UPCOMING AUCTION | Lidija Kolovrat - 20 years in fashion

by P4 fashion department in 2009-06-25

[Sale P4050] 23 July 2009, 8:00 pm. at Kolovrat Concept Store, Lisbon

 


P4's fashion department is pleased to invite you to the upcoming auction Lidija Kolovrat - 20 years in fashion, taking place at Kolovrat Concept Store - Rua do Salitre 169 Lisbon, on the 23 July 2009, 8:00 pm. (thursday)

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Lidija Kolovrat

Lidija was born in Bosnia in 1962. She initially studied cinema directing before switching to a fashion design course at the Textile and Fashion Design Institute in Zagreb.

She came to Portugal in 1990 and has been much in demand in the worlds of fashion and the scenic arts ever since. She has her own shop: ‘Peter and the Wolf’. She has taken part in many exhibitions, such as ‘Portuguese Fashion – The Revelation’, in Paris and ‘Spoon Fed Concept’ in Lisbon. She has also been involved with the dance scene and her projects include Olga Roriz’s “Stop and Start Again” for the D. Maria II theatre and “Archangels, Cherubins and Seraphins” at Lisbon’s Belém Cultural Centre.

In 2001 she showed her Spring – Summer collection at both the Estufa Fria and ISTINIZAM, a catwalk show and video installation at the Luís Serpa Gallery in Lisbon.

Lidija took part in ModaLisboa/Lab in 2002 and in that year also designed the costumes for the cast of the musical “Angelica” which was part of the International Music Festival at Bologna, Italy. She had two shows following this: “I Don’t Die, I Oxidise (Feature Factory)”, OVO/Eggzistenze (360º Gallery, Milan); and “2 MENFACE (Lisbon)”.

She took part in the group show “Sketch an Idea – The Pencil” at Lisbon’s Natural History Museum in March 2003. In July she held a video installation, ISTINIZAM, in Oporto. This show will be revived as part of ExperimentaDesign in Lisbon in 2003.

In 2004, Lidija showed her video performance / instalation piece at Lisbon’s Lux Fragil, as part of the 2nd W.A.Y – eroticism– Jangada Festival, as well as the video art installation, “Hair cut”, in Luis Serpa Gallery (Lisbon), Maus Habitos Gallery (Porto) and BAC ( Barcelona). She also took part in the collective exhibition “Meeting Point, Arco 20 years”, promoted by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

In 2005 and 2006, Lidija designed costumes for several plays. She showed the installation "Sedevita" at the first edition of Lisbon’s CIRCUIT, and the "Cavalo e Lua" video piece at Lisbon’s Gulbenkian.

In 2007 she presented the installations "Glam Hotel" and "Mud/eira" in Kolovrat Concept Store and "Camouflage" in Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. She produced the editorial "passarelle" for Egoista Magazine and launched a new line of women handbags, "In Vento". In 2008, presents the live-cut performance "Erro ou Descoberta", in Fabrico Infinito, and participates at the radio program "Esplendor".
In 2007 and 2008, Lidija presented many exhibitions at Kolovrat Concept Store and participated in several national and international exhibitions, including in the design show "Flexibility”, in Turin. She launched a new line of ladies bags, called "IN VENTO", which exposed, in October 2008, at the “Making Things” gallery, in Madrid. She also participated in the workshops “Geometry and patterns”, at the IED-Instituto Europeu di Design (Madrid), and“The Walking Creativity” (Palma de Mallorca), as well as in the colloquium “Studio Banana”, in Madrid. 

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