Ivana Bakal, PhD, has been professionally involved in costume design since 1986. She studied at the Faculty of Textile Technology where she graduated from a School of Higher Education obtaining a degree in clothes design in 1987. In 2010, she received a master’s degree in costume design from the same school. In 2015, she received a doctoral degree in the Postgraduate doctoral programme in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts: her doctoral dissertation was titled “Theatre Costume Between Performance, Installation and Object – Visual Theatre”. Bakal designed numerous costumes and a number of sets, conducted large professional projects, and participated in individual and group exhibitions and visual projects at home and abroad. She is the author and editor of monographs on Croatian set and costume design. Ivana is an associate professor in the Graduate programme of costume design at the Faculty of Textile Technology in Zagreb. She has been a member of the Croatian Freelance Artists’ Association (HZSU) since 1990. She is the head of the Croatian Association of Artists of Applied Arts (ULUPUH) and its Film and Theatre Section. She has received numerous awards and prizes.
