Designer Victoria Bucul has been selected for this year’s Studio 1na1 mentorship residency. During autumn 2026, she will work with mentor Andro Giunio and the team at Galerija Miroslav Kraljević to develop an artist-led publication marking the gallery’s 40th anniversary.
The programme brings together emerging practitioners and established professionals through a collaborative process of research and production. This year’s edition focuses on the publication as a site of visual and artistic experimentation.
Victoria Bucul holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Visual Communications at the School of Design in Zagreb. Her practice centres on illustration and visual communication, with a particular interest in publications, visual narratives, analogue printing and independent publishing. She explores social themes and everyday life, often drawing on observations and fragments of her immediate surroundings. Her work has been presented at exhibitions, workshops and festivals in Zagreb, Pula, Split, Šibenik, Cetinje and Barcelona.
About Studio 1na1
Studio 1na1 is a two-month mentorship, research and production programme for students, emerging artists, designers and practitioners at the beginning of their professional careers. The 2026 residency takes place at GMK’s 8-ica space and centres on the development of an original publication for the gallery’s 40th anniversary.
Working with the mentor and the gallery team, the selected participant develops the publication’s concept, visual language and structure, prepares it for print and takes part in its public presentation. Rather than a conventional documentary book, the publication is conceived as an independent printed artefact in which text, images, typography and layout shape the content together.
Residency mentor: Andro Giunio
Andro Giunio is a graphic designer, artist and assistant professor in the Department of Media Design at University North in Koprivnica. He graduated from the School of Design at the Faculty of Architecture in Zagreb and has worked as an independent graphic designer since 2012, primarily in the cultural sector. His practice includes publications, catalogues, posters, music releases and visual identities.
His projects include the visual identity of the 25 FPS Festival, the visual identity of the Croatian exhibition at the 57th Venice Biennale, and design work for international festivals and exhibitions produced by KONTEJNER. Since 2019, he has been part of the informal collective M28. His artistic practice encompasses experimental music, sound performance, composition and improvisation.
Programme information
Programme: Studio 1na1
Selected participant: Victoria Bucul
Mentor: Andro Giunio
Development and public presentation: autumn 2026
Venue: GMK’s 8-ica space
Programme coordinators: Antonela Solenički and Tea Matanović
Organisation and production: Generator multidisciplinarnih koprodukcija (GMK)
Supported by: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia
Further details are available in the original Studio 1na1 open call (in Croatian).
