Neli Ružić (Split Croatia 1966) is a multimedia artist who explores the perception of time and various aspects of temporality in relation to historical narratives, the intersectionality of personal and collective memory, and migrations. Her artistic practice spans a diverse range of mediums and forms, encompassing interventions in public spaces, installations, video installations, and process-based works that intricately weave archival and documentary practices. She has held numerous solo exhibitions and participated in many exhibitions, projects, and festivals in Croatia and the region, Europe, Canada, the USA and Latin America. Among others: BIENALSUR (Uruguay and Argentina) and OSTRALE Biennale O21 (Dresden, Germany) as well as the exhibition Body and Territory, Cross-Border Dialoguesat the Kunsthaus, Graz.Ružić has been awarded a number of awards and grants including Grand Prix29thSlavonian Biennial (2024), Slobodna DalmacijaAnnual Art Award Jure Kaštelan, Split (2024); Signes de Nuit awardat the 16thFestival International de Cinema, Paris (2018); theSecond award T-HTnagrada@msu.hr, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb (2016) and the MediterraneanYouth Biennale Award, Modern Gallery in Rijeka (1993). As a fellow of CEC ArtsLink resides at Headlands Centre for the Arts, Sausalito, California, USA (1996). Her works are part of the private and public collections of the Museum of Fine Arts in Split, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, Marino Cettina Gallery in Umag, and Canal Mediateca CaixaForum in Barcelona.
Ružić graduated in painting from the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade and holds a master’s degree from the Facultad de Artes, UAEM, Mexico. During her master’s studies, she was a scholarship holder of the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology – Conacyt. From 2003 to 2012, she taught at ENPEGLa Esmeralda, Centro Nacional de las Artes (CENART) in Mexico City. After returning to Croatia, she taught at the School of Fine Arts in Split, where in 2014, she conceptualised and led the School Gallery until 2018. She is full professor at the Painting Department of the Arts Academy, University of Split.