bio
Dina Bilic was born in 1986 in Croatia, Yugoslavia, raised in Osijek, Croatia, lives in Athens, Greece.
1986-1993- stealing tools from my grandfather who was a monumental mason, he engraved and carved headstones and marble
2000 Osijek, Croatia. Textile and sewing courses. Made my first blouse at 13.
2009-2013 exhibiting jewelry at fairs in Osijek and Zagreb, Croatia.
2010 Osijek, Croatia. Solo photography exhibition: Spain: Fragments; described my then life in Valencia, Spain.
2013 Osijek, Croatia. Breza youth association/Dokkica, painting EU houses for entering the European Union. (Zvijezda koja nedostaje)
2013 Osijek, Croatia. Took part in Art Straw festival, helping the sculptor and artist Beata Rostas, making soldiers out of straw
2014 Athens, Greece. First poem written in Greek (τα όνειρά μου, My Dreams), transferred into canvas as an art piece at the exhibition at Modern Greek Language Teaching Centre of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (where enrolled in Modern Greek courses, B2 2014, C1 2015)
2015-2020 Athens, Greece. Various projects as a regular student at School of Applied Arts and Culture, department of Interior Architecture at TEI of Athens, later University of West Attica. Projects, presentations and exams in Greek.
2016 Athens, Greece. Volunteer in Art Athinas, large International Contemporary Art fair.
2017 Athens, Greece. Published poem in bilingual edition of Tsakmak, poetry magazine. Written in Croatian and translated into Greek with the help of Keti and Kirketa.
2017 Osijek, Croatia, Book cover for a poetry book Dan Noc, prisutno odsustvo by Marko Dosen (used a photography of a plexiglas sculpture from school project)
2019-2022 Athens, Greece. Pottery classes, learning throwing on a pottery wheel in Elliniki Keramiki Keramar in Marousi, Greece.
2020 Greece. part of voice translation in online theatrical play by Christina Tzialla Καθαρά Από Κατσαρίδες, Dare to Dream.
2020 Athens, Greece. Master plan courses in business planning, pricing, branding, digital marketing and online selling by Creativebizlab
2020 published article in ‘Live From Greece’ group, in a competition for the best story from Greece. (4th place)
2020 published article in facebook group ‘Pozdrav s mog prozora’, where people from former Yugoslavia share their window view in the time of quarantine from all over the world.
2021 published author in a hard cover book ‘Pozdrav s mog prozora’ (Greeting from my window') issused by Rotografika, Subotica
2021 founder of MATI WITH ME_concept, opened online shop and concept store in Athens
2021-2023 rented studio workshop space and registering small business MATI WITH ME concept store and creative studio in Ampelokipoi, Greece
2024 founded Hedone Athens
Education:
2015-2020 studies at School of Applied Arts and Culture, department of Interior Architecture at TEI of Athens, later University of West Attica,
2013-2015 Studies of Modern Greek language at National Kapodistiran university of Athens, School of Philosophy, B2 / C1 degree
2008-2012 MA in Education in Philosophy and English Language and Literature, Osijek, Croatia
2005-2008 BA in Philosophy and BA in English Language and Literature, dual degree, Osijek, Croatia