About Ivan Barun

Ivan is a psychiatrist, visual artist, and expressive arts therapist whose work bridges medicine and creativity. Currently based at the University Psychiatric Hospital Sveti Ivan in Zagreb, he combines clinical psychiatry with body-oriented psychotherapy and art therapy, working with different patient populations and focusing especially on LGBTQIA+ mental health. Ivan graduated medicine at School of Medicine in Zagreb and fine arts at Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. He has published and presented extensively on the therapeutic role of the arts. He is also an exhibiting artist and former editor-in-chief of Skica, a magazine dedicated to art and culture.