Ivana Franke was born in 1973 in Zagreb. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in 1997. Participated in Special Project program of the PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, 2001; research program of Center for Contemporary Art Kitakyushu (CCAK), Kitakyushu, Japan, 2001/2002; residency program of the Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art (NIFCA), Helskinki, 2004.
Exhibiting activities include Izbjegavanje – Evasion (together with D. Očko and S. Vujičić), Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, 2005; Metamorph - La biennale di Venezia, architecture, Croatian pavillion (together with P. Mišković, L. Pelivan, T. Plejić), Venice, 2004; Passage Europe, Musee d’Art Moderne de Saint Etienne, Saint Etienne, 2004; full empty space, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, 2001...