Hi there.
I am Igor Sovilj, an artist & cultural manager based in Berlin. I also do graphic design & illustration.
I finished my Fine Arts Academy in 2006 in Banja Luka and my Postgraduate Master of Arts in 2015 in Berlin at the Art in Context Institute of the Berlin University of Arts (UDK) .
Hit me up if you want to know more or come by. I have a studio at Boxhagener Platz in Berlin where I work, work, work and meet friends. Welcome!
Education
2013-2015/ Postgraduate Studies / Master’s Program “Art in Context.” at the Institute for Art in Context of the University of Arts Berlin (UdK). Thesis: “Artistic Protests in Bosnia: An Archive in Progress.” Academic Degree: Master of Arts.
2002-2006/ Bachelor degree at the Arts Academy Banja Luka. Degree: Visual Artist and visual arts teacher.
Work experience
2020-2022 Graphic designer/Art director at RuskaMartín Agency in Berlin
2019-2020 Graphic designer at kakoii design agency, Berlin
2000-2012 Project coordinator, workshop facilitator, intercultural facilitator and cultural manager and translator working for a number of local and foreign organizations in the fields of youth activism, non-violent communication, sustainable development, memory culture and reconciliation, art activism and cultural exchange and organization, and others.
Founding roles and initiatives
Prijedor Grad Murala & Paola de Manincor Award for the best mural in Prijedor (founder and adviser until 2022)
Youth centre Ljubija
Artists' Association Tac.ka Prijedor
Women association Rudarka, Ljubija (co-founder)
Citizen Forum Prijedor (co-founder)
Ars Kozara - Art in Nature laboratory ( founder and coordinator until 2008)
Slowfood Convivium Potkozarje-Grmec (co-founder)
KVART youth association Prijedor (co-founder)
Promotur association for the promotion of responsible tourism in Prijedor
Awards, sholarships & residencies
2015/ Nomination for the Respect Award 2015, for the work on the project of the memorial dedicated to the first homosexual emancipation movement and the fight against homophobia.
2011/2008/Finalist of the ZVONO Award for the young contemporary art in Bosnia and Herzegowina (together with Tac.ka Association)
2014-2015/ Heinrich-Böll Foundation's talent scholarship
2009-2010/ Scholarship "Cultural Managers from East and Central Europe. a program by Robert Bosch Foundation realised by the MitOst association in Berlin;
2008/ 3 month residency at Arte Sella in Borgo Valsugana Italy
Exhibitions (selection)
2016 - Art matters but art is not enough. Contemporary arts center Celje, (SI)
2016 - On timing and Duration. An exhibition on the duration of art and the time of its spectators. Container Ifkik Berlin
2016 - Contemporary Thesaurus, Contemporary Arts Museum, Banja Luka (BiH)
2015 - Exhibition of the final designs for the Monument to the World's first homosexual emancipation movement, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2015 - Green Island. Urban Hives. Curated Claudia Zanfi, Milano Design Week und EXPO in Città Milano 2015. Mailand, (IT)
2015 - Fragile Fragments. Photographs from Berlin at the Intersection of Figuration and Abstraction (1988–2003). Exhibited at the Berlin House of Representatives. Commissioned by the Artothek for Artistic Social Support Berlin and the Institute for Art in Context Berlin.
2014- Wandschmuck. Fundstücke aus den Sammlungen des Museum der Dinge. Ein Projekt im Auftrag von dem Werkbundarchiv des Museum der Dinge in Berlin und von dem Institut für Kunst im Kontext Berlin.
2014 - Duplicatum - Fanzines, Vesselroom Project, Berlin
2014/I can be outrageously patient. Kuca legata in Belgrade (SRB)
2014/I can be outrageously patient. Contemporary Arts Museum in Banja Luka (BiH)
2012/ Kratkofil Punch Program, short film festival in Banja Luka (BiH)
2011/Urban Maps Project. Tina-B Contemporary Art Festival Prague (CZ)
2011/Open City Project. Art Kriterion Sarajevo, (BiH) TICA - Tiranna Biennial (AL) Skopje Biennial (MK)
2011/ La Biennale du Film Exposé. by ETCaetera, Paris-Montreui (FR)
2010/Art Zeppelin Gallery and Imaginary Pavilion of BiH. CYNETART Festival for computer-based arts, Hellerau.
2010 - No Fear–a labyrinth installation and video exhibition at Tapetenwerk Lepzig.
2010 - The Last Match. Gallery MZIN, Leipzig
2009 - Padiglione Immaginario della Bosnia ed Erzegovina. Museo d´Arte Contemporanea Palazzo Forti Verona(IT)
2009 - Bosnian Contemporary Arts against Dead Hares. Cultural centre Banski Dvor, Banja Luka (BiH)
2008 - Niente Paura e Padiglione Immaginario della Bosnia ed Erzegovina. Studio Andromeda. Parallel events to Manifesta 7 in Trento (IT)
2007 - Ars Kozara 07 - Documentation & Installation. Cultural centre Banski Dvor, Banja Luka (BiH)