Rab, a town on the island, which has a century of existence and cultural permeation, neatly and nicely arranged within his white stone architecture, deep blue sea and sky, green trees. Its beauty, meaning and familiarity always wove from Mediterranean touch, from its earliest days open to the experience with the world. A sea and Mediterranean climate enabled him interweaving of the finest of any human life. Its a lot centennial spirituality and power he managed to build and maintain his cultural being and establish bridges available for arts and multiculturalism.

Art Colony Paradiso at fourteen years of its existence (launched 2000. year) established herself in one of the leading Croatian Fine art of socializing. In one of the most varied visual identity summed up the situation of contemporary art and created communication at different levels of authoring. So far, the success of the colony contributed 300 participants from 15 countries, academically trained art professionals who represent the top Croatian and European modern art. As an art event colony occurs annually in three convocations: the May, June and September. In each session Paradiso Art Colony participates 8-10 Artists who are staying in the colony seven days, and by the organizer are provided with accommodation, food and painting surface. The last day of the colony is organized an exhibition of their work in the gallery Paradiso and subsequently printed catalog. Part of the papers, the authors leave the organizers who continually exposes them in their own and other galleries. Until now, the art colony Paradiso implemented through 39 convocation (2000-2013.)

Interested authors are invited to cooperate by participating in the upcoming convocations colonies of which will be the first held in May next year, on the island.

Rules of Paradiso Art Colony

Agreement 

Question form

Like many similar meetings in Croatia and Europe, participants in these art workshops create through socialization, outside studios, free in space. Drawn by those impulses that awakens the Mediterranean climate of the island Rab, inventing a visual expression of their artistic perception of the world. A Rab landscape is a challenge for everyone. Its incidence offers creative imagination of artists, especially those who know how to open a charge of hot light, colors, and experience the seaside. Color, line, rhythm, composition, light – in that we distinguish, we feel, we accept artists and their works. These visual elements lead us into their inner spaces and expanses of fine art. They allow us to recognize in contemporary art moment in which art is no longer just an illusion, but an idea. No matter how many drew from modernism and postmodernism 20th century, in search of pure visual laws to redistribute how many possibilities of expression in the abstract and figurative art, opened many avenues for theory and practice. The Rab colony facing the visual adventure and repeatable incurred a work of art. Choose their own theme and style statement. Together they create, those who have long been on the art scene, recognized and established, and those with faith and hard work to be recognized. The final record of doing so can be associative or abstract, art techniques and stylistic attributes are chosen according to appearances and preferences, the results and interpretation are often measured and confirmed by the blue sea and sky. So the forms and things and relations of order in a given area showing the hour as they are, sometimes they could or should be.

Art Colony Paradiso year after year enriches the tourist and cultural offer of Rab and achieves significant visual clue. This is obliged to occasionally display, presentation of works and authors to the public, to create exhibitions with identity to engage with the presentation and promotion.

Chronology

Year 2019.

Zlatko Kauzlarić Atač
Saša Bezjak
Mercedes Bratoš
Robert Budor
Krunoslav Jakobović
Petra Jovanovska
Anka Krašna
Krishna Luchoomun
Fran Makek
Zlatko Modrić
Mario Romoda
Petar Šalić
Dorijan Šikić
Marija Vuletić
Elisabeth Wedenig

Year 2018.

Zlatko Kauzlarić Atač
Lucija K Labaš
Dijana Nazor
Hrvoje Marko Peruzović
Sanja Jureško
Danko Friščić
Krunislav Stojanovski
Marina Kocareva Ranisavljev
Slobodan Roksandić
Ana Ivanovska
Elizabeta Avramovska
Jana Jakimovska
Albertine Trichon
Razeea Mamode Ally Linder
Zhanghong Liao
Clemens Beungkun Sou
Zümrüt Özmen
Vladimir Petrik

Year 2017.

Dorina Alexandrescu
Ionel Alexandrescu
Ng Bee
Jana Maneva – Čuposka
Ana Jakić Divković
Andreja Eržen
Andreja Hojnik Fišić
Maša Gala
Andreas Geier
Mia Kešelj
Gerit Loeschnig
Keshav Malla
Simone Miani
Levan Mosiashvili
Marco Pili
Viktor Ranđelović
Aleksandra Ristovska
Marcello Scarselli
Ira Skopljak
Breda Sturm
Petar Šalić
Alexander Varganov

Year 2016.

Zlatko Kauzlarić Atač
Antonija Balić
Andrea Bratošova
Nina Brkić
Stano Buban
Alessandro Cadamuro
Luca di Castri
Marko Davidović
Jan Fekete
Toni Franović
Marija Galić
Rebecca Glavan Glušac
Nikolina Ivezić
Marija Kondres
Peter Huemer
Fran Makek
Keshav Malla
Ivan Marković
Justyna Miklasiewicz
Zdravko Milić
Ivana Ožetski
Lav Paripović
Pope
Hristijan Sanev
Johann Julian Taupe
Ivona Verbanac
Gordana Vrencoska
Marija Vuletić
Tanja Zimmermann

Year 2015.

Zlatko Kauzlarić Atač
Nina Iris Bešlić
Mercedes Bratoš
Nina Brkić
Stano Buban
Lillian Carland
Sebastijan Dračić
Riccardo Ferrara
Tudor Francu
Irena Gayatri Horvat
Tatjana Hutinec
Barbara Ivković
Klaus Killisch
Radovan Kunić
Margareta Lekić
Lidija Matulin
Duje Medić
Mak Melcher
Francisco Molina y Morales
Beata Maria Orlikowska
Marek Ormandik
Janko Petrović
Andreas Pytlik
Alisa Ramić
Mario Romoda
Sebastian Schulz
Petar Šalić
Duško Šibl
Mio Vesović
Nataša Vuković
Nebojša Vuković
Charo Zapater

Year 2014.

Zlatko Kauzlarić Atač
Nina Iris Bešlić
Mercedes Bratoš
Nina Brkić
Stano Buban
Lillian Carland
Sebastijan Dračić
Riccardo Ferrara
Tudor Francu
Irena Gayatri Horvat
Tatjana Hutinec
Barbara Ivković
Klaus Killisch
Radovan Kunić
Margareta Lekić
Lidija Matulin
Duje Medić
Mak Melcher
Francisco Molina y Morales
Beata Maria Orlikowska
Marek Ormandik
Janko Petrović
Andreas Pytlik
Alisa Ramić
Mario Romoda
Sebastian Schulz
Petar Šalić
Duško Šibl
Mio Vesović
Nataša Vuković
Nebojša Vuković
Charo Zapater

Year 2013.

Zlatko Kauzlaric Atač
Antonija Balic Šimrak
Slawomir Biernat
Michal Borik
Robert Budor
Rajko Cuber
Luka Dundur
Nedim Dikic
Burga Endhardt
Toni Franovic
Ales Faley
Irena Gayatri Horvat
Nikola Grull
Aksana Haidukovich
Heiko Herrmann
Jozef Jankovic
Lojze Kalinšek
Miloš Koptak
Monika Maria Schultes
Zlatko Milakovic
Marek Ormandik
Hleb Otchyk
Anita Parlov
Robert Šimrak
Dimitar Velichkov
Mariola Wawrzusiak-Borcz
Krzesimir Wiater

Year 2012.

Robert Almaši
Zlatko Kauzlaric Atac
Ljiljana Barkovic
Aleksandar Bezinovic
Admira Bradaric
Sergey Chesnokov Ladyzhenski
Chuares
Rajko Cuber
Sebastijan Dracic
Hrvoje Dumancic
Shyqri Gjurkaj
Edvin Granulo
Martina Grlic
Džeko Hodžic
Nikolina Ivezic
Simon Kajtna
Denis Kraškovic
Massimo Lomi
Makoto
Gerd Messmann
Nataša Milovancev
Milena Mladenova
Valentino Moradei Gabbrielli
Georg Ozory
Miloš Prekop
Inna Romanova
Elena Rzhevskaya
Sanja Sašo
Marina Stoponja
Smiljana Šafaric
Stjepan Šandrk
Stipan Tadic
Aleksander Trifonov

Year 2011.

Robert Almaši
Rudy Barborini
Brigitte Brand
Klemen Brun
Tomislav Buntak
Alessandro Cadamuro
Jelena Dabic
Vitar Drinkovic
Burga Endthardt
Danko Frišcic
Thesa Gamma Terheyden
Lila Herceg
Irena Gayatri Horvat
Snježana Idrizovic
Elena Ilyina
Lojze Kalinšek
Dora Katanic
Zlatko Kauzlaric Atac
Natalie Knotkova
Mišo Kokovnik
Koraljka Kovac
Massimo Lomi
Kristina Marekovic
Vladimir Meglic
Nataša Milovancev
Valentino Moradei Gabbrielli
Krešimir Nikšic
Karolina Pernar Krsnik
Heike Pillemann
Miloš Prekop
Serhiy Savchenko
Ira Skopljak
Duško Šibl
Jože Šubic
Eugen Varzic
Grzegorz Wnek
Boris Zaplatil
Catherina Zavodnik

Year 2010.

Valentina Supanz
Diana Ana Širić
Borut Beus
Diana Šimek
Ana Sladetić
Marija Koruga
Branka Prša
Leda Lebarić
Luka Šamoci
Joško Eterović
Damir Medvešek
Ivana Gorički
Brigitte Brand
Elene Wollmann
Massimo Lomi
Robert Almaši
Miloš Prekop
Željko Zima
Iris Bondora Dvornik
Aleksandr Trifonov
Darko Bakliža
Arno Backhaus
Rudi Skočir
Andrej Pavlič
Emilija Duparova
Anita Parlov
Zlatko Kauzlarić Atač
Igor Modrić
Robert Budor
Alireza Varzandeh
Ivica Propadalo
Toni Franović

Year 2009.

Zlatko Kauzlarić Atač
Darko Bakliža
Matko Vekić
Duško Šibl
Valentino Moradei Gabbrielli
Zvjezdana Jembrih
Blaženka Zvonković
Duška Mamlić
Anita Kuharić
Marika Vicari
Jernej Forbici
Bojan Šumonja
Goran Štimac
Peter Casagrande
Nikolina Ivezić
Massimo Lomi
Duje Jurić
Nikolina Očko
Andreja Vivoda
Martina Grlić
Stjepan Šandrk
Marta Wasong
Enzo Fabbiano
Martina Buracchi
Nicolas Magnant
Arturo Melero
Karolina Kubik
Ana Lazarevska
Nicole Taubinger
Maja Erdeljanin
Stefan Wehmeier
Ernst Heckelmann
Alfredo Rapetti
Simonetta Fontani
Vitomir Kelava
Alfred De Locatelli

Year 2008.

Giorgio Altio
Iris Bondora Dvornik
Robert Budor
Piero Conestabo
Flavio Facca
Mario Gazić
Aleksander Ivanović Sine
Zlatko Kauzlarić Atač
Mirna Kutleša
Anna Maria Kram
Ana Mazoy
Damir Medvešek
Renzo Mezzacapo
Ratko Petrić
Ingrid Runtić
Max Seibald
Melita Sorola Staničić
Krunislav Stojanovski
Mare Šuljak
Martina Vrbanić
Herwig Zens

Year 2007.

Darko Bakliža
Ivana Balažević
Andrej Božić
Jelena Bračun
Armin Guerino
Petra Holasek
Zlatko Kauzlarić Atač
Valentino Moradei Gabbrielli
Valentin Oman
Petar Šalić
Nenad Vorih
Mirjana Zirdum

Year 2006.

Laura Abdulcadir
Gino Blanc
Diane Virginie Ekoe
Josip Ferenčak
Tommaso Garavini
Simone Giovagnorio
Mislav Hollós
Beti Kranjčević
Miron Milić
Davor Rapaić
Petar Šalić
Branimir Bartolović
Daniela Bikácsi
Raffaela Busdon
Alfonso Filieri
Annamaria Gelmi
Zvonimir Kamenar-Funči
Gizella Péterfy
Aleksandra Rotar
Mario Šunjić
Qing Yue
Darko Bakliža
Istvan Bálind
Mirta Diminić
Zlatko Kauzlarić Atač
Emilio Pian
Pope
Đuro Seder
Mauro Stipanov

Year 2005.

Rudi Benetik
Đanino Božić
Petar Brajnović
Milena Braniselj
Mihai Chiselita
Dino Durigatto
Danis Fejzić
Dušan Fišer
Gudrun Gatzka
Carlotta Giora
Slavko Grčko
Katerina Kalc
Zlatko Kauzlarić Atač
Željko Kranjčević-Winter
Justyna Miklasiewicz
Veaceslav Pascaru
Giuliana Racco
Ljubomir Radovančević
Giovanna Rigattieri
Nelio Sonego
Eszter Szüts
Miklos Szüts
Petar Šalić
Matko Vekić
Walter Voss
Mehmed Zaimović
Toni Zanussi
Igor Zlobec

Year 2004.

Martin Bizjak
Tomislav Pavletić
Antonija Jakovljević
Rudi Skočir
Eugen Kokot
Peter Casagrande
Andreas Pytlik
Herbert Pasiecznyk
Edin Numankadić
Heda Gärtner
Bruno Richard
Ljubomir Radovančević
Džeko Hodžić
Tea Bičić
Klavdij Palčić
Peter Huemer
Johann Julian Taupe
Zorislav Drempetić-Hrčić
Tereza Pavlović

Year 2003.

Tanja Bezjak
Jernej Forbici
Sven Nemet
Frane Rogić
Petra Ševeljević
Nikolina Vračar-Manojlović
Đuro Seder
Petar Grgec
Igor Modrić
Marijan Richter
Petra Grozaj
Vanja Tumpić
Džeko Hodžić
Andrej Pavlič
Ljubomir Radovančević
Ozren Bakotić
Alemka Đivoje
Emilija Duparova
Amra Kalender
Etko Tutta
Zoltan Hus

Year 2002.

Klas Grdić
Vladimir Meglić
Krešimir Nikšić
Vesna Pavlaković
Karina Sladović
Jasna Skorup Krneta
Blaženka Zvonković Tomičić
Munir Vejzović
Mamikon Yengibarion
Pippo Altomare
Almira Bremec
Hetty van der Linden
Bruno Paladin
Frane Radak
Nicola Spezzano
Laszlo Szotyory
Dinko Svoboda

Year 2001.

Quintino Bassani
Egidio Budicin
Franjo Ferenčak
Mirta Grandić
Giorgo Pahor
Predrag Purić
Paolo Viterbini
Jasna Bogdanović
Joško Eterović
Bogomil Karlavaris
Ivan Kožarić
Antun Vrlić
Dražen Filipović-Pegla
Sabina Miconi
Sergej Mihić
Jerica Šantej
Paolo Valle
Marigrazie Turco

Year 2000.

Istvan Balind
Morena Brnčić
Allesandro Cadamuro
Vitomir Kelava
Bane Milenković
Zdravko Milić
Mustafa Skopljak
Petar Brajnović
Tomo Gerić
Miomir Milošević
Orlando Mohorović
Miljenka Šepić
Danko Friščić