Publications
TellAll#numberO
August, 2017
"L*a*tribu*t de l'ART"
May, 2017
Exibart.com
April, 2017
"Sarajevo Collezione per L'Aquila"
April 20, 2017
"Maybe somebody will still care - Policies between Art and Space", text by Danijela Dugandzic, Gradologija project
December, 2015
Pompidou/10m2 book
August, 2012
Exhibitions
Several of my collections are currently being featured in popular exhibitions across the globe. I am proud to announce that my work is currently being displayed in National Gallery of Bosnia & Herzegovina and Contemporary Gallery Brodac in Sarajevo.
The Sarajevo Storage
Collection of Pierre Courtin
June 14, 2018
The Sarajevo Storage, Collection of Pierre Courtin, June 14th – July 9th
Opening June 14th at 20.00, National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo
Started in 2001 in Paris, the Collection Pierre Courtin consists today of a bit more than 350 pieces representing the work of about 200 artists, young and established ones coming from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Balkans and elsewhere. Half of this collection is currently stocked in Paris. Some extracts of the collection have been presented in Grenoble OUI art center in 2009, in Chicoutimi Bang art center in 2012 and on many occasions set at the Duplex100m2 Gallery. The exhibition inside the National Gallery of Bosnia & Herzegovina in June 2018, « Sarajevo Storage – Collection Pierre Courtin » present art works and objets kept in the depot in Sarajevo and essentially presents the works obtained within these five last years spent in Sarajevo. There can be found works testifying an affiliation or particular attachment to Bosnian capital, contemporary local scene, and a strong link with a history of Duplex100m2. The exhibition is supported by the Agnès b Fondation, the Superstrat N.G.O , the Warm Sarajevo festival, the French Institute in Sarajevo and the National Gallery of Bosnia & Herzegovina. Special thanks to Lucia Gigli, Jean-François Daoulas, Andrej Ðerković, Nina Knežević.
ART WORKS: Gordana Anđelić-Galić ; Martin Argyroglo ; Enki Bilal ; Eloïse Bollack ; Stéphane Bonjour ; Julien Boily ; Mathieu Boisadan ; Igor Bošnjak ; Kurt Van Brijs ; Lana Čmajčanin ; Lejla Čmajčanin ; Enrico Dagnino ; Dante Buu ; Baptiste Debombourg ; Andrej Ðerković ; diSTRUKTURA ; Elvis Dolić ; Goran Dragaš ; Dženat Dreković ; Alma Gačanin ; Ziyah Gafić ; Going Blind ; Jusuf Hadžifejzović ; Trio – Bojan Hadžihalilović & Dada Hadžihalilović ; Dženan Hadžihasanović ; Anur Hadžiomerspahić ; Nela Hasanbegović ; Ibro Hasanović ; Ivan Hrkaš ; Mak Hubjer ; Louis Jammes ; Taida Jašarević ; Kasja Jerlagić ; Sanjin Jukić ; Adela Jušić ; Andy Kania ; Šejla Kamerić ; Nina Komel ; Milomir Kovačević ; Aleksandra Nina Knežević ; Smirna Kulenović; Kosta Kulundžić ; MARS, Fred Landois ; Camille Laurelli ; Alexandre Leroy ; Irena Eden & Stijn Lernout ; Aleksandra Lopatić ; LPLT ; Miodrag Manojlović ; Mariane Marić ; Jim Marshall ; Karine Maussière ; Vladimir Miladinović ; Mladen Miljanović ; Radenko Milak ; Nicolas Mingasson ; Hector Morić ; Malcolm McClay ; Bruce Nauman ; Thomas Nolf ; Nika Oblak & Primoz Novak ; Damir Nikšić ; Edo Numankadić ; Emir Osmić ; Renata Papišta ; Daniel Premec ; Nihad Nino Pušija ; Damir Radović ; Lala Raščić ; Maja Ružnić ; Damir Šagolj ; Selma Selman ; Nebojša Šerić-Shoba ; Irena Sladoje ; Bojan Stojčić ; Alma Suljević ; Selman Trtovac ; Unknown Autor ; Roman Uranjek ; Mathieu Valade ; Edo Vejselović ; Jean-Luc Verna ; Moren Vogel ; Dragan Vojvodić; Enes Zuljević; Nardina Zubanović
RELICS & OBJECTS & INDEFINABLES THINGS: Marina Abramović ; Saâdane Afif ; Alexis Argyroglo ; Ambrosia ; Andreas B ; Szombathy Bálint ; Basserode ; Taysir Batniji ; Viktor Bernik ; Joseph Beuys ; Christiana Biron ; Spartacus Chetwynd ; Daniel Clapp ; Clôde Coulpier ; Enrico Dagnino ; Stéphane Déplan ; Adela Jušić & Danijela Dugandžić ; David Cousinard & Sarah Fauguet ; Robert Filliou ; Gilbert & George ; Gaëlle Le Guillou ; Jusuf Hadžifejzović ; Zlatan Hadžifejzović ; Ibro Hasanović ; Jonathan Horowitz ; Kurt & Plasto ; Laura Kuusk ; Laibach ; Irena Eden & Stijn Lernout ; Camille Laurelli ; Hubert Marcelly ; Jonathan Monk ; Damir Nikšić ; NSK ; Eléonore Pano-Zavaroni ; Daniel Premec ; Damir Radović ; Gérard Rondeau ; Mathias Roth ; SCCA ; Richard Serra ; Andres Serrano ; Dario Smentisco ; Robert Smithson ; Dajan Spirić ; Selman Trtovac ; Unknown Author ; Ulay / Uwe Laysiepen ; Roman Uranjek ; Dahn Vô ; Milorad Vušanin Cujo; Yoko Ono
Projects
In addition to referring to the gallery space, through my work my intention is to explore artistic life, which mostly takes place in the galleries. I also criticize the fact that Art is often institutionalized and unfortunately not sufficiently present on the street, as part of the public life. Art in my country insufficiently participates in his socio-political reality, and hence is not sufficiently engaged.
Installation and perfomance: "Space In Between" curator: Sanela Nuhanović, Gallery Collegium Artisticum
October, 2017
Installation and perfomance:" Space In Between "is the continuation of thinking in the domain of mental and physical spaces, non-object and immaterial art. The work is also linked to the location, and it was created in the Collegium Artisticum Gallery with the objects I found in the gallery. My intention in this case was to expose the gallery space, the audience, the space between the works, and the moment when the visitor passes from one to the other artwork, as well as the space between words, non-verbal communication, gestual space etc. The installation consisted of mirrors in the corner of the gallery, which of course had a reflection of the gallery, an empty painting frame that was placed over the edge of the corner wall, and a booth from which I held a silent speech. While I spoke "with no voice," the audience was quiet and there was total silence in the room. Again, as in some past projects of mine, I intended to establish a mental connection with the audience and to examine the horizon of expectations for the audience who expected performance, and in fact received the opposite. Through this performative act, as well as in the case of "10m2" work, I turned to the focus of the recipient, and what I was interested in is his experience which is not related to visual perception, but directed at the thought process, so that in this case, like in case of my past work ("10m2"), the observers themselves became those who were actually exposed. Through the mentioned works I wanted to explore the way our mental and physical activity works in relation to the defined area of the gallery, the artistic event, as well as the relation of the viewers in relation to each other and other spaces outside the gallery.
„10m2“, Site-Specific Performans i Instalacija, video, kustos: Pierre Courtin, Centar za savremenu umjetnost Duplex/10m2, Sarajevo , BiH, april 2010, (4h)
"10m2" is the first example of my need for dematerialization and de-esthetisation of artistic work and first intensive spatial thinking. By introducing the audience into totally dark space, I surpassed the observer's usual expectations and forced him to reflect on the artwork through the physical experience of space. Apart from participatory experience and new perception and practice that insists on presence and experience, this work critically questions artistic practices and artistic context determined by the gallery space. By allowing visitors to perceive the work through the senses of vision, which is the usual sense of experience in the artwork in fine arts, and the engagement of other senses, I have made the observer think that space is not only physical, but also mental space, in which he writes his ideas and aspirations. My intent was that the observer activated thought processes through physical experience and, in relation to the physical limitations of the space in which he was caught, he thinks himself; the physical space that occupies the (spiritual) space within it itself. In this way the observer became exposed to himself and in the context of the gallery considered an art piece.
„Beware of Museum! // Beware of Sniper!“
Public intervention.
National and Historical Museum of BiH
December 07, 2015
“Beware of Museum! // Beware of Sniper!” (“Pazi muzej! // Pazi snajper!) Is a socially engaged work and spatial installation located near Historical and National museum.
„In order to point out the problem in which are the cultural institutions of BiH, the starting point in the implementation of this work was the location of the museum district and war alert „Beware of Sniper!“, which I noticed at the Historical Museum as part of the permanent exhibition of the museum "Sarajevo under the Siege ". Compared to the original war warning board from collection of Historical Museum of BiH, measuring 63x33 cm, from the same material and the same dimensions, I made two backboard "Beware of Museum!" and set them up in the same manner as the warnings "Beware of Sniper!" (1992 -1996), in an open public space and in places exposed to sniper fire during the war. The " Beware of Museum!" warnings were placed next to Historical and National Museum of BiH, in the immediate vicinity of the street in war known as the "Sniper Alley" on the same way like war sings " Beware of Sniper!"
Through this intervention in the public space, I made a parallel between the war-torn economy, culture and society and the contemporary situation in culture and a society that is continually over twenty years after the end of the war is being destroyed due to post-war nationalist and corrupt politics of the ruling elites. The work is, therefore, a reaction to the cultural genocide which we witness as young artists and cultural workers and destruction that has not ended with the war. This work is also a subversive act, artistic intervention in the public space, a certain protest and a political commentary on the currently unhealthy situation in which culture, cultural workers and cultural institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina are. Besides pointing out specific problems, I invite citizens and those who have a responsibility to be actively involved in the discussion, and that the collective consciousness and active reacting try to make the necessary social change.
This work is also locational specific and defined by the spatial context of the National Museum and the Historical Museum, and as an installation it deals with the war consequences that are manifested in the processes of destabilizing the cultural identity of the people, points to political negligence. My intention was through the experience of the viewer to awake collective consciousness and to point out the importance of preserving cultural sights and monuments of culture.
Performance Europtus Diocletian Palace Split, Croatia
October, 2016
Site-Specific Performance Europtus is a product of cooperation two friends; actress Tina Keserović and sculptress Naridina Zubanović. Both artists have contributed to this performance from theirperspective and professional occupation. Artistic intention of this work is to start an Feminist Environmental Philosophy opinion in field of Ecofeminism and ilustrate politically and non-politically motivated violence and separation.
Emina Isić, art historian concluded: “The way in which the ruling elite implement theire political vision of the enviroment and economy in EU and globally, artist’s ideas are seen as a fictional goddess Europtus, which is an allegory of the European Union. It is a liberal feminist who exposes her dual bloodthirsty nature through gestures and body performing..”
Performance "Gdje?!/Where?!"
October, 2017
Performans "Gdje?!/Where?!
discusses the personal experience of migration, when I, at the end of the war in 1995, temporarily left my apartment in Sarajevo with my mother and sister and stayed in a refugee camp in Italy. The performance took place in two phases and was performed in Sarajevo and Banja Luka. The first part of the performance was performed in front of my living space, near the Markale City Market - the starting point from which we left before the end of the war in 1995. and returned after the war in 1996. The performance was intended to reconstruct the personal experience of migration through interviews with family, personal items, memories of their departure during the war and return to Sarajevo after the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement. I started performing by tearing up a military tent around the place where I rang the refugee clothes, while observers listened the original audio record and the memories of the war movement through the stories of my mom, my dad and sisters. During their narrative stories, I wrap warfare and refugee clothes over tents. After I completely covered the tent by clothes, I went inside and told my own memory and experience of migration. Upon completion of the story, I left the tent that meant the completion of the first part of the performance. The second part of the performance was made in Banja Luka in front of the "National and University Library of Republika Srpska". I started the performance in Banja Luka with my experience and story inside the clothes of the covered tent, after which I left the tent and left the audio stories of my mother, father and sister, during which I shared the refugee clothes I took away from the tent. I donated the clothes while the stories and memories of my family were heard in the background until I discovered a military tent again and the stories did not stop. I shared my clothes with the audience as a piece of my memory or information I was releasing. The whole peformance from the moment of the process of collecting things and objects, viewing a number of war photographs and photographs from refugee camp, talking with my parents and sister, performing in Sarajevo and Banja Luka became a holistic and liberating experience for me. "
My CV
Portfolio
In my artistic practice I use a variety of media, from sculpture to spatial interventions installation, performance, photography and video. I have specific interest in in-situ art, location, space, identity in a relation with the current place or situation, mental and physical art spaces with the question how art or an artist can form or affect the society.
Education
2002 - 2006 High school of Applied Arts, Sarajevo
2006 - 2014 Academy of Fine Arts Sarajevo, Sculpture Department, BA
2014 - 2018 Academy of Fine Arts, Sculpture Department, MA
Early activities and experiences:
August 2010 - May 2011 Gallery Assistant in the independent Sarajevo Art Center Duplex and Gallery 10m2
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES AND INTERVENTIONS
Solo exhibitions and performances:
2019. Artist is working, Hommage to Mladen Stilinović, curated by Mak Hubjer Gallery Brodac, Sarajevo BiH
2019. Talking about art is like dancing on architecture, Video performance, curated by Jasmina Prolić, Museum of Literature and Theater Arts, Sarajevo BiH
2018. Aphrodite in her nest, in collaboration with Baccio Artolini (IT), performance in public space, Sarajevo, BiH
2017. Gdje?!/Where?!, Site specific performance, curated by Jasmina Prolić, Festival Zvrk, Public square, Banja Luka, BiH
2017. Gdje?!/Where?!, Site specific performance, curated by Jasmina Prolić, Festival Zvrk, Public park, Sarajevo, BiH
2017. The Space in Between, Installation and performance, curated by Sanela Nuhanović, Gallery Collegium Artisticum, YEBIHA, Sarajevo, BiH
2016. Europtus, Spatial and Body Performance in collaboration with Tina Keserović, Adria Art Annale, Split, Croatia
2011. Who stole the moon, curated by Pierre Courtin, Duplex Gallery, Sarajevo, BiH
2010. 10m2, Spatial Installation and performance, curated by Pierre Courtin, Gallery 10m2, Sarajevo, BiH
2010. KUĆA, Durational Performance in collaboration with Saša Peševski, curated by Pierre Courtin, Gallery 10m2, Sarajevo, BiH
2009. In this body mechanic lives a dream ZETRA, ZOI 84 MOVENS
2009. S.A.M.O. Fis Kultura, Sarajevo, BiH
2008. Michelangelo is dead ZETRA, ZOI 84 MOVENS, Sarajevo, BiH
Public interventions:
2015. Beware of Museum! Beware of Sniper! installations in-situ, Public space in front of Historical museum of BiH, Sarajevo, BiH
2015. Beware of Museum! Beware of Sniper! installations in-situ, Public space in front of National museum of BiH, Sarajevo, BiH
Group shows:
2022. Pierre Courtin Collection, curated by Pierre Courtin (FR), Suasa Museum of Archeology, Palazzo della Rovere, Ancona, Italy
2021. The Smile of the Sphinx, curated by Ilari Valbonesi (IT), Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2017. „Sarajevo Collezione Per L'Aquila“, curated by Andrej Đerković, Museum for Contemporary Art in L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italia
2017. Kupujmo domaće, Contemporary Art from the Balkans, curated by Pierre Courtin, Duplex Gallery, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2017. Contemporary Refresh #2″- International exhibition of contemporary art, curated by Mak Hubjer, Gallery Brodac, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2018. The Sarajevo Storage, collection of Pierre Courtin, curated by Pierre Courtin, Bosnian National Gallery, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016. Izgubljena revolucija: AFŽ između mita i zaborava, curated by CRVENA, Contemporary Art Gallery Charlama, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016. Kupujmo domaće, Contemporary Art from the Balkans, curated by Pierre Courtin, Duplex Gallery, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Supermarket 2017 – Stockholm Independent Art Fair, curated by Mak Hubjer, Stockholm, Sweden
2015. Soft Meal, curated by Blerta Hocia, MIZA Gallery, Tirana, Albania
2013. Collection 10m2, Art Center BANG, curated by Pierre Courtin, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
2011. Artists from the 10m2 collection, curated by Pierre Courtin, Duplex/10m2, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Video workshops:
2015. Factory of Memories, two workshops, workshop lider prof. Zlatan Filipović and Adela Jušić, Association for culture and art CRVENA / Tirana Express, Sarajevo, BiH / Albania
2013. Video work: “Marko” Autism awareness, Belgrade, Serbia
2011. Work shop with Ulay Abramović, “For the love of Water” ; video work “Torabi” Duplex,
Sarajevo
Permanent work:
2013.-2023. Installation Gloves, curated by Ibrahim Spahić, Sarajevo winter festival, Historical museum of BiH
KOLEKTIV KREAKTIVA & Punkura
Nardina Zubanović established Kolektiv Kreaktiva in 2009. as a very inclusive informal cultural group with a focus on engaging young visual and music artists, as well as vulnerable groups, in organizing events, exhibitions, and establishing collaborations in public space. The Collective aims to contribute to the development of young artists and cultural workers by providing them with opportunities to showcase their work and gain experience in self-organization.
To date, Kolektiv Kreaktiva has involved over 500 young artists and cultural workers in numerous events, attracting a large audience and receiving recognition locally. The events organized by the Collective are attended by people of different social, gender, and national profiles, and are regularly covered by Bosnian media.
In addition to its events, Kolektiv Kreaktiva is currently working on a publication called Punkura, which aims to provide a platform for young people to showcase their work and engage with a wider audience, and aims to provide a space for youth voices to be heard and valued.
According to the lack of physical space for youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the publication Punkura is an important and regularly active publication that promotes the works and uncensored opinions of young people and other vulnerable groups. By publishing uncensored opinions and works, Punkura seeks to challenge traditional norms and promote diversity and inclusivity in the cultural sector.
The publication is co-created by Canadian - Croat writer Adrian Pecotić and artists who collaborate with the Collective, and is designed to be interactive and engaging for young readers.
Curated audio visual events and Festivals:
August 2023. Sarajevo Soundsystem, Academy of performing Arts, Punkura event, New York - Sarajevo, BiH
June 2023. Punkura event, Boris Smoje Gallery, BiH
September 2022. on BLART festival, Painting and Collage Exhibition “Tomorrow”, artists Rikardo Druškic, Boris Hodak and Emir Osmic Banja Luka, BiH
December 2022. Super Late Matinee, Silver & Smoke, Sarajevo
February 2022. Concert, Juice, Silver & Smoke, Belgrade - Sarajevo
December 2021. Concert, Surreal, Silver & Smoke, Belgrade - Sarajevo
August 2021. Concert, Cunami Flo, Silver & Smoke, BiH
November 2020. Painting Exhibition, 100% Sale, artist Saša Peševski, Gallery Brodac, BiH
April 2017. Concert, The Hills Mover (BE)
March 2017. Art and music Festival @ Club Ghetto (Split/CRO)
July 2016. Javorwood - Land Art Colony, Javorov Do, Bjelašnica Mountain, BiH
March 2016. Open Art studio day, Kulturni centar La Kultur, BiH
December 2015. DJ show: Ady Garibaldi (BiH)
October 2015. Exhibition and audio Show w/ Bass-ul-Ulema & Zentash Gigawatt, BiH
October 2015. Concert The K. (FR)
September 2015. Mobile Art performance, Sustainable in unsustainable - Marko Brecelj (SLO), public space, Sarajevo - Slovenia
September 2015. Painting Exhibition, Marko Jakše (SLO)
September 2015. Liminalit Classic music performance, Kino Bosna, BiH
August 2015. Music performance @ Kino Bosna Ognjen Savija / Ambrozija (BiH) and Olga Szymula (Poland)
July 2015. Open Art studio days, Kino Bosna BiH
June 2015. YAGE One Day Art Festival, Kino Bosna BiH
March 2015. In-situ art festival Bahanalije, Kino Bosna, BiH
November 2014. Exhibition, WALL, Historical Museum of BiH
August 2014. Concert, Miki Solus (HR)
July 2014. Drawings exhibition vol.1 Kino Bosna, BiH
May 2014. Concert The KURWS (Poland)
August 2014. Movie projection Mizaldo (1994.) Direction: Benjamin Filipović and Semezdin Mehmedinović, Kino Bosna, BiH
May 2014. DJ show Celine B (FR)
April 2014. Movie projection, 2+2 is an apple, Saša Peševski (BiH)
April 2014. Exhibition and music performance, A game of chance, Kino Bosna, BiH
March 2014. One day art Festival, Kino Bosna, BiH
March 2014. Movie projection, Endless movement, Director: Fanny Hagmeier (Germany)
June 2010. Young Artists Group Exhibition (YAGE) / Fis kultura, BiH
December 2009. Young Artists Group Exhibition (YAGE) / Fis Kultura, BiH
Curated painting workshops and meetings:
From 2020. - 2021. Communication coordinator between Toestand Belgium and Sarajevo (BiH) Building Skate park in Bosnia
From 2015. - 2020. Join Painting workshop, Free wednesday studio at Kino Bosna, BiH
Publications:
2016. Maybe someone will care after all, Politics between art and space / Možda će neko ipak mariti – Politike između umjetnosti i prostora, direction Danijela Dugandzic
2017. Sarajevo la tribu*t del`ART, direction Pierre Courtin, Pierre-Philippe Freymond, Christophe Solioz
2016. The lost revolution: AFŽ between myth and oblivion / Izgubljena revolucija: AFŽ između mita i zaborava, direction Crvena Association
2017. TellAll#numberO, direction Ilari Valbonesi and Mak Hubjer, Brodac Gallery
2019. Duplex 100m2 & Contemporary Art in Bosnia & Herzegovina / 2004 - 2018, direction Pierre Courtin, Duplex Gallery
My works are part of Collection of Contemporary Art Center Duplex/10m2, Contemporary Gallery Brodac, The Federal Ministry of Culture and Sports in Sarajevo and Experimental Museum of Contemporary Art in L’Aquilla.
Nardina Zubanovic
Cultural worker
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Nardina Zubanović
Biography
Nardina Zubanović is a Bosnian cultural worker, artist, and curator, born in Sarajevo in 1987. She holds both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in sculpture from the University of Sarajevo's Academy of Fine Arts on the topic Mental and Physical spaces in art I From sculpture to its dematerialization. In her dynamic artistic and curatorial journey, Nardina passionately explores a myriad of artistic mediums, including sculpture, spatial interventions, installation, performance, photography, and video.
At the heart of her creative exploration lies a profound interest in the expansive field of sculpture; performance, in situ art, location-specific art, public space, memory, and identity. Her fundamental question revolves around the potential impact an artist or their art can have on society and surrounding space.
Driven by a desire to fill the void of contemporary galleries and the absence of platforms for youth exhibition in postwar Sarajevo, Nardina founded the cultural organization Kolektiv Kreaktiva in 2009. This innovative platform not only showcases her own work in public spaces, ruins, abandoned cinemas and institutions but also amplifies the artistic voices of emerging talents and vulnerable groups. Collaborating with cultural workers from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Poland, France, Germany, and the USA, Nardina has cultivated a rich and diverse creative background.
In addition to her role as a creator and curator at Kolektiv Kreaktiva, Nardina has actively coordinated and developed her multidimensional approach, leaving a lasting mark on various cultural events and exhibitions exploring parallel within public and private space. Drawing from her experience as a producer and curator for artistic events and exhibitions, she has forged connections with a wide array of artists and cultural professionals in the field.
Currently, Nardina Zubanović is deeply engaged in a publishing project as one of the two creators of the cultural publication Punkura. Within this role, she meticulously curates the visual identity and editorial content of the magazine, further enhancing her already profound curatorial expertise.
Email adress: punkurazine@gmail.com
"The world is full of objects, more or less interesting; I do not wish to add any more."
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