Matija Drozdek was born 1985 in Osijek, Croatia.
He spent his childhood in Germany and Belgium, now
lives in his hometown, and studies Information Design at the
Polytechnicum in Zagreb. His interest in visual art began with the
first purchase of an affordable consumer digital camera.
After several exhibitions and prizes, he is now shooting pictures
almost exclusively on film. Numerous of his illustrations and designs
were published, and he is currently working on different freelancing
jobs between Croatia and Germany, doing magazine layouts, graphic design, web collaborations
and photography.

Some exhibitions:

"Osijek in Pictures 2008", "Waldinger Gallery", Osijek, Croatia
"Festival of Science Poster Exhibition 2009" "Faculty of Agriculture", Osijek, Croatia
"A3:3E Exhibition", Exit Festival 2009, Novi Sad, Serbia
"Ideology of Design" Museum of Contemporary Art, Novi Sad, Serbia
"Exhibition of student work" Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, 2010, Zagreb, Croatia
"Day D" Stara klaonica, 2010, Zagreb, Croatia
"The Cheaper show No.9", 2010, Vancouver, Canada
"If you Leave - Book Launch and Exhibition", CAMP (City Arts and Music Project), London, UK
"Third International Spring Summit of Cheap Laser Graphics 2011", CZKD, Belgrade, Serbia
"International Laser Summit of Cheap Graphics 2012, Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin, Germany
- several prizes in various Photography contests (CNC Osijek, EduCentar Zagreb,...)

Next: 26.5.2012 Soloexhibiton, City and University Library Osijek, Croatia