Mladen Miljanović
MLADEN MILJANOVIć
EDUCATION
Miljanovic completed the secondary school in Doboj (Bosnia-Herezegovina).
He attended the Reserve Officer School where he earned the rank of sergeant. As a sergeant he trained 30 privates.
After completion of the military term he enrolled at the Academy of Arts (Department of Painting, BA-MA) in Banja Luka.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Utopian Realism, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, Scotland
In My Parents Bedroom, Museum of Contemporary Art of RS, Banja Luka (BiH),
2015 Sit-no, Gallery 42°, Cetinje, Montenegro
2014 The Garden of Delights, Contemporary Art Northampton, Northampton, England
At the Edge, acb Gallery, Budapest
The Garden of Delights, National Gallery of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo
2013 The Garden of Delights, 55th Venice Biennale, Bosnia-Herzegovina Pavilion - Palazzo Malipiero, Venice, Italy
The Garden of Delights, Museum of Contemporary Arts RS, Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Show Where it Hurts With Your Hand, DADO Gallery for Contemporary Art, Cetinje, Montenegro
Good Night - State of Body, MC gallery, New York, USA
2012 Good Night - State of Body, A+A gallery, Venice, Italy
Indigo Power, Marin gallery, Umag, Croatia
Good Night - State of Body, HDLU (New media gallery), Zagreb
2011 Taxi to Berlin, Antje Wachs Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2010 Museum Service, MUMOK, Museum Modern Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
KILL work in public space, Le mur Saint Martin, Paris, France
2009 Occupational therapy, Center in galerija P74, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Holiday of discomfort, Antje Wachs gallery, Berlin, Germany
Sit-no from I serve art, Duplex gallery, Sarajevo
Occupational therapy, MOCA of RS, Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina
2008 I serve art, National Gallery of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo
2007 Occupo, Neue Galerie Graz, Graz, Austria
Relations, FABRIK culture, Hegenhaim, France
I serve art, ex military base Vrbas, Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Reconciliations, Knapp Gallery (Regents), London (United Kingdom). Cur. Rachel Kerr and Paul Lowe.
Beginning, Gallery OFF, International Festival of Action Art, Piotrków Trybunalski (Poland). Cur. Gordian Piec.
The Sarajevo Storage, Cultural Center Tuzla, Tuzla (BiH) Cur. Pierre Courtine.
Notes on the Beginning..., Artists House, Tel Aviv (Israel). Cur.Andrea Domesle and Frank Eckhardt.
Imago Mundi, Benetton collection at Saalone degli Incanti, Trieste (Italy)
Fragile, The Domenican Monestry, Ptuj (Slovenia). Cur. Marica Vicari and Jernej Forbici
Reconciliations, The History Museum of BiH, Sarajevo (BiH). Cur. Paul Lowe.
14x14, Museum of Odessa Modern Art, Odessa (Ukraine). Cur. Regina Hellwig-Schmid.
The Sarajevo Storage, National Gallery of BiH, Sarajevo (BiH) Cur. Pierre Courtine.
2017 Let Them Draw II (Drawing and Withdrawing), Sariev Contemporary, Plovdiv (Bulgaria). Cur. Pravdoliub Ivanov.
14x14, DEPO2015 Pilsen, (Czech Republic). Cur. Regina Hellwig-Schmid.
From Genetics to Epigenetics, Tatra Gallery, Poprad (Slovakia). Cur. Anna Ondrušekova.
Renewal, 16th Exhibition of performance art, Varaždin (Croatia). Cur. Branko Franceschi.
To Die Out Laughing, 23rd International Biennial of Humor in Art, Gabrovo (Bulgaria). Cur. Marko Stamenković.
14x14, DADO Gallery for Contemporary Art, Cetinje (MN). Cur. Regina Hellwig-Schmid.
Miners of Culture - From Industrial to Art Revolution, OTOK Gallery, Dubrovnik (Croatia). Cur. Branko Franceschi.
Imago Mundi, Benetton collection at Bosnian Cultural Center, Sarajevo (BiH)
Notes on the Beginning..., NCCA, Kalingrad (Russia). Cur.Andrea Domesle and Frank Eckhardt.
14x14, Photon-Center for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana (Slovenia). Cur. Regina Hellwig-Schmid.
GIF and Cities, Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrade (Serbia). Cur. Sonja Jankov.
2016 The Material Body of Art, A+A Gallery, Venice, Italy
14x14, Museum of Contemporary Art of RS, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Fragile Body - Material Body, Venice International performance art week, Venice, Italy
Mediteranean Cost, FRAC Marseille, France
Cold Front from The Balkans, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
The High Wire Act, K&K Telegrafenamt, Vienna, Austria
Potentials Within, Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, USA
Cockaigne, UP Gallery Berlin, Germany
Upside Down: Hosting the Critique, Belgrade City Museum, Serbia
In The Service of Your Care, 8th Floor gallery, New York. USA
Contemporary Thesaurus, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
Conquer the Beauty, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, USA
Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary arts Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
Everything in nature has a lyrical essence, a tragic fate, a comic existence, Exnergase Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
Contemporary Thesaurus, Museum of Contemporary Art of RS, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2015 Fiery Greetings, Lothringer13 Halle, München, Germany
The Desire For Freedome, The Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Notes on the Beginning of the Fleeting 20th Century, Emil Filla Gallery, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republik
Oath to Independent Art, Danube Dialogues / Podrum Gallery, Novi Sad, Serbia
OFF-Bienniálé, ACB Attachment gallery, Budapest
Miners of Culture - From Industrial to Art Revolution, Remont Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
Future Perfect, Dazibao Center for Contemporary Art, Monteral, Canada
I Serve Art, Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery, New York , Egyesült Államok
SHARE - Too Much History, MORE Future, Museum of Contemporary Art RS, Banja Luka, Bosznia-Hercegovina
Fiery Greetings, Museum of Yugoslav History, Belgrade, Serbia
EXPO / World Academy, Academia di Brera, Milano, Italy
EUROVIDEO, Liege, Belgium
Notes on the Beginning of the Fleeting 20th Century, Quartier 21, Vienna, Austria
2014 Future Perfect, Dazibao, Montréal, Canada
Jerusalem Show VII: Fractures - Too Much History, Al-Ma'mal Foundation, Jerusalem
Hollow Land - Keep Out!, Kro Art Gallery, Vienna
Notes on the Beginning of the Short 20th Century. Recent European art on World War I, Motorenhalle, Dresden, Germany
Industrial Art Biennale, Labin, Croatia
Balkan from Balkon, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
SHARE - Too Much History, MORE Future, Charinthian Museum of Modern Art, Klagenfurt, Austria
Representative Portrait of Childhood in Socialistic Jugoslavia, Museum Maj, Belgrade, Serbia
DECODING, National Museum of Montenegro, Montenegro
Lovely Days, Teatrin 2ferala, Bol – Island of Brac, Croatia
The Dignity of Man…, MUSA, Museum Wien, Vienna
Ex-eptions, Museum of Contemporary Art RS, Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina
SHARE – Too Much History, MORE Future, National Gallery of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo
2013 Play ON, TRAC - Regional Center for Contemporary Art, Montbeliard, France
Painting today in RS, Academy of Arts and Science RS, Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina
7 Ways to Overcome Closed Circuit, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen, Germany
The See is My Land, MAXXI Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome
I Lie to Them, National Center for Contemporary Art, Grenoble, France
I Can Be Outrageously Patient, House of Legacy, Belgrade
14x14, Donumenta, Kunstforum Gallery, Regensburg, Germany
Not So Distant Memory, No-Festival of Video-art and Animation in Ufa, Russia
Subjective observations, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
5 Positions, Collegium atisticum, Sarajevo
2011 Not So Distant Memory, Dalewer Contemporary Art Center, Wilmington, USA
Beyond The Truth, Mestna galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana
It`s Time We Got to Know Each Other, 53. October Salone, Belgrade
Iron Applause, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava
Not So Distant Memory, National Center for Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, Russia
Continuity, Center for Contemporary art Celje, Celje, Slovenia
Stay Hungry, Schrebergärten am Gleisdreieck, Berlin
No Network, International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Konjic, Bosnia-Herzegovina
255.804 km2, Brot Kunsthalle, Vienna
Krieg.Kunst.Krise, Artpoint gallery – KulturKontakt Austria, Vienna
Band of Outsiders, Big screen project, New York, USA
A correspondence, Mladen Miljanovic – Nina Glockner, De Balie, Amsterdam
2009 Henkel Art.Award, MUMOK, Museum Modern Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna
Heiß oder Kalt, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Imaginary pavilion of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Palazzo Forti, Verona, Olaszország
Interspace, Museum of city Skoplje, Skopje
Lille 3000. Europe XXL., Lille, France
Art and Terrorism, City gallery Bihac, Bihac, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Video channel 09, Cologne, Germany
Busan biennial, International exhibition of video art - Busan, South Korea
Hotel MariaKapel, a portrait by Katie Jane, Horn, Nederland
Örebro International Video Art Festival, Sweden
Boys and their toys, SC gallery, Zagreb, Croatia
2007 Strategies of conforment in the age of biopolitics, Brakeground Gallery, Amsterdam
Retrospektrum, National Gallery of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo
Corcoran, salon - Museum of Contemporary arts Belgrade, Belgrade
Interspace, Museum of Contemporary arts Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
Dialogue, exhibition, Hegenhaim-Basel, France
2005 Hello Bing, how’s the brother, National Gallery of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo
AWARDS, RESIDENCES
2006 Award of the Museum of Contemporary Art RS in Banja Luka for the best works
at the annual final exhibition of the Academy of Arts in Banja Luka
ProHelvetia Scholarship I for serve art project
2005 Award of Rotary Club
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND ARTIST TALKS
2018 Reconciliations, Knapp Gallery (Regents), London (United Kingdom). Cur. Rachel Kerr and Paul Lowe.
Beginning, Gallery OFF, International Festival of Action Art, Piotrków Trybunalski (Poland). Cur. Gordian Piec.
The Sarajevo Storage, Cultural Center Tuzla, Tuzla (BiH) Cur. Pierre Courtine.
Notes on the Beginning..., Artists House, Tel Aviv (Israel). Cur.Andrea Domesle and Frank Eckhardt.
Imago Mundi, Benetton collection at Saalone degli Incanti, Trieste (Italy)
Fragile, The Domenican Monestry, Ptuj (Slovenia). Cur. Marica Vicari and Jernej Forbici
Reconciliations, The History Museum of BiH, Sarajevo (BiH). Cur. Paul Lowe.
14x14, Museum of Odessa Modern Art, Odessa (Ukraine). Cur. Regina Hellwig-Schmid.
The Sarajevo Storage, National Gallery of BiH, Sarajevo (BiH) Cur. Pierre Courtine.
2017 Notes on the Beginning, NCCA,, Kalingrad Oroszország
14x14, Photon-Center for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana, Szlovénia
GIF and Cities, Cultural Center of Belgrade, Belgrád, Szerbia
Imago Mundi, Bosnian Cultural Center, Szarajevó, Bosznia-Hercegovina
Miners of Culture - From Industrial to Art Revolution, Otok Gallery, Dubrovnik, Horvátország
To Die Out Laughing, 23rd International Biennial of Humor in Art, Gabrovo, Bulgária
14x14, DADO Gallery for Contemporary Art, Cetinje, Montenegró
Renewal, 16th Exhibition of performance art, Varaždin, Horvátország
From Genetics to Epigenetics, Tatra Gallery, Poprad, Szlovákia
55TH VENICE BIENNALE: Mladen Miljanovic "The Garden of Delights" BiH pavilion
MUMOK VIDEOS: Mladen Miljanovic "Museum Service" solo show
MICHELA ALESSANDRINI - Michela Alessandrini - Mladen Miljanović interview
GALIT EILAT / ALENKA GREGORIC - On film "Do You Intend to Lie to Me?"
BOSKO BOSKOVIC - Gift To His Professor
SARA REISMAN - At Your Service
BOSKO BOSKOVIC - Taxi to Berlin - project
EDELBERT KOEB - On "Museum Service" project (MUMOK - Wien)
SONJA BRISKI UZELAC - Review of Mladen Miljanovic text "In The Service of Art"
TINA LIPSKY - Conversation between Mladen Miljanovic and Tina Lipsky
NENAD MALESEVIC - What does Mladen Miljanovic do
ZORAN ERIC - From Occupational Therapy to Art Occupations
IVANA UDOVICIC - Art as a final choice
SILVIJA DERVISEFENDIC - Art for the Sake of Survival
SONJA BRISKI UZELAC - More micro-narratives from the imaginary Balkans: Once a lieutenant, now an artist
SARITA VUJKOVIC - A radical turn in visual art (On the example of Mladen Miljanović’s artwork)
ELISABETH FIEDLER - Mladen Miljanovic - Die Vereinnahmung der Welt
ZORAN ERIC - Subjectification through self-isolation
SONJA BRISKI UZELAC - Exploit of the context or about deconstruction and reconstruction of the identity