Dejan Kljun

Dejan Kljun’s painting is free from any narrative or literary references, as it stems from a process of subjective explorations of an abstract nature, in which the artist recognizes a stylistic and moral obligation to preserve the integrity of painterly, artistic, and ethical expression. Without shying away from faith in his own mental strength, while at the same time surrendering to emotion and spontaneity, Dejan has created paintings imbued with a distinctive form of abstract intimacy. They come together to form a genuine artistic worldview characterized by refined visual expression and unfeigned sincerity, through which the artist seeks to counteract the accelerating inflation of human creativity.

With this cycle, Kljun remains faithful to his artistic path, which he has developed primarily through sculpture as a personal artistic adventure, deliberately ignoring trends and grounding his expression in the personal affirmation of artistic practice and its intellectual interpretation, while persistently calling for an awakening of human social and ecological awareness.

Mladen Lučić

Dejan Kljun was born in 1979 in Rijeka, where he completed his education at the School of Applied Arts. In 2004, he graduated in sculpture from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, in the class of Prof. Miro Vuco. At the same Academy, he obtained his PhD in 2021, defending his dissertation entitled “The Object Outside the Spatial Perspective: The Metaphysics of the Art Object”, under the supervision of Prof. Peruško Bogdanić, a sculptor and professor, and Associate Professor Vera Turković, PhD.

He began exhibiting his work in 2003 and has since participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions. He works as a sculptor, painter, restorer, jewelry designer, and art workshop instructor. He is also the founder of the “Tarsa” art studio in Rijeka. Occasionally, he expresses himself through photography, performance art, and the creation of miniature works in wood and metal.

He is one of the founders and Vice President of the “ARS EVENTUS” association, which is dedicated to promoting various forms of art. He is actively involved in the restoration of cultural heritage and currently teaches sculpture, painting, and Suminagashi (the ancient Japanese technique of painting on water) at the “De Mari” studio in Zagreb. He lives and works in Zagreb.