Ivica Malčić rođen je 1964. u Zagrebu. Diplomirao je na ALU Zagreb 1996. u klasi Miroslava Šuteja. Do sada je izlagao na tridesetak samostalnih izložbi. Od 1998. do 2002. izlaže u Zagrebu svaku godinu sto slika, a 2007., 2009. i 2017. izlaže 365 dnevničkih crteža, koji su dva puta u cijelosti objavljeni u časopisu Fantom slobode izdavačke kuće Durieux. Neke od važnijih izložbi su 2015. sa Vladom Martekom u Galeriji Kranjčar, 2022. sa Zoranom Pavelićem u Nacionalnom muzeju moderne umjetnosti Koncept slike – slika koncepta. U galeriji VN u Zagrebu izlagao je tri puta i to svakih deset godina: 1994., 2004. i 2014. Taj koncept izlaganja svakih deset godina u istoj galeriji ostvario je i u galeriji Proširenih medija u Zagrebu 2007. i 2017. godine. Izlagao je i na tri Zagrebačka salona: 2013, 2016 i 2022., te na pet Bijenala slikarstva u Zagrebu.  Tri puta je bio finalista THT nagrade u MSU Zagreb. Za svoj rad nekoliko puta je nagrađivan od kojih je zadnja Nagrada Vladimir Nazor dodijeljena za najbolju izložbu u 2023. godini održanu u MSU. Njegov rad dio je stalnog postava Nacionalnog muzeja moderne umjetnosti u Zagrebu. Član je HZSU. Živi i radi u Zagrebu.

Ivica Malčić was born in 1964 in Zagreb. He graduated from ALU Zagreb in 1996 in the class of Miroslav Šutej. He has exhibited in about thirty solo exhibitions so far. From 1998 to 2002, he exhibited a hundred paintings in Zagreb every year, and in 2007, 2009 and 2017, he exhibited 365 diary drawings, which were published twice in their entirety in the magazine Phantom of Freedom, published by Durieux. Some of the more important exhibitions include 2015 with Vlado Martek in the Kranjčar Gallery, and 2022 with Zoran Pavelić in the National Museum of Modern Art in the exhibition Concept of the painting – painting of the concept. He exhibited three times every decade at the VN gallery in Zagreb: in 1994, 2004, and 2014. He also maintained this concept of exhibiting every decade in the same gallery iat the Expanded Media  gallery in Zagreb in 2007 and 2017. He has exhibited at three Zagreb Salons: 2013, 2016, and 2022, and at five Zagreb painting biennials. He has been a finalist for the THT award at MSU Zagreb on three occasions. Malčić has received numerous awards for his work, most recently the Vladimir Nazor Award for the best exhibition of 2023, held at the MSU. His work is part of the permanent collection of the National Museum of Modern Art in Zagreb. He is a member of the Croatian Freelance Artists' Association and lives and works in Zagreb.

Ivica Malčić
Nikad nisam imao plan B, 2022. / I Never Had a Plan B, 2022
ulje i akril na lesonitu / oil and acrylic on MDF
126 x 100 cm

Slika "Nikad nisam imao plan B" je naslikana "sirovo" izvan svih akademskih pravila i bez dorađivanja zbog kontrasta prema idealiziranom pristupu umjetnosti kakav je moguć korištenjem umjetne inteligencije. Lik slikara u zahrđaloj slikarskoj kuti "gol i bos" stoji u apokaliptičnom pejzažu i prkosi svijetu koji srlja u propast. Tekst na slici govori o beskompromisnosti u umjetnosti. Prikazani su i simboli žrtve u umjetnosti  i spremnosti na nju:  „Van Goghova uha“ – i to dva, a ne jedno. Slika je pokušaj povratka „nesavršenom“ slikarstvu i kreativnosti u umjetnosti bez primjene tehnologije koja teži idealizaciji, a ne mari za ljudskost i zamagljuje stvarnost.

The painting I Never Had a Plan B is painted “raw“, outside of all academic rules and without finishing touches, as a contrast to the idealized approach to art that is possible using artificial intelligence. The figure of the painter, in a rusty paintbox, “naked and barefoot“, stands in an apocalyptic landscape and defies a world that is rushing towards ruin. The text on the painting speaks of uncompromisingness in art. Symbols of sacrifice in art and the readiness for it are also depicted: “Van Gogh's ears“ – two, not one. The painting is an attempt to return to “imperfect“ painting and creativity in art without the application of technology that strives for idealization, does not care about humanity, and blurs reality.