Curriculum Vitae

Sanja Star
b. 1982, Croatia
sanja.star@gmail.com
sanjastar.com
@_sanjastar
Berlin, Germany

Bio

SANJA STAR (Croatia, 1982) is a Berlin-based transdisciplinary artist and educator exploring unknown, perception, and the hidden. Working across digital art, audiovisual performance, and transmedia projects, she investigates abstraction, pareidolia, and the interplay of light and sound frequencies.

Her work merges 3D animation, computer vision, and improvisation in visual contexts, creating immersive compositions where depth and movement distort perception. Drawing from quantum physics and the esoteric, she constructs shifting, hypnotic spaces that blur the lines between reality and illusion.

Star teaches design and audiovisual improvisation in performance art, emphasizing real-time visual composition and experimental methodologies. She collaborates with musicians and artists on transdisciplinary projects, engaging in "sonic illustration"—a process of translating sound frequencies into moving images. She is a core member of the audiovisual project Pitch Shifting and serves on the board of Richten25, an association for experimental music and art in Berlin.

Education

2024 Erasmus+ transnational collaboration and mobility in education, Design Lecturer – Tenerife (ES)
2023 Erasmus+ transnational collaboration and mobility in education, Design Lecturer – Naples (IT)
University of the Arts London - London College of Fashion (UK) – Fashion and Sustainability
University of Zagreb – Faculty of Graphic Arts (HR) – Master in Graphic Design (Thesis: Optical Illusions - Holography in Print)
University of Osijek – Faculty of Human and Social Sciences (HR) – Art Pedagogy Diplom
Edunova – School of IT and Management (HR) – Web Design Diplom
Gymnasium Vinkovci (HR) (Thesis: Pablo Picasso)

Exhibitions (Selection)

2024 ZEZ x KLET: 9th Sound Exhibition, Zagreb (HR)
2024 BRICKSONIC #4, Backsteinboot, Berlin (DE)
2024 MANIFEST:IO Symposium for New Media + Electronic Art, Berlin (DE)
2023 Manchester Theatre in Sound, UK
2022 Abstract Art with New Media, Chongqing (CHN)
2020 Contemporary Art Gallery Nottingham, UK
2020 Loosenart: Mirrors and Reflections, Rome (IT)
2015 Concurso Internacional Francisco Mantecón, RS
2015 Woman Worker, Association Creative Krk (HR)

Performances (Selection)

2025 Pitch Shifting (Savic + Star) - Ausland, Berlin (DE)

2024 Sanja Star + Katharina Bévand - VJOpenLab #38 series - Studio 1111, Berlin (DE)
2024 Pitch Shifting Group, ISPOD BINE Festival, Split (HR)
2024 Fluid Form Club #6, Ausland, Berlin (DE)
2024 Hošek Contemporary, Berlin (DE)
2024 Petersburg Art Space, Berlin (DE)
2023 Containerklang #21, Museum of Applied Arts Cologne (DE)
2023 Vorspiel / transmediale & CTM, Berlin (DE)
2023 Kunstsommer Wiesbaden, Kunsthaus Wiesbaden (DE)
2022 Audioart 13 Experimental & Improvised Music Festival, Pula (HR)
2021 31st Music Biennale Zagreb, Zagreb (HR)
2020 BOND International Virtual Live Performance Festival, NY (US) / CHN

Artist Residencies

2024 STOPover Residency, Alte Münze, Berlin (DE)
2023 Fluxus Festival, Kunsthaus Wiesbaden (DE)
2019 6th Silk Road International Art Festival, Xi’an (CHN)

Grants and Project Funding

2023 Grant - Containerklang #19 Köln, #20 Essen, #21 Köln - project production funding - Gesellschaft für Neue Musik Ruhr e.V. und Kölner Gesellschaft für Neue Musik

Professional Experience / Design

2019–Present: Freelance Transmedia Designer, Artist, Lecturer, Berlin (DE)
2021–2024: Web Designer, The Brand Show.TV, Berlin (DE)
2018–2019: Senior Graphic Designer, ic!Berlin Premium Eyewear, Berlin (DE)
2018: Senior Lead Designer, eBay GmbH, Berlin (DE)
2016: Art Director, j.jackman Fashion Brand, Berlin (DE)
2010–2014: Lead Graphic Designer, Lotusmedia GmbH Agency, HR

Academic Engagements and Artistic Presentations

2025 Mars College Berlin working group [an alternative research, art and education community] -School of Machines - Berlin (DE)

2025 Guest Lecturer, Interaction Design, srh University Berlin

2024 Workshop Facilitator – Audiovisual Improvisation, Audio Reactivity, and Generative Art – Catalyst Institute for Creative Arts and Technology Berlin
2024 Guest Lecturer, Motion Design, HMKW University, Berlin
2023 Presentation of Artistic Works, Museum of Applied Arts Cologne 2022 Guest Lecturer, Sonic Illustration, Catalyst Institute for Creative Arts and Technology Berlin
2022 Lecturer, Experimental Design, UX/UI, Brand Design, BEST-Sabel Design Academy, Berlin
2022 Presentation of Artistic Works, Universität der Künste Institut für zeitbasierte Medien Berlin
2020 Artist Talk & Performance, #Frickler Series, Berlin

Curation

2025 Waveforms A/V series, Richten25 Berlin 2024 StopOver 2 – Co-curator, Radialsystem Berlin
2024 Richten 25 – Board Member & Curator, Berlin
2023 Das Ende. – Co-curator, Berlin

Artist Collaborations

Richard Scott, Grgur Savić, Vivienne Griffin, Rieko Okuda, Katharina Bévand, Samuel Hall, Daniel Craig, Ute Wassermann, Ulrich Phillipp, Tomomi Adachi, Wolfgang Schliemann, Witch 'n' Monk, Birgit Wieger, Ulrike Schwarz, Yorgos Dimitriadis, Silvia Sauer, Han-earl Park, Heidrun Schramm, Marina Džukljev, Asaf Eden, Sofia Salvo, İpek Odabaşı, Megumi Eda, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Chris Hill, Isabel Rößler, Sem Forma Fabíola, Ana Bogner, Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø, Antti Virtaranta, Daniel Dragoescu, Sveta Bird, Chris Hill, Carina Khorkhordina, among others.

Memberships

Bild-Kunst Berufsgruppe I
Künstlersozialkasse
BBK Berlin - Berufsverband Bildender Künstler*innen Berlin e.V.
Internationale Gesellschaft der Bildenden Künste (IGBK)

Languages

German (Goethe-Zertifikat C1)
English (Professional Proficiency)
Croatian (Native)

Stop Over 1 at Alte Münze Berlin - photo Henry Schulz