Bojan Šarcevic
Encyclopedia
Bojan Šarčević is a Bosnian-French visual artist. His work includes video
, installations, site-responsive architectural interventions, photographic collage
, more or less abstract sculpture
, and printed publications.
, Šarčević spent part of his childhood in Morocco
and Algeria
but was living in Sarajevo
at the outbreak of the Bosnian war
. He studied at École des Beaux-Arts
in Paris, graduating in 1997. He continued his studies at Rijksakademie
in Amsterdam.
Video art
Video art is a type of art which relies on moving pictures and comprises video and/or audio data. . Video art came into existence during the 1960s and 1970s, is still widely practiced and has given rise to the widespread use of video installations...
, installations, site-responsive architectural interventions, photographic collage
Collage
A collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole....
, more or less abstract sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
, and printed publications.
Life
Born in BelgradeBelgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, Šarčević spent part of his childhood in Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
and Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
but was living in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
at the outbreak of the Bosnian war
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War or the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1992 and December 1995. The war involved several sides...
. He studied at École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The most famous is the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, now located on the left bank in Paris, across the Seine from the Louvre, in the 6th arrondissement. The school has a history spanning more than 350 years,...
in Paris, graduating in 1997. He continued his studies at Rijksakademie
Rijksakademie
The Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten is a two-year residency for visual artists, based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.Funded by the Dutch government, residents are granted a stipend and are allotted a personal studio in the former military barracks building in which the Rijksakademie is housed...
in Amsterdam.
Exhibitions
Šarčević held his first solo exhibition "It seems that an animal is in the world as water in the water", at the gallery BQ in Cologne. Since then he has had numerous solo and group exhibitions, including:- ManifestaManifestaManifesta, the , is a European pan-regional contemporary cultural biennale, described in 2010 by the as "stunning in its scope and uncompromisingly experimental in its approach".-Manifesta History:...
2, Luxembourg (1998) - Centre Soleil d'Afrique, Bamako (2000)
- Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris (2001)
- Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki (2001)
- Kunstverein Muenchen, Munich (2003)
- The 50th Venice Biennale, (2003)
- Tate Modern, London, (2004)
- ArtPace Fondation, San Antonio (2005)
- Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach (2005)
- Project Arts Center, Dublin (2006)
- Kunstverein Heilbronn, Heilbronn (2006)
- BAWAG Foundation, Vienna (2007)
- Museo d´Arte Moderna, Bologna (2007)
- Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg (2008)
- Kunstmuseum LiechtensteinKunstmuseum LiechtensteinThe Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein is the state museum of modern and contemporary art in Vaduz. The building by the Swiss architects Meinrad Morger, Heinrich Degelo and Christian Kerez was completed in November 2000...
, Vaduz (2012)