Iva Zagoda - Trace of Feeling

🎶 Workshop: Color, Sound, Smell, Touch – Monotype as a Sensory Game 🎨 This workshop explores the connection between sensory experience and visual form: what happens when we try to translate a sound, a texture or a scent into color, line and mark on paper. Using an associative approach to color and the monotype technique, participants transform their own sensory reactions into abstract prints, creating a set of unique visual works. We begin with a short introduction to sensory perception, synesthetic associations and “seeing the invisible”, then move into hands‑on work. Color is applied to a plate in response to specific sounds, tactile prompts or smells, then transferred onto paper in a single pull – the print reveals how the experience settled into image. ✨ What is monotype? Monotype is a printmaking technique where only one print is made from a painted plate – each piece is unique. Paint is applied to a non‑absorbent surface and then pressed onto paper, producing unexpected blends, traces and textures, making it ideal for intuitive, process‑based work. ​ 👩‍🎨 Workshop Leader – Iva Zagoda The workshop is led by Iva Zagoda (b. 1992, Zagreb), a painter whose practice is deeply rooted in color, gesture and translating non‑visual impulses into images. She graduated from the Art Education Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb and has held nine solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group shows in Croatia and abroad, including the 37th Youth Salon, the 7th Painting Biennial, the 16th Erste Fragments (Lauba), “U ljetnom kodu” (Galerija Kranjčar) and “Umjetnost je sumnja” (LexArt skladište). Iva has received the third “Ivan Kožarić” award, an award at the 7th Painting Biennial, the NMMU young artist award at the same biennial, the Grand Prix at the 16th Erste Fragments, and a purchase prize from the Rovinj City Museum. Her work often centers on “visual registers of the intangible” and color as a record of sound and emotion, making this workshop a direct extension of her artistic research. ✨ What will you do? explore how sound, touch or smell can become color, line and abstract form learn the basics of monotype: preparing the plate, applying paint, pulling a single print ​ create a small series of abstract sensory prints, guided by your own reactions and associations ✨ IMPORTANT: the workshop is suitable for both beginners and experienced artists the focus is on process, experimentation and personal experience, not on “perfect” images small group format ensures time and feedback for each participant