Marjetica Potrc_

Spring 2005 Fellow

For more information on her work, click here:
www.potrc.org

+   Rooftop Room , 2003. Building materials, energy and communication infrastructure. Before and after images from 'Poetic Justice' The 8th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul.


+   Harris (Butterfly) House , 1997. Building materials.


+   House for Travelers , 2000. Building materials.

After arriving at Center in February, Marjetica Potrc spearheaded two projects. The first, New Maps of Europe, was an interdisciplinary independent study for graduate students on the politics and possibilities of mapping the continent. The second, Residence for CAVS, was a multi-party search for a site for a small functional living space/residence for MIT's artist and architect visitors.

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Marjetica Potrc is a Ljubljana-based artist and architect. Her work has been featured in exhibitions throughout Europe and the Americas, including the Sao Paulo Biennial in Brazil (1996); Skulptur. Projekte in Muenster, Germany (1997); Manifesta 3 in Ljubljana, Slovenia (2000); and The Structure of Survival at the Venice Biennial (2003); as well as in solo shows at the Guggenheim Museum in New York (2001); Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin (2001); the Max Protetch Gallery, New York (2002); the Nordenhake Gallery in Berlin (2003); the PBICA in Lake Worth, Florida (2003); and the MIT List Visual Arts Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts (2004). In addition, Potrc has been the recipient of numerous awards, including grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation (1993 and 1999), a Philip Morris Kunstfoerderung Grant to participate in the International Studio Program of Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin (2000), the Hugo Boss Prize 2000, Guggenheim Museum (2000), and a Caracas Case Project Fellowship from the Federal Cultural Foundation, Germany, and the Caracas Urban Think Tank, Venezuela (2002).