Born in 1924 in Karlovac, Croatia. Lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia

Education

1950 Graduated from The Academt of Fine Art, in Zagreb

Solo Exhibitions (selection)

2006
Josip Vaništa, Mala galerija / Moderna galerija, Ljubljana
1988
Josip Vaništa, Galerija suvremene umjetnosti
1965
Josip Vaništa, Gradska galerija suvreme umjetnosti, Zagreb

Group Exhibitions (selection)

2011
Gorgona, Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris, France
2011
Museum of Parallel Narratives. In the framework of L’Internationale, MACBA, curated by Zdenja Badovinac
2010
Les promesses du passé, Centre Pompidou, curated by Christine Marcel and Joanna Mytkowska, Paris, France
2006
O nepoznatim radovima, Galerija Nova, Zagreb, / Art radionica lazareti, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Collected Views from East and West, Generali Foundation, Wien, Austria
Living Art on the Edge of Europe, Kroller-Muller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
Kontakt…aus des Sammlung szq Erste Bank Gruppe, Museum moderner Kunst Siftung Ludwig Wien, Austria
Kolekcija Macura - Gorgona, Musej primenjene umetnosti, Beograd, Serbia
Eye on Europe - prints, books and multiples - 1960 to now, The Museum of Modern Art, New-York, USA
2005
Kollektive Kreativitat, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Josip Vanista, Mala galerija, Zagreb, Croatia
Zbirka Macura - Wien, Pavillon Cvijta Zucoric, Beograd, Serbia
2002
Neprilagodeni, Misfits, Art Moscow / Kunstamt, Kreutzberg, Germany
Bethanien, Berlin, Musej na sovremanata umetnost, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
2001
2000+ The Art of Eastern Europe, Orangerie Congres, Innsbruck, Austria
2000
2000+ Utmetnost Vzhodne Evrope v dialogu z Zahodom, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2000, Fundacio Miro, Barcelona
1999
Aspekte / Positionen - 50 Jahr Kunst aus Mitteleuropa 1949-1999, Museum moderne Kust Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria / Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
1997
Gorgona, Gorgonesco, Gorgonisco, Bienale di Venezia, villa Pisani, Italy
1995
Suvremena umjetnost iz nesvrstanih zemalja, Jakarta, India
1993
The Horse Who Sings - Radical Art from Croatia, Museum of contemporary Art, Sydney
1990
Ivo Horvat, Autorski izlog knjizare Zanje, Zagreb
22, Salon Mladih (gost na Salonu), Umjetnicki paviljon, Zagreb
1989
Gorgona (Jevsovar, Knifer…), Université de Bourgogne, Dijon
1988
Lebdeci covjek, Autorski izlog knijzare Znanje, Zagreb
Ready-Mades, Autorsky izlog knijzare Znanje, Zagreb
1986
Gorgona, Galerija Studentsklog centra, Beograd
Lebdeci covjek, Autoriki izlog knijzare Znaje, Zagreb
1985
Marijan Jevsovar, Julije Knifer, Ivan Kozaric, Duro Seder, Josip Vanista, Galerija likovnih umjetnosti, Osijek
1982
Inovicaje u hrvatskoj umjetnosti sedamdestih godina, Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb
1981
, 16 Sao Paolo Biennal, Brazil
1977
Gorgona, Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb / Städtisches Museum, Mönchengladbach
Gorgona, Galerija Studentskog Kulturnog centra, Beograd
1970
Cetyvrto beogradsko trijenale likovnih umetnosti, Beograd, Serbia
1967
Trece jugoslovenko trijenale likovnih umetnosti,Musej savremene umetnosti, Beograd, Serbia
1962
Kolectivina izlozba clanova Studija, Studio G, Zagreb, Croatia
1961
Kolectivina izlozba clanova Studija, Studio G, Zagreb, Croatia
1959
Première Biennale de Paris, Paris, France