Vlada Predelina (1991) is an artist based in Rotterdam. Her work looks into the meaning of a sense of place through a range of media including food, natural dyes, bioplastics and ceramics. She creates gatherings around a particular medium as a focus to bring out intimate discussions and situated histories. Current research looks into the role of tacit knowledge systems of women in relation to land and colonial expansion through making, growing or gathering around food and the kitchen table.
Since 2020 she has been working as part of Eathouse, an artist collective with Jake Caleb, Merve Kılıçer, Ulufer Çelik exploring the potential of food as an artistic method where the culinary informs the social.
EDUCATION
MA Fine Art, HKU University of the Arts Utrecht, NL | 2021 - 2023
Alternative Art School, School of The Damned, UK | 2016 - 2017
BA(Hons) Fine Art | Kingston School of Art, London, UK | 2009 - 2012
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2024 Artist Project Grant | Mondriaan Fonds
2024 Praktijkbijdrage Grant | CBK Rotterdam
2024 Residency | an other world Project Space, Rotterdam
2023 Kunst en Cultuur in de Gebieden Subsidy | Gemeente Rotterdam
2022 Study Abroad Studentship | The Leverhulme Trust
2022 Eathouse residency | Lemon House - documenta fifteen, Kassel
2021 Study Subsidy | Stichting M. C. de Visser Fonds
2021 Makersloket Subsidy | Stichting Droom en Daad, Rotterdam
2021 Production, Presentation & Research Grant | CBK Rotterdam
2020 Kunst en Cultuur in de Gebieden Subsidy | Gemeente Rotterdam
2019 HCA Residency | Roodkapje, Rotterdam
2018 Open Practice micro residency | Elmer Projects, London
2016 SOTD group residency | Hotel Elephant, London
2015 Shortlisted prize | Zealous X Visual Arts
2011 Won prize | Stanley Picker Travel Scholarship (courtesy of the Stanley Picker Gallery)
COLLECTIVE / COLLABORATION
Tuinlab | a garden project outside of Atelier Borneveld 169 building in collaboration with artists, neighbours, and children, exploring the possibilities of connecting through art, research, nature, embodied knowledge, getting hands dirty, and learning about the origins of food.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS / PROJECTS
SOLO
2020 Colours of Wielewaal | Growing Space, Rotterdam
2019 3 O’Clock: Migration as an act of art, ritual as a method. | Leave of Absence Gallery, London
2019 SHOWROOM | Roodkapje, Rotterdam
2016 What's Real? | Ritzy, London
2015 People perform more than ever | Peckham Pelican, London
GROUP
2023 Refractions | BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht
2020 Homeware for Hibernation (duo show with Jake Caleb) | LIFE, Rotterdam
2020 Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekend
2020 Publieke Werken poster exhibition around Rotterdam
2020 Off-Grid | Compiler (as part of The Wrong Digital Art Biennale), roaming locations including Banner Repeater and Tate Britain, London.
2019 Mood Ring | HCA Residency Conclusion, Roodkapje, Rotterdam
2019 It Boils Down | Pure Propaganda, Rotterdam
2019 Get Well Soon | Roodkapje, Rotterdam
2019 Club Rory: The Reality | Roodkapje, Rotterdam
2018 D.I. (Direct Input) | Muddy Yard, London, UK and Lumby, Canada
2018 Learning about home | Elmer Projects, London
2017 Super Yonic | Copeland Gallery, Copeland Park & Bussey Building, London
2017 Intergenerational SOTD Screening | The Cube, Bristol
2017 3O/3O | thirty.works organised by 12ø collective, online
2017 SOTD 100% Certified Absolute Genuine Official Degree Show | SET, London and The Royal Standard, Liverpool
2016 Brookmill Open | Deptford X Festival, London
2016 Gone Fishing | Assembly House, Leeds
2016 EBC006 | East Bristol Contemporary, Bristol
2016 Exquisite Corpse | Hotel Elephant, London
2016 SNAKE HORSE GOAT MONKEY | Guest Projects, London
2015 GOODBYE 87 OLD ROAD | DIG, London
2014 OPEN14 | Peckham Platform, London
2014 Nunhead Open 10 | The Surgery, London
2014 Teeny Weeny exhibition | Paper & Cup, London
2014 DIG open | DIG, London
2013 RAW:London | Proud Camden, London
2013 NUN POP | The Old Nun’s Head, London
2013 Summer Arts Fair | Hay's Galleria, London
2013 Inspiration | Nucleus Arts Gallery, Chatham
2013 DISSTUDIO | The Old Nun's Head, London
2012 MAYA | The Blake Gallery, Gravesend
2012 BLUE BLACK RED YELLOW GREEN | Sir Peter Blake Gallery, Dartford
2011 SIZE MATTERS | Putney Arts Centre, London
2011 No Winks | Fusion Art Kingston, London
PERFORMANCES / WORKSHOPS / SCREENINGS
2023 Eathouse does Tongue Twisting Dinners | an other world, Rotterdam
2023 Mapping Pelmeni: Presentation | Food and Body in Colonial Contexts in Pre-modern Times (1600-1900), University of Regensburg/Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
2022 Pelmeni: A Cooking Conversation | during Bottleneck by Katerina Sidorova | West Den Haag, The Hague
2022 Eathouse cooks at Paviljoen aan het Water, Rotterdam
2022 Eathouse cooks at Pakghor Kitchen | Britto Arts Trust, documenta fifteen, Kassel
2022 Pelmeni: A Conversation Cookbook launch | A shop called LIFE, Rotterdam
2022 MELLY x Eathouse SESSIONS | Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam
2021 Eathouse does LIVE FEED | Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam
2021 Eathouse does LIVE FEED | Attent, Rotterdam
2021 Eathouse does LIVE FEED | PEACH, Rotterdam
2021 Eathouse does LIVE FEED | Paviljoen aan het Water, Rotterdam
2021 Missing Hour Hour (with Jake Caleb) | RAAR, from A shop called LIFE kitchen, Rotterdam
2020 Extra hour hour (with Jake Caleb) | RAAR, from A shop called LIFE, Rotterdam
2020 drop by dip dye | Growing Space, Rotterdam
2020 Eathouse cooks Summer Season at Paviljoen aan het Water, Rotterdam
2019 Human Home | Roodkapje, Rotterdam
2019 Pelmeni | Vredestuin, Rotterdam
2019 15 Hours | during Schnittserie by Leonor Faber-Jonker) | HOK Gallery, The Hague
2019 Ceramic Stories | Roodkapje, Rotterdam
2019 Pelmeni | Roodkapje, Rotterdam
2018 Winter Home Time (with @people.drawing.together) | Holdrons Back Room Gallery, London
2018 United Voices - Making Days (with ON RCA, a Justice4Grenfell Solidarity Group) | Royal College of Art, London
2018 ANTIUNIVERSITY NOW: An Invitation to Replace Estate Agent Signs With Art | DIY Space for London, London
2017 Screening of Housing for Who? | Gentrification and Housing II (Deptford X Festival) | Deptford Cinema, London
PUBLICATIONS / PRESS
take from the table, bring to the table, ‘Graduation Shows 2023 – HKU MA Fine Arts’, Exhibition review article by Rosa Wevers, Metropolis M
https://www.metropolism.com/nl/reviews/49964_graduation_shows_2023_hku_ma_fine_arts
Eten is eigenlijk geschiedenis: Interview Vlada Predelina (Eating is actually history: Interview Vlada Predelina), Article online, HKU University of the Arts Utrecht
https://www.hku.nl/het-werk-van-hku/verhalen/eten-is-eigenlijk-geschiedenis
Pelmeni, Vlada Predelina, The Game of Knives: Writings and illustrations on protest, geopolitics and biopower, Publication of Bottleneck exhibition, West Den Haag, Katerina Sidorova and Yannik Güldner
Pelmeni: A Conversation Cookbook, Self-published with PrintRoom, Rotterdam
Productie, Presentatie en Research: Tijdelijke Werkbijdrage 2020/2021, CBK Rotterdam, ISBN 978-90-822992-3-6
WRITING
Over het DAVRA collectief in Kassel (About the DAVRA collective in Kassel), Printed article, Metropolis M, Issue No.6 2022/23 Dec/Jan
Creating circles, but not for the sake of the circle - an interview with DAVRA collective, Feature article online, Metropolis M
Excessive devouring, banana passports and hunger strikes: discussing ‘At the Table’ at Garage Rotterdam, Feature article online, Metropolis M
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
2022 Hospitality and Bookshop Assistant, Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam
2021 Artist Assistant, Rory Pilgrim
2020 Artist Assistant, Daniel Mullen
2019 Installation Assistant, Trainings for the Not-Yet, Jeanne van Heeswijk, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht
2018 Gallery Assistant and Bookshop Supervisor, South London Gallery, London
2017 Co-organiser and curator (with Natalie Mitchell), Super Yonic festival, Copeland Park & Bussey Building, London
2017 Festival Assistant / Volunteer Co-ordinator, DeptfordX, London
2015 Gallery Assistant, The Art Movement Gallery, London
2014 Assistant at Frieze London
2012 Exhibition Assistant, Exchanges Around Construction, Derwent London Gallery (curated by Andrew Bick)