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Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb
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"Čimavica" / "Tuft of Dry Grass", 2026
140 x 120 cm
oil paint, marker, dry pastel and wool on canvas

Čimavica refers to the small traces of the field that cling to the body and clothes while working the land. In everyday speech, čimavica can also describe someone who keeps bothering you or something that lingers and is difficult to shake off.

📸 @24.fps.studio @__sapun 🐑 by @helena.birin

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"Crni patuljak (a šta ćemo sad)" / "Black Dwarf (So What Do We Do Now)", 2026.
160 x 120 cm
oil and wool on burlap

A black dwarf is the hypothetical final state of a white dwarf—a star that has cooled so completely that it no longer emits significant light or heat. None are believed to exist yet, as the universe itself is not old enough: something no longer luminous, yet still physically present.

Wool carries multiple symbolic and cultural connotations. Deeply rooted in the traditions of the Dalmatian hinterland, it is closely associated with craftsmanship and women’s lived experience. Within these works, it becomes a carrier of memory, continuity, and collective identity. Its softness and layered structure evoke protection and comfort, while also suggesting tension, weight, and the accumulation of lived experience.

The series reflects on inhabiting the Mediterranean landscape—its sun, wind, sea, and rugged karst islands—as a layered and fragmented form of memory. Rather than being depicted directly, these experiences become embedded in the structure of the works, suspended between abstraction and faintly suggested figuration.

📸 @24.fps.studio @__sapun 🐙 by @helena.birin

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"Nemojte mi se preisti kruva" / "Don't fill up on Bread!", 2026.
160 x 120 cm
wool on linen

Wool, as a material, carries multiple symbolic and cultural connotations. Deeply rooted in the traditions of the Dalmatian hinterland, it is closely associated with craftsmanship and women's lived experience. Within these works, it functions as a carrier of memory, continuity, and collective identity. Its softness and layered structure evoke feelings of protection and comfort, while simultaneously conveying a sense of tension, weight, and the accumulation of lived experience.

The series reflects on the experience of inhabiting the Mediterranean landscape—its sun, wind, sea, and rugged karst islands—which is approached as a layered and fragmented form of memory. Rather than being depicted directly, these experiences become embedded in the very structure of the works, remaining suspended between abstraction and only faintly suggested figuration.

📸 @24.fps.studio @__sapun 🍉 by @helena.birin

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3 months ago

im so late with this one, but...
some moments from the One su tu exhibition

thank you to my wonderful friends for making the trip with me and turning the whole weekend into such a beautiful memory.
im so grateful to have been part of this year's exhibition in Osijek and Vinkovci, and even more grateful to have received the Jury Award. Thank you to everyone involved—it truly means a lot taken in Kulturni centar Osijek by @helena.birin

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“Bija san dobar jučer cili dan” / “I Was Good Yesterday All Day”, 2026
oil on jute
100 × 70 cm

Bepo carrying toilet paper from the campsite.
We took a long trip to Lastovo last summer and the experience has strongly stayed with me ever since.

From the “Šalji dalje: SOL” exhibition. by @helena.birin

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5 months ago

some analog photos from college while preparing for the exhibition and a voice memo from Sofia, 5 years old (sound on.)

there is a lot of noise going around about how life should be lived and what are the right choices to make. its important to step away for a moment and reflect on which values truly matter to you. most advice comes from a place of care; people share what has worked for them and what they believe to be true. but 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 looks different for everyone. time is not linear, and no path is universal. time is never wasted taken in Zagreb, Croatia by @helena.birin

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4 months ago

Helena Birin (1996.) kroz slikarstvo i njegove proširene medijske mogućnosti istražuje krhkost, prolaznost i prilagodbu unutar suvremenog života, polazeći iz intimističke pozicije i promatrajući tradiciju kao važnu referentnu točku razumijevanja sadašnjosti.
Studentica je diplomskog studija Likovne kulture na Akademiji likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu, a njezini radovi predstavljeni su na brojnim samostalnim i skupnim izložbama u Hrvatskoj i inozemstvu, uključujući Laubu, Galeriju SC i Bauhaus Museum u Dessauu.
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Through painting and its expanded media possibilities, Helena Birin (b. 1996) explores fragility, transience, and adaptation within contemporary life, approaching these themes from an intimate perspective while observing tradition as an important reference point for understanding the present.
She is currently completing her graduate studies in Art Education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, and her work has been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Croatia and abroad, including Lauba, SC Gallery, and the Bauhaus Museum in Dessau.

#LAUBA #artfairnesvrstani

@helena.birin taken in Lauba by @helena.birin

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A selection of photographs capturing moments leading up to the opening, as well as periods of intense work. // The exhibition “Šalji dalje: SOL” brings together a series of works created over the past six months, along with several pieces developed in recent years. In this way, the exhibition loosely rounds off the graduate studies period, reflecting a process of thought and the evolution of experimentation with medium and material.

The body of work subtly engages with the experience of time spent in the Mediterranean — the sun, wind, sea and karst islands — not through literal representation, but as layered and fragmentary memory. These impressions are indirectly embedded in the structure of the works, hovering between abstraction and only faintly suggested figuration.

The exhibition is conceived as an ambient whole, where each piece functions as a fragment of a broader narrative.

📷 @24.fps.studio taken in Lauba by @helena.birin

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6 months ago

Ovaj tjedan smo na Šalji dalje ugostili Helenu Birin i predstavili ciklus radova pod nazivom SOL.

Helena nam je u Laubu unijela dašak Dalmatinskog kraja i krša. Osobno je odgovorna što je u svima nama probudila želju čim prije posjetiti Dalmaciju i na koži osjetiti Sunce, vjetar i sol koje je ona uhvatila, oslikala i utkala u svoja platna.

Hvala svima koji su uljepšali ovo otvorenje svojim dolaskom, a Heleni želimo puno uspjeha u daljnjem radu.

Koga je nominirala za dalje? Saznat ćemo uskoro ❤ by @helena.birin

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6 months ago

Opening of the "Šalji dalje: SOL" exhibition // Thank you all endlessly for coming, for your support, and for all the beautiful words.
A huge thank you as well to everyone who helped with the organization, the production of the event, and with handling me (and my nerves) throughout it all.
And finally, thank you Bepo for the beautiful photographs that captured everything so perfectly.

More soon ☀️ taken in Lauba by @helena.birin

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6 months ago

ŠALJI DALJE ide dalje, sa Helenom Birin i izložbom SOL.

Izložba SOL nastavlja autoričino istraživanje odnosa materijala, tradicije i intime kroz radove koji spajaju slikarstvo i ručno apliciranu vunu. Polazeći od dalmatinskog krša kao prostora osobnog i kolektivnog sjećanja, Helena Birin stvara taktilne, reljefne radove na granici slike i objekta — između tijela, krajolika i memorije.

Vuna u radovima nosi trag rada, nasljeđa i ženskog iskustva, dok se mediteranski prostor pojavljuje kao fragment osjećaja: sunca, vjetra, zemlje i pripadanja. Izložba je zamišljena kao ambijentalna cjelina koja poziva na sporije gledanje, blizinu i uranjanje u materijal.

🕘 Otvorenje: 13.4. u 21h

📅 13. — 14.4.2026.
🕐 Radno vrijeme izložbe: 11 — 19h
🎟 Ulaz slobodan

Vidimo se! by @helena.birin

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6 months ago

hey hey hey, this was so crazy good! thank you all for coming and supporting us!
the biggest thank you to Frankica Mitrović Mihić for the invitation and amazing organization, and to the lovely girls I had the pleasure of exhibiting with

📸 Juraj Vuglač, Flora Novak and others taken in Zen Contemporary Art Gallery by @helena.birin

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