Curriculum Vitae

Born in Sarajevo, former Yugoslavia
Based in Utrecht, Netherlands since 1979



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Education
2004
BIK, Visual artist in the Classroom, post academic study, Netherlands
1983-83
The Academy of Visual Art and Design Utrecht, Netherlands
1979-82
BIK, Visual artist in the Classroom, post academic study, Netherlands
Current activities
1988-
Visual Artist and filmmaker
2007-
Tutor fine art and digital media at the Faculty of Fine Art and Design Utrecht
2007-
Curator ’t Hoogt 4, audiovisual projects, Film Theatre ’t Hoogt, Utrecht
2009-
Artistic Director artTrace Foundation
Residencies/grants
2010
Artist in residence Pecsbagota, Pecsbagota, Hungary
Artist in residence (research) Instituto Buena Bista, Willemstad, Curacao
2009
Production grant for the video May I Enter, Stokroos Foundation
Production grant for the video May I Enter, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds
2008
Production grant for the video May I Enter, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film OandO and for the research in Angola
Production grant Provincie Utrecht for the video May I Enter
2007
Artist in residence Artoll Kunstlabor, Bedburg-Hau, Germany
2006
Artist in residence Sacatar Foundation, Brasil
Production grant Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds/Tijl Fonds for the residence Sacatar Foundation Brasil
Production grant for the video Ploha, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film OandO
Production grant for the video Ploha, Thuiskopie Fonds, Amsterdam
Production grant for the video Ploha, Provincie Utrecht
Production grant for the video Ploha, Gemeente Utrecht
Production grant for the video Ploha, Fentener van Vlissingen Fonds
2005
Artist in residence Obraz, Evoramente, Portugal
Artist grant - Basisbeurs Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam
Research grant for the video Ploha, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film
Artist in residence Village des Arts, Dakar, Senegal
Exhibitions (selection)
2012
Invitation AKKUH - Aktuele Kunst Hengelo, Netherlands (solo), April/June 2012
2011
Invitation for a project presentation ImagineIC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2010
Art Amsterdam 2010, Rai Amsterdam, Phoebus gallery Rotterdam, Netherlands
Invitation group exposition in the context of the “Cultural Days of the European Central Bank – the Netherlands 2010”, Atelierfrankfurt, Art Center, Frankfurt, Germany, Sept/Nov
Invitation for the project in the public space in Ankara, Turkey, Çankaya International Public Art Festival 2010, October 2010
Kunst Rai, International Art Fair, Amsterdam, gallery Phoebus, Netherlands
Facts and Frictions, Glazen Huis, Amstel Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Group exposition including Fabiola Veerman, Patricia Kaersenhout, Kim EunHyung… De Kas, Center for Visual Art, Utrecht, Netherlands (solo)
2009
New Territories, Pavilion 8, Lisbon, Portugal
Group exposition including Monica de Miranda, Faisal Abdu’Allah, Dani Sotter…
Freehouse, a project by artist Jeanne van Heeswijk, Rotterdam, Netherlands
(De Markt van Morgen, cooperation of Freehouse and Kosmopolis Rotterdam) performance, cooperation with the market sellers)
2008
U Home, New Salon of Art, Utrecht, Netherlands
Black Magic Women Festival, Center for Visual Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands
(Nominated for the award Black Magic Women), including Alexis Blake, Danielle, Evelien Davidson en Judith Leysner.
Bee-Hive, OT 301 gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
World One Minutes, video festival, Beijing 2008, China
Moving Targets, OT 301 gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2007
Every Wind that Blows, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Group exposition including Ergin Çavusoglu, Esra Ersen, Ivan Grubanov en Ahmet Ögut.
Afgesloten, Phoebus Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands (solo)
Paulo Post Futurum, Museum Breda, Netherlands
Splinters of Paradise, Artoll Kunstlabor, Bedburg-Hau, Germany
Group exposition including Frank Halmans, Monica de Miranda, Laura d’Ors…
Verborgen Vrouwen, Amstelkring Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Group exposition including Krien Clevis, Risk Hazekamp, Soheila Najand, Hieke Pars, Maria Roosen, Elly Strik, Mirjam van Tilburg,
Common Ground, Raumars, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
Group exposition Including Liza Grobler and Jeanne Hoffman, Rachel Bacon, Kathy Desmond, Shoji Kato
2006
Sacatar Presentation, Goethe Institute, Salvador Bahia, Brasil
Group exposition including Karl Ciesluk and Mithu Sen.
DAK’ART 2006, Dakar Off, Biennale Dakar, Senegal
Including Alite Thijsen and artist from Village des Artes Dakar
From Former Performers, KunstVlaai 2006, Amsterdam, Zet Foundation, Netherlands
Group exposition including Fabiola Veerman and Miek Hoekzema,
Draw-drawing 2, London Biennale 2006, London, UK
2005
Cacao Fabriek, Helmond, Netherlands
Dollen aan de Overkant, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Netherlands
Group exposition including Fransje Killaars, Roy Villevoy, Analeen Lowes…
Perfors, Phoebus gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
OBRAZ, exchange Utrecht/Amersfoort, Evora, Portugal
Group exposition including Robbie Cornelissen, Roland Sohier, Tanja Smeets...
Raamwerk, gallery RC de Ruimte, IJmuiden, Netherlands
Pleased to meet you, CBK - Center for Visual Art Utrecht, Netherlands
Hidden Rhythms, Museum het Valkhof, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Group exposition including Mark Titchner, Yael Bartana, Sebastian Diaz Morales…
Festivals/screenings
2010
Video May I Enter, International Film Festival South Africa
Video May I Enter, Festival de Cine de Granada, Los Angeles, USA
Award in the category Photography
Video May I Enter, Ethnocineca, Ethnographic and Documentary Filmfest, Vienne, Austria
Video May I Enter, CBK Utrecht, Netherlands
Video May I Enter, with artist talk with Mattijs van de Port, anthropologist VU Vrije University Amsterdam, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Video Ploha, South East Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Video May I Enter, WorldFilm, Festival of Visual Culture, Tartu, Estonia
Video May I Enter, with artist talk, De Vrije Academie Gemak, Den Haag, Netherlands
Première video May I Enter, Film Theater ‘t Hoogt, Utrecht, Netherlands
2009
10 years The One Minutes, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, Netherlands
World One Minutes, Beijing 2008, China
2008
Video Ploha, DocumentArt, Neubrandenburg, European Film Festival, Germany
Video Sey, the Economy of Love, Warsaw Street Art Festival, Warsaw, Poland
Video Ploha, Overtoom 301 Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2007
première video Ploha, theater release, Film Theater ’t Hoogt, Utrecht, Netherlands
Video Ploha, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film Amsterdam, 10 years of research and development, de Balie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Video NaTragu, SMART Cinema Amsterdam, Netherlands
Video Sey, the Economy of Love, with artist talk, SMART Project Space Amsterdam, Netherlands
Video NaTragu, Rencontres Internationales Madrid, Spain
Video Ploha, 27e Nederlands Filmfestival Utrecht, Netherlands
Video Ploha, Docupolis, Film Festival Barcelona, Spain
2006
Video Taking leave of Satan, Film Festival Casablanca, Morocco
Video NaTragu, Pulsar Carácas ’06, Rencontres Internationales Carácas, Venezuela
2005
Video NaTragu, Dream Hunters, RARE, Reseau-d’Art-Recherche-et-Essai, video and film festival, Amiens, France
Video NaTragu and Dream Hunters, Filmhuis ‘t Hoogt, Utrecht, Netherlands
Project development/project coordination
2010
You and Me and the Garden, in the garden of the Art Center and Art Library, Utrecht (solo)
You and Me and the garden is all about the location and the meaning of garden and landscape architecture in our society. The project consists of an educational part, an exhibition and a multidisciplinary evening in which the theme ‘Garden’ will be illustrated from various perspectives such as: Arts, history, literature, architecture and nature.(concept and realization)
2008-09
Under Construction - European International Project - Youth and Democracy in Europe
2008 An audiovisual project and international exchange; youngsters from neighborhoods of low prosperity - Utrecht meets Lisbon; cooperation with ZFAC Utrecht (project initiator, concept and realization)
2008
De Stad/The City, a part of Donkeypedia, European multi disciplinary project, Netherlands (participating artist/concept/project development/project realization)
Presentation at the Aristotle’s House, Children’s Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2007
Internet Exchange Art Education Project, secondary education, Mombasa, Kenya meets Capelle a/d IJssel, Netherlands (concept/realization)
2006
Internet Exchange Art Education Project, secondary education, Itaparica, Brazil meets Capelle a/d IJssel, Netherlands (concept/realization)
Activities related to art
2010
Guest viewer Impakt Festival 2010 Matrix City, International Festival for Audio-Visual Arts Utrecht, Netherlands
2009
Curator HAFF, Holland International Animation Festival Utrecht, Netherlands
(Curator expositions with animation artist and designers at festival locations)
2007
Docent basic year Academy of Fine Art Utrecht and Design, Netherlands
Guest lecturer DAI - Dutch Art Institute, Enschede, Netherlands
2005
Curator Raamwerk, group exposition, gallery RC de Ruimte, IJmuiden, invitation ZET Foundation
Guest lecturer AKI, Academy of Fine Art Enschede, Netherlands
Work in collection of
2009
Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2008
Über Blick collection, Den Haag, The Netherlands
2006
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2003
CBK, Centre for Visual Art Den Haag, The Netherlands
1999
CBK, Centre for Visual Art Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1993
CBK, Centre for Visual Art Utrecht, The Netherlands
Various private national and international art collections