Šejla Kamerić
Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1976.
1994–1997 Worked with the design group TRIO Sarajevo.
1999 Completed studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo,
Department of Graphic Design.
1997–2000 Worked as Art Director in the creative team FABRIKA Sarajevo.
2007 DAAD Artist in Residency Fellowship, Berlin, Germany
Lives in Sarajevo and Berlin.
Selected Solo Exhibitions, Public Projects and Interventions:
2008
Šejla Kamerić, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria; curated by Silvia
Eiblmayr
Particle or more, Moria Gallery, Hvar, Croatia
Is it rain or is it a hurricane, Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic; curated by Michal Kolecek
What Do I Know, DAAD Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2007
Mit tudok / What Do I Know, Trafo - House of Contemporary Arts, Budapest, Hungary
What Do I Know, O.K Center for Contemporary Art, CROSSING EUROPE - Film
Festival, Linz, Austria, curated by Martin Sturm
Bosnian Girl / Sejla Kameric, Literaturhaus, Salzburg, Austria
Sometime, Never, May·be, public project, Sarajevo / Berlin / Geneva
2006
Brand New, Contemporary Art Institute EXIT, National Art Gallery Pristine, Kosove, curated by Erzen Shkololli
The Final Sale, Karver, Podgorica, Montenegro, curated by Dunja Blažević
2005
Sejla Kameric (Another Expo - Beyond the Nation-States), Gallery SOAP, Kitakyushu, Japan; curated by Shinya Watanabe
Untitled, solo exhibition, Gandy Gallery, Bratislava, Czech Republic; curated by Michal Kolecek
Close, solo exhibition, National Gallery of BH, Sarajevo, BH.
2004
Others and Dreams, solo exhibition, Portikus Frankfurt am Miane, Germany; curated by Nikola Dietrich
FREI, public intervention; club transmediale 0.4 – (fly utopia!); festival for electronic music and related visual art, Berlin, Germany.
2003
Bosnian Girl, public project (posters, billboards, magazine ads, postcards)
WARRANT, public intervention; exhibition “Myths of Memory” curated by Ong Keng Sen; Schauspielhaus, Vienna, Austria.
2002
Closing the Border (Welcome to the ancient land of freedom), public intervention; border crossing between San Marino and Italy.
2001
homeSICK, public intervention (work in progress, started in 2001)
Fortune Teller, public intervention; Sarajevo, BH.
1999
Before Beginning, video projection; Obala Meeting Point, Sarajevo, BH.
For My Sake, installation; in front of the Academy of Fine Arts, Sarajevo, BH.
1998
Plug, installation; Obala Meeting Point, Sarajevo, BH.
Selected Group Exhibitions and Film Festivals:
2008
Tales of Time and Space, 1st Folkestone Triennial, Folkestone, UK; curated
by Andrea Schlieker
(15th) Adana Altın Koza Film Festival, Mediterranean Short Film Competition, Best Fiction Film Award
TIEFENRAUSCH (RAPTURE OF THE DEEP), O.K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria
(30th) Clermont – Ferrand Short Film Festival, In competition, Labo, France
Cabinet of Imaginations, Netwerk – Center for contemporary art, Aalst,
Belgium
You & Me, Sometimes..., Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, USA; curated by
Sandra Antelo-Suarez
BIENNALE CUVÉE - WORLD SELECTION OF CENTEMPORARY ART, O.K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria
VIDEOFORMES vidéo et nouveaux médias dans l'art contemporain, Clermont –
Ferrand, Franc
2007
Schengen Women, Moderna Gallery hosted by SKUC Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia;
curated by Zdenka Badovinec
(64th) Venezia Corto Cortissimo, competition of the 64th Mostra
Internazionale, D‘Arte Cinematografica, Venice / It
"There is no border....", Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria;
curated by Silvia Eiblmayr
(5th) Zgreb Film Festiva, Short Film Programme, Zagreb, Croatia
ARTE MARE festival, Short Films competition, Bastia, France
History Started Playing With My Life, The Israeli Center for Digital Art,
Holon, Izrael, curated by Erzen Shkololli
La Nuit des Musées, Musée d¹Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, La Fée
Electricité by R. Dufy, Paris, France
L‘enfer, C‘est les Autres / 'Hell is... other people', Stedelijk Museum
Bureau Amsterdam, Nederland, curated by Nathalie Zonnenberg
THIS IS NOT A FAIRY TALE, Tirana Institute of Contemporary Art, Tirana,
Albania
'Hell is... other people', Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, Nederland,
curated by Nathalie Zonnenberg
INBETWEENESS, Ex Carceri del Complesso di San Michele a Ripa, Rome, Italy, curated by Dobrila Denegri and Ludovico Pratesi
FREI, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark, curated by Rene Blok
La Nuit des Musées, Musée d¹Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, La Fée Electricité by R. Dufy, Paris, France
Between Borders, MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, curated by Carolina Grau
Vocal Verbal, Gallery SC, Zagreb, Croatia, curated by Lala Rascic
Sarajevo - Memory and Communication, Shiga Art creation hall, Shiga-pref, Shin-bi, Kyoto, Japan
2006
Zones of Contact, 15th Biennale of Sydney 2006, Sydney, Australia; curated by Charles Merewether
Sweet Taboos: A Mini Tirana Biennial in NYC, Apexart, New York, USA; curated by Edi Muka
8372 NISU DOŠLI, Mimara Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
NORMALIZATION, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö, Schweden
Kontakt, The Art Collection of Erste Bank-Group at the Museum of Modern Art (MUMOK) in Vienna and at the transit workshops in Bratislava.
On Difference #2, Stuttgart Kunstverien, Stuttgart, Germany; curated by Alenka Gregorić
PERSONAL STORIES, An exhibition in the framework of the European Forum
Alpbach, High School, Alpbach, Tyrol, Austria
2005
"CONFLICT: Perspectives, Positions, Realities in Central European Art", Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, USA;
curated by Lorand Hegyi
TABOO / Tirana Biennale, Tirana, Albania; curated by Edi Muka
Displaced, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (NBK), Berlin, Germany; curated by Kathrin Becker
Another Expo - Beyond the Nation-States, June 2005: Gallery Level1, Kitakyushu, Japan
September 2005: Gallery White Box, New York, USA; curated by Shinya Watanabe
GUARDAMI. Percezioni del video, Palazzo delle Papesse, Sienna, Italy; curated by Dr. Lorenzo Fusi and Dr. Marco Pierini
Migrations of Energies, Part 1: Clouding Europe, Gandy Gallery, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
La actualidad revisada (News Revisited), La Tabacalera, San Sebastian, Spain; video exhibition curated by Aline Pujo
Leaps of Faith Nicosia, Cyprus; curated by Katerina Gregos and Erden Kosova
Norway 2005 - Andre/Others, Sørlandet Art Museum, Kristiansand, Norway; curated by Frank Falch
The Giving Person, Palazzo Roccella, Napoli, Italy; curated by Lorand Hegyi
Fear, Artandgallery, Milan, Italy; curated by Manuela Gandini
2004
Cosmopolis1: Microcosmos X Macrocosmos, State Museum of Contemporary Art and Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, curated by Magda Carneci
ONUFRI, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania, curated by Erzen Shkololli
FIAC, Paris Expo-Foire de l’Art Contemporain, Paris, France; presented by Gandy Gallery
Passage d'Europe, Musée d'Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne, France; curated by Lorand Hegyi
I am here and you are there, GALERIE FÜR ZEITGENÖSSISCHE KUNST, Leipzig, Germany; curated by Barbara Steiner.
TRADING PLACES, Pump House Gallery, London, UK, curated by B+B
HOT DESTINATION/MARGINAL DESTINY, House of Art Brno, Czech Republic, curated by Michal Kolecek
2003
IDENTIKIT, Galeria e Arteve te Kosoves, Pristina, Kosovo; curated by Nadja Zgonik and Gani Llalloshi.
Borderlining, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany; curated by Doris Berger.
Balkan Konzulat: Sarajevo, <rotor>, Graz, Austria; curated by Lejla Hodžić.
The Gorges of the Balkans, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany; curated by René Block.
Peripheries Become the Center, PRAGUE BIENNALE, Prague, Czech Republic; curated by Michal Kolecek.
Cultural Territories, GALERIE FÜR ZEITGENÖSSISCHE KUNST, Leipzig, Germany; curator for BH: Lejla Hodžić.
2002
No Border, S. Maria delle Croci, Museo d’Arte della Citta, Ravenna, Italy; curated by Serena Simoni.
KUNSTEXPEDITIONEN2002/OSTEUROPA, Sony Center and Art Forum, Berlin, Germany; curated by Sabrina van der Ley.
City of Women, International Festival of Contemporary Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia; curated by Aleksandra Vajd.
The Promised Land, O' artoteca, Milano, Italy; curated by Marco Scotini.
Quattro Venti, exhibition project in Manciano (province of Grosseto, Tuscany), Italy; curated by Letizia Ragaglia.
Bound/less Borders, traveling billboard exhibition (starting point in Belgrade, Yugoslavia); curator for BH: Dunja Blažević.
HOME, Collegium Artisticum Gallery, Sarajevo, BH; curated by Dunja Blažević.
2001
One Hundred Years of Contemporary Art of BH, National Gallery of BH, Sarajevo, BH.
The Real, The Desperate, The Absolute, Forum Stadtpark, Steirischer Herbst Festival; Graz, Austria; curated by Marina Grzinić.
Rendez – Vous Ars Aevi, Sarajevo, BH; curated by Zdenka Badovinec.
Icograda – International Council of Graphic Design Association, Zagreb, Croatia.
26 th Youth Salon, Zagreb, Croatia; curated by Slaven Tolj.
Freedom and Violence, Królikarnia Gallery, Warsawa, Poland; curator for BH: Dunja Blažević.
2000
Tandem Project, DCAC, Signal 66; Washington D.C., USA.
MANIFESTA 3, European Biennial of Contemporary Art; Ljubljana, Slovenia; curated by Francesco Bonami, Ole Bouman,
Maria Hlavajeva and Kathrine Rhomberg.
What am I doing here?, Galerija Škuc, Ljubljana, Slovenia; curated by Lejla Hodžić.
1999
SCCA Third Annual Exhibition – Under Construction, Sarajevo Center for Contemporary Art, Sarajevo, BH
Visitors, Galerija Škuc, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Environment on the Eve of the III Millennium, Perejaslavi-Zalesskij, Russia.
SCCA Second Annual Exhibition – Beyond the Mirror, Sarajevo Center for Contemporary Art, Sarajevo, BH
Arte in Guerra, Palazzo Reale, Napoli, Italy.
1997
SCCA First Annual Exhibition – Meeting Point, Sarajevo Center for Contemporary Art, Sarajevo, BH