Slaven Tolj (born 14 April 1964) is a Croatian conceptual, performance and media artist, curator and cultural worker from Dubrovnik, Croatia. He achieved international nod for his installations, body art, and performances presenting sure political and social-cultural criticism.
The start of Slaven Tolj’s work, as an artist, was clear by his experiences of the Yugoslav War, the Siege of Dubrovnik by the Yugoslavian army in the years 1991-1992, as well as the disintegration of former Yugoslavia. In the course of the late 1990s Slaven Tolj gradually Elongated the scope of his art, incorporating themes and issues similar to embassy transformation and the emergence of multiculturalism and globalization.
Slaven Tolj has as well as been enthusiastic in organisational and curatorial activities. He is one of the founders of Art Workshop Lazareti in Dubrovnik – a key institution for contemporary art scene in Dubrovnik and Croatia. He was a director of Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka from 2012 until 2020, as without difficulty as artistic director of Rijeka 2020 European Capitol of Culture.
In 2005 he was the overseer of the Croatian pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
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