Melita Kraus
A painter, sculptor and writer was born in Bjelovar in 1954.
Ms. Kraus is a member of Croatian Association of Applied Arts.
From 1990 she participated in more than one hundred group exhibitions in country and abroad.
From 2010 her sculpture “Travelers” was accepted by Curators of Museum Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel, to be a part of international permanent collection in the Museum.
As a successor of family of Holocaust survivors she is devoted to revival of themes in intellectually liberated manner, transforming the anxiety of nature and a terror of the theme into sophisticated material of art, which pure and innocent yet bears an attractive stamp of mystery of world long forgotten.
Some of her finest works are also treasured in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, Croatia.
Selected solo exhibitions:
2009. Bjelovar, „Na dvoru kralja vilenjaka“
2008. Zagreb, Croatian Association of Applied Arts Gallery »Ja moja zastava»
2008. Varaždin, Retrospective exhibition
2007. City Museum of Bjelovar, Retrospective Exhibition
2006. Zagreb, Galery Ivan i Milan Steiner
2003. Požega, Galery Hajdarević
2002. Zagreb, Outsider Gallery Delfinis, "Itaka, Sirene, Ljubavnici";
1998. Zagreb, Gallery of Jewish Community of Zagreb «Milan i Ivo Steiner», Lica Maye
1996. Zagreb, MMC Students' Centre, Džungla (performance and exhibition)
2012. Zagreb –Galery ULUPUH-painting words( exhibition of paintings ,painted objects and art books
2013. Esplanade Hotel –Exhibition in organization of Consulat Republic of Israel
2013. Bjelovar City museum- mein Shtetele Beltz Scrolls ,paintings ,painted objects and artbooks
2014. Sarajevo –Bosnia and Herzegovina Jewish gallery - Novi Hram “
2014. Galery Široki brijeg
Selected group exhibitions:
2010. Zagreb, 5.Croatian Triennale of Aquarelles
2006. Jewish Cultural Event Bejahad Hvar
2005. France, Villard de Lans, International pictures exhibition
2003. Holland, Rotterdam, International pictures exhibition
2003. France, Saint – Yrieix, International pictures exhibition
2000. Zagreb, MGC Galery Klovićevi dvori, Exhibition of Jewish painters «Dream and Outcry»
2000. Zagreb, Museum of Contemporary Art, Outsideri 2
1998. Zagreb, Museum of Contemporary Art, Outsideri
1995. Nagold, Germany
2012. Zagreb –Croatian bienalle of illustration
2014. Zagreb –Croatian bienalle of illustration
2017. Museum of Contemorary art Zagreb
Ms. Kraus is also a reputable member of Croatian Association of Writers for Children and Young Adults.
In the past few years, in addition to painting she has taken up writing and illustrating books for children. To this date, a number of her picture books have been published, some of which were translated into English.
Selection of published books includes:
2003. Zagreb, Biblioteka Dječje slovo, picture books "Priča o maloj gusjenici Lahorki" and"Ovčica Agneza"
2003. Zagreb, Nova knjiga Rast, illustrations for the book "Što bi ljubav učinila" on the Andersen fairy tales themes
2004. Bjelovar, N design, book "Prema plavoj ptici Mauricea Maeterlincka"
2005. Zagreb - Dječje slovo - Story about spoiled bird
2005. Zagreb - Dječje slovo - Whose Teddybear is it
2007. Zagreb - Dječje slovo - The Friendship Cake
2007. Zagreb - Dječje slovo - The Sorceress
2011. Zagreb - Mala zvona - Lili - dog without the matches
2015. Zagreb - Mala zvona - Story about Golem
2015. Zagreb - Antibarbarus - artbook - Story about Golem
