Damir Nikšić

 

Born in 1970 in Bosnia-Herzegovina, lives and works in Sweeden.

2009 "Il padiglione immaginario di Bosnia-Herzegovina", Galleria d'Arte Moderna Palazzo Forti, Verona, IT, 
curated by Aurora Fonda
"Gender Check. Femininity and Masculinity in Eastern European Art", MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung 
Ludwig, Wien, Curated by Bojana Pejic
Solo Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Skopje 
South-North, National Gallery of Art, Sarajevo
"Caramelle non ne voglio piu", Charlama Depot Gallery, Sarajevo
"Art and Terrorism", City gallery Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
8th Baltic Biennial of Contemporary Art, Szczecin, Poland
Illuminating Islam Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
VIDEO_SICILIA, Palazzo della Cultura di Catania, Gate21
2008 "When Absence Becomes Presence", Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC 
(curators: Sonja Simonyi and Niels Van Tomme)
"IF I WASN'T MUSLIM", solo exhibition, Gallery Tegen2, Stockholm
"49th October Salon, Artist-Citizen; Contextual Art Practices", Belgrade (curator Bojana Pejic)
"Boogeyland Reservation, performance, Rathaus der Stadt Köln), "Neue Arcadia", Galerie kuk
"Obscurum per obscurius", Tallin Art Hall, Tallin, Estonia
"LA BELLA RAPITA", White Project Arte Contemporanea, Pescara, Italy (curator Stefano Verri)
"IF I WASN'T MUSLIM", White Box Gallery, Videobox, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA
"ODAVDE/OTUDA (from here)(from there)", An International Exhibition of Contemporary Bosnian Artists, 
Cecille R. Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, MO. Curated by Jeffrey Hughes and Dana Turkovic
2007 "PAN SCREENING", Palazzo delle Arti di Napoli
"Art Radio Live Broadcast Barge" at the 52nd Venice Biennale, curated by the PS1 MoMA, 
PAN and the Perna Foundation.
"RELATIONS", FABRIKculture, Hegenheim
"TRA", White Project Arte Contemporanea, Pescara, Italy (curator Stefano Verri)
"SURRENDER OF THE BOOGEYMAN", Meeting Point, performance and video screening, Sarajevo
“Sarajevo - Memory and Communication“, Cultural Promotion Cooperation of Shiga, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoton
SYSTEM ERROR: WAR IS A FORCE THAT GIVES US MEANING", Palazzo Papesse Centre for Contemporary Art",
Siena, Italy (Curated by Lorenzo Fusi & Naeem Mohaiemen)
"RECYCLED", Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, BiH, Slovenia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Slovakia (Curated by Meliha Husedjinovic) catalogue.
2006 “ATTITUDE”, video/short & experimental film/photography festival, Cultural Center MAGAZA, Bitola, Macedonia; 
Organizer: Center for Contemporary Public Arts ELEMENTI
“NEW BOSNIAN CINEMA”, Riverside Studios, London
"(o)granicenja", Galerija SC, Zagreb, Croatia, (curator Asja Mandic) catalogue
“Boogeyman: Born Free”, solo exhibition, Galerija 10m2, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“Eastern Neighbors”, Babel center, Utrecht, Netherlands
"Permanent Presence", White Box Gallery, New York, NY, (curator Nebojsa Seric Shoba)
"La necessità di un’isola", ISOLA ART CENTER , Milano, Italy
"Sarai", solo exhibition, New Temple Gallery, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2005 "MEDITERRANEO", Fortezza della Brunella, Aulla, Italy
"Cosmopolitan Spirit to a Cosmopolitan City", City Billboard Exhibition, Ask Sarajevo, Sarajevo
"COLLECTIVE vs INDIVIDUAL", National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo (curator Dunja Blazevic).
"If I Wasn't Muslim", Ars Aevi Museum of Contemporary Art, New Temple Gallery, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 
(curator Asja Mandic) catalogue; National Museum of Montenegro, Studio DADO, Cetinje, Montenegro (curator Petar Cukovic) catalogue.
"Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Venice Biennial", Ars Aevi Museum of Contemporary Art, Dom Mladih, Sarajevo.
"Damir Niksic", White Project Arte Contemporanea, Pescara, Italy (curator Stefano Verri)

"Coabitazioni Coatte / Compulsory Cohabitations", CACTicino Centro d'Arte Contemporanea Ticino, Bellinzona, Switzerland (curator Mario Casanova).

2004 "Robinson. Geografie Naturali e dell'Umano", Trevi Flash Art Museum, Trevi (curators Maurizio Coccia, with Lorenzo Carrara and Mara Predicatori)
MEDESIGN, Palazzo della Borsa, Genova (curator Viana Conti).
Centro D'Arte Contemporanea, Ticino (with Franco Vaccari & Katia Bassanini, Sandro Grandinetti, Ingeborg LÃ?scher, Mario Nigro, Andro Wekua), Bellinzona, Switzerland. (curator Mario Casanova).
Mediterraneans, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rome (curators Zdenka Badovinac and Dobrila Denegri).
Orhideja, 5th Cetinje Biennial, Cetinje (curator Petar Cukovic) catalogue.
CACTicino Centro d'Arte Contemporanea Ticino (with Andrea Crosa), Bellinzona, Switzerland.
"The Balkans: A Crossroads to the Future," Arte Fiera, Bologna (curator Harald Szeemann) catalogue.
"Oriental," Sarajevska Zima, Sarajevo. The video played four times daily on the local television station during the month of January.
2003 "50th Venice Biennial: Dreams and Conflicts: The Dictatorship of the Viewer," section "Interludes", Venice (curator Francesco Bonami) catalogue.
"Blood and Honey," Vienna (curator Harald Szeemann) catalogue.
"Locarno Film Festival," Locarno, catalogue.

"Drawn," Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson (curator Anne-Marie Russell).

2002

"Searching for Identity," Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo (curator Asja Mandic) catalogue.

2001 "Rendez-vous," Ars Aevi Museum of Contemporary Art, Sarajevo (curator Bruno Corà).
2000 "What am I doing here?" Skuc Gallery, Ljubljana (curator Lejla Hodic).
"Balkan Art Generator," Cultural Center De Zeyp, Brussels (selector Izeta Gradevic) catalogue.
"Maxumim IV," Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo.
1999- 2000 Maximum III," Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo; Pavarotti Music Center, Mostar; Bosnian Cultural Center, Tuzla; City Gallery, Zenica; City Gallery, Bihac.
1999 "Under Construction," National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina,, Sarajevo (curator Dunja BlaÏevic).
"Karantena 3: Annual Exhibit of Contemporary Art," Dubrovnik (curator Slaven Tolj).
"Inside is Outside," Pavarotti Music Center, Mostar.
"Evoking the Arabesque," Obala Art Center, Sarajevo (selector Izeta Gradevic).
"Biennale dei Giovani Artisti dell'Europa e del Mediterraneo," Rome (curator Alfredo Pirri) catalogue.
1998 "Sarajevo 2000," Pallais Lichtenstein, Museum of Modern Art, Vienna, openingperformance (curator Lorand Hegyi).
"Beyond the Mirror: Second Annual Exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Art," Academy of Fine Arts, Sarajevo.
"Maxumim II," Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo.
"Fabrikfest," Kulturfabrik, Burgdorf.
1997 "Maxumim I," Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo.
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