Igor Bošnjak biography
Igor Bošnjak (b. 1981 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia) lives and works in Trebinje (Bosnia & Herzegovina).
As an interdisciplinary artist, he works on visual, cinematical, geographical and documentary research addressing migrations, maps, monuments, history and
image-time relations as key reference in the experience of contemporary society. He is mainly working within the media fields of contemporary art: moving
images, video, 3d animation, installation and photography. In 2005 he finished Academy of Visual Arts (BA) in Trebinje, Department of Painting. From 2007 to
2008 he finished (MA) Interdisciplinary studies, Theory of Art & Media Department at the University of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia. From 2006 to 2016 he was
founder and curator of namaTRE.ba project biennial. From 2009 works as a professor at Academy of Visual Arts in Trebinje, University of East Sarajevo on
courses of Video, Intermedia art, Digital art. From 2020 to 2021 he was working as visiting lecturer on Faculty of Fine Arts, Cetinje, University of Montenegro.
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Igor Bošnjak
Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, 1981
Education and residencies (selection)
2019
Residency Unlimited, New York, NYC, United States
Hectolitre Air, Brussels, Belgium
ACAX Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange, Budapest, Hungary
MMC KIBLA / Intermedia and Multimedia Art Center, Maribor, Slovenia
2018
MOCAV / Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
2017
ZINC - Centre de Création des Arts et des Cultures numériques, Friche La Belle de Mai, Marseille, France
2016
Q21 Vienna, Museum Quartier, Vienna, Austria
2010
Kolektiva Zavod & Photon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2009
XV Sarajevo Film Festival, SFF 3 Talent Campus, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
2007-2008
University of Arts Belgrade
MA, Theory of Art & Media, Interdisciplinary studies, Belgrade, Serbia
2006
Real Presence, International project for young and emerging artists, Belgrade, Serbia
2000-2005
University of East Sarajevo
BA, Painting Department, Academy of Fine Arts, Trebinje, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Important awards & acquisition (selection)
2023 Special Award on 45th Montenegro Visual Art Salon / Montenegro Art Gallery Miodrag Dado Đurić / Cetinje / Montenegro / (International level)
2020 IFA Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen Berlin / Acquisition for Evrovision Project / Berlin / Germany / (International level)
2019 Acquisition of Ministry of Culture and Information Serbia for October Salon Collection (Belgrade Biennale) / Cultural Centre / Belgrade / Serbia / (International level)
2018 The Zvono Award Winner / YVAA - Young Visual Artist Award / SKLOP / Sarajevo / BiH / (State level)
2016 Third Award on 49th Herceg Novi Winter Salon, Herceg Novi / Montenegro / (International level)
2010 The Zvono Young Visual Artist Award Finalist / Sarajevo Center for Contemporary Art / Sarajevo / BiH / (State level)
2007 First Award for Experimantal Video / 4th Video Salon / Velenje / Slovenia / (International level)
2006 Award for Scenography / 48th Theater Festival of Festivals / Trebinje / BiH / (International level)
2003 Award for Drawing / Gallery Friends of Art Atanasije Popović / Trebinje / BiH / (University level)
1996 ICRC International Committee Of The Red Cross / Award for Painting / Sarajevo / (State level)
Important nominations & grants (selection)
2019 Trust for Mutual Understanding Grant / TMU / New York City / US
2014 Cultural Programme Grant / Kultur Kontakt / Austrian Federal Chancellery / Vienna / Austria
2011 Henkel Art Award / BH Finalist for Henkel Art Award / Zagreb, Croatia
2010 Ministry of Culture Republic of Srpska / Grant for Cultural Programme / Banja Luka / BiH
2009 Henkel Art Award / BH Finalist for Henkel Art Award / Zagreb / Croatia
2008 Ministry of Culture Republic of Srpska / Grant for Cultural Programme / Banja Luka / BiH
2006 Swiss Pro Helvetia Grant for Cultural Programme / Pro Helvetia / Zurich-Sarajevo / BiH
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2023
Future repeats itself more than history used to / Art Gallery Nadeža Petrović / Čačak / Serbia | Curated by Mladen Banjac
Future repeats itself more than history used to / Cultural Centre Trebinje / Bosnia & Herzegovina | Curated by Mladen Banjac
2022
Future repeats itself more than history used to / Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro / Podgorica / Montenegro | Curated by Teodora Nikčević
Future repeats itself more than history used to / Museum of Contemporary Art RS / Banja Luka / Bosnia and Herzegovina | Curated by Mladen Banjac
2020
Monument / Reflektor Gallery / Užice / Serbia | Curated by Aleksandar Dimitrijević
Space - Time / Francian Gallery / Široki Brijeg / Bosnia and Herzegovina | Curated by Tomislav Ćavar & Josip Mijić
2019
Project Utopia / MMC KIBLA / Kibla Art Kit Gallery / Maribor / Slovenia | Curated by Živa Kleindienst
EUtopia - A Self-contained Continent / Glassyard Gallery / Budapest / Hungary | Curated by Barnabas Benscik & Zsofi Erdos
2018
The Moment & Beyond / Under the 10th PDP Creative Media Conference - Incident / Novi Sad / Serbia | Curated by Dajana Vujaklija
EUtopia / Likovna Galerija / Cultural Centre Belgrade / Belgrade / Serbia | Curated by Aleksandra Estela Bjelica Mladenović
2017
Spaces of Utopia / Museum of Contemporary Art Trebinje / Cultural Centre Trebinje / Bosnia & Herzegovina | Curated by Igor Bošnjak
EUtopia Project / MOCAV Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina / Novi Sad / Serbia | Curated by Sanja Kojić Mladenov
EUtopia / HDLU Dubrovnik Gallery Flora / Dubrovnik / Croatia | Curated by Ivana Pegan Baće
2015
Accumulated history / Gaep Gallery (Ex Eastwards Prospectus Gallery) / Bucharest / Romania | Text & interview by Cristina Munteanu
Self-management / Cultural Centre Belgrade / Podroom Gallery / Belgrade / Serbia | Curated by Zorana Djaković Minniti
2014
It is not the litteral past that rules us, it is image of the past / Duplex 100m2 / Sarajevo / Bosnia & Herzegovina | Curated by Pierre Courtin
2013
Fear of flying / Zvono Gallery / Sarajevo / Bosnia & Herzegovina | Curated by Saša Bukvić
I walk, therefore I stand! / City Museum / Herceg Novi / Montenegro | Curated by Vladana Spaić
2012
Micro Static Cinema / Contemporary Art Gallery DADO / Cetinje / Montenegro | Curated by Mirjana Dabović Pejović
2011
Messiah / Gallery dr. Vinko Perčić / Subotica / Serbia | Curated by Spartak Dulić
Image - Time / Museum of Contemporary Art RS / Banja Luka / Bosnia & Herzegovina | Curated by Nemanja Mićević
Aesthetics of politics / Art Centre UBSM / University Library / Belgrade / Serbia | Curated by Selman Trtovac
2010
Balkanication / Duplex Gallery / Sarajevo / Bosnia & Herzegovina | Curated by Pierre Courtin
2009
Pain Things / Gallery Josip B. Benković / Herceg Novi / Montenegro | Curated by Jasmina Žitnik
2008
Paintings of inner necessity / Gallery Academy of Fine Arts / Trebinje / Bosnia & Herzegovina | Curated by Aneta Stojnić
2007
Untitled / Gallery Most / Podgorica / Montenegro | Curated by Dobroslav Mrdak
2006
Associative landscapes / Museum of Herzegovina / Trebinje / Bosnia & Herzegovina | Curated by Marko Musović
Le momente decisif / British Council / Sarajevo / Bosnia & Herzegovina | Curated by Imrana Kapetanović
2005
Metaphysics of shadow / Gallery Koncept / Mostar / Bosnia & Herzegovina | Curated by MIF
Associative landscapes - Gratuated Exhibithion / Academy of Fine Arts / Trebinje / Bosnia & Herzegovina
Objectivity / Gallery Vega / Bar / Montenegro
2004
Drawing as a soliloque / Gallery Friends of Art Atanasije Popović / Trebinje / Bosnia & Herzegovina | Curated by Tanja Bešić
Group exhibitions (selection)
2023
Evrovizion - Crossing stories and places / Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Pierides Foundation / Nicosia / CY / November 2023 | Curated by: Sabine Klemm, Sanja Kojić Mladenov
Ctrl+0 / 45th Montenegro Visual Art Salon / National Museum of Montenegro Miodrag Dado Djuric / Cetinje / ME / November 2023 | Curated by: Anja Markovic
It's good to see you / Galerija Reflektor / Užice / SR / September 2023 | Curated by: Miodrag Manojlovic
Evrovizion - Crossing stories and places / Goethe Institute / Athens / GR / April 2023 | Curated by: Sabine Klemm, Sanja Kojić Mladenov
2022
New Cinema & Contemporary Art / Les Rencontres Internationales / HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt / Berlin / DE / August 2022
Collezione Pierre Courtin / Palazzo Della Rovere - Museo Archeologico della Città di Suasa / Ancona / IT / August 2022 | Curated by Lucia Gigli
Nothing’s Guaranteed: Exhibition of Bosno-Futurism / Summerhall / Edinburgh / Scotland / UK / July 2022 | Curated by Jon Blackwood
New Cinema & Contemporary Art / Les Rencontres Internationales / Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles / Paris / FR / May 2022
Collection Pierre Courtin / Krak / Center for Contemporary Culture / Bihać / BA / April 2022 | Curated by Pierre Courtin
2021
Evrovizion - Crossing stories and places / Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina / Novi Sad / SR / November 2021 | Curated by: Sabine Klemm, Sanja Kojić Mladenov
Evrovizion - Crossing stories and places / Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina / Sarajevo / BA / June 2021 | Curated by: Sabine Klemm, Sanja Kojić Mladenov
2020
Risk Change / Dvorac Petrovića / Center for Contemporary Art of Montenegro / Podgorica / ME / October 2020 | Curated by Sanja Kojić Mladenov
30th Memorial Nadežda Petrović / Contemporary Biennial of Visual Art / Gallery Nadeža Petrović / Čačak / SR / October 2020 | Curated by Sarita Vujković, Mladen Banjac
Reconstruction / Museum of Contemporary Art RS / Banja Luka / BA / June 2020 | Curated by Žana Vukičević, Lana Pavlović, Mladen Banjac, Maša Čavić
2019
23rd International Video Festival Videomedeja / Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina / Novi Sad / SR / October 2019 | Curated by Saša Matijević
B&H VideoArt Caffe Project / Moscow Square / Brussels / BE / June 2019 | Curated by Mladen Bundalo
Interacademia / Gallery Academy of Fine Arts Široki Brijeg / BA / May 2019 | Curated by Krug
Line Lab / XXIII Spring Anale Exhibition / Cultural Center Čačak / Čačak / SR / May 2019 | Curated by Svetlana Mladenov
Risk Change / City Museum / Vršac / SR / April 2019 | Curated by Sanja Kojić Mladenov
Desire for Freedom - Dossier: Bosnia and Hercegovina / Božidar Jakac Art Museum / Lamut’s Art Salon / Krka / SI / March 2019 | Curated by Maja Abdomerović & Ivana Udovičić
Armory Show 25 / Subversive Video & Performance: I ate soup / Pier 92 & Pier 94 / Armory Show Art Fair / NYC / US / March 2019
2018
XXXI Adria Art Annale / Diokletian Palace Basements / Split / Croatia / December 2018 | Curated by AAA
The Sarajevo Storage - Collection Pierre Courtin / The International Portrait Gallery of Tuzla / Tuzla / BiH / November 2018 | Curated by Pierre Courtin
Grounding / Beton Magazine / Experimental exhibition / Belgrade / Serbia / October 2018 | Curated by Aleksandra Sekulić & Dejan Vasić
Zvono Award 2018 Finalist Exhibition / SKLOP Gallery / New association for contemporary art / Sarajevo / BiH / October 2018
Contemporary Art Scene Trebinje / Gallery Aluminijum Mostar / BiH / July 2018 | Curated by KC Trebinje
The Sarajevo Storage - Collection Pierre Courtin / National Art Gallery Bosnia & Herzegovina / Sarajevo / BiH / June 2018 | Curated by Pierre Courtin
Imago Mundi Highlights - Join The Dots / Unire le distanze / Salone Degli Incanti / Trieste / Italy / May 2018 | Luciano Benneton Collection
Desire for Freedom / Montenegrin Gallery of Arts: Miodrag Dado Djurić / Cetinje / Montenegro / April 2016 | Curated by Ivana Udovičić & Maja Abdomerović
2017
Artists' Film International 2016 & 2017 / Tromsø Kunstforening / Tromso / NO / November 2017
Imago mundi - Face to face / Luciano Benneton Collection / BKC / Sarajevo / B&H / May 2017 | Curated by Claudio Scorretti & Irina Ungureanu
Video-Salon, Curatorial Rebound Project / 2006 – 2016 / Duplex 100m2 / Sarajevo / Bosnia & Herzegovina / Decembar 2016 - January 2017 | Curated by Pierre Courtin
2016
This Is Presence / Ballroom Marfa / Marfa / Texas / US / Septembar 2016 | Curated by AFI Partners
Artists Film International / Istanbul Modern / The Istanbul Museum of Modern Art / Istanbul / TR / July - October 2016 Curator: Çelenk Bafra / Assistant Curator: Yasemin Ülgen Saray
Artists Film International / GAMeC Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo / Bergamo / IT / November 2016
Artists Film International / MAAT Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology / Lisbon / PT / June 2016 | Curated by Ines Grosso
Artists Film International / Whitechapel Gallery / London / UK / June 2016 | Curated by AFI Partners
Contemporary Art Scene Trebinje / Art Gallery Bosnia & Herzegovina / Sarajevo / March 2016 | Curated by UGBiH
Contemporary Thesaurus / Museum of Contemporary Art RS / Banja Luka / Bosnia & Herzegovina / February 2016 | Curated by Predrag Terzić, Žana Vukićević, Sarita Vujković
Strangness / Amazingness / 49th Winter Salon Herceg Novi / Gallery Josip B. Benkovic / Herceg Novi / Montenegro / February 2016 | Curated by Ljiljana Karadžić
Contemporary Art Scene Trebinje / Cultural Centre Belgrade / Belgrade / Serbia / February 2016 | Curated by Zorana Djaković Minniti
2015
Mindsets / Gallery Studio of Young Artists Association / Budapest / Hungary / October 2015 | Curated by Flóra Gadó
Colegium Artisticum / Exhibition of AFA Trebnje professors / BiH / Sarajevo / October 2015
Unmasking / Centar for Cultural Decontamination / Belgrade / Serbia / October 2015 | Curated by Aleksandra Sekulić
Desire for Freedom / The Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik / Dubrovnik / Croatia / October 2015 | Curated by Ivana Udovičić & Maja Abdomerović
National Museum Belgrade / Exhibition of AFA Trebnje professors / Belgrade / Serbia / September 2015
Memory of Violence - Dreams of the Future / MMC Kibla / Maribor / Slovenia / April 2015 | Curated by Sanja Kojić Mladenov
The Future of Memory / Kunsthalle Wien / Wien / Austria / February / 2015 | Curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen & Marie Egger
2014
Share - Too Much History, More Future / Charinthian Museum of Modern Art / Klagenfurt / Austria / December 2014 | Curated by Annemarie Tuerk
Voyage To Europe - The Missing Amount / Ex Checz Cultural Centre / Berlin / Germany / November 2014 | Curated by Mia David & Zorana Djaković Minniti
Memory of Violence - Dreams of the Future / MOCAV Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina / Novi Sad / Serbia / November 2014 | Curated by Sanja Kojić Mladenov
Disappearing Things / 55th October Salon Belgrade / Belgrade City Museum / Belgrade / Serbia / September 2014 | Curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen & Vanessa Joan Müller
Decoding: B&H Contemporary Art / Montenegrin Art Gallery Miodrag Dado Đurić / Cetinje / Montenegro / August 2014 | Curated by Ana Ivanović, Branka Vujanović, Predrag Terzić, Igor Bošnjak
Memory Lane / Agnes B. Foundation / Galerie du Jour / Paris / France / June 2014 | Curated by Pierre Courtin
Zoom Sarajevo / Kulturzentrum Gasteig / Munich / Germany / March 2014 | Curated by Andrea Naica - Loebell
Ex-eptions / Museum of Contemporary Art RS / Banja Luka / March 2014 | Curated by Sarita Vujković
Share - Too Much History, More Future / National Gallery of B&H / Sarajevo / B&H / March 2014 | Curated by Annemarie Tuerk
New Cinema & Contemporary Art / Rencontres Internationales / Gaîté Lyrique & Palais de Tokyo / Paris / France / February 2014
2013
Duplex 100m2 Collection / Art Centre Bang / Quebec / Canada / November 2013 | Curated by Pierre Courtin
East + Europe - Eestern European Contemporary Art / Hong Kong Art Festival / Hong Kong Art Hall / Hong Kong / October 2013 | Curated by Leung Mee Ping
Exposures - Spa Port Biennial / National Art Gallery B&H / Sarajevo / BA / May 2013 / Selected by Dunja Blažević | Curated by Antonia Majača & Ivana Bago
2nd Project Biennial D-0 Ark Underground / Konjic / B&H / April 2013 | Curated by Basak Senova and Branko Franceschi
I Can Be Outrageously Patient / House of Legacy, Belgrade / Museum of Contemporary Art RS, Banja Luka / National Gallery B&H, Sarajevo | Curated by Predrag Terzić
New Future / Musseo di Palazzo Poggi / Art Fair Bologna 2013 / Bologna / Italy / January 2013 | Curated by Manuela Valentini
2012
Disorder Project / Fabbrica del Vapore / Milan / Italy | Curated by Marco Trulli & Claudio Zecchi
Gesamt / Disaster 501 / Kunsthal Charlottenborg / Copenhagen / Denmark | Curated & edited by Jenle Hallund
Revolution Now & Forever / Gallery SC & Gallery VN / Zagreb / Croatia | Curated by Natasha i Boris Kadin
World Event Young Artist Biennial / Nothingam New Exchange Gallery / Nothingam / United Kingdom | Curated by BJCEM
Inconclusive Analysis / MMOMA Moscow Museum of Modern Art / Moscow / Russia / July 2012 | Curated by Kathrin Becker & Elena Selina
Re: Referendum / New Media Gallery & Old City Hall / Split / Croatia | Curated by Natasha & Boris Kadin
2011
Absence / Rome Art Night / ex Galleria Romberg / Rome / Italy | Curated by Elena Abbiatici & Valentina G. Levy
The End & Beyond / Contemporary Week / Center of Contemporary Art / Plovdiv / Bulgaria | Curated by Vera Mlechevska
Artists from the 10m2 Collection / Duplex/10m2 Gallery / Sarajevo / B&H | Curated by Pierre Courtin
Oslo Video Art Symposium / Atopia Film & VideoKunst Gallery / Oslo / Norway | Curated by Ferhad Calantry
45th Bora's Week / Exhibition of Contemporary Art / National Museum / Vranje / Serbia | Curated by Jelena Veljković
2010
Zvono Exhibition / Young Visual Artist Award / Museum of Contemporary Art RS / Banja Luka / B&H
Exposures / Spa Port Biennial / Čajavec Building / Banja Luka / B&H | Curated by Antonia Majača & Ivana Bago
Heroes Corner - The Best Of The East / Budapest Art Fair Mucsarnok / Budapest / Hungary | Curated by Pierre Courtin
B&H Video Scene / Presentation / Kunst Museum / Bonn / Germany | Curated by Asja Hafner
BH Video Art / Photon Gallery / Ljubljana / Slovenia | Curated by Igor Bošnjak
Keine Angst! - No Fear! / Tapetenwerk Halle C / Leipzig / Germany
Invent Tura / Interdisciplinary Art Project / Terzić Gallery / Banja Luka / B&H | Curated by Karin Rolle
Festearte Videoart / Spazio Monitor Museum of Contemporary Art / Rome / Italy
Video Loop / CAM Casoria Contemporary Art Museum / Naples / Italy
2009
Art Verona / A+A Galerie presents Contemporary art scene from B&H / Verona / Italy | Curated by Claudia Zini
Sub Documents / Charlama Depo Gallery / Sarajevo / B&H | Curated by Jusuf Hadžifejzović
Ars Kozara / Art in Nature Laboratory / Prijedor / B&H | Curated by Marta Angelini
The Imaginary Pavillion of B&H / Galleria d’ Arte Moderna Palazzo Forti / Verona / Italy | Curated by Aurora Fonda
B&H Contemporary Art In The Fight Against Dead Hares / Banski Dvor / Banja Luka / B&H | Curated by Igor Bošnjak
2008
First Spa Port Biennial / Tereza Building / Banja Luka / B&H | Curated by Ana Nikitović
Video Exhibition / Konsthall Gallery / Orebro / Sweden | Curated by Igor Bošnjak
2007
2th International Biennial of Photography / Gallery of Art Pavillon ULUCG / Podgorica / Montenegro | Curated by Aleksandar Čilikov
Real Presence / Gallery Remont / Belgrade / Serbia | Curated by Dobrila Denegri & Biljana Tomić
Dislocation Of The Gaze / Museum of Contemporary Art RS / Banja Luka / B&H | Curated by Protok
Človek Spomenik / 4th Video Salon / City Gallery / Velenje / Slovenia
2006
Inport / Polymer Culture Factory / Warm Studio / Talin / Estonia
Floating Sites / Gallery Magacin / Belgrade / Serbia | Curated by Dobrila Denegri & Biljana Tomić
The Mediatized Body / Hotel Dada / Buenos Aires / Argentina | Curated by Silvio De Gracia
Anymous / City Gallery of Pilsen / Pilsen / Chech Republic | Curated by Michal Crysl
38th Poetry Festival / Palette of Young / Vrbas / Serbia | Curated by Ana Radulović
PixxelPoint Festival / Nova Gorica / Slovenia | Curated by Igor Španjol
2005
KEF - Short Electronic Forms / Cultural Center REX / Belgrade / Serbia
In Place of Fear / Student Cultural Center / VIP Art Gallery / Belgrade / Serbia
Screenings & festivals (selection)
2023
15th Banjaluka International Animated Film Festival / Palace Multiplex Cinema / Banja Luka / BA
2022
Geographies of Belonging: Art, Politics and Communality / Krak / Center for Contemporary Culture / Bihać / BA
2020
South by Southeast / SAIC School of the Art Institute of Chicago / Siskel Film Center / Chicago / US
2019
Alternative Film Video Festival / Festival of Film and New Video / DKSG / Belgrade / SR
A Lack of Weight & Gravity / Hectolitre / Brussels / BE
Top View, Close Look / RU Residency Unlimited / New York / NYC / US
2018
RISK Change /Artist in Residence Programme / MOCAV Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina / Novi Sad / SR
2017
This Is Presence - Artists Film International screening / Ballroom Marfa / Marfa / Texas / US
ZINC Arts et Cultures Numeriques / RISK Change / Artist in Residence Programme / Marseille / FR
2016
Artists Film International / Video-Forum of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) / Berlin / DE
Potentials Within / Debatable Screenings & Art Center College of Design / Los Angeles Times Auditorium / Los Angeles / US | Curated by Maja Ćirić
Artists Film International 2016: Technology / PROA Foundation / Buenos Aires / AR | Curated by AFI Partners
2015
Share - Too Much History, More Future / Contemporary Art Gallery Dado / Cetinje / Montenegro | Curated by Annemarie Tuerk
Videospritz Focus Serbia / Trieste Contemporanea / Trieste / Italy | Curated by Zorana Djaković Minniti & Mia David
2014
Share Too Much History Screening on Donumenta / Cinema Andreasstadel / Regensburg / Germany | Curated by Annemarie Tuerk
En Garde, Avant-Garde: 20/21 / A Man Sings After the War / Center for Cultural Decontamination / Belgrade | Curated by Aleksandra Sekulić
New Cinema & Contemporary Art / Rencontres Internationales / Haus der Kulturen der Welt / Berlin / Germany
2013
Dokument Art Festival / Video Art Review / Szczecin (Poland) & Neubrandenburg (Germany) | Curated by Antoni Karwowski
Fonland / Space for Media Arts and Performance Center / Coimbra / Portugal | Curated by Silvio de Gracia
Gesamt / Disaster 501 / Goteborg IFF / Sweden | Curated & edited by Jenle Hallund
2012
Insanitus / Multimedia & Art Festival / Ministry of Fluxus / Kaunas / Lithuania | Curated by Mindaugas Jakštas
Video Evening / BH Video Art / Kolektiva Institute / Ljubljana / Slovenia | Curated by Kolektiva
International Video Exchange / Small Projects Gallery / Tromso / Norway
2011
Video Salon 5 / Curatorial Rebound Project / Gallery Duplex/10m2 / Sarajevo / B&H | Curated by Pierre Courtin
A Dilletante Discourse / Artyčok TV / Online Exhibition / Prague / Chech Republic
2010
Campus screening / Berlinale Talent Campus / Berlin / Germany
Balkan Video Box / Nuit Blanche / Point Ephemere / Paris / France | Curated by Pierre Courten
P'silo / Festival Images Contre Nature / Théâtre des Chartreux / Marseille / France
Virion Project / H-Block Gallery / Brisbane / Australia
2009
Streaming Festival / Hague / Netherlands
Dublin Electronic Arts Festival / Contemporary Music Centre / Dublin / Ireland | Curated by Vladan Petković
Kratkofil Short Film Festival / National Theatre Republic of Srpska / Banja Luka / B&H
Art Festival Miden / Amfeias Square Historic Centre / Kalamata / Greece
Query In Situ & Online / Exhibition in public spaces & online / Munich / Germany
Arte CienciaInnovacion / Espacio Center Canarias / Tenerife / Spain
Video Play / Electronic and Sensitive / Visual Container Project / Milan / Italy | Curated by Silvio De Gracia
2008
Balkan House Cinema / Kriterion Foundation / Amsterdam / Netherlands
2007
International festival of video / Gallery Instituto de Humanidades / Santjago / Chile | Curated by Silvio De Gracia
2006
Alternative Film Video Festival / Festival of Film and New Video / DKSG / Belgrade / Serbia
Public & private collections (selection)
IFA Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen Berlin & Stutgart / Germany
Collection of October Salon / Cultural Centre Belrgade / Belgrade / Serbia
Luciano Benetton Collection / Currents of water and art / Milan / Italy
Artist Pension Trust APT & Mutual Art / Leipzig / GER & Dubai / UAE
Museum of Contemporary Art RS / Banja Luka / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Videomedeja VAL Collection / Video Art Library / Novi Sad / Serbia
Gaep Gallery (Ex Eastwards Prospectus) / Bucharest / Romania
Pierre Courten Collection / Duplex 100m2 Gallery / Sarajevo / Paris / France
Contemporary Art Center of Montenegro, Podgorica / Montenegro
Project Biennial D-0 ARK Underground / Sarajevo / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gallery Vinko Perčić / Subotica / Serbia
CeKa Charlama Depo Gallery / Sarajevo / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Private collections aroud the world
Artist talks & Lectures (selection)
2023
Cultural Centre / Trebinje / BA
2022
Museum of Contmporary Art RS / Banja Luka / BA
Krak / Center for Contemporary Culture / Bihać / BA
2019
RU Residency Unlimited New York / NYC / US
2018
Cultural Centre Belgrade / RS
MOCAV Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina / Novi Sad / RS
2017
Le Petite Theater / ZINC Arts et Cultures Numeriques / Marseille / FR
2016
Academy of Applied Arts / Department of Digitale Kunst / Vienna / AT
2015
Eastwards Prospectus Gallery / Bucharest / RO
Cultural Centre Belgrade / RS
2014
Center for Cultural Decontamination / Belgrade / RS
Montenegrian Art Gallery Dado Djurić / Fluid Forum / Cetinje / ME
Duplex100m2 Gallery / Sarajevo / BA
2013
Museum of Contmporary Art RS / Banja Luka / BA
2012
Small Projects Gallery / Tromso / NO
2011
Alternative Cultural Centre / Niš / RS
2010
MOTA Transitory Museum Ljubljana / Museum of Contemporary Arts RS / Banja Luka / BA
2009
Academic Film Centre / AFC / Belgrade / RS
2008
Konsthall Gallery Orebro / Sweden / SE
Jury membership
2023 Superexpossure 03 / Photography and Contemporary Art Campus / Cultural Centre / Trebinje / BA
2021 34th Motenegro Film Festival / Jury member for Student films / Herceg Novi / ME
2021 Superexpossure 01 / Photography and Contemporary Art Campus / Cultural Centre / Trebinje / BA
2020 Zvono Award Jury Member / Sklop / Sarajevo / BA
2018 Reflektor Gallery / Jury member for programe / Uzice / SR
2016 Cultural Centre Belgrade / Jury member for Podroom gallery programme / Belgrade / SR
2016 Zvono Award Jury Member / SCCA Center for Contemporary Art / Sarajevo / BA
2014 namaTREba biennial / Student Video Art Award / Trebinje / BA
2011 Kozara Art in nature laborarory jury member / Prijedor / BA
His works have been exhibited at Whitechapel Gallery, London; Kunsthalle Wien; The Istanbul Museum of Modern Art; New Cinema & Contemporary Art,
Rencontres Internationales, Gaîté Lyrique & Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Hong Kong Art Hall; Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon; Summerhall,
Edinburgh; Galerie du Jour, Paris; National Center for Contemporary Art & Museum of Modern Art, Moscow; Galleria d’ Arte Moderna Palazzo Forti, Verona;
Tromsø Kunstforening; Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan; Atopia Film & VideoKunst Gallery, Oslo; Musseo di Palazzo Poggi, Bologna; Art Centre Bang, Quebec;
Glassyard Gallery, Budapest; Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre; MMC Kibla, Maribor; Gaep Gallery, Bucharest; National Art Gallery of B&H, Sarajevo; Museum
of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, Novi Sad; Museum of Contemporary Art RS, Banja Luka; Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro, Podgorica; Museum
of Modern Art Dubrovnik; The Cultural Centre of Belgrade; Art Gallery Nadeža Petrović, Čačak; Gallery Remont, Belgrade.
His films and video works were screened at Residency Unlimited, New York; HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Siskel Film Center, SAIC School of the
Art Institute of Chicago; Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen; Art Center College of Design LA, Times Auditorium, Los Angeles; Trieste Contemporanea,
Trieste; Video-Forum of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.), Berlin; Ballroom Marfa, Texas; Point Ephemere, Paris; Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin; ZINC,
Arts et Cultures Numeriques, Marseille; Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo; PROA Foundation, Buenos Aires; Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles,
Paris; Casoria, Contemporary Art Museum, Naples; Espacio Center Canarias, Tenerife; H-Block Gallery, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.
His artworks received notable awards, nominations and acquisitions: Special award at 45th Montenegro Visual Art Salon, Cetinje, Gallery Miodrag Dado Djuric for 3d animation. Some important acquisitions
are from IFA Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen Berlin, Germany, acquisition for Evrovision Project in 2020 and acquisition of Ministry of Culture and Information Serbia for October Salon Collection (Belgrade
Biennale) in 2019 by Cultural Centre Belgrade. In 2010 Igor Bošnjak was a finalist of ZVONO Young Visual Artist Award, organized by Sarajevo Center for Contemporary Art & in 2018 he was awarded with
Zvono Award, organized by SKLOP Sarajevo. In 2016 he was also awarded with third award on 49th Herceg Novi Winter Salon, Montenegro. From 2009 to 2011 he was a finalist for B&H Henkel Art Award
organised in Zagreb. In 2007 was awarded with 1st prize for video art on 4th Salon Clovek Spomenik in Velenje, Slovenia. In 2006 he was awarded for Best Scenography at 48th Theater Festival of Festivals,
Trebinje. His first award was for painting in 1996. from ICRC - International Committee Of The Red Cross, Sarajevo.