Nenad Malesevic (Sarajevo, 1981) graduated from the Academy of Arts (University of Banjaluka) in 2004, from the Graphic Arts Department. He completed his Master studies at the University of Arts in Belgrade, specializing in Theory of Arts and Medium of Interdisciplinary Studies in 2008. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade.
He cooperated with the Center for Visual Communication Protok from Banjaluka (2005-2008). He was a recipient of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship in 2006. The University of Banjaluka awarded him the Golden Plaque in 2004. He deals with theory of art. He founded the studio for the art design “OUR” in 2011, together with Miodrag Manojlovic. Since 2012 he has been employed at the School of Computing in the field of graphic media design.
He had solo exhibitions: Unexpected – The City Gallery, Pozega (2017); Documents: Introduction to the study of Discontinuance – The Modern Art Gallery, Subotica (2016), The Photon Gallery, Ljubljana and the Artget Gallery, Belgrade (2015), and MSU (The Museum of Modern Art), Republic of Srpska, Banjaluka (2014); Storyboard – Exhibition hall of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Republic of Srpska, Banjaluka and the Dupleks Gallery, Sarajevo (2010) with Miodrag Manojlovic; A Time of Renewal: the Banski Dvor Cultural Center, Banjaluka and the Gallery of the Cultural Center “Studentski grad”, Belgrade, 2007
He took part in various group exhibitions, film and video festivals in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, France, Italy, Georgia, Great Britain and the Netherlands.
Bibliography (chosen)
⋅ Matic, Jelena – Documents: Introduction to the study of Discontinuance, in Nenad Malesevic. – Documents: Introduction to the Studies of Belgrade, Belgrade Cultural Center, 2015
⋅ Cekic, Jovan. – The Disappearing Figures, in Nenad Malesevic. – Documents: Introduction to the Study of Discontinuance. Banjaluka, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Republic of Srpska, 2014
⋅ Pilipovic, Lana. – Introduction to Introduction, in Nenad Malesevic. – Documents: Introduction to the study of Discontinuance. Banjaluka, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Republic of Srpska, 2014
⋅ Sekulic, Aleksandra, Maida Gruden. – Storyboard intended, in Nenad Malesevic, Miodrag Manojlovic. – Storyboard. Banjaluka, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Republic of Srpska, 2010
⋅ Vujkovic, Sarita. – Decontstruction of space and time, in Nenad Malesevic. – A Time of Renewal. Banjaluka, the Banski Dvor Cultural Center, 2007
⋅ Malesevic, Nenad. – Manifesto, in Miodrag Manojlovic. – Density. Banjaluka , The Museum of Contemporary Art, Republic of Srpska, 2016
⋅ Malesevic, Nenad. – From Pleasure in Resistance to Resistance to Pleasure, in Mladen Miljanovic. – Good night/ State of Body, Banjaluka, Dijagonala, 2012
⋅ Malesevic, Nenad. – About Never Commencing, in Elio Krivdic and Peter Bogner (ed). – Individual Observations / 5 discourses, Vienna, Künstlerhaus, 2011
⋅ Malesevic, Nenad. – In Relation to the Presence of the Absent, in Miodrag Manojlovic. – The Presence of the Absent, Banjaluka, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Republic of Srpska, 2010
⋅ Malesevic, Nenad. – Thesis about the Design in Transition, in Branka Curcic (ed). – Ideology of Design, New York, Autonomedia, Novi Sad, Kuda.org, 2009
Official website:
http://nenadmalesevic.com/
