Igor Bonjak

1981 Born in Sarajevo, former Yugoslavia. He is mainly working within the fields of video, concept, installation & photography.

Also works as a video curator & freelance theoretician. Curently lives & work as a asistant professor at Academy of Visual Arts in Trebinje.

Education 2005 Academy of Visual Arts (BA) in Trebinje, Department of Painting

2008 Interdisciplinary master (MA) studies at the University of Arts in Belgrade, Theory of Art & Media Department 2011 Interdisciplinary (PhD) studies at the University of Arts in Belgrade / Theory of Art & Media Department

Solo exhibitions (selection) 2013 I walk, therefore I stand! City Museum, Herceg Novi, ME, Curated by Vladana Spai 2012 Micro Static Cinema, Contemporary Art Gallery DADO, Cetinje, ME, Curated by Mirjana Dabovi Pejovi 2011 Messiah, Gallery dr Vinko Peri, Subotica, SR, Curated by Spartak Duli

Image/Time, Museum of Contemporary Art RS, Banja Luka, BA, Curated by Nemanja Mievi Aesthetics of Politics, Art Centre UBSM, University Library, Belgrade, SR, Curated by Selman Trtovac

2010 Balkanication, Duplex Gallery, Sarajevo, BA, Curated by Pierre Courten Smoking n Rolling Tobacco, (3 day performance) in front of Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, SI

Group exhibitions (selection) 2013 East + Europe, Eastern European Contemporary Art, Art Hall, Hong Kong, CH, Curated by Leung Mee Ping 2nd Project Biennial D-0 Ark Underground, Konjic, BA, Curated by Basak Senova & Branko Franceschi

I Can Be Outrageously Patient / House of Legacy, Belgrade, SR / Museum of Contemporary Art RS, Banja Luka, BA / National Art Gallery B&H, Sarajevo, BA / Curated by Predrag Terzi

2012 Disorder Project, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, IT, Curated by Marco Trulli & Claudio Zecchi Gesamt, Disaster 501, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK, Curated & edited by Jenle Hallund Revolution Now & Forever, Gallery SC & Gallery VN, Zagreb, CR, Curated by Natasha i Boris Kadin World Event Young Artist Biennial, Nothingam Contemporary & Lakeside, Nothingam, UK, Curated by BJCEM Inconclusive Analysis, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, RU, Curated by Kathrin Becker & Elena Selina

2011 Absence, Rome Art Night, ex Galleria Romberg, Rome, IT, Curated by Elena Abbiatici & Valentina G. Levy The End & Beyond, Contemporary Week, Center of Contemporary Art, Plovdiv, BL, Curated by Vera Mlechevska Artists from the 10m2 Collection, Duplex/10m2 Gallery, Sarajevo, BA, Curated by Pierre Courtin Oslo Video Art Symposium, Atopia Film & VideoKunst Gallery, Oslo, NO, Curated by Ferhad Calantry

2010 Zvono Exhibition, Young Visual Artist Award, Museum of Contemporary Art RS, Banja Luka, BA, Exposures, Spa Port Biennial, ajavec Building, Banja Luka, BA, Curated by Antonia Majaa & Ivana Bago Festearte Videoart, Spazio Monitor, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome, IT Video Loop, CAM Casoria, Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, IT

2009 Art Verona, A+A Galerie presents Contemporary art scene from B&H, Verona, IT, Curated by Claudia Zini Ars Kozara, Art in Nature Laboratorij, Prijedor, BH, Curated by Marta Angelini, Claudia Zini The Imaginary Pavillion Of B&H, Galleria d Arte Moderna Palazzo Forti, Verona, IT, Curated by Aurora Fonda

2008 First Spa Port Biennial, Tereza Building, Banja Luka, BA, Curated by Ana Nikitovi 2007 2th Int.Bbiennial of Photography, Gallery of Art Pavillon ULUCG, Podgorica, ME, Curated by Aleksandar ilikov

Real Presence, Gallery Remont, Belgrade, SR, Curated by Dobrila Denegri & Biljana Tomi Dislocation Of The Gaze, Museum of Contemporary Art RS, Banja Luka, BA, Curated by Protok

2006 Inport, Polymer Culture Factory, Warm Studio, Talin, ES 2005 KEF - Short Electronic Forms, Cultural Center REX, Belgrade, SR Screenings & streamings (selection)

2013 Fonland, Space for Media Arts and Performance Center, Coimbra, PG, Curated by Silvio de Gracia Gesamt, Disaster 501, Goteborg IFF, SE, Curated & edited by Jenle Hallund

2012 Video Evening, BH Video Art, Kolektiva Institute, Ljubljana, SI, Curated by Kolektiva International Video Exchange, Small Projects Gallery, Tromso, NO

2011 Video Salon 5, Curatorial Rebound Project, Gallery Duplex/10m2, Sarajevo, BA, Curated by Pierre Courtin A Dilletante Discourse, Artyok TV, Online Exhibition, Prague, CZ

2010 Balkan Video Box, Nuit Blanche, Point Ephemere, Paris, FR, Curated by Pierre Courten P'silo, Festival Images Contre Nature, Thtre des Chartreux, Marseille, FR

2009 Streaming Festival, BoekHorststraat 139 Gallery, Hague, NL Dublin Electronic Arts Festival, Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin, IR, Curated by Vladan Petkovi Kratkofil Int. Short Film Festival, National Theatre Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka, BA Art Festival Miden, Amfeias Square Historic Centre, Kalamata, GR

2008 Balkan House Cinema, Kriterion Foundation, Amsterdam, NL 2007 International festival of video, Gallery Instituto de Humanidades, Santjago , CL, Curated by Silvio De Gracia 2006 Alternative Film Video Festival, Festival of Film and New Video, DKSG, Belgrade, SR Important awards & grants

2010 Finalist of ZVONO Young Visual Artist Award, Sarajevo Center for Contemporary Art, Sarajevo, BA 2007 First award for Experimantal Video, 4th Video Salon, Velenje, SI

Bibliography - The Project Biennial of Contemporary Art D-0 ARK Underground, Book, ISBN: 978-9958-0966-0-0, 2013

- I Can Be Outrageously Patient, Museum of Contemporary Art RS, ISBN: 978-99938-45-66-9, 2013 - Duplex/10m2 Exhibitions' inventory: 2004-2011, Dadada, ISBN 978-9958-0907-0-7, 2012

- Inventure Energije 2012, MSURS Banja Luka, ISBN 978-99938-45-61-4, COBISS.BH-ID 2518296, 2012

- Invent Tura, Karin Rolle, Robert Bosch Stiftung, Druckerei Friedrich Pge, Leipzig, ISBN 978-3-00-034380-3, 2011 - Igor Bonjak, Slika/Vrijeme, MSURS Banja Luka, ISBN 978-99938-45-56-0, 2011

- SpaPort Biennial 2009/2010, Exposures, Delve, Protok, ISBN 978-953-55786-4-2, Antonia Majaca, Ivana Bago, 2011 - Inventure Energije 2004-2010, MSURS Banja Luka, ISBN 978-99938-45-54-6, COBISS.BH-ID 1835800, 2011

- Remont Art Files 01, Darka Radosavljevic, Beograd, ISSN 1821-0511, COBISS.SR-ID 155011596, 2009

- ArtVerona09, published by Grafiche Siz, Campagnola di Zevio (Verona), 2009 - Videography of the region, Aleksandra Sekulic, ISBN 978-86-7933-056-7, 2009

- 3 Sarajevo Talent Campus, Amra Baksic Camo, XV SFF, STC Team, Sarajevo, 2009 - Ana Nikitovic, SPAPORT, ISBN 978-99955-617-0-3, 2008

- Alternative Film/Video, Aleksandra Sekulic, AFC Novi Beograd, ISBN 978-86-7933-047-5, Cobiss.Sr-ID 143603980, 2006 - Re-Foto, Br. 26, asopis za kulturu fotografije, Beograd, ISSN 1450-6394, 2004

Videography 2013 Hotel Balkan, film, full HD, color, loop 2012 Trier Green, full HD, color, loop

2048, film-video, HD, color, 3:48 min 2011 12 Windows, video, HD, color, 3:43 min

Dictionary, video - performance, mini DV, color, 6:04 min 2010 Four in One, video, mini DV, single channel, color, 8:30 min

Contemporary Cemeteries, video, mini DV, color, 3:57 min 2009 BHS, video, found footage, 3 channel, color, loop

Re-Construction, video, color, 5:27 min 2008 13 Photos, video, mini DV, color, 5:22 min 2007 The Situationist, film, mini DV, b&w, 10:56 min

Works in collections Gallery Vinko Peri, Subotica, SR Museum of Contemporary Art, Banja Luka, BA CeKa Charlama Depo, Sarajevo, BA Duplex / 10m2 Gallery, Sarajevo, BA