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Curator and writer. She was born in [[Ljubljana]], and is based in [[London]].
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'''Lina Džuverović''' is an independent curator and Course Leader for the MA Curating and Collections at Chelsea College of Art, University of the Arts, London. Previously she was Lecturer in Arts Policy and Management at Birkbeck's Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies where she also co-directed BIRMAC - Birkbeck Interdisciplinary Research in Media & Culture Centre.  
  
Since May 2011 Lina Džuverović has been the curator of the [[Calvert 22|Calvert 22 Foundation]] in London – the UK’s only not for profit foundation dedicated to the presentation of contemporary Art and Culture from Russia, CIS Countries and Eastern Europe. Prior to joining Calvert 22 Lina spent seven years as Executive Director of [[Electra]], a London-based contemporary art agency which she co-founded in 2003. Projects she has commissioned, produced and realized with Electra include Dirty Literature event series (National Portrait Gallery, 2011), 27 Senses (Chisenhale Gallery, 2010; Kunstmuseet KUBE, Alesund, Norway, 2009), film/performance ''Perfect Partner'' by Kim Gordon, Tony Oursler and Phil Morrison (Barbican Centre, London and European tour, 2005), group exhibition ''Her Noise'' (South London Gallery, 2005), ''Sound And The Twentieth Century Avant Garde'' lecture series (Tate Modern, 2004), soundtrack consultancy on films by Daria Martin, working with composers [[Zeena Parkins]] and [[Maja Ratkje]] respectively, ''Emotional Orchestra'' and ''Sheer Frost Orchestra'' by [[Marina Rosenfeld]] (Tate Modern, 2005), ''The Sounds Of Christmas'' installation by [[Christian Marclay]] (Tate Modern, 2004) and many others.
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Lina's research focuses on feminist art histories and contemporary art as a site of solidarity and community-building. She founded the [http://www7.bbk.ac.uk/birmac/dff-2/ Decolonial Feminist Forum] at Birkbeck in 2019 and her practice-led research often takes the form of workshops, discussions and collaborative writing within this forum. Since 2019, her research has centered on explorations of gendered divisions of labour within art collectives under the umbrella project [https://artcollectives.org/ And Others: The Gendered Politics and Practices of Art Collectives], which has been supported by Birkbeck School of Arts strategic research funds and a Faculty Grant by the Center for Human Rights & the Arts at Bard College.
  
In 2009 she was one of two curators of the fifth edition of Momentum, the Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art (Moss, Norway) for which she co-curated the  multi-venue exhibition entitled ''Favoured Nations'' with Stina Högkvist of the National Museum, Oslo whilst also being the Editorial Board of the biennial publication, published by Torpedo, Norway. In 2006 Lina was named the 2006 Decibel Mid-Career Curatorial Fellow by Arts Council England (an award given to one curator every two years) and received a prestigious award of £50 000 towards professional development and R&D of a major exhibition.
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Previously Lina was Lecturer in Fine Art the Reading School of Art, University of Reading. Between 2011 and 2013 she was Artistic Director at Calvert 22 Foundation. Prior to this she spent seven years as Director of Electra, a London-based contemporary art organisation which she co-founded in 2003. In 2006 Lina was named the 2006 Decibel Mid-Career Curatorial Fellow by Arts Council England (an award given to one curator every two years) and received this prestigious award towards professional development and R&D of a major exhibition.
  
Formerly Lina was Media Arts Curator at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts and prior to that she worked in a range of senior management roles across the cultural sector including as Online Editor forThe Wire – a leading international music magazine, Online Editor for Mute magazine and Education and Training Manager for The Lux Centre for Film Video and Digital Art, amongst others. She has also conceived and implemented numerous projects funded by the British Council across a number of European countries including Norway, Slovakia, Serbia, Slovenia and Romania.
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In 2016 she curated ''Monuments Should Not Be Trusted'' for Nottingham Contemporary. The exhibition and associated events brought together varied artistic practices and material culture from the former Yugoslavia, from the 1960s and 1970s. Džuverović's PhD ([https://www.dzuverovic.org/research/hybrid-practices-interdisciplinarity-and-pop-art-sensibilities-in-yugoslav-art-in-1960s-and-1970s/ Pop Art Tendencies in Self-managed Socialism: Pop Reactions and Countercultural Pop in Yugoslavia in 1960s and 1970s]), which was funded by a collaborative award (AHRC) between Tate and the Royal College of Art, contributed towards Tate Modern's exhibition ''The World Goes Pop'' (2015).
  
In parallel, Lina regularly guest lectures about contemporary art and contributes texts to publications internationally. Her writing has appeared in magazines including ''Contemporary'', ''Art Review'', ''Artforum'' and ''The Wire''.
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Selected curatorial projects include ''Sanja Ivekovic - Unknown Heroine'' (South London Gallery and Calvert 22 Foundation, 2012/13), ''Archive As Strategy: Conversations about Self-historicisation across the East research project'' (Calvert 22, 2011-2014); ''IRWIN – Time For A New State and NSK Folk Art'' (Calvert 22, 2012) and ''NSK Symposium'' (co-organiser) (April 2012, Tate Modern); ''The Forgetting of Proper Names'', co-curated with Dominik Czechowski (Calvert 22, 2012); ''27 Senses'' (Chisenhale Gallery, London, 2010; Kunstmuseet KUBE, Alesund, Norway, 2009), ''Favoured Nations'', Momentum, 5th Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art (co-curated with Stina Hogkvist), (Moss Norway, 2009), film/performance ''Perfect Partner'' by Kim Gordon, Tony Oursler and Phil Morrison (Barbican Centre, London and across Europe, 2005), group exhibition ''Her Noise'' co-curated with [[Anne Hilde Neset]] (South London Gallery, 2005), ''Sound and the Twentieth Century Avant Garde'' lecture series (Tate Modern, 2004), soundtrack consultancy on films by Daria Martin, with composers Zeena Parkins and Maja Ratkje, Emotional Orchestra and Sheer Frost Orchestra by Marina Rosenfeld (Tate Modern, 2005) and numerous projects by Christian Marclay.
  
* http://twitter.com/Lina_Dzuverovic
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Prior to completing her PhD at the Critical Writing in Art & Design Department, Royal College of Art (2017), Lina studied at The London Consortium (Birkbeck College, University of London), Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and Chelsea College of Art and Design. [https://www.dzuverovic.org/?path=/about/ (2023)]
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Revision as of 12:58, 5 January 2024

Lina Džuverović is an independent curator and Course Leader for the MA Curating and Collections at Chelsea College of Art, University of the Arts, London. Previously she was Lecturer in Arts Policy and Management at Birkbeck's Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies where she also co-directed BIRMAC - Birkbeck Interdisciplinary Research in Media & Culture Centre.

Lina's research focuses on feminist art histories and contemporary art as a site of solidarity and community-building. She founded the Decolonial Feminist Forum at Birkbeck in 2019 and her practice-led research often takes the form of workshops, discussions and collaborative writing within this forum. Since 2019, her research has centered on explorations of gendered divisions of labour within art collectives under the umbrella project And Others: The Gendered Politics and Practices of Art Collectives, which has been supported by Birkbeck School of Arts strategic research funds and a Faculty Grant by the Center for Human Rights & the Arts at Bard College.

Previously Lina was Lecturer in Fine Art the Reading School of Art, University of Reading. Between 2011 and 2013 she was Artistic Director at Calvert 22 Foundation. Prior to this she spent seven years as Director of Electra, a London-based contemporary art organisation which she co-founded in 2003. In 2006 Lina was named the 2006 Decibel Mid-Career Curatorial Fellow by Arts Council England (an award given to one curator every two years) and received this prestigious award towards professional development and R&D of a major exhibition.

In 2016 she curated Monuments Should Not Be Trusted for Nottingham Contemporary. The exhibition and associated events brought together varied artistic practices and material culture from the former Yugoslavia, from the 1960s and 1970s. Džuverović's PhD (Pop Art Tendencies in Self-managed Socialism: Pop Reactions and Countercultural Pop in Yugoslavia in 1960s and 1970s), which was funded by a collaborative award (AHRC) between Tate and the Royal College of Art, contributed towards Tate Modern's exhibition The World Goes Pop (2015).

Selected curatorial projects include Sanja Ivekovic - Unknown Heroine (South London Gallery and Calvert 22 Foundation, 2012/13), Archive As Strategy: Conversations about Self-historicisation across the East research project (Calvert 22, 2011-2014); IRWIN – Time For A New State and NSK Folk Art (Calvert 22, 2012) and NSK Symposium (co-organiser) (April 2012, Tate Modern); The Forgetting of Proper Names, co-curated with Dominik Czechowski (Calvert 22, 2012); 27 Senses (Chisenhale Gallery, London, 2010; Kunstmuseet KUBE, Alesund, Norway, 2009), Favoured Nations, Momentum, 5th Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art (co-curated with Stina Hogkvist), (Moss Norway, 2009), film/performance Perfect Partner by Kim Gordon, Tony Oursler and Phil Morrison (Barbican Centre, London and across Europe, 2005), group exhibition Her Noise co-curated with Anne Hilde Neset (South London Gallery, 2005), Sound and the Twentieth Century Avant Garde lecture series (Tate Modern, 2004), soundtrack consultancy on films by Daria Martin, with composers Zeena Parkins and Maja Ratkje, Emotional Orchestra and Sheer Frost Orchestra by Marina Rosenfeld (Tate Modern, 2005) and numerous projects by Christian Marclay.

Prior to completing her PhD at the Critical Writing in Art & Design Department, Royal College of Art (2017), Lina studied at The London Consortium (Birkbeck College, University of London), Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and Chelsea College of Art and Design. (2023)

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