko Sudaca, Profile Foundation, Warsaw
Ikonografija grada II. (1950. – 2000.+) Vizije grada, Modern Gallery, Zagreb
2018
In Memoriam – Josip Vaništa, Šira Gallery, Zagreb
Hello World. Revision einer Sammlung, Hamburger Bahnhof –Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
Okruženju usprkos, Home of HDLU, Zagreb
(Ne)postojanost prostora – Prostori naracije i imaginacije, Prsten Gallery, Zagreb
(Ne)postojanost prostora – Prostori naracije i imaginacije, Museum of Fine Arts, Osijek
Upute za gledanje – Što bi tijelo htjelo?, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka
REZ / CUT – Primjeri kolaža u umjetničkim praksama srednje i istočne Europe od avangarde do danas, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
Mesta trajnosti. Paviljoni, manifesti in kripte, Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana
2017
El nem kötelezett művészet – Marinko Sudac gyűjteménye, Ludwig Múzeum — Kortárs Művészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Gorgona, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz
2016
NEO DADA: GORGONA | Absurde Freiheit, Thalberg Gallery, Zürich
ART IN EUROPE 1945 – 1968: Facing the Future, ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe
Modernità Non Allineata. Arte e Archivi dell’Est Europa dalla Collezione Marinko Sudac, FM Centre for Contemporary Art, Milan
Postwar: Art Between the Pacific and the Atlantic, 1945–1965, Haus der Kunst, Munich
2015
Grammar of Freedmon / Five Lessons: Works from the Arteast 2000+ Collection, Modern Gallery, Ljubljana; Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
Transmissions: Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America, 1960 – 1980, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Gorgona, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
Radikális művészeti gyakorlatok a Marinko Sudac Gyűjteményben, A38 Kiállítóhely, Budapest
Knifer, Mangelos, Vaništa, Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery, New York
2014
Átmenet és átmenet. Josip Vaništa, Oleg Kulik és a Blue Noses, Ludwig Múzeum — Kortárs Művészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Personal Cuts: art à Zagreb de 1950 à nos jours, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Nîmes, Nîmes
2013
Sedanjost in prisotnost: ponovitev 4 — mikropolitične situacije, Museum of Contemporary Art, Ljubljana
Gorgona: Please Attend, Zak/Branicka, Berlin
Ivan Kožarić. Freedom Is a Rare Bird, Haus der Kunst, Munich
2011
Gorgona (…Knifer, Mangelos, Vaništa…), galerie frank elbaz, Paris
Područje zastoja: aktivistička umjetnost iz Kolekcije Marinko Sudac, Marshall Tito’s yacht “Galeb”, Rijeka
2010
Les Promesses du passé. Une histoire discontinue de l’art dans l’ex-Europe de l’Est, Centre Pompidou, Paris
You are Kindly Invited to Attend, Aanant & Zoo, Berlin
2008
Kiedy rano otwieram oczy, widzę film. Eksperyment w sztuce jugosławii w latach 60. i 70., Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie, Warsaw
Od Klovića i Rembrandta do Warhola i Picelja, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb
2007
Rubne posebnosti: Avangardna umjetnost u regiji 1915. – 1989., Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka
Avangardne tendencije u hrvatskoj umjetnosti, Klovićevi dvori Gallery, Zagreb
Gorgona iz Kolekcije Macura, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
2006
Rubne posebnosti: avangardna umetnost ex-Jugoslavije 1914 – 1989, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad
O nepoznatim radovima, Nova Gallery, Zagreb; Otok Gallery, Art Workshop Lazareti, Dubrovnik
Living Art – On the Edge of Europe, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Kontakt: aus der Sammlung der Erste Bank-Gruppe, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
Eye on Europe – Prints, Books and Multiples – 1960 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Yves Klein, Centar Georges Pompidou, Paris; Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna
2005
Kollektive Kreativität, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
Zbirka Macura — Wien, Cvijeta Zuzorić Art Pavilion, Belgrade
Rubne posebnosti – avangardna umjetnost u regiji 1915. – 1989., Gallery Centre Varaždin, Varaždin
2004
Collected views from East or West, Generali Foundation, Vienna
2002
The Misfits. Konzeptuelle Strategien in der zeitgenössischen kroatischen Kunst, Art Moscow, Expo Park, Moscow; Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje; Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
2000
2000+ ArtEast Collection, Modern Gallery, Ljubljana; Orangerie Innsbruck, Innsbruck
1999
Aspekte/Positionen: 50 Jahre Kunst aus Mitteleuropa 1949–1999, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna; Ludwig Múzeum — Kortárs Művészeti Múzeum, Budapest; Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona
1997
Gorgona, Gorgonesco, Gorgonico, Venice Biennale, Ex Macello, Dolo
1996
125 vrhunskih djela hrvatske umjetnosti, Home of HDLU, Zagreb
Suvremeni hrvatski crtež, Modern Gallery, Rijeka
1995
Contemporary Art of the Non-aligned Countries. Unity in Diversity in International Art, Museum Nasional, Jakarta
1993
The Horse who Sings — Radical Art from Croatia, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
1992
Kortárs horvát művészet, Ernst Múzeum, Budapest
1990
22. Salon mladih, Art Pavilion, Karas Gallery, Zagreb
1989
Gorgona (…Jevsovar, Knifer…), FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon
1988
Ready mades, shopfront of the August Šenoa library, Zagreb
Suvremenici, Kaptol Gallery, Zagreb
1987
Mali formati, Mlakar Gallery, Zagreb
Postojanost figurativnog, Art Pavilion, Zagreb
XII. jesenji salon – Samotnjaci, Gallery of Fine Arts, Banja Luka
1986
U susret muzeju suvremene umjetnosti – 30 godina Galerije suvremene umjetnosti, Museum Space, Zagreb
Žena u hrvatskom slikarstvu, Kamenita St., Zagreb
Gorgona, Students’ Cultural Centre Gallery, Belgrade
1985
40 godina Galerije Karas, Vjekoslav Karas Gallery, Karlovac
Pittori e scultori d’oggi, Teatro Comunale di Alessandria, Alexandria
XXV Annale – sjećanje i suvremenost, Istrian Assembly Hall, Poreč
10 + 3, Gallery of Paintings, Karlovac
Pet umjetnika iz Zagreba (Marijan Jevšovar, Julije Knifer, Ivan Kožarić, Đuro Seder, Josip Vaništa), Gallery of Fine Arts, Osijek
1984
Imaginarna galerija, Vjekoslav Karas Gallery, Karlovac
1983
Minimalizam u Jugoslaviji, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
1982
Inovacije u hrvatskoj umjetnosti sedamdesetih godina, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
1981
Jugoslawische Malerei 1950-1965, Neuen Berliner Galerie, Berlin
XVI Bienal de Saõ Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo
Lik-figura u novijem hrvatskom slikarstvu, Gallery of Fine Arts, Osijek
Miroslav Krleža i hrvatska likovna umjetnost, Šira Gallery, Zagreb
1980
Jugoslovensko slikarstvo šeste decenije, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
Kritičari odabiru, Karas Gallery, Zagreb
1979
Tendenzen dell’Arte Jugoslavia d’Oggi, Valle Giulia – Galeria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome
Akvizicije 17, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
Mrtva priroda u novijem hrvatskom slikarstvu, Gallery of Fine Arts, Osijek
1978
Tendenzen in der jugoslawischen Kunst von heute, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund; Staatliches Museum, Berlin; Kunsthalle, Nürnberg
Karlovačko slikarstvo od 1900. do danas, Karlovac City Museum, Karlovac; Croatian History Museum, Zagreb
Akvizicije 16, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
1977
Gorgona, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb; Students’ Cultural Centre Gallery, Belgrade; Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
Autoportret u novijem hrvatskom slikarstvu, Karas Gallery, Zagreb
12. zagrebački salon, Art Pavilion, Zagreb
Moderne Kunst in Kroatien, Rathaus, Mainz
1974
Krleža u djelima likovnih umjetnika, Zodijak Gallery, Osijek
100 dela na sovremenata hrvatska umetnost, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje
1972
100 djela 72 autora, Kvatrić Gallery, NAMA department store, Zagreb
1970
IV beogradski trijenale jugoslovenske likovne umetnosti, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
1968
Prva zagrebačka izložba jugoslavenskog crteža, JAZU Cabinet of Graphics, Zagreb
Nagrađeni likovni umjetnici Hrvatske, Modern Gallery, Zagreb
Arte yugoslavo contemporáneo, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Montevideo; National Museum, Santiago de Chile
1967
Akvizicije 5, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
Hrvatsko moderno slikarstvo, Gallery of Fine Arts, Vinkovci
3. trijenale likovnih umetnosti, Belgrade Fair, Belgrade
Suvremena hrvatska umjetnost — poslijeratni period, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade; Gallery of Fine Arts, Sarajevo, Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik; Modern Gallery, Ljubljana; Modern Gallery, Zagreb
Slikarstvo, grafika, skulptura, Vjekoslav Karas Gallery, Karlovac
1966
Akvizicije 4, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
Moderne kroatische Kunst, Orangerie im Schlossgarten, Eisenstadt
1965
22 suvremena slikara, Gallery of Paintings, Osijek
Slikarstvo, keramika, skulptura, tekstilni uzorci, scenografija, Gallery of Paintings, Karlovac
1964
Akvizicije 2, Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
1963
Nutida Jugoslavisk Konst, Sveagalleriet, Västerås, Sweden
25 slika jugoslavenskog suvremenog slikarstva, Gallery of Fine Arts, Vukovar
1962
Kolektivna izložba, Studio G, Zagreb
1961
60 godina slikarstva i kiparstva u Hrvatskoj, Art Pavilion, Zagreb
Slikarstvo skulptura 61, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
Contemporary Yugoslav painting and sculpture, Tate Gallery, London
Premio Morgan’s paint : III. Međunarodni biennale slikarstva i kiparstva, Palazzo dell’ Arengo, Rimini; Modern Gallery, Zagreb; Modern Gallery, Ljubljana
Jugoslawische Maler, Studio F, Ulm
Peintres de la Galerie, Galerie Lambert, Paris
Djela iz fundusa Gradske galerije suvremene umjetnosti, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
I. trijenale likovnih umetnosti, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
Kolektivna izložba, Studio G, Zagreb
1960
Slikarstvo poslijeratne generacije, Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik; Museum of Fine Arts, Split
Izložba ULUH-a u čast 15. godišnjice oslobođenja Jugoslavije, Mali Kalemegdan Art Pavilion, Beograd
Guggenheim International Award, Guggenheim Museum, USA
Izložba grafike, Gallery of Paintings, Varaždin
1959
Izložba mladih u čast 40-godišnjice SKOJ-a, Art Pavilion, Zagreb
Izložba jugoslovenskih umetnika koji će izlagati na I. međunarodnom pariškom bijenalu, House of JNA, Belgrade
New painting from Yugoslavia, American Federation of Arts, USA
Première Biennale de Paris, Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Presjek fundusa Gradske galerije suvremene umjetnosti od pet godina otkupa 1954—1959, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
Salon 59, Gallery of Fine Arts, Rijeka
Art yougoslave d’aujoird’hui, Galerie Creuze, Paris
1956
Izložba Aleksandrijskog bijenala, Modern Gallery, Rijeka
Salon 56, Gallery of Fine Arts, Rijeka
Giovani artisti Jugoslavi, Galeria Cairoli, Milan
Suvremeno slikarstvo Jugoslavije – Kongres AICA, Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik
XIII. izložba ULUH-a, Mali Kalemegdan Art Pavilion, Belgrade
1955
Izložba Petorice (Ivančić, Michieli, Kožarić, Stančić, Vaništa), Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb
Izložba likovne grupe za I. mediteranski bijenale u Aleksandriji, Modern Gallery, Ljubljana
Première Biennale de la Méditerranée, Museé des Beaux-Arts, Alexandria
1954
60 tableaux de la peinture moderne Yougoslave, The National Museum, Damascus; Cairo; Alexandria
Izložba sedamnaestorice, Peoples Committee of the City of Osijek, Osijek
1953
Izložba slika iz kolekcije bivšeg Savjeta za nauku i kulturu vlade FNRJ 1945 – 1952, Sisak; Culture Workers’ Club, Varaždin; Local Trade Union Council, Čakovec
60 tableaux de la peinture moderne Yougoslave, Zapion Art Pavilion, Athens; Academy of Fine Arts, Istanbul