Josip Klarica (1946–2020) was a Croatian artist working in the mediums of film and photography.
[1] Klarica was born in Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia.
He first studied photography and then attended the Film Academy in Prague (1975–77).
Klarica had many solo exhibitions in Croatia and abroad, including: The Photographers' Gallery (London, 1982), the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, 1991, Centro Culturale San Fedele (Milan, 1994), Galerie Johannes Faber (Vienna, 2002), and the Klovićevi dvori Gallery (Zagreb, 2005).
His works belong to several museum and gallery collections like the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House (Rochester), Bibliotheque Nationale de France (Paris), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Zagreb), the Museum of Arts and Crafts (Zagreb), the Musée Nicéphore Niépce (Chalon-sur-Saône), and the Modern Gallery, Zagreb.