Ivan Kožarić (10 June 1921, Petrinja – 15 November 2020,[1] Zagreb) was a Croatian artist who worked primarily with sculpture but also in a wide variety of media, including permanent and temporary sculptures, assemblages, proclamations, photographs, paintings, and installations.
His works are characterized by a sense of mischief, spontaneity and by his nonchalant approach to life.
He was one of the founding members of the Gorgona Group, whose active members between 1959 and 1966 were Miljenko Horvat, Julije Knifer, Marijan Jevšovar, Dimitrije Bašičević (who also works under the name Mangelos), Matko Meštrović, Radoslav Putar, Đuro Seder and Josip Vaništa.
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb bought his entire studio for display in the gallery in 2007.
[2] Commissioned by the Filip Trade Collection, he made Ascent, a slender sculpture more than 13 meters high (2002).