Born 1978 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Researching philosophical and sociological concepts in the genesis of the visual elements which, on its development journey, grow into symbols.

EDUCATION
Academy of Fine Arts, Sarajevo, (Academic sculptor)
Postgraduate studies, Academy of Fine Arts, Sarajevo, (Master of Sculpture)

SELECTED GROUP & SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Adnan Jasika 2000-2010, retrospective exhibition, Duplex Gallery, Sarajevo, B&H
They Changed The World, video installation, KiC NordArt 2010, Büdelsdorf, Germany
They Changed The World, video installation, Gallery 10m2, Sarajevo, B&H
2009
Cycle, c-prints, Padiglione Immaginario della Bosnia-Erzegovina, Galleria d’Arte Moderna Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy
Sarajevo will overturn You, print, Poster for Sarajevo, National Museum of B&H, Sarajevo, B&H
Sarajevo will overturn You, print, Poster for Sarajevo, Presentation of B&H in the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France
This body, video, Videoholica video art festival, Varna, Bulgaria
Absurd objects, mixed media, Salon mladih, ULUBIH, Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, B&H
Sarajevo will overturn You, print, Poster for Sarajevo, Duplex Gallery, Sarajevo, B&H
2006
Marketing, abstract object, Permanent Presence, White Box Gallery, New York, USA
Premother, c-prints, Transition Compound, Galerie Nord-Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
Premother, c-prints, UNCHAIN the EU, Visionary Society exhibition, Kunstverein Graz, Regensburg, Germany
Absorbed, video, annual exhibition ULUBIH, Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, B&H
2005
Identity, c-prints and old family photos, Transition compound, Asahi Art Square Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Identity, paintings and sculptures, UNPLUGGED, First exhibition of Visionary Society NGO, Barake, Sarajevo, B&H
Identity, paintings, sculptures and abstract objects, Re_Cultivation, Visionary Society meets SICE, Barake, Skenderija, Empty House, Sarajevo, B&H
Identity, watercolor, Igalo watercolor colony, Institute Igalo, Igalo, Montenegro
Identity, paintings and sculptures, 42th International Fine Arts Colony Strumica, NICC Anton Panov, Strumica, Macedonia
2004
Identity, sculpture, International Fine Art Colony, Center for Culture, Srebrenik, B&H
2001
Forms of destructive spirituality, sculptures, Academy of fine arts, Sarajevo,B&H
People, installation, mixed media, Chaos & Communication, 10th Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and Mediterranean, in front of Academy of Fine Arts, Sarajevo, B&H

AWARDS
2011
6th April prize Collegium artisticum for best video, Sarajevo, BiH
2009
First award for best poster for Sarajevo, Vive le talent !, Duplex, Sarajevo, BiH

RESIDENCIES / SCHOLARSHIPS
2006 Transition Compound, Berlin, Germany
2005 Transition compound, Tokyo, Japan
2002-2004  Postgraduate scholarship, Academy of Fine Arts / Sculpture Department, Sarajevo, BiH

COLLECTIONS
Institute Igalo collection, IGALO, Montenegro
NICC Anton Panov collection, STRUMICA, Macedonia
Center for Culture collection, SREBRENIK, BiH
Private collections:
RIGA, Latvia
REGENSBURG, Germany
LILY HAMMER, Norway
BARCELONA, Spain
TORONTO, Canada
SARAJEVO, BiH
SKOPJE, Macedonia

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ivana Belančić, Tri vrhunska umjetnička rada u DUPLEXU, Ljepota.ba, June 2010;
Dika Bektić, Intervju, NTV Hayat, June 2010;
Dika Bektić, Umjetnost kao način života, NTV Hayat, April 2009;
Masha Durkalić, Čuvajte se Sarajeva, BH Dani, April 2009;
Edina Nurikić, Zajednički virtualni prostor, BH Dani, December 2008;
Molly Kleiman, Sarajevo Art Diary, Artnet magazine;
Belma Bećirbašić, Kuda idu vizionari? BH Dani No. 450;
Kunstaspekte, International kunstinformationen, SICE-Transition Compound Berlin, presstexte;
Juan Puntes, Permanent presence catalog, New York, July, 2006;
Sohei Iwata, Transition compound exhibition at Asahy Art square gallery Tokyo, Asahy newspapers, March, 2006;
SICE (Sarajevo International Cultural Exchange) catalog, text by Sanna Mericke;
10 years monograph of Academy of Fine Art Sarajevo (ALU);
Regensburg-Kultur, Kulturkolumne: Kunstler aus Sarajevo im KuntvereinGraz, Europe must be better;
Von Helmut Hein, Mittebayerische Zeitunng, Aus der Bosnischen Baracke in die grosse, weite Welt. Jetz im Regenburger Kunstverein GRAZ: Zehn avantgardististiche Kunstler aus Sarajevo Befrein Europa, 03. May 2006;
UNCHAIN the EU, exhibition of Visionary Society NGO catalog, text by Jurgen Huber.

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