41st Artist Colony Exhibition
Shawn Stipling, Della Gooden, Snežana Vujević Nikolić, Zoe Miloš, Brigitte Brand, Gerd Deeg
Opening: Thursday, 26 March 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Zuccato Gallery
Decumanus 34, Poreč
Duration of the exhibition: 26 March – 19 April 2026
Gallery opening hours:
daily from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.,
except Sundays and public holidays
Free admission
Exhibition of works by artists who, from 20 September to 27 October 2025, stayed and worked on the island of St. Nicholas as part of the “Painting Colony”, traditionally organized by the tourist company Valamar Riviera.
At the 40th Painting Colony, the participants were Shawn Stipling, who lives and works in Cambridge, Della Gooden from London, Snežana Vujević Nikolić from Belgrade, Zoe Miloš from Hreljin near Rijeka, as well as the Germans Brigitte Brand and Gerd Deeg, colleagues from the Stuttgart Academy of Fine Arts, who continued their careers in Italy, in the area around Treviso, where they still live today.
The artists’ backgrounds include studies at various art academies, as well as different artistic practices and activities – for instance, Della Gooden is also a curator and writer – but what unites them is the same inner necessity: to conceive painting as an open process of creation. And, it should be added, this painting speaks not only of an aesthetic gesture, but also encapsulates an experience of learning, observation, and reflection.
La mostra è accompagnata da un catalogo in cui gli artisti sono presentati con l’opera lasciata per la collezione Valamar; per l’occasione espositiva, a queste hanno aggiunto anche altri lavori realizzati sull’isola, a testimonianza della loro dedizione e del loro impegno costante nel processo creativo.
During the event, photo and video recordings may be made for the purpose of publication on the websites, social media channels, and printed publications of the Open University of Poreč as the organizer, as well as of third parties and/or third parties acting as organizers.
If you do not wish to be photographed or recorded, please inform us.