Igor Bosnjak CV
Born on May 20th 1981 in Sarajevo. Author and the curator of the international www.namaTRE.ba project. In addition to the art of painting, he has delved into the area of new media art, experimental film and video. Also works as a freelance theorist and reflects on the new theoretical and art platforms in the domain of film, video and cyberspace. Works as a asistant professor at Academy of fine arts in Trebinje at department of painting and as a coordinator on subjects of inter-media and photography. www.igorbosnjak.com www.namaTRE.ba www.BHartmap.com
EDUCATION: BFA Paintings, Academy of Fine Arts Trebinje, University of East Sarajevo, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia&Herzegovina [2000-2005] MFA Theory of Art and Media, Interdisciplinary Department, University of Arts, Belgrade, Serbia [2007-2008] PhD Theory of Art and Media, Interdisciplinary Department, University of Arts, Belgrade, Serbia [2008-2011]
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS: [2011] FIVE PLUS FIVE (paintings), Marziart Gallery, Hamburg, Germany upcoming July 2011 [2010-2011] MESSIAH (interdisciplinary project), Gallery dr. Vinko Percic, Subotica, Serbia upcoming 2010 / 2011 [2010] BALCANICATION (interdisciplinary project), Duplex Gallery, Sarajevo upcoming 2010 [2009] PAINTHINGS (paintings), Gallery Josip Bepo Benković, Herceg Novi, Montenegro [2008] PAINTINGS OF INNER NECESSITY (paintings), Academy of Fine Arts, Trebinje, Bosnia & Herzegovina [2007] UNTITLED (paintings + video), Gallery Most, Podgorica, Montenegro [2006] SIDES OF LIFE (multimedia exhibition), Space of Britsh Council, Sarajevo, Bosnia&Herzegovina [2006] EMOTIONALY LANDSCAPES (graduated exhibition), Museum of Herzegovina, Trebinje, Bosnia&Herzegovina [2005] METAPHISICS OF SHADOW (prints + video), Gallery Koncept, Mostar, Bosnia&Herzegovina [2004] DRAWING AS A SOLILOQUE (drawings), Gallery Friends of Arts - Atanasije Popović, Trebinje, Bosnia&Herzegovina
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2010 Invent Tura project // Terzic Gallery / Banja Luka & CZK / Mostar 2010 Potencijal // Charlama Depo Gallery project, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2010 BH Video Art // Photon Gallery // Ljubljana, Slovenia upcoming 2010 2010 Videos under vulcanos // Cam Casoria Contemporary Art Museum // Naples, Italy April 2010 2010 BH Video Art // Gallery Atopia - film & videokunst // Oslo, Norway upcoming 2010 2009 Streaming Festival // BoekHorststraat 139 Gallery // Hague, Netherlands 2009 Dublin Electronic Arts Festival DEAF // Contemporary Music Centre // Dublin, Ireland 2009 53th International Venice Biennial // Web project / Ghettovillion // Venice, Italy 2009 Arte - Ciencia Innovacion // Espacio Center Canarias // Tenerife, Spain 2009 SUB DOKUMENTA // Charlama Depo Gallery project & Skenderija Shopping mall // Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2009 Art Verona 09 // A+A Galerie from Venice presents Contemporary art scene from Bosnia and Herzegovina // Verona, Italy 2009 Art Video Screenings // Gallery Utställngshallen // Hallefors, Sweden 2009 Query in Situ & On Line Project // exhibition in Public spaces Query OnLine // Munich, Germany 2009 The Imaginary Pavillion of Bosnia&Herzegovina // Galleria d’ Arte Moderna Palazzo Forti // Verona, Italy 2009 ARS Kozara 09 // 3th Art in Nature Laboratorij // Prijedor, Bosnia&Herzegovina 2009 Minimum Maximum // Gallery Cultural Center Banski Dvor // Banja Luka, Bosnia&Herzegovina 2009 Video Play 09, Electronic and Sensitive // Visual Container Project // Milan, Italy 2008 Video Art Festival // Konsthall Gallery // Orebro, Sweden 2008 Spa-Port Annual exhibition of contemporary art // Tereza Building // Banja Luka, Bosnia&Herzegovina 2008 namaTRE.ba 2 International video exhibition // Academy of Fine Arts // Trebinje, Bosnia&Herzegovina 2008 VideoPlay 07 VII International festival of video & performance // Gallery Instituto de Humanidades // Santjago de Chile, Chile 2008 2th International biennial of photography // Gallery of Art Pavillon ULUCG // Podgorica, Montenegro 2007 Real Presence 07 // Gallery Remont // Belgrade, Serbia 2007 Visual Dislocation International exhibition of contemporary art // Museum of Contemporary Art RS // Banja Luka, Bosnia&Herzegovina 2007 Floating Sites Real Presence // Gallery mKm Magacin // Belgrade, Serbia 2007 Clovek Spomenik 4th Video Salon // City Gallery Velenje, Slovenija // Velenje, Slovenia 2007 Art Photo BIH // Gallery of Bosnian Cultural Center // Sarajevo, Bosnia&Herzegovina 2006 V Inport // Polymer Culture Factory - Warm Studio // Talin, Estonia 2006 Real Presence 06 Main Exhibiton // Gallery of Legacy House // Belgrade, Serbia 2006 XXXVIII Yugoslavien Palette of Youth // Gallery of Cultural Center // Vrbas, Serbia 2006 The Mediatized Body // Hotel Dada // Buenos Aires, Argentina 2006 7th Anymous New Media Exhibition // City Gallery of Pilzen // Pilsen, Czech Republic 2005 VI KEF Exhibition of short electronic forms // Gallery of cultural center REX // Belgrade, Serbia 2005 In Place of Fear // Student Cultural Center SKC . VIP Art Gallery // Belgrade, Serbia
SELECTED FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS: National Theatre Republic of Srpska // III Kratkofil International Short Film Festival Banja Luka, Bosnia&Herzegovina June 2009 Amfeias Square Historic Centre // Video Art Festival Miden Kalamata, Greece July 2009 Kriterion Foundation // Balkan House Cinema Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands December 2008 DKSG // Alternative Film Video Festival Belgrade, Serbia December 2008 Cinema Meeting Point // Kriterion Festival Sarajevo, Bosnia&Herzegovina November 2008 City Cinema // 7th Kansk Film&Video Festival Kansk / Moscow, Russia September 2008 Cinema Palace // 2nd Kratkofil International short film festival, Banja Luka, Bosnia&Herzegovina June 2008 Bio Roxy Cinema // Video Expo Orebro, Sweden April 2007 DKSG // Alternative Film Video Festival Festival of Film and New Video - Belgrade, Serbia December 2006 Open Air // MAU VI International Video Festival - Faro, Portugal June 2005 SKC // VIII Imaf Multimedia Art Festival - Belgrade, Novi Sad, Serbia June 2005 Cultural center Abrašević // VIII MIF Mostar Intercultural Festival - Mostar, Bosnia&Herzegovina June 2005 Festival of alternative film // 7th RAF Zagreb, Croatia May 2005
INTERNET PROJECTS (streaming): 2009 Visual Container TV // namaTRE.ba 3 streaming // Milan, Italy 2009 Video Channel // Video exhibition // Cologne, Germany
WORKSHOPS 2009 XV Sarajevo Film Festival // SFF 3 Talent Campus , Sarajevo, Bosnia&Herzegovina August 2009 2008 Video art Workshop // Paralel event of Spa Port exhibition , Laktasi, Bosnia&Herzegovina July 2008 2007 Real Presence // International art workshop for young artists, Belgrade, Serbia August 2007 2006 Real Presence // International art workshop for young artists, Belgrade, Serbia August 2006
CURATORIAL PROJECTS: Video Art scene of Republic of Srpska / BiH, Selection of 7 artists, VideoChannel, Germany, 2009 Bosnian Video Art, Selection of 5 artists, International Video Art Festival Orebro, Sweden, 2008 namaTRE.ba 2, International selection of Video art, Trebinje, Bosnia&Herzegovina , 2008 namaTRE.ba 1, International selection of Video art and Photography, Trebinje, Bosnia&Herzegovina , 2007
ARTISTS TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS: 2008 Konsthall Gallery Orebro, Sweden 2008 2nd Land Art Laboratorij, Kozara 2007 University of Arts, Interdisciplinary department, Belgrade 2006 Gallery 063, Real Presence, Belgrade
IMPORTANT AWARDS AND GRANTS: Grant for Culture programme and Schoolarship from Ministry of Culture Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka, 2008 First award for eksperimantal video work, IV Video Salon, 2007, Velenje, Slovenia Grant from Pro-Helvetia Swiss Cultural Programme in Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2007, Sarajevo First award for stage design, 49th International Theatre Festival of Festivals, 2006, Trebinje, Bosnia&Herzegovina Second award for graphic design 2002, Students Club ALU, 2002, Trebinje, Bosnia&Herzegovina for more information please visit: www.igorbosnjak.com