undergraduate

• Art of the 15th and 16th Century (69251) - Lecturer in charge
• Art of the 17th and 18th Century (69252) - Lecturer in charge

graduate

• The Art-History Workshop 1 (71163) - Lecturer in charge
• The Art-History Workshop 2 (71166) - Lecturer in charge
• The Art-History Workshop 3 (117669) - Lecturer in charge

doctoral

• Artists Schiavoni (276813) - Lecturer in charge
• Doctoral Examination (291706) - Lecturer in charge
• First Research Paper (261082) - Lecturer in charge
• Individual Consultations with the Supervisor for the Purpose of Writing a Research Paper (277068) - Lecturer in charge
• Individual Supervisor-guided Work on the Preparation of the Research Paper (277066) - Lecturer in charge
• Individual Work with the Supervisor (First Research Paper) (261083) - Lecturer in charge
• Individual Work with the Supervisor (Second Research Paper) (268093) - Lecturer in charge
• Marian Iconography in Dalmatian Painting (277154) - Lecturer in charge
• Qualifying Research Paper (259786) - Lecturer in charge
• Second Research Paper (268092) - Lecturer in charge
• Supervisor-guided Development of The Doctoral Thesis Topic (291707) - Lecturer in charge
• Third Research Paper of a Higher-Level Complexity (291708) - Lecturer in charge

She graduated in 1989 from the Faculty of Philosophy in Zadar, Department of Teacher Training Studies in Split, with a degree in Art Education and Fine Arts. She obtained her Master’s degree from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb in 1991, with the thesis Ornamentation in the Paintings of the Masters of the Dalmatian School of Painting. In 1994, she earned her PhD from the Faculty of Philosophy in Zadar, defending her dissertation Western Marian Iconography in Dalmatian Painting from the Mid-15th to the 18th Century.

Her research focused on Dalmatian art from the 14th to the 18th century (particularly painting and sculpture) and artists of Croatian origin known as the Schiavoni. Together with Dr. Lovorka Čoralić, she worked on the research and publication of previously unknown archival material related to 17th and 18th-century Dalmatian art.

From October 1, 2007, to October 1, 2009, she served as the Vice-Dean for Science at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split.

Books:

1. Loreto Themes: New Data on the Veneration of the Our Lady of Loreto in the Visual Arts in the Illyricum Region, Vitagraf, Rijeka, 1994, 95 pp.
2. L. Čoralić, N. Badurina, I. Prijatelj Pavičić, Croatia/Italy: Centuries of Connections – History, Literature, Visual Arts (Croazia/Italia. I rapporti nei secoli: storia, letteratura, arti figurative). Bilingual edition, edited by Natka Badurina, Most/The Bridge: A Journal of Croatian Literature, Relationes Series, Zagreb, 1997.
3. Through Mary's Rose Garden: Western Marian Iconography in Dalmatian Painting from the 14th to the 18th Century, Književni krug, Split, 1998, 303 pp.
4. Giorgio Giulio Clovio: Iconographic Studies, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 1999, 161 pp.
5. Grandmother Carmen's Cookbook: A Split-Trogir Cookbook from the Turn of the Last Century, Profil, 2004, 349 pp. (2nd edition: Profil, 2005).
6. In Search of Lost Painting: On Master Lovro of Kotor and Painting in the Area from Dubrovnik to Kotor during the Second Half of the 15th Century, Matica hrvatska – Dubrovnik Branch, Dubrovnik, 2013.
7. Group of authors (Lidija Petrić et al.), Draft Proposal for the Management Plan of the Historical Core of Split and the Management Plan for the Substructures of Diocletian's Palace (Management Plan for the Historical Complex of Split with Diocletian's Palace), available at: http://www.split.hr/Default.aspx?art=7774
8. Schiavoni: Artists, Nation, Ideology, Naklada Jesenski i Turk, Zagreb, May 2018.
9. [sic] Nenad Cambi, Katja Marasović, Ivana Prijatelj Pavičić, Conservation Study of the Monumental Fountain on the Split Riva, University of Split, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, Split, 2019.
10. Group of authors, CHURCH, HERMITAGE, BUNKER – The Cave of St. Anthony in the Channel off Šibenik, Šibenik City Museum, Šibenik, 2023.

    Edited Books:

11. Together with V. Marković, Artistic Contacts Between the Two Shores in the 17th and 18th Centuries, proceedings of the international symposium dedicated to K. Prijatelj, Split, November 21–23, 2003, Književni krug, Split, 2007.
12. Together with D. Prančević and I. Meštrov, Duško Kečkemet: Artistic Life in Split 1900–1941, Književni krug, Split, 2011.
13. Group of authors, Crossroads: East and West. Cultural Contacts, Transfers and Interchanges Between East and West in the Mediterranean, 2nd International Conference for PhD Students, Split, September 17–19, 2015, book of abstracts (Editor-in-Chief) (conference organized by: Department of Art History, Faculty of Arts, Ljubljana; Center for Iconographic Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rijeka; and Department of Art History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Split).
14. Liminal Spaces of Art between Europe and the Middle East, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018. Proceedings of the conference Crossroads: East and West. Cultural Contacts, Transfers and Exchange between East and West in the Mediterranean, held in Split, 2015. Editors: Ines Babnik, Gašper Cerkovnik, Nina Diaz Fernandez, Martin Germ, Katra Meke, Ivana Prijatelj Pavičić, Marina Vicelja Matijašić. http://www.cambridgescholars.com/download/sample/64578
15. Group of authors, Art and Cross-Cultural Dialogue: Identity and Diversity, 4th International Conference for PhD Students and Recent PhD Graduates, 28–30 September 2017 Tbilisi, book of abstracts (conference organized by: National Centre of Manuscripts, Tbilisi; Faculty of Restoration, Art History and Theory, Tbilisi; Department of Art History, Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade; Department of Art History, Faculty of Arts, Ljubljana; Center for Iconographic Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rijeka; Department of Art History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Split).
16. Migrations in Visual Culture, The Pontes Academici Book Series, editors: Jelena Erdeljan, Martin Germ, Ivana Prijatelj Pavičić, Marina Vicelja Matijašić; Pontes Academici Editorial Board: Prof. Dr. Branka Kalenić Ramšak, Prof. Dr. Martin Germ (Ljubljana), Prof. Dr. Marina Vicelja Matijašić, Prof. Dr. Nataša Lah (Rijeka), Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Jakir, Prof. Dr. Ivana Prijatelj Pavičić (Split), Prof. Dr. Nenad Makuljević, Prof. Dr. Ivan Stevović; collection of essays from the 3rd International Conference for PhD Students and Recent PhD Graduates (Belgrade, 2016), ©University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, 2018.
17. Revolution and Revolutions in Art / Revolucija in revolucije v umetnosti, 5th International Conference for PhD Students and Recent PhD Graduates (Ljubljana, 12th–13th September 2019), book of abstracts, International Board of Co-Chairs: Martin Germ, Marina Vicelja Matijašić, Ivana Prijatelj Pavičić, Jelena Erdeljan, ©University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, 2018.
18. Art and Nature, 5th International Conference for PhD Students and Recent PhD Graduates (held in Rijeka, October 2021), conference proceedings, International Board of Co-Chairs: Martin Germ, Marina Vicelja Matijašić, Ivana Prijatelj Pavičić, Jelena Erdeljan, ©University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, 2022.
19. Kruno Prijatelj: On the 100th Anniversary of His Birth, eds. A. Duplančić, I. Alduk, and S. Bulimbašić, proceedings of the conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Kruno Prijatelj held in 2022 in Split, Književni krug, Split, 2025.

Member of the Croatian Society of Art Historians.
Member of the Editorial Board of the journals Kulturna baština and Atti e memorie della Società Dalmata di Storia Patria.
Member of the CIS – Center for Iconographic Studies in Rijeka.
Member of the Supervisory Board of the Književni krug Split (Literary Circle Split)

From 1990 to 1995, as a young researcher, she was involved in the scientific research project Selected Problems from Dalmatian Painting from the 14th to the 20th Century (6-04-134), led by Academician Kruno Prijatelj at the Institute of Art History in Zagreb.

From 1996 to 1998, she collaborated on the program Artistic Heritage and Artistic Topography of Croatia, conducted at the Institute of Art History in Zagreb.

From 1998 to 2000, she held a junior/start-up research grant project The Iconography of Giorgio Giulio Clovio (020900), conducted within the framework of the core project topic Painting and Sculpture from the 16th to the 20th Century (00200104) led by Prof. Dr. Ivanka Reberski, which was launched in 1998 at the Institute of Art History in Zagreb.

From 2002 to 2005, she was a research associate on the scientific research project Architecture and Inventory in Dalmatia from the 16th to the 19th Century (0020008), led by Prof. Dr. Marija Stagličić at the Institute of Art History in Zagreb.

From 2007 to 2012, she served as the principal investigator for the MSES (Ministry of Science, Education and Sports) scientific research project entitled Eastern Adriatic Art Themes: Art, Politics, Maritime Experience (244-2440820-0794), conducted at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split.

From 2014 to 2019, she was a research associate on the Croatian Science Foundation scientific research project Visual Arts and the Communication of Power, conducted at the Institute of Art History (VACop) in Zagreb (6827), led by Dr. Milan Pelc.

From 2018 to 2022, she participated in the Project of the International Conference for PhD Students and Recent PhD Graduates (participating institutions: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split; Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka; Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade). The Department of Art History in Split participated in the project. Five international conferences for doctoral students were organized (the last one took place in Tbilisi). The inter-institutional agreement was extended until 2025, with the aim of publishing the Pontes Academici edition.

From 2020 to 2024, she was a research associate on the Croatian Science Foundation scientific research project REeCogniseME (Rituals, Symbols, Ceremonies), led by Prof. Dr. Robert Kurelić at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula.

From 2020 to 2025, she led the independent institutional scientific research project Art in Dalmatia from the 14th to the 19th Century.

Upon completing her studies (1989.), she worked as an assistant at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zadar, Department of Teacher Training Studies in Split (later: Faculty of Natural Sciences and Kinesiology/Education Studies in Split), and later as an assistant professor.

Since the founding of the Arts Academy in Split, she worked as an assistant professor, and from 2001 to 2007 as an associate professor. In 2012, she was appointed to the position of tenured full professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split, in the humanities field, specific field of art history, and branch of history and theory of fine arts, architecture, urbanism, and visual communications.

She has taught at three universities as a visiting professor.