Born on the island of Unije, Croatia in 1952, Nevio Carcich emigrated with his family to Trieste, Italy in 1960, where he was exposed for the first time to images of Cezanne and Picasso.
It was here that his first art studies and inspiration began under the guidance of Prof. Folco Jacobi.
In 1966, Nevio was again uprooted, this time to the United States, where he continued and completed his studies, graduating with a BFA degree from the New York Institute of Technology with Honors and a Gold Medal Award in Design. He furthered his art studies in drawing and anatomy at the Art Students League of New York, receiving an Honorable Mention.
Nevio revisits his native island of Unije regularly, where he finds inspiration in the tranquillity and simplicity of island life, the intense Adriatic sun, the aged facades, the weather-beaten windows and doors of stone village houses, textures, powerful colours, the ever-present sea and the surrounding nature for the motifs of his art work.
As an artist and designer, his expertise includes murals, restoration and furniture design, with a long lasting professional career in New York City before moving permanently to Austria.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024 Galerie Vorspann, Bad Eisenkappel, Austria
2005 – 2010 Edward Hopper Art Center, Nyack, NY
2006 Salmagundi Art Club, NY
2006 Hoboken Arts Festival, NJ
1999 Hoboken Arts Festival, NJ
1998 Hoboken Arts Festival, NJ
1998 Edgewater Arts Festival, NJ – also ‘92, ‘95, ‘96, ‘97
1996 Polo Gallery, Edgewater, NJ
1996 North Bergen Arts Festival, NJ
1994 Polo Gallery, Edgewater, NJ
1993 Galaxy of Fine Arts, Guttenberg, NJ
1992 Exchange Place Arts Festival, Jersey City, NJ
1991 NY Art Expo (Galerie 10 – Paris, France), NY
1990 NY Art Expo (Galerie 10 – Paris, France), NY
1989 World Biennale of Croatian Art Exhibition
Toronto/Vancouver/Calgary, Canada
1989 Arts Council of the Essex Area, Montclair, NJ
1982 Mark A. Gallery, Teaneck, NJ
Elm Art Gallery, Nyack, NY
Paula Insel Gallery, New York, NY
Rare Discoveries Gallery, Dallas, TX
1981 Herder Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
1978 Gallery 187, Englewood, NJ
Solo Exhibitions:
1999 – 2024 Art Unije, Croatia
2023 Galerie Komposch, Klagenfurt, Austria
2021 Galerie im Europahaus, Klagenfurt, Austria
2019 Galleria Agore’, Gorizia, Italy
2019 Galerija Torac’, Unije, Croatia
2017 Franz von Sales Zentrum, Klagenfurt, Austria
2014 Kunst P12, Klagenfurt, Austria
2004 Paula at Rigoletto, Weehawken, NJ
1998 Galerija Torac, Unije, Croatia
1992 Jersey City Fine Arts Library, NJ
Jersey City – City Hall Rotunda, NJ
1990 Unije, Croatia
1989 Unije, Croatia
1988 Adriatic Societies’ 10th Anniversary, Astoria, NY
1986 Unije, Croatia
1984 Unije, Croatia
1982 Lynn Kottler Gallery, New York, NY
1981 Greater Paterson Arts Council, NJ
Collections:
- Embassy of the Republic of Croatia, Washington, DC
- Garfinkle Collection, New York, NY
- Salminen Architects, Helsinki, Finland
- Vilhar/Anderson – photographers/authors, Tokyo, Japan
- Daniel Yankelovich, California
Selected Bibliography:
- LINES from the Art Students League, New York, NY, Spring 2017
- Novi List, Rijeka, Croatia, August 2014
- The Jersey Journal, NJ, January 23, 2004
- Encyclopedia of Living Artists – 11th edition
Art Network, California, 1999
- Novi List, Rijeka, Croatia, October 1998
- The Bergen News, NJ, September11, 1996
- The Star Ledger, NJ, April 28, 1996
- North Bergen Reporter, NJ, March 20, 1994
- The Star Ledger, NJ, July 3, 1994
- The Star Ledger, NJ, May 7, 1993
- North Bergen Reporter, NJ, April 26, 1992
- Novi List, Rijeka, Croatia, August 4, 1989
- Horizons, World Biennale of Croatian Artists, Toronto, Canada, 1989
- Art Speak Magazine, New York, NY, March 18, 1982
Membership:
Life member of the Art Students League of New York.