Ana Dević
received a B.A. in Art History and Comparative Literature, at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. Since 1995 she has been working as an art critic and curator. She has contributed to many cultural magazines (Flash Art, Parachute, Manifesta Journal, Ein und Alle...) and numerous exhibition catalogues.
She is one of the founding members of an independent curatorial collective What, How & for Whom/WHW (with Ivet Curlin, Natasa Ilic and Sabina Sabolovic and designer and publicist Dejan Krsic) based in Zagreb, Croatia. WHW¹s activities are exploring the potentials of critical curatorial practice capable of generating innovative models of self-representation and self-organization within the realm of contemporary art. Since May 2003 WHW has been running the program of Gallery Nova - non-profit city owned gallery in the center of Zagreb.
Ana Devic had also worked for the Gallery of Modern Art, Zagreb as a coordinator of an exhibition program of Studio Josip Racic in Zagreb where she curated and co-curated numerous exhibitions.