Born in Varazdin, Blazenka studied psychology, German and social sciences and after diploma 1974. she worked as a journalist.
After her training in ceramics at Centro Sperimentale d’Arte in Switzerland she attended also further ceramic training courses in Austria, Germany with a mentor Mr. Gustav Weiss and was artist in residency in Watershed, USA. Study trips to Italy, France, Finland, England, Ireland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Portugal, Holland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Turkey, Egypt, Brazil, Indonesia, India, China, USA and Baltic.
Since 1985. she has exhibited in numerous one-man and group exhibition at home and abroad.
She wrote many articles about Croatian ceramics and ceramic artists for Neue Keramik from Berlin and The Studio Potter (USA).
She is a member of the Croatian Applied Arts Artists Association, KALKSPATZ, an Austrian-German association for promotion of culture, education and social aspects in working with clay, The American Ceramic Society and a member of the IAC Geneve from 2007.
She translates and teaches in the profession and runs her own Studio for Pottery.
Together with a group of entusiasts founder and recently president of KERAMEIKON, Croatian Ceramic Association and together with Mr. Gustav Weiss organizer of the International Festival of Postmodern Ceramics and many other important exhibitions, symposium and courses for childern and adults.
KERAMEIKON, the Croatian Ceramic Association represents a non-profit NGO that gathers ceramic artists, pot makers, Art experts, curators, Pottery lovers, institutions, associations and all other who are interested to participate in the promotion and development of ceramic Art.
The prescribed goals on the Association are to develop and upgrade the level of communicatin and collaboration among Ceramic artists on Croatian and on a global international scen |