Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina in 1977.
1995 – Graduated from the School of Applied Art and Design in Zagreb, Graphic Design department
1995 -2001 – BA/MA Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, painting and art education.
2003-04 – Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
2005 – Based between Zagreb and Sarajevo.
solo exhibitions/selection
2009
- Individual Utopias, O.K.C. Abrašević, Mostar
2008
- Individual Utopias II, KC Gallery, Belgrade,cat.
- Individual Utopias I, B.O.P Gallery, Zagreb
- Sorry, Wrong Number, Apartman Projesi, Istanbul
2007
- Everything is connected, National Art Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, cat.
- Everything is connected II, B.O.P Gallery, Zagreb
- Everything is connected III, Museum of Contemporary Art, Banja Luka
- Correspondences, on-line project, ARC Projects, as part of Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh
2006
- Sorry Wrong Number, Art Radionica Lazareti, Dubrovnik
- Sorry Wrong Number, Gray Area, Korčula
2005
- Icons Share Their Wisdom, with Ana Hušman, Artenativa, artist run space, Zagreb
- Flying Carpet, Gallery Miroslav Kraljević, Zagreb, cat.
- The Invisibles, galerie Dick de Bruijn, Amsterdam
- Drawings, with Koen Dealaere, Galerie Dick de Bruijn, Amsterdam
2004
- New work, Galerija Nova, Zagreb
- City on a Hill, with Ana Hušman, KIC photogallery, Zagreb, cat.
2003
- All the extras, with Ana Husman, Zagreb
2001
- 17 Stories, VN gallery, Zagreb, cat.
- in>side<out, with Ana Hušman and Zeljko Blaće, Galerija PM, Zagreb
2000
- Neohypno romantizam, Galerija SC, Zagreb, cat.
group exhibitions/selection
2009
- Looking at Others, Art Pavillion, Zagreb, cat.
- Art and Terrorism, City Gallery Bihac, cat.
- Urban Festival ‘09, Zagreb
- City of Women, “Global South”, Gallery P74, Ljubljana
- 10 – A Generation of Artist’s Books 1999 – 2009, O’ Artoteca,. Milan
- The Flag, The Good Children Gallery, New Orleans
2008
- Salon of the Revolution, HDLU, Zagreb
- Natural Realtions, City of Women, SKUC gallery, Ljubljana
- Croatia First Minute, Verket, Avesta
- Land of Human Rights, <rotor> center for contemporary art, Graz
- NO BORDERS (Just N.E.W.S.*), AICA, La Centrale Electrique, Brussels, cat.
- Palace, Cinema Palace, St. Gallen
- Barricades Without Borders, Sarajevo Winter Festival, IPC Gallery Sarajevo, cat.
- Kultur Kontakt, Art Point Gallery, Vienna
- New Fragments 5, Erste Bank, MMSU, Rijeka
2007
- Women on the Crossroads of Ideologies, City Hall, Split, cat.
- Heroes in Transition, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, cat.
- Artists, BOP Gallery, Zagreb, cat.
- Cinemaniac 2007, as part of Pula Film Festival, MMC Luka, Pula, cat.
- Bon Voyage, Threshold Artspace, Perth, Scotland
- 29 artists, exhibition of finalists for the MSU and T-HT award, Velesajam, Pavillon 9, Zagreb
2006
- Radoslav Putar Award, Finalists 2006, Galerija Galzenica, Zagreb, cat.
- Zvono Award, Finalists 2006, Narodni Dom, Banja Luka, cat.
- Absent Without Leave, Bienal of Young Artists, Bucharest, cat.
- Welcome Home Laika, Alti Aylik, Istanbul
2005
- No Stills #3, Discovering The Balkans, Brussels
- Insert, Retrospective of Croatian Video Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, cat.
- First person Singular, Art Gallery, Dubrovnik, cat.
- Normailzation: That from a long way off look like flies, Platform Garanti CAC, Istanbul
- Outside Sources, Kunstlervereingung MAERZ, Linz
2004
- Flash, Likovni Salon Celje, Slovenia
- “Unimovie”, Museo Laboratorio ex manifattura tabacci, Citta Sant’Angelo, Pescara
- New Video, New Europe, Renaissance Society, Chicago, cat.
2003
- Balkan Konsulat, <rotor>association for contemporary art, Graz, cat.
- In Between, Art Camp, Ars Aevi, Museum of Contemporary Art , Sarajevo, cat.
- Last East European Art Show, Museum of Modern Art, Belgrade, cat.
awards
2000-mi2 web award, third prize, category net.art, for project Pick-a-Pict, http://www.autonomous-c-factory.hr/PICK-A-PICT
2002- first prize in experimental film selection, 7th International Short Film Festival of the Iranian Young Cinema Society, Tehran
2003 – Best young artist, Video Medeja film festival, Novi Sad
2006 – Young Visual Artist Awards, “Zvono” winner, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2007 – first prize, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb and T-HT award, Museum acquisition
presentations and artist talks/selection
- 2009, Connecting Cultures, Milan
- 2009, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans
- 2009, Academy of Fine Art, Vienna, Conceptual Art Class of Marina Gržinić
- 2008, University of Sarajevo, Academy of Drama Arts, Sarajevo
- 2008, Individual Utopias, First reading, 10m2, Sarajevo
- 2007, Trienalle Bovisa, Milan, as part of “Art and Survival” study day
- 2007, Forum Stadpark, Graz
- 2006, Art In General, New York
- 2005, Theory in Practice, Art Radionica Lazareti, Dubrovnik
- 2004, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh
residencies and grants/selection
2003 – 2004 – Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, two year work period, supported by Ministry of Culture Netherlands and from Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of Croatia
2003 – grant from Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of Republic of Croatia
2004 – grant from Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of Republic of Croatia
2005 -residency program at Platform Garanti CAC, Istanbul, supported by the American Center Foundation
2005 – Cite des Arts internationals, Paris, supported by Croatian Artists Association
2006 – ISCP, New York, NY, supported by Foundation for a Civil Society and Trust for Mutual Understanding
2007 – Forum Stadtpark, AIR Exchange program, Graz, supported by CCN, Graz and Gallery Miroslav Kraljević, Zagreb
2007 – Edinburgh Residency hosted by ARC Projects Edinburgh/Sofia
2008 – Kultur Kontakt Artist in Residence Program, Vienna
Curating
2006 – Applied Go Go, Student Center Zagreb, month long program of events, talks, and workshops with November Paynter, Ana Peraica, Matthieu Prat and Anna Colin
2007 – Vocal Verbal, Gallery of Student Center Zagreb, exhibition featuring Anri Sala, Sejla Kameric, Chantal Akerman, Kristina Leko, David Maljkovic, Tina Gverovic, Kalup Linzy a.o.
2008 – An Exhibition Formerly Known as Boys and Their Toys, with Brody Condon, Michael Smith, Nathan Parker, Ivan Fijolic, Ivan Kozaric a.o.
