Neven Mihic

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About Neven Mihic

CONTACT Web site: E-mail: neven.mihic@yahoo.com EDUCATION 2010 – 2012 MA Costume Design - University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology, Zagreb, Croatia 2006 – 2009 BA Fashion Design - University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology, Zagreb, Croatia 2002 – 2006 High school diploma Fashion Design - School of Textiles, Design and Applied Arts, Osijek, Croatia NEVEN MIHIC - Croatian artist based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates Since September 2016, Neven Mihic has been an Instructor, and Assistant Professor in the College of Design at the American University in the Emirates, Dubai. He began his career as a dancer in the Croatian National Theatre in Osijek, dancing for four years in many famous operas, musicals and dramas. After graduating from the School of Textiles, Design and Applied Arts, in Osijek, he went to Zagreb, where he graduated with a MA in Costume, Faculty of Textile Technology. After graduation, he presented six important individual exhibitions of Costume and Set design. For the next ten years, Neven designed costumes for over thirty theatre performances, and cooperated with theatres of different repertory policies and formats, from large national theatre houses to informal companies. The performances comprised of the following genres: opera, operetta, ballet and drama, covering the historical periods from Ancient Egypt to modern times. His most recent project was Bizet's opera Carmen directed by Kobie van Rensburg in Croatian National Theatre in Osijek, as well as a new production of Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker in the same theatre. Other projects include; opera La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini, Don Giovanni by W.A.Mozart, ballet La Fille Mal Gardee by Ferdinand Herold and Ludwig Hertel. Neven designed dresses for the Chevrolet Motor Show in Geneva (Switzerland) and Frankfurt (Germany). He is also author of several individual fashion shows and projects related to fashion, and he received several awards in his field. In the UAE, he created hats and fascinators for Dubai World Cup 2017, 2018 and 2019. His work is concentrated mostly on complex opera and ballet costumes, as well high and experimental fashion. In May 2022, he presented new set and costume design for the classical ballet Onegin in choreography by Vasily Medvedev, and 2023 set and costumes for ‘Lehár’s operetta The Merry Widow. He is a member of the Croatian Association of Dramatic Artists.