Stanko Ivanković
Stanko Ivanković explores the quiet tension between the individual and the world around them, pausing at places where the boundaries between the known and the unknown become blurred, and human presence feels both distant and deeply felt.
The emotions his works evoke recall the dreamlike stillness and haunting solitude of Giorgio de Chirico’s metaphysical scenes, as well as the strange, uncanny familiarity found in René Magritte’s world of displaced objects. Just like these artists, Ivanković creates spaces that seem to hover between wakefulness and dream—figures, objects, and spaces carry a quiet unease, as though caught in the quitness between those two thoughts.
In his paintings, silence sharpens the edges of reality, and familiar things seem to shed their daylight meaning, revealing a second, more secret life. This feeling—a confrontation with a world that shifts when the gaze slips away or the light fades—is one of the central motives driving Ivanković’s artistic work.
Short bio
Stanko Ivanković (Zenica, 1959) is a visual artist who has been actively painting since 1980, following his graduation from the School of Applied Arts in Split. His work explores social and societal themes, often focusing on the feelings of loneliness and alienation experienced by individuals in contemporary life. He has exhibited in eleven solo and ten group exhibitions in Croatia and abroad. He lives and works in Dubrovnik.
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Artist Year 2011
Medium oil on wood
Size 97 cm (h) x 107 cm (w)
Framed Yes
€ 3.700,00
Artist Year 2015
Medium oil on wood
Size 80 cm (w) x 107 cm (w)
Framed Yes
€ 3.700,00
Stanko Ivanković was born in 1959 in Zenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina). He graduated from the School of Applied Arts in Split in 1979 and has been dedicated to painting ever since. His artistic expression is shaped by contemporary themes, with a strong focus on the social and societal dimensions of human existence.
Ivanković’s work often explores the position of the individual in tension with modern social realities, with recurring motifs of solitude and alienation in today’s world. His visual language is marked by an introspective approach and a deep reflection on the inner human experience.
He has participated in eleven solo and ten group exhibitions in Croatia and internationally. He lives and works in Dubrovnik.
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